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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Bruce Marien, Gardner, MA (US);
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
A strobe notification appliance that outputs directional information is disclosed. The strobe notification appliance may generate, in addition to notification of the fire condition, directional information (e.g., such as away from the unavailable exit paths and/or toward the preferred exit paths). In one instance, the strobe notification appliance includes a strobe element (such as a flash tube strobe element or LED strobe element) outputting fire notification information and a directional light element (such as one or more LEDs) outputting directional information. In another instance, the strobe notification appliance includes the strobe element that outputs both fire notification information and directional information. In this way, occupants of a building may be notified of a fire and notified of available or unavailable exit paths.