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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Bruce R. Griffith, Geneva, IL (US);
Ludger L K Koester, Aurora, IL (US);
Mark C. Bohanon, Aurora, IL (US);
Inventors:
Bruce R. Griffith, Geneva, IL (US);
Ludger L K Koester, Aurora, IL (US);
Mark C. Bohanon, Aurora, IL (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An aspirated smoke detector includes an ambient air flow separation element in combination with a smoke sensing chamber. The flow separation element can be an active or a passive element. Separated ambient, carrying relative small particles can flow into the sensing chamber. Ambient carrying relatively larger particulate matter is excluded from the sensing chamber.