Remote fire extinguisher station inspection
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a fire extinguisher including a portable tank defining a volume;
a gauge disposed in communication with the volume defined by the portable tank, the gauge detecting and displaying a pressure condition of a content contained within the volume with a gauge pointer;
a sensor including an image detector that senses pressure based on the gauge and produces an intermittent signal indicative of an out-of-range pressure condition of the content contained within the volume based upon a proximity of the gauge pointer to a position indicating the out-of-range pressure condition;
an electronic circuit disposed in communication with the gauge and adapted to signal to a remote central station upon detection of the out-of-range pressure condition; and
a signaling device for signaling when the fire extinguisher is placed in use.
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Abstract
An apparatus for remote inspection of fire extinguishers at one or a system of fire extinguisher stations includes, e.g., at each fire extinguisher station: a detector for lack of presence of a fire extinguisher in its installed position at the fire extinguisher station; a detector for out-of-range pressure of contents of the fire extinguisher at the fire extinguisher station; a detector for an obstruction to viewing of or access to the fire extinguisher at the fire extinguisher station; and a device for transmission of inspection report information from the fire extinguisher station to a remote central station.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a fire extinguisher including a portable tank defining a volume; a gauge disposed in communication with the volume defined by the portable tank, the gauge detecting and displaying a pressure condition of a content contained within the volume with a gauge pointer; a sensor including an image detector that senses pressure based on the gauge and produces an intermittent signal indicative of an out-of-range pressure condition of the content contained within the volume based upon a proximity of the gauge pointer to a position indicating the out-of-range pressure condition; an electronic circuit disposed in communication with the gauge and adapted to signal to a remote central station upon detection of the out-of-range pressure condition; and a signaling device for signaling when the fire extinguisher is placed in use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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