EP1037183A3 - A gas sensing alarm device - Google Patents

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EP1037183A3
EP1037183A3 EP00650013A EP00650013A EP1037183A3 EP 1037183 A3 EP1037183 A3 EP 1037183A3 EP 00650013 A EP00650013 A EP 00650013A EP 00650013 A EP00650013 A EP 00650013A EP 1037183 A3 EP1037183 A3 EP 1037183A3
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alarm device
indicate
memory
gas sensing
microcontroller
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Michael Byrne
James Duignan
Fergus Flynn
Michael Guinee
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EI Technology Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B21/00—Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
    • G08B21/02—Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
    • G08B21/12—Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B21/00—Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
    • G08B21/02—Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
    • G08B21/12—Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms
    • G08B21/14—Toxic gas alarms

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  • Emergency Alarm Devices (AREA)
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Abstract

An alarm device (1) has a circuit (10) with a microcontroller (11) which activates a green LED (4) to indicate normal operation, a yellow LED (6) to indicate if there is a fault, and a red LED (5) to indicate an alert arising from carbon monoxide concentration exceeding a volt. If the user presses a test/hush button (3) the microcontroller indicates the peak concentration since a memory was last reset. Continuing to press the button causes the memory to be reset. This provides peace of mind to the user. <IMAGE>
EP00650013A 1999-03-05 2000-03-02 A gas sensing alarm device Expired - Lifetime EP1037183B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

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IE990186 1999-03-05
IE990186 1999-03-05
IE990368 1999-05-06
IE990368 1999-05-06

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EP1037183A2 EP1037183A2 (en) 2000-09-20
EP1037183A3 true EP1037183A3 (en) 2003-04-09
EP1037183B1 EP1037183B1 (en) 2005-04-13

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IE (2) IE20000165A1 (en)

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JPH08110252A (en) * 1994-10-13 1996-04-30 Fuji Electric Co Ltd Karman's vortex flowmeter
US5526280A (en) * 1994-04-28 1996-06-11 Atwood Industries, Inc. Method and system for gas detection

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US5526280A (en) * 1994-04-28 1996-06-11 Atwood Industries, Inc. Method and system for gas detection
JPH08110252A (en) * 1994-10-13 1996-04-30 Fuji Electric Co Ltd Karman's vortex flowmeter

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1996, no. 08 30 August 1996 (1996-08-30) *

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EP1037183B1 (en) 2005-04-13
EP1037183A2 (en) 2000-09-20
IE20000165A1 (en) 2000-11-15
IES20000164A2 (en) 2000-11-01
ATE293270T1 (en) 2005-04-15

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