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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Apollo America, Pontiac, MI (US);
Inventors:
David L. Hall, Pontiac, MI (US);
Peter Stouffer, Holly, MI (US);
Assignee:
Apollo America Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 29/00 (2006.01); G08B 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 29/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A safety system receives inputs from safety related input devices such as smoke detectors and the like and provides triggering outputs to notification appliances such as bells and the like and/or safety functions such as door releases. To facilitate testing of the input devices the system incorporates a timer operative to disconnect the output devices for a period of time during which testing may be achieved, automatically reconnects the output devices at the end of the time, records the number of triggering outputs received at the outputs during that period.