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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
William E Abel, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Sentrol, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340604 ; 340508 ; 324 / ;
Abstract
A moisture detector for detecting the presence of moisture between two electrodes includes an AC sensing network coupled to an indicator circuit by an opto-isolator to isolate impedances between the two circuits. The battery life of the detector is extending by a unique pulsing technique that creates current drain in the sensing circuit for only brief intervals of time. The pulsing technique enables the indicator circuit to keep an electronic switch in a closed-loop security system in an on state.