Fire detection and observation system

• US 4,233,594 A
• Filed: 05/14/1979
• Issued: 11/11/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gherner Hydraulic Motors Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Hochiki Corporation
• Inventors: Tanigawa, Takeshi, Yamauchi, Yukio
• Primary Examiner(s): Waring, Alvin H.
• Application Number:
  US06/038,954
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• Field of Search: 340/506, 340/524, 340/525, 340/500
• US Class Current: 340/525
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/00 Fire alarms; Alarms responsive to explosion
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/014 Alarm signalling to a central station with two-way communication, e.g. with signalling back

Abstract

Fire observation system comprises a central receiving device and detectors, said central receiving device being provided with a remotely searching means for generating detection mode changing signals to continuously change the quantity of detection from a small value to a large one by means of electrical output units, which are connected to the detectors and can feed an output corresponding to the quantity of detection detected by each of detectors, and each of detectors being provided with an intrinsic signal feeding means for causing each of detectors to receive the detection mode changing signal and feed to the central receiving device the quantity of detection detected by the detector at the place where a fire is developing. Said fire observation system is intended to observe the condition of area surrounding a place where a fire is broken and search the development of fire at the place, after the break of fire is warned by detecting a predetermined reference value of a matter such as smoke, temperature and light.

Claims

1. A fire observation system capable of detecting the break of a fire at a place and searching the development of fire at the place and at an area surrounding the place, said system comprising

a central receiving device including

a means having three output stages and forming detection mode changing signals so as to substantially feed three kinds of output, said three output stages comprising a first output stage for feeding first detection mode changing signals to detect an extent of relatively small quantity of matter, a middle output stage for feeding middle detection mode changing signals to detect an extent of reference quantity of matter, and a second output stage for feeding second detection mode changing signals to detect an extent of relatively large quantity of matter,

a plurality of AND means having at least two input terminals and an output terminal, and feeding the values of impressed detection mode changing signals by impressing the output of detection mode change signal forming means to one of input terminals and applying a signal to the remaining input terminal, and

a display means having the output values of AND means applied thereto and displayed therein;

and

a plurality of remote fire detectors including

a plurality of fire detecting means for detecting a matter and feeding an electrical signal corresponding to the quantity of matter detected,

fire signal output means equal in number to said fire detecting means and to which the electrical signals of fire detecting means and the detection mode changing signals are impressed to feed controlled outputs under the output requirement determined by these electrical signals and detection mode changing signals, and

intrinsic signal feeding means receiving the outputs of fire signal output means to form an intrinsic signal allotted to each of fire detecting means and supplying the intrinsic signal to the remaining input terminal of AND means corresponding to the fire detecting means.

2. A fire observation system according to claim 1 wherein said detection mode change signal forming means include a control means for generating at least three different voltages in a period and a V/F converting means for periodically converting the output voltages fed from the control means, and said fire signal output means include a F/V converting means having the output terminal thereof connected to the terminal to which the detection mode changing signals are applied and the input terminal thereof connected to the V/F converting means.

3. A fire observation system according to claim 1 comprising

said detection mode change signal forming means including

a stable mono-multivibrator,

a counter controlled by the vibrator,

a resistance changing circuit connected to the output terminals of counter and changing output voltages in space with the outputs fed from the counter, and

a V/F converting circuit connected to the output terminal of resistance changing circuit and converting the output voltages of resistance changing circuit synchronizingly with the output voltages fed from the resistance changing circuit;

said AND means including a plurality of first memory circuits to which the outputs fed from the terminal of counter are applied and which cause the outputs to be fed therefrom by the intrinsic signals;

a second memory circuit connected to the output terminal of intrinsic signal receiving circuit which receives the intrinsic signals of fire detecting means; and

an intrinsic signal receiving means for picking up the memory of second memory circuit for a predetermined time length and causing the corresponding input memory of first memory circuit to be fed as an output.

4. A fire observation system according to claim 3 wherein the detection mode signals serving to detect the reference quantity of matter by the usual outputs fed from one of output terminals of counter are applied from the detection mode change signal forming means to each of fire signal output means in the fire detection means and the counter is reset by the intrinsic signals fed from the fire detection means by the reference detection mode signals to cause the detection mode changing signals to be fed therefrom successively.

5. A fire observation system according to claim 1 wherein the detection mode changing signals include a maximum detection mode signal for detecting the maximum quantity of matter and a minimum detection mode signal for detecting the minimum quantity of matter, and an abnormal condition displaying means is connected to the output terminals of AND means to which the maximum and minimum detection mode signals as well as the intrinsic signals fed from the fire detecting means are applied.