Method and device for calibrating a smoke detector
AssigneeSiemens Schweiz AG
InventorUlrich Kuhn-Matysiak
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Abstract
Various embodiments may include a method for the automatic calibration of a smoke detector comprising: mounting the smoke detector in a channel with an aerosol flow, along with a reference smoke detector; calibrating the smoke detector with data received by the reference detector. The reference detector comprises a scattered light receiver and a scattered light transmitter defining a scattered light plane. The aerosol flow through the channel flows through the reference detector transversely to the scattered light plane.
Claims10
A method for the automatic calibration of a smoke detector, the method comprising:
- mounting the smoke detector to be calibrated in a channel exposed to an aerosol flow, wherein a reference smoke detector has already been calibrated and located in the channel;
- calibrating the smoke detector with data received by the reference detector;
- wherein the reference detector comprises a scattered light receiver and a scattered light transmitter defining a scattered light plane;
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- wherein the aerosol flow through the channel flows through the reference detector transversely to the scattered light plane.
A device for the automatic calibration of a smoke detector, the device comprising:
- a channel for an aerosol flow;
- a mounting for the smoke detector to be calibrated to be positioned in the channel;
- a reference smoke detector previously calibrated and placed in the channel;
- a communication interface able to transmit data between the reference detector and the smoke detector to be calibrated;
- wherein the reference detector comprises a scattered light plane defined by a scattered light receiver and a scattered light transmitter;
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- wherein the aerosol flow through the channel flows through the reference detector transversely to the scattered light plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.