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7619538 Programmable, directing evacuation systems: apparatus and method  
This invention pertains to evacuation systems, more particularly, it pertains to single or networked guiding devices that utilizing pre-programming and/or virtual programming, sensing and detecting...
7619534 Method and apparatus for detection of hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions  
A fire alarm system includes a fire alarm control panel (FACP) and an addressable signaling line circuit (SLC) operably coupled to the FACP for communicating with addressable components, including...
7616126 Optical particle detectors  
A particle sensor is provided that includes a light source, an optical transducer, and a controller, wherein the controller is in communication with the light source and the optical transducer. The...
7605687 Ambient condition detector with variable pitch alarm  
An ambient condition detector outputs an alarm comprising a tonal pattern comprising at least two distinctly different pitch tones in one embodiment of the invention. Another embodiment comprises a...
7592923 Smoke detection and laser escape indication system utilizing a control master with base and satellite stations  
A smoke detection and escape indication system includes a master controller in communication a base unit and a satellite unit. The base unit and the satellite unit are each in wireless...
7592922 Smoke detector guard concentrator  
A baffle system for concentrating smoke and/or other products of combustion within a smoke detector guard. The baffle consists of four or more equally spaced fins, plates or blades fabricated from...
7587926 Method and apparatus for testing detectors  
An apparatus ( 10 ) for testing detectors has a cup or chamber ( 30 ) supported within a mid-cap ( 40 ) by a support ring ( 50 ). An adjustable cap ( 70 ) attaches at one end to a mid-cap ( 40 )...
7579956 System and method for controlling ignition sources and ventilating systems during high carbon monoxide conditions  
Upon detection of a high carbon monoxide condition, an intelligent thermostat regulates operation of appliances that have sources of combustion which could be the source of or may exacerbate the...
7576659 Smoke detection and laser escape indication system utilizing base and satellite  
A smoke detector system having a base unit and multiple satellite units is provided. The base unit detects various hazards, i.e., smoke or carbon monoxide, and broadcasts a radio frequency signal...
7567174 Combination alarm device with enhanced wireless notification and position location features  
A device and method for determining and automatically transmitting a geographic location of a wireless alarm device during a potential emergency utilizing enhanced wireless communication and...
7564365 Smoke detector and method of detecting smoke  
A smoke detector that includes at least one image-forming reflective surface, at least one light source and at least one light sensor. In operation, at least one light source emits light from a...
7557721 On-board thermostat and a system for detecting excess temperature  
The thermal detection and visual alarm unit includes a plurality of first expansion thermal detectors ( 17 ) with normally closed contacts that are connected in series with a first lamp ( 15 ) to...
7548157 Battery backed service indicator aids for field maintenance  
A self-contained backup power source such as a battery is provided for components within an electrically powered device such as a storage controller, photocopier or the like, to maintain diagnostic...
7532117 Fire alarm with distinct alarm reset threshold  
A hazard alarm includes: a detector for detecting a hazard parameter, trigger logic; and reset logic. The trigger logic triggers an alarm state when the measured parameter reaches a predetermined...
7528700 Integrated fire exit alert system  
A fire exit alert system, preferably integrated into an exit device or automatic fire exit door closer, uses sound and light to signal the location of a fire exit in darkness and smoke-obscured...
7522040 Remotely communicating, battery-powered nanostructure sensor devices  
A portable sensor device incorporates a low-power, nanostructure sensor coupled to a wireless transmitter. The sensor uses a nanostructure conducting channel, such as a nanotube network, that is...
7522037 Method for forming and transmitting signals  
The present invention relates to automatic fire alarm signaling, and more particularly to the activation of fire alarm signaling by an analysis of a monitored fire factor (smoke level, temperature,...
7504962 Apparatus for enclosing a smoke detector  
An apparatus for enclosing a smoke detector is provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus includes an extension that has an open end for positioning within a space on a...
7504960 Remotely located battery for a smoke detector  
A remote battery access device for remotely and conveniently positioning the battery of a smoke detector from the smoke detector. The remote battery access device includes a battery module having a...
7495573 Camera vision fire detector and system  
Wide area camera vision systems can respond to variations in light beams projected into a region being monitored. The variations are indicative of the presence of smoke in the region. In addition...
7493816 Smoke detectors  
An aspirated smoke detector includes a flow path and a generator of acoustic waves in the flow path. Airborne particulate matter in the flow path responds to the acoustic field by particle...
7492273 Pivoting battery carrier and a life safety device incorporating the same  
An electronic device, for example a smoke alarm, that includes a battery carrier that includes a push to open and push to close apparatus for opening and closing the carrier. In one embodiment, the...
7492253 System for reporting an adverse condition  
A system for reporting the presence of an adverse condition is described. Adverse conditions include smoke, breaking glass and carbon monoxide. The system includes one or more detectors that sense...
7486173 System and method for setting parameters from control panel  
Parameters defining operational characteristics of audible, visual or audible/visual alarm indicating output devices, can be transmitted to the respective devices from common output control...
7482940 Alarm for detecting radiation and pollutants  
An alarm for detecting radiation and/or pollutants such as smoke, carbon monoxide or the like has a housing ( 500 ), an alarm circuit ( 400 ) including a detector (DET 1 ) for detecting said...
7482917 Integrated communication of building control system and fire safety system information  
An apparatus for displaying event information from a building system includes a display device coupled to a processing circuit. The processing circuit is operable to cause the display to display...
7474227 Multiwavelength smoke detector using white light LED  
A smoke detector includes a smoke detection chamber containing a white light LED and a light detector. The light detector detects light within at least two distinct optical wavelength bands, and...
7474226 Smoke detector calibration  
A method for calibrating a smoke detector includes adjusting the sensitivity of the smoke detector to get a consistent predetermined response over the expected operating range. The sensitivity is...
7471206 Float assembly light indicator for Christmas tree stand  
A float assembly light indicator for use in detecting water levels within a container, such as a Christmas tree stand, includes a float housing having multiple float switches therein and are...
7463159 Fire detector  
The fire detector comprises an insertable detector assembly which includes a sensor arrangement, an electronic evaluation system and a housing which surrounds the sensor arrangement and has...
7456750 Fire suppression and indicator system and fire detection device  
A system for detecting and suppressing a fire condition in a storage unit. The system comprises a transmitter associated with the storage unit and configured to transmit a first signal upon...
7443307 Christmas tree ornament hazard detector  
This is a Christmas tree ornament that will alert a homeowner or business owner to the presence of excessive amounts of smoke or heat and sound an alarm. In order for the device to be relatively...
7427925 Hazard detector  
A hazard detector has an electronic circuit with a start-up program for causing emission of a local indicator signal, such as a flashing signal from a LED, if power and ground terminals of the...
7423544 Method of selecting operation in a line-powered module  
A line-powered module that is selectively operable in one of a plurality of modes of operation based upon the value of a selection signal. The line-powered module includes a control unit that...
7423543 Multifunctional relay module for use with CO and smoke alarms  
A multi-function relay module for use with a series of hazardous condition detectors that are interconnected by an interconnect line. The relay module is positioned between the interconnected...
7420473 Pet alert collar  
A pet collar for alerting others as to the location of a pet is provided. The pet collar is provided for announcing the presence, audibly and visibly, of a pet such as in a burning structure or...
7417553 Surface mount or low profile hazardous condition detector  
A hazardous condition detector is provided. The hazardous condition detector comprises a body, a hazardous condition sensor, and at least one corona discharge apparatus. The body defines a passage...
7417540 Wireless linking of smoke/CO detection units  
A wireless detector and alarm system, such as for example a smoke detector and/or carbon monoxide (CO) detector, operable to be linked and unlinked with one or more like detectors thereby forming a...
7417530 Sleep safety alarm  
A blanket with integral vibrating mechanisms for awakening a sleeper during an emergency. A control box receives information and based on an array of user settings, the control box will either...
7414538 Detector assembly suited to smoke alarms  
A detector assembly ( 10 ) powered by mains electricity and an elongate backup battery ( 76 ) is disclosed. The assembly includes: a ceiling mountable base ( 10 ) having a body defining a...
7408477 Fire alarm pull station with audio deterrent  
A fire alarm pull station includes a cover which must be opened to reach a fire alarm actuating handle, and an audio pull station alarm triggered by opening the cover. Once triggered, the pull...
7405671 Power failure alarm  
A power failure alarm for use in sounding a warning in the occasion of a power failure, with built in electrical connectors, and a temporary source of light. The device is housed in a molded...
7403128 Adverse condition detector with diagnostics  
An adverse condition detector that records historical data concerning the operation of the detector such that the detector can be interrogated by a technician. The microprocessor of the adverse...
7400226 Emergency lighting system with improved monitoring  
An emergency lighting unit includes a lamp, a backup battery, and controller and a network interface. The controller connects the backup battery to the lamp upon detection of an emergency condition...
7397369 Sensor and transmission control circuit in adaptive interface package  
A programmable interface module includes a linear power regulator to control and provide power to interfaced components on an as needed basis. The interface module is implemented in, for example, a...
7385517 Gateway device to interconnect system including life safety devices  
A life safety device can include a sensor configured to sense a hazardous condition, an interconnect module configured to communicate the hazardous condition to a wired life safety device using one...
7385480 Fire fighting apparatus  
An apparatus for fighting a fire comprises a suspendible container having a perforated lower surface each of whose perforations is closed by a heat-sensitive membrane rupturable at an elevated...
7378976 Night light and alarm detector  
This invention relates to providing convenient night and pathway lighting this is integrated into a detector unit. Incorporating the illumination features into the detector unit provides the...
7375643 Through a wall combustion detector  
A detector of combustion products in air gaps adjacent to chimneys or flues has an air gap detection unit coupled to a displaced control unit. The control unit can be located adjacent to a...
7375642 Method and device for identifying and localizing a fire  
The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting and localizing sources of fire in one or more monitored areas (R 1 , . . . , R n ) utilizing a suction pipe system ( 3 ) connecting the...