GB1377683A – Flame detectors
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GB1377683A – Flame detectors
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Flame detectors
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Publication number
GB1377683A
GB1377683A
GB998672A
GB998672A
GB1377683A
GB 1377683 A
GB1377683 A
GB 1377683A
GB 998672 A
GB998672 A
GB 998672A
GB 998672 A
GB998672 A
GB 998672A
GB 1377683 A
GB1377683 A
GB 1377683A
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Prior art keywords
photo
flame
output
signal
cell
Prior art date
1971-03-04
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Expired
Application number
GB998672A
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Cerberus AG
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Cerberus AG
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1971-03-04
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1972-03-03
Publication date
1974-12-18
1972-03-03
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Cerberus AG
1974-12-18
Publication of GB1377683A
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patent/GB1377683A/en
Status
Expired
legal-status
Critical
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241000202252
Cerberus
Species
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radiation
Effects
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abstract
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sensitivity
Effects
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abstract
1
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spectral effect
Effects
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abstract
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Classifications
G—PHYSICS
G08—SIGNALLING
G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
G08B17/00—Fire alarms; Alarms responsive to explosion
G08B17/12—Actuation by presence of radiation or particles, e.g. of infrared radiation or of ions
Abstract
1377683 Photo-electric flame detectors CERBERUS AG 3 March 1972 [4 March 1971] 9986/72 Heading G1A [Also in Divisions F4 and G4] A flame detector including a photo-cell 1 comprises circuitry for distinguishing in the photo-cell output any randomly alternating component caused by flame flicker and utilizing this component, or its absence, to signal presence or absence of flame respectively. The output from a photo-diode, photo-resistor or photo-transistor 1 positioned to receive flame radiation if filtered and amplified at 2. The filter pass-band, typically 2 to 40 Hz, allows through the flame flicker component as well as any other cyclically varying component in that range. However, the flame flicker component is characterized by its non-constant amplitude maxima, whereas other components of the filter output, caused e.g. by light reflection from moving parts or interference from flickering lamps, will have a steady A.C. level. Hence the output from rectifier 3 and low-pass filter 4, whose upper cut-off is less than the lower cut-off amplifier 2, is a D.C. signal, corresponding to the «non-random» photo-cell output, on which is superimposed, in the presence of flame, an A.C. «flicker» signal. This signal is amplified at 5 and then supplied to a threshold detector and integrator 6. This circuit provides a signal to a relayoperated alarm if the A.C. input to it persists for a predetermined time period. This may be done by generating pulses when an integrated voltage level is exceeded and counting these pulses per unit time. Fail-safe arrangements. If the level of the «non- random» output from amplifier 2 is high, this amplifier may become overloaded and thereby block the flame detector. To signal such an overload the D.C. level at the output of filter 4 is sensed, e.g. by a second threshold detector, Figs. 3 and 4 (not shown), which supplies an alarm signal, indicating overload, when the threshold is exceeded. In the embodiment of Fig.5 (not shown), the D.C. output from the filter 4 is used in an a g c loop to control the voltage supply to the photo-cell 1. The photo-cell may be provided with a red or infrared filter. More than one photo-cell may be used, each having a different spectral sensitivity, arranged in series or difference circuits.
GB998672A
1971-03-04
1972-03-03
Flame detectors
Expired
GB1377683A
(en)
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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Filing Date
Title
CH324871A
CH519761A
(en)
1971-03-04
1971-03-04
Flame detector
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GB1377683A
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GB1377683A
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1974-12-18
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GB998672A
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GB1377683A
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1971-03-04
1972-03-03
Flame detectors
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US
(1)
US3742474A
(en)
JP
(1)
JPS559613B1
(en)
BE
(1)
BE765881A
(en)
CH
(1)
CH519761A
(en)
DE
(1)
DE2204718C3
(en)
FR
(1)
FR2128329B1
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GB1377683A
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patent/CH519761A/en
not_active
IP Right Cessation
1971-04-07
US
US00131898A
patent/US3742474A/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime
1971-04-16
BE
BE765881A
patent/BE765881A/en
not_active
IP Right Cessation
1972
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DE
DE2204718A
patent/DE2204718C3/en
not_active
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FR
FR7204865A
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not_active
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JP
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1978-08-31
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1972-09-14
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(en)
1972-10-20
BE765881A
(en)
1971-09-16
CH519761A
(en)
1972-02-29
US3742474A
(en)
1973-06-26
JPS559613B1
(en)
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DE2204718C3
(en)
1985-05-30
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(en)
1977-04-01
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Legal Events
Date
Code
Title
Description
1975-04-30
PS
Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
