Alarm device for liquid circulation system

• US 20060187069A1
• Filed: 02/18/2005
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chemtron Research LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Cooler Master Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Duan, Qiang-Fei
• Application Number:
  US11/060,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20060187069A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/606
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/59 Transmissivity G01N21/25 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/85 Investigating moving fluids or granular solids

Abstract

An alarm device for use in a liquid circulation system. The alarm device includes an optical detection unit, which includes an optical emitter that generates light beam to penetrate through a transportation media of the liquid circulation system, and an optical receiver that is positioned opposite to the optical emitter for receiving the light beam penetrated through the transportation media. The alarm device further includes a decision circuit, which is electrically coupled to the optical receiver for excerpting therefrom electronic signals corresponding to the intensity of light beam received by the optical receiver. The decision circuit further determines whether the transportation media is in a normal state. If the transportation media is in an abnormal state, a control signal is generated to drive the alarm sending out alert messages. The alarm device described above is assembled in a box and is securely installed to a predetermined position of the transportation media of the liquid circulation system.

Claims

1. An alarm device for use in a liquid circulation system, comprising:

an optical detection unit that generates electronic signals in accordance with the intensity of light beam penetrated through a transportation media of the liquid circulation system;

a decision circuit electrically coupled to the optical detection unit for excerpting the electronic signals generated from the optical detection unit and generating a control signal when the transportation media is in an abnormal state; and

an alarm electrically coupled to the decision circuit for generating an alert message in accordance with the control signal from the decision circuit.

2. The alarm device as recited in claim 1, wherein the optical detection unit further comprises an optical emitter and an optical receiver, the optical emitter and the optical receiver being positioned to opposite sides of the transportation media.

3. The alarm device as recited in claim 2, wherein the optical emitter is one selected from a light emitting diode, an organic light emitting diode, a polymer light emitting diode, a resonant chamber light emitting diode, a laser diode, a vertical chamber surface emitting laser, while the optical receiver is an optical sensitive device.

4. The alarm device as recited in claim 1, wherein the decision circuit is a logic circuit.

5. The alarm device as recited in claim 1, wherein the alarm is a loud speaker for generating alerting voice or noise.

6. The alarm device as recited in claim 1, wherein the transportation media on which the alarm device is installed is a pipe or a container, which can be of any shape such as rectangular, circular, oval and triangular, the alarm device being assembled in a box.

7. An examination device for a liquid circulation system, which comprises:

an optical emitter;

an optical receiver disposed corresponding to the optical emitter; and

a decision circuit electrically coupled to the optical receiver for excerpting therefrom electronic signals.

8. The alarm device as recited in claim 7, further comprising a alarm electrically coupled to the decision circuit for generating alerting messages.

9. An alarm device for a water cooling system, comprising:

a water cooling system;

a alarm device securely installed on a predetermined position of the cooling system, which comprising;

an optical emitter;

an optical receiver disposed corresponding to the optical emitter;

a decision circuit electrically coupled to the optical receiver for excerpting therefrom electronic signals and outputting a control signal in accordance with the electronic signals;

a alarm electrically coupled to the decision circuit for generating alerting messages in response to the control signal.

10. The alarm device as recited in claim 9, wherein the water cooling system comprises a water cooler, a circulation pump and a cooling base, which are mutually connected by pipes or water pipes, thereby forming a liquid circulation path.

11. The alarm device as recited in claim 9, wherein the alarm device is securely installed on a predetermined position of the pipe or the water pipe, whereby the optical emitter and the optical receiver are positioned at two opposite sides of the pipe or the water pipe.