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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2023
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Jacob Kerling, Edina, MN (US);
Slade Culp, Bradenton, FL (US);
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A cap for a light emitter and/or light receiver of a smoke detector for eliminating a direct line of sight between the light emitter and the light receiver is disclosed. The cap comprises an enclosure of a predefined profile having a predetermined open area at a predetermined position on the enclosure, which is adapted to be removably fitted over one or more of the light emitter and/or the light receiver. The cap upon fitting over any of the light emitter and the light receiver, the cap blocks a direct line of sight between the light emitter and the light receiver and allows the light receiver to receive only the light being reflected by smoke and a predefined amount of clean air signal present within the smoke detector.