Radiant energy – Photocells; circuits and apparatus – Flame light source
Patent
1988-11-22
1991-01-29
Westin, Edward P.
Radiant energy
Photocells; circuits and apparatus
Flame light source
250239, 2503383, 340578, G08B 1712
Patent
active
049888846
ABSTRACT:
A flame detector that comprises a housing adapted to contain a flame sensor and circuitry for processing signals produced by the sensor; the housing has a predetermined outer diameter, and a thin, highly thermally reflective coating is adhered to an outer surface of the housing to shield the sensor and circuitry from high ambient temperatures, whereby the detector is operable at the high ambient temperatures while having an outer diameter that is substantially the same as the predetermined diameter. A flame that has a predetermined flicker rate range is detected by detecting radiation within a compartment with a sensor, determining whether the detected radiation has an intensity which exceeds a predetermined threshold intensity, determining whether the detected radiation that exceeds the threshold has a flicker rate that is within the predetermined range, and determining whether a predetermined number of flickers that occur at a rate within the range have been detected within a variable time interval, and, if so, indicating that a flame is present within said compartment, the variable time interval starting upon detection of an initial flicker and ending after a predetermined delay unless a subsequent flicker is detected during said delay, a subsequent flicker detected during said delay extending the variable time interval for a predetermined time period such as that of the predetermined delay.
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Dunbar Robert A.
McClelland John M.
Walter Kidde Aerospace Inc.
Westin Edward P.
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