Moisture presence alarm system
First Claim
1. A moisture presence alarm system having a sensor system which extends over an area to be monitored, and a detector device which receives signals from the sensor system, the latter comprising spatially separated conductors in contact, with a moisture absorbent material, characterised in that the sensor system comprises a first set of generally parallel conductors extending in one direction on one side of the moisture absorbent material, and a second set of generally parallel conductors arranged transversely of said direction on the other side of the material, wherein the conductors of at least one set are attached to moisture absorbent strips, and wherein the conductors are electrically independent, forming a matrix such that each conductor of each set forms a conductor pair at their respective crossing points and the conductors are narrow compared with the spacing between them;
- and in that the detector device detects changes in electrical conditions between said conductor pairs when a change in moisture occurs in the sensing area, the position of any leak within said area being determined by selective interrogation of the respective pairs of conductors.
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Abstract
A moisture presence alarm system has a sensor system which extends over an area to monitored and a detector device which receives signals from the sensor system. This has spatially separated conductors in contact with a moisture absorbent material. The position of the leak is determined by selective interrogation of pairs of conductors. The conductors may be in an orthogonal matrix (A1 . . . X1 . . . A2 . . . X2), each conductor (10,11) being associated with a moisture absorbent strip (12,13).
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1. A moisture presence alarm system having a sensor system which extends over an area to be monitored, and a detector device which receives signals from the sensor system, the latter comprising spatially separated conductors in contact, with a moisture absorbent material, characterised in that the sensor system comprises a first set of generally parallel conductors extending in one direction on one side of the moisture absorbent material, and a second set of generally parallel conductors arranged transversely of said direction on the other side of the material, wherein the conductors of at least one set are attached to moisture absorbent strips, and wherein the conductors are electrically independent, forming a matrix such that each conductor of each set forms a conductor pair at their respective crossing points and the conductors are narrow compared with the spacing between them;
- and in that the detector device detects changes in electrical conditions between said conductor pairs when a change in moisture occurs in the sensing area, the position of any leak within said area being determined by selective interrogation of the respective pairs of conductors.
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