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Remote fire detection method and implementation thereof

  • US 5,959,589 A
  • Filed: 07/02/1997
  • Issued: 09/28/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for detecting a fire, the apparatus comprising:

  • a rotatable radial scanning antenna, said rotatable radial scanning antenna defining a rotatable plane of radial scanning;

    a turntable mechanically connected to said rotatable radial scanning antenna, said turntable defining a vertical axis of angular scanning that is coincident said rotatable plane of radial scanning; and

    wherein said rotatable radial scanning antenna includes a spinning drum that defines an axis of radial scanning that is coincident said rotatable plane of radial scanning such that said axis of radial scanning and said axis of angular scanning define an angle of elevation within said rotatable plane of radial scanning.

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