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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard D Smith, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ronald R Lentz, Modesto, CA (US);
Patrick C Meachim, Oakdale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34261 ; 34260 ;
Abstract
Microwave clothes dryer and method in which an impending fire and/or explosion is detected by monitoring gases from the drying chamber with a solid state gas sensor to detect the presence of a gas associated with fire or an explosion. In the disclosed embodiments, the gases to be detected include ethane, propane, butane, toluene, hydrogen sulfide, alcohol, and combinations thereof.