Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1987-02-11
1988-11-15
Swann, III, Glen R.
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
250339, G08B 1712
Patent
active
047852925
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for sensing the ex(i)stence of a fire and providing a warning, if desired, with improved discrimination against the possibility of false alarms. Dual channel detectors are used, one detector being set to respond to incident radiation having a wavelength in the range of 0.8 to 1.1 microns while the other wavelength range is significantly displaced therefrom, being selected for wavelengths in the range from 14 to 25 microns. Reliability of true signal detection is further improved by the provision of separate flame flicker bandpass filters in the respective channels, these bandpass filters being set for different passbands. Circuits providing ratio discrimination, threshold detectors and delay circuitry are combined with the dual spectrum detectors and disparate flicker frequency filters to achieve improved performance. In addition, the dynamic range of instrument sensitivity is substantially increased by utilizing preamplifiers with wide gain variability controlled by automatic gain control circuits in the dual channel circuitry.
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Kern Mark T.
Shamordola Kenneth A.
Karambelas A. W.
Laslo V. G.
Mullen Jr. Thomas J.
Santa Barbara Research Center
Schubert W. C.
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