Smoke and fire detector for remote sensing

• US 4,833,458 A
• Filed: 08/11/1988
• Issued: 05/23/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gerald E. Bowman
• Original Assignee: Gerald E. Bowman
• Inventors: Bowman, Gerald E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Orsino, Joseph A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): JACKSON, JILL
• Application Number:
  US07/231,602
• Time in Patent Office: 285 Days
• Field of Search: 340/627-630, 340/577, 340/584, 340/586, 340/587, 340/578, 340/579, 250/572-525
• US Class Current: 340/628
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/10 Actuation by presence of smoke or gases , e.g. automatic alarm devices for analysing flowing fluid materials by the use of optical means
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/113 Constructional details

Abstract

A smoke and fire detector apparatus includes a base for mounting the apparatus on a wall and a tubular extension having one end attached to the base and an opposite end adapted to extend through an aperture formed in a ceiling of a room into an attic space. A sensing circuit, an audio alarm device and a power supply are mounted on the base and electrically connected to one another. A smoke sensor is mounted on the opposite end of the tubular extension and is electrically connected to the sensing circuit through the tubular extension. A second smoke sensor can be mounted on the base and electrically connected with the sensing circuit.

Claims

1. In a smoke and fire detector apparatus having a housing, a sensing circuit mounted in the housing, an electric power source mounted in the housing and connected to the sensing circuit, and an alarm signalling device mounted in the housing and connected to the sensing circuit, the improvement comprising:

a tubular extension having one end attached to the housing and an opposite end adapted to extend through a wall into an enclosed space;

means for sensing combustion products in the enclosed space remote from a space occupied by the sensing circuit including a smoke and fire sensor mounted on said opposite end of said tubular extension and electrically connected to the sensing circuit; and

means for sealing said tubular extension against a flow of gas between said one end and said opposite end.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said means for sealing is a wall formed inside said tubular extension.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 including another sensor mounted on the housing and electrically connected to the sensing circuit.

4. A smoke and fire detector apparatus, comprising:

a housing adapted to be mounted on a wall in a room;

a sensing circuit mounted on said housing;

an electric power source mounted on said housing and electrically connected to said sensing circuit;

a hollow extension having one end attached to said housing and an opposite end adapted to extend through an aperture formed in a ceiling of the room, said extension having a diameter approximately the same as the diameter of the aperture;

a smoke and fire sensor mounted on said opposite end of said extension and electrically connected to said sensing circuit for sensing combustion products in a space remote from the room, said sensor having a diameter no greater than the diameter of said extension; and

means for internally sealing said extension against a flow of gas between said one end and said opposite end.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 including another smoke and fire sensor mounted on said housing and electrically connected to said sensing circuit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said electric power source is a battery.

7. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said extension is tubular in cross section.

8. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said means for sealing is a wall formed inside said extension.

9. The apparatus according to claim 4 including wire means electrically connecting said smoke and fire sensor to said sensing circuit, said wire means extending through said extension and said means for sealing.

10. The apparatus according to claim 4 including an audio alarm signalling device electrically connected to said sensing circuit and responsive to a signal generated by said smoke and fire sensor for sounding an alarm.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein said alarm signalling device is mounted on said housing.

12. A smoke and fire detector and alarm apparatus for detecting combustion products in a remote location, comprising:

a base adapted to be mounted on a generally vertically extending wall in a room;

a sensing circuit mounted on said base;

an electric power source mounted on said base and electrically connected to said sensing circuit;

one smoke sensor mounted on said base and electrically connected to said sensing circuit;

an audio alarm signalling device mounted on said base and electrically connected to said sensing circuit;

a tubular extension extending in a generally vertical direction and having one end attached to said base and an opposite end adapted to extend through an aperture formed in a ceiling of the room and into an attic space remote from the room, said extension having approximately the same diameter as the aperture;

another smoke sensor mounted on said opposite end of said tubular extension and electrically connected to said sensing circuit for sensing combustion products in the attic space, said another smoke sensor having a diameter no greater than the diameter of said extension; and

a wall formed inside said tubular extension for sealing said tubular extension against a flow of gas internally between said one end and said opposite end.