Portable combination lamp, smoke detector and power failure alarm

• US 4,419,658 A
• Filed: 04/01/1981
• Issued: 12/06/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nashua New Hampshire
• Original Assignee: T J Company
• Inventors: Stevens, Randy R., Jarosz, Anthony M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crosland, Donnie L.
• Application Number:
  US06/249,929
• Time in Patent Office: 979 Days
• Field of Search: 340/521, 340/577, 340/578, 340/579, 340/584, 340/586, 340/588-590, 340/628, 340/629, 340/635, 340/636, 340/546, 340/511, 340/510, 340/321, 340/693
• US Class Current: 340/521
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0076 Safety or security signalisation, e.g. smoke or burglar alarms, earthquake detectors; Self-defence devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/00 Fire alarms; Alarms responsive to explosion
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/113 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/185 Electrical failure alarms

Abstract

A portable protection device is shown for use in sounding a warning in the event of smoke or power failure and to supply a portable high intensity lamp when needed. The unit is enclosed in a small, light weight portable housing and includes a smoke alarm, a high intensity lamp and a power failure alarm all operable from an AC line source or from a self contained DC battery source. The device is useful for travelers at hotels, students at dormitories, and the like.

Claims

1. A portable personal warning device adapted to detect smoke or power failure, comprising in combination:

(a) a small portable housing;

(b) a lamp and a reflector mounted to said housing and directed outwardly from one side thereof;

(c) a smoke detector mounted in said housing and in communication with ambient air;

(d) audible alarm means operatively connected to said smoke detector and responsive thereto;

(e) a continuous power interruption detecting means mounted in said housing and connectable to available AC power;

(f) DC power storage means mounted in said housing, including battery recharging means for recharging said DC power storage means;

(g) circuit means connected to said lamp, said smoke detector, said audible alarm means, said power interruption detecting means and said DC power storage means;

(h) control means connected to said circuit means for actuating said lamp and said audible alarm means in the event of an interruption of AC power or smoke detected by said detector; and

(i) low and continuous DC power sensing means connected to said DC power storage means and to said circuit means and to said audible alarm means for actuating said audible alarm means in the event of low DC power.

2. A portable hazard warning device according to claim 1 including manually operated switch means connected to said circuit means and to said lamp for manually controlling the operation of said lamp.

3. A portable hazard warning device according to claim 1 wherein said smoke detector is an ionization type detector and includes an ionization chamber and an electrode connected to said circuit means.

4. A portable hazard warning device according to claim 1 wherein said circuit means includes an amplifier and said audible alarm means includes a horn connected to said amplifier and forming an oscillator circuit therewith adapted to operate at the resonant frequency of said horn.