Security device with adjustable magnet location

• US 20070075859A1
• Filed: 10/03/2005
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Piel, Kevin, Babich, Thomas, Garavuso, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,312,705 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/547
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/08 by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 36/0046 Limit switches, also fail-safe operation or anti-tamper considerations

Abstract

A security device that is adapted to be affixed along a window to provide anti-intruder protection while providing the ability to open the window a variable amount for venting an area. The security device comprises a magnetic member, located in a housing, and means for mounting the magnetic member at a desired location along the housing. The means for mounting the magnetic member may comprise a track extending substantially along the length of the housing and means for slidingly engaging the magnetic member along the track, whereby the magnetic member may be engaged at a desired location. The security device further comprises a contact switch adapted to provide a closed signal to a security system when the contact switch is in proximity to the magnetic member and an open signal when the contact switch is not in proximity to the magnetic member.

Claims

1. A security device comprising:

a. a magnetic member having a member length,

b. a housing having a length substantially longer than the member length, said housing adapted to be mounted along a window, and

c. means for mounting the magnetic member at a desired location along the housing and relocating the magnetic member to a different location when desired.

2. The security device of claim 1 wherein the means for mounting the magnetic member comprises a track extending substantially along the length of the housing and means for slidingly engaging the magnetic member along the track, whereby the magnetic member may be engaged at a desired location on the track.

3. The security device of claim 2 wherein said means for slidingly engaging the magnetic member along the track comprises a plurality of notches located along the length of the track and notch engagement means located on the magnetic member for allowing selective engagement of the magnetic member along the track.

4. The security device of claim 1 further comprising a contact switch adapted to provide a first output signal when said contact switch is in proximity to said magnetic member and a second output signal when said contact switch is not in proximity to said magnetic member.

5. A security system comprising the security device of claim 4 wherein the housing is mounted to a first component of the window and the contact switch is mounted to a second component of the window so as to be in proximity to the magnetic member when the first component of the window and the second component of the window are in a first relative position with respect to each other and to be out of proximity to the magnetic member when the first component of the window and the second component of the window are in a second relative position with respect to each other.

6. The security system of claim 5 wherein the first relative position is the window in a closed position and the second relative position is the window in an open position.

7. The security system of claim 5 wherein the first relative position is the window in a vented position and the second relative position is the window in a fully open position.

8. The security system of claim 5 further comprising a control panel and means for communicating the first output and the second output from the contact switch to the control panel.

9. The security system of claim 5 wherein the first component of the window is the window jamb and the second component of the window is the window frame.

10. The security system of claim 5 wherein the first component of the window is the window frame and the second component of the window is the window jamb.

11. A method of adjusting a security device mounted along a window to allow for adjustable venting of said window, wherein said security device comprises a magnetic member having a member length in a housing having a length substantially longer than the member length, and a contact switch for outputting a signal dependent on the relative position of the magnetic member to the contact switch, comprising the steps of,

a. locating the magnetic member in a first position in the housing such that when the window is in a first position the magnetic member is in close proximity to the contact switch causing the contact switch to output a first output signal, and when the window is in a second position the magnetic member is not in close proximity to the contact switch causing the contact switch to output a second output signal, and

b. relocating the magnetic member in a second position in the housing such that when the window is in a vented position the magnetic member is in close proximity to the contact switch causing the contact switch to output the first output signal, and when the window is in a second position the magnetic member is not in close proximity to the contact switch causing the contact switch to output the second output signal.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the window in a first position is a closed position and the window in a second position is a substantially open position.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the first output signal is a normal condition and the second output signal is an alarm condition.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein relocating the magnet member requires sliding the magnetic member along a track located in the housing.