Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1988-05-03
1989-06-20
Swann, III, Glen R.
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
200 6147, 340689, 340693, G08B 1314
Patent
active
048412856
ABSTRACT:
An alarm adapted for mounting in an interior corner portion of a display case has an L-shaped housing which encloses a battery, an audible alarm, a mercury activation switch and an enable/disable switch. When the alarm is mounted in the display case, end faces of legs of the L-shaped housing abut adjacent interior side walls of the display case, forming a protected rectangular space for the alarm enable/disable switch. The enable/disable alarm switch is turned on or off by a key inserted through a small hole drilled through one side wall of the display case. The key may be in the form of a cylindrical pin for a simple push button type switch, or may have specially formed projections for engagement with a cooperating recess formed in an alternative rotary type switch. The audible alarm is set off by a mercury switch. In a first embodiment, an interior conical recess in a block of a plastic material contains an encapsulated pool of mercury. A conductor ring extends around a top portion of the recess and a second conductor is inserted into the mercury pool through the apex of the conical recess. In a second embodiment, two spaced ring shaped conductors extend coaxially adjacent a top portion of a conical recess which contains a pool of mercury. The rings and the mercury pool are encapsulated in a block of plastic.
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Kearns Jerry T.
Swann III Glen R.
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