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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:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jacob Y Wong, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gaztech Corporation, Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340632 ; 73 2402 ; 73 3107 ; 250343 ;
Abstract
A fire detector that responds more rapidly than the widely used smoke detectors senses increases in the concentration of carbon dioxide associated with a fire. The build-up of carbon dioxide is sensed by measuring the concomittant increase in the absorption of a beam of radiation whose wavelength is located at a strong absorption band of carbon dioxide. The device is considerably simplified by the use of a window to the sample chamber that is highly permeable to carbon dioxide but which keeps out particles of dust, smoke, oil, and water. This permits the fire detector to be built of very inexpensive materials.