Portable intrusion alarm

• US 4,319,228 A
• Filed: 05/28/1980
• Issued: 03/09/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Edward H. Daniels
• Original Assignee: Edward H. Daniels
• Inventors: Daniels, Edward H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Swann, III, Glen R.
• Application Number:
  US06/154,069
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 340/546, 340/521, 340/547, 340/554, 340/693
• US Class Current: 340/521
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms

Abstract

An intrusion alarm is provided in a compact enclosure permitting its movement from location to location as needed. The alarm includes one or more motion detectors, some of which may be battery operated, one or more alarm devices, such as horns, sirens, etc., door switches and appropriate relays for operating the system. A battery back up system insures that the alarm is always activated.

Claims

1. A portable intrusion alarm comprising:

an enclosure having an electrical bus contained therein for interconnecting various circuit components,

a power line normally connected to the bus for supplying AC voltage to the bus in said enclosure,

a DC storage battery,

an inverter for producing AC from said battery,

a power control relay for connecting said inverter to the electrical bus upon AC power line failure,

means for initializing said power control relay to utilize power from the AC power line,

motion detecting means connected to said bus and operating a first relay,

magnetic door switch means connected to said bus and operating a second relay,

a plurality of alarm devices located external to said enclosure but connected to one side of said bus,

each of said first and second relays having a set of normally open contacts, said sets being connected in parallel with each other to the other side of said bus and, when energized, connecting the other side of the bus to said alarm devices,

whereby any one of the first and second relays can energize the alarm devices by operation of its associated relay contacts.

2. The portable intrusion alarm according to claim 1 wherein said power controlled relay disconnects said power line from said bus simultaneously with connecting said inverter to the electrical bus upon AC power line failure.

3. The portable intrusion alarm according to claim 1 wherein said initializing means includes a manually operable switch and a pair of contacts of said power control relay, said manually operable switch is connected in parallel with said pair of contacts.

4. The portable intrusion alarm according to claim 3 wherein said manually operable switch is normally open and said pair of contacts is open when the power control relay is not energized, said manually operable switch and said pair of contacts being connected in series with the power control relay, whereby momentary closure of said manual switch energizes the power control relay causing said pair of contacts to close, thereby maintaining said relay energized when said manual switch is returned to the normally open position.

5. The portable intrusion alarm according to claim 1 wherein said power control relay includes a normally open second pair of contacts connected in series between one side of the AC power line and one side of said bus so as to apply AC voltage from the power line to the bus when closed.

6. The portable intrusion alarm according to claim 1 wherein said power control relay includes a normally closed third pair of contacts connected in series between said inverter and said bus to disconnect said inverter from said bus when AC voltage is available.