Access floor smart tile for refrigerant detection
AssigneeUNIFLAIR S.p.A.
InventorDaniele Marchetti
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Abstract
A floor system for detecting refrigerant includes one or more tiles. Each tile includes a tile body having a cavity formed therein and a grille element positioned within the cavity of the tile body. The grille element is configured to receive air from at least one of above or below the tile body. Each tile further includes a control assembly associated with the grille element. The control assembly includes a refrigerant sensing device to detect refrigerant in the received air. The control assembly is configured to output a signal indicating a detection of refrigerant.
Claims24
A floor system for detecting refrigerant, the floor system comprising:
- one or more tiles, each tile including
- a tile body having a cavity formed therein,
- a grille element positioned within the cavity of the tile body, the grille element being configured to receive air from at least one of above or below the tile body, and
- a control assembly associated with the grille element, the control assembly including a refrigerant sensor to detect refrigerant in the received air,
- wherein the control assembly is configured to output a signal indicating a detection of refrigerant.
One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a floor system to perform a method, the floor system being configured to detect refrigerant in received air within tiles of the floor system, the method comprising:
- detecting refrigerant in received air by a refrigerant sensor of a control assembly of one or more tiles of the floor system, each tile including a tile body having a cavity formed therein and a grille element positioned within the cavity of the tile body, the grille element being configured to receive air from at least one of above or below the tile body into the cavity for detection, the control assembly being associated with the grille element;
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- outputting a signal indicating a detection of refrigerant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.