Alarm device for use in a baby's diaper

• US 4,484,573 A
• Filed: 07/22/1982
• Issued: 11/27/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Naewae Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Naewae Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Yoo, Kil-Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): YASKO JR, JOHN D
• Application Number:
  US06/400,816
• Time in Patent Office: 859 Days
• Field of Search: 128/138 A, 340/604, 604/361
• US Class Current: 128/886
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/42 with wetness indicator or alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/48 Devices for preventing wetting or pollution of the bed
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/121 for determining moisture content, e.g. humidity, of the fluid moisture content of the tested material G01N27/048

Abstract

An alarm device for detecting moisture in a baby'"'"'s diaper includes a housing having a moisture detector and a buzzer on the outer surface thereof. A space is provided within the housing, and a circuit board disposed in such space has an electronic circuit and a battery thereon. The electronic circuit is electrically connected to the moisture detector, the buzzer and the battery, and actuates the buzzer when the moisture detector indicates moisture is present in the diaper. Tie-rings are preferably provided on the housing for securing the alarm device to the baby'"'"'s diaper.

Claims

1. An alarm device for use in a baby'"'"'s diaper, comprising a circuit board having an electronic circuit thereon and provided in the space formed between a case and a cover, a ring-shaped detecting part and a round-shaped detecting part being fixed into recesses formed in the middle part of the outer surface of said case, said ring-shaped detecting part being concentric with and spaced apart from said round-shaped detecting part, and a buzzer being secured inside of said cover and over a round hole formed in the middle of said cover for producing an alarm when said detecting parts contact moisture in the baby'"'"'s diaper such that electricity flows between said detecting parts.

3. The alarm device of claim 1, including a plurality of projections provided on said case in the region of said detecting parts, and including at least one tie-ring provided on said case for securing said alarm device to the diaper.

4. An alarm device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said case and said cover are circular and fit together to form a disk-shaped unit, said projections are provided in a circular formation surrounding said detecting parts, and said alarm device has a pair of said tie-rings which extend radially outwardly in opposite directions from said disk-shaped unit.

5. An alarm device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ring-shaped detecting part and said round-shaped detecting part are fixed into said recesses, said recesses being formed in the outer surface of said case so as to produce an alarm sound when said detecting parts contact a wet diaper, and stop producing the alarm sound when said detecting parts are released from contact with the wet diaper.

2. An alarm device for use in a baby'"'"'s diaper, comprising a circuit board having an integrated circuit thereon and provided in the space formed between a case and a cover, a ring-shaped detecting part and a round-shaped detecting part fixed into recesses formed in the middle part of the outer surface of said case, and a buzzer secured inside of said cover and over a round hole formed in the middle of said cover for producing an alarm when said detecting parts contact moisture in the baby'"'"'s diaper, wherein electric wires from said integrated circuit, to which electricity is supplied from a battery, are connected to said detecting parts, an oscillator is connected directly with said integrated circuit, a terminal of said integrated circuit is connected with the base of a transistor, the collector of said transistor is connected to one end of said buzzer, the other end of said buzzer is connected to said battery, a coil is connected in parallel with said buzzer, and the emitter of said transistor is connected to said battery.

6. An alarm device for use in a baby'"'"'s diaper, comprising a compact and substantially closed disk-shaped housing defining therein an interior space, said housing being defined by a disk-shaped cover and a disk-shaped case which are disposed in opposed relation to define said space therebetween said case and cover having peripheral edge portions which are abuttingly and fixedly joined together, a circuit board positioned within said space and fixedly positioned relative to said housing, said circuit board having an electronic circuit thereon, first and second electrically conductive detecting parts fixed to said housing and positioned adjacent the exterior surface thereof for exposure to moisture externally of the housing, said detecting parts being spaced apart in electrically nonconductive relationship to one another, first and second conductive elements positioned within said housing and electrically connecting said circuit to said first and second detecting parts respectively, and audible sound-generating means secured inside of said housing and connected to said circuit for producing an alarm when said detecting parts contact moisture in the baby'"'"'s diaper.

7. An alarm device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said first detecting part is ring-shaped and surrounds said second detecting part.

8. An alarm device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said sound generating means comprises a buzzer which extends over a hole formed in said housing.

9. An alarm device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said detecting parts are substantially flush with the outer surface of said case.