EMERGENCY DEVICE ACTUATOR ABSENCE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20100079295A1
• Filed: 10/01/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ron Goon
• Original Assignee: Ron Goon
• Inventors: GOON, RON
• Granted Patent: US 7,889,091 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/577
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 2/24 Operating or controlling mechanisms emergency operation of doors and windows E05F1/002, E05F15/72
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 37/50 Testing or indicating devices for determining the state of readiness of the equipment

Abstract

An emergency device actuator absence notification system and method therefore capable of notifying an observer or system supervisor of the presence and operability of the emergency device actuator and also capable of notifying an observer or system supervisor of the absence or inoperability of the emergency device actuator.

Claims

1. An emergency device actuator absence notification system comprising:

a rigid planar member;

a transducer housing coupled to said planar member;

a transducer located within said transducer housing and coupled to said planar member, said transducer having a pair of electrical contact points located on said transducer;

a lever having a first end coupled to said transducer within said transducer housing and passing through a lever opening in said transducer housing causing said lever to have a second end external to said transducer housing, said lever having electrically conductive and flexible properties causing said lever to rest in a first position when said lever has no external forces acting upon it, and being so positioned as to become in contact with both of said electrical contact points when said lever is depressed and caused to be in a second position, thereby causing the electrical contact points to become in electrical contact with one another;

wherein said transducer being capable of emitting a plurality of signals depending upon a state of said transducer, said state of said transducer being dependent upon one of the existence and nonexistence of electrical contact between said electrical contact points, which is in turn dependent upon said lever being in one of said first position and said second position;

electrical leads having first ends coupled to said transducer and capable of transmitting said plurality of signals from said transducer; and

an electrical lead opening formed in said transducer housing, said electrical leads passing through said electrical lead opening.

2. The emergency device actuator absence notification system of claim 1 further comprising a circular opening through said rigid planar member located in close proximity to said lever when said lever is in said second position, and so positioned that a range of motion of said lever will not be impeded by placing the device about a post having approximately a same diameter of said circular opening.

3. The emergency device actuator absence notification system of claim 1 wherein said electrical lead opening is a threaded opening enabling coupling with a wire housing.

4. A method of monitoring a presence and absence of an emergency device actuator comprising producing a signal indicating the presence of said emergency device actuator when said emergency device actuator is so situated with respect to an emergency device actuator absence notification system when said emergency device actuator is in use and in contact with said emergency device actuator absence notification system;

and

producing a signal from said emergency device actuator absence notification system indicating an absence of said emergency device actuator when said emergency device actuator is no longer in contact with said emergency device actuator absence notification system.

5. An emergency device actuator absence notification system comprising:

a planar base member;

a housing coupled to said planar base member;

a transducer located within said transducer housing and attached to said planar base member, said transducer having a pair of electrical contact points located on said transducer; and

a lever having a first end coupled to said transducer and a second end extending out through said housing, said lever having a first position forming an open circuit between said pair of electrical contacts and a second position forming an electrical connection between said electrical contact points when said lever is depressed;

wherein said transducer sends a first signal when said lever is in said first position to indicate an absence of an actuator device and a second signal when said lever is in said second position to indicate a presence of said actuator device

6. The emergency device actuator absence notification system of claim 5 further comprising a circular opening formed through said planar base member.

7. The emergency device actuator absence notification system of claim 5 further comprising an electrical lead opening formed in the housing.

8. The emergency device actuator absence notification system of claim 7 wherein said electrical lead opening is a threaded opening enabling coupling with a wire housing.