Fire alarm beacon system

• US 20020030600A1
• Filed: 07/27/2001
• Published: 03/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daniel Ashbrook, Thad E. Starner
• Original Assignee: Daniel Ashbrook, Thad E. Starner
• Inventors: Starner, Thad E., Ashbrook, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US09/915,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20020030600A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/628
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/00 Fire alarms; Alarms responsive to explosion
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/00 Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/002 Distress signalling devices, e.g. rescue balloons vehicle optical signalling for indicating emergencies B60Q1/52

Abstract

A combination smoke detector, fire alarm, emergency light, location beacon and inventory sensor incorporated into pre-installed smoke alarms which are already required by building code to be registered on building floor plans, can be powered internally or externally and part of a central system or individual systems responding to local transmissions and thus eliminating the additional expense and need to install and/or possibly maintain addition devices and exploiting advantageously a preexisting logical system of coordinates from which to monitor the loci of rescuer workers and even key security and cleaning staff, if necessary, as well as inventory in hospitals and warehouses.

Claims

1. A combination of a combustion detector and a location beacon.

2. The combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said location beacon contains invisible communication means.

3. The beacon as recited in claim 1 wherein said invisible communication means is transmitted in the radio spectrum.

4. The beacon as recited in claim 1 wherein said invisible communication means is transmitted by sound waves.

5. The beacon as recited in claim 1 wherein said sound waves are audible and or amplified by means of an electronic sound card incorporated into the transceiving mechanism.

6. The beacon as recited in claim 4 wherein said sound waves are ultrasonic.

7. The beacon as recited in claim 1 wherein said invisible communication means is transmitted in the light spectrum.

8. The beacon as recited in claim 1 wherein said invisible communication means is produced by a laser.

9. The beacon as recited in claim 1 wherein said invisible communication means is produced by a light emitting diode.

10. The combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said location beacon contains visible communication means.

11. The location beacon as recited in claim 10 wherein said visible communication means is produced by a laser.

12. The location beacon as recited in claim 10 wherein said visible means is produced by a light emitting diode.

13. The combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said combustion detector possesses smoke detection means.

14. The combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said combustion detector possesses fire detection means.

15. The combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said combination is powered by alternating current power means.

16. The combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said alternating current power means is provided by an external source.

17. The combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said alternating current power means is provided by an internal source.

18. The combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said combination is powered by direct current power means.

19. The combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said direct current power means is provided by an external source.

20. The combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said direct current power means is provided by an internal source.

21. A combination of a security alarm, a fire alarm and a location beacon.

22. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said location beacon contains invisible communication means.

23. The beacon as recited in claim 21 wherein said invisible communication means is transmitted in the radio spectrum.

24. The beacon as recited in claim 21 wherein said invisible communication means is transmitted by sound waves.

25. The beacon as recited in claim 21 wherein said sound waves are audible.

26. The beacon as recited in claim 21 wherein said sound waves are ultrasonic.

27. The beacon as recited in claim 21 wherein said invisible communication means is transmitted in the light spectrum.

28. The beacon as recited in claim 21 wherein said invisible communication means is produced by a laser.

29. The beacon as recited in claim 21 wherein said invisible communication means is produced by a light emitting diode.

30. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said location beacon contains visible communication means.

31. The location beacon as recited in claim 21 wherein said visible communication means is produced by a laser.

32. The location beacon as recited in claim 21 wherein said visible means is produced by a light emitting diode.

33. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said combination is powered by alternating current power means.

34. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said alternating current power means is provided by an external source.

35. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said alternating current power means is provided by an internal source.

36. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said combination is powered by direct current power means.

37. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said direct current power means is provided by an external source.

38. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said direct current power means is provided by an internal source.

39. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said alarm is activated by receipt of an external signal.

40. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said external signal is transmitted by wireless electrical means.

41. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said electrical means is a signal transmitted over a wire.

42. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said wire provides AC power to said combination in addition to said signal.

43. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said wire provides DC power to said combination in addition to said signal.

44. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said alarm produces an audible alert.

45. The combination as recited in claim 21 wherein said alarm produces a visual alert.

47. The combination as recited in claim 46 wherein said location beacon contains invisible communication means.

48. The beacon as recited in claim 46 wherein said invisible communication means is transmitted in the radio spectrum.

49. The beacon as recited in claim 46 wherein said invisible communication means is transmitted by sound waves.

50. The beacon as recited in claim 46 wherein said sound waves are audible.

51. The beacon as recited in claim 46 wherein said sound waves are ultrasonic.

52. The beacon as recited in claim 46 wherein said invisible communication means is transmitted in the light spectrum.

53. The beacon as recited in claim 46 wherein said invisible communication means is produced by a laser.

54. The beacon as recited in claim 46 wherein said invisible communication means is produced by a light emitting diode.

55. The combination as recited in claim 46 wherein said location beacon contains visible communication means.

56. The location beacon as recited in claim 46 wherein said visible means is produced by a laser.

57. The location beacon as recited in claim 46 wherein said visible means is produced by a light emitting diode.

58. The combination as recited in claim 46 wherein said combination is powered by alternating current power means.

59. The combination as recited in claim 46 wherein said alternating current power means is provided by an external source.

60. The combination as recited in claim 46 wherein said alternating current power means is provided by an internal source.

61. The combination as recited in claim 46 wherein said combination is powered by direct current power means.

62. The combination as recited in claim 46 wherein said direct current power means is provided by an external source.

63. The combination as recited in claim 46 wherein said direct current power means is provided by an internal source.

46. A combination of an emergency light, fire alarm and a location beacon.