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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Kemal Ajay, Victoria, AU;
Arjun Vinoo Caprihan, Victoria, AU;
Ron Knox, Victoria, AU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
VFS Technologies Limited, Nassau, BS;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining flow in an aspirated smoke detector system includes a plurality of sampling pipes in fluid communication with a smoke detector, a flow rate detector in at least one of the sampling pipes that senses a signal transmitted between a first and second signal transceiver, wherein the first transceiver transceives signals in at least two of the sampling pipes.