Smoke generator with deflector
AssigneeVerisure SàRl
InventorJon Noble Echeverria
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Abstract
A smoke generator for anti-burglar purposes includes a canister holding means for holding a canister for chemicals to be used to generate smoke wherein the smoke generator further includes a smoke deflector arranged below the position of the canister for even distribution of generated smoke, and wherein the smoke deflector have a smoke deflector cavity of sector shape. The smoke generator is provided with a cartridge for the canister to ease replacement of used or expired canister. The smoke deflector is provided with a residual collector to prevent residuals and debris from littering the room where the smoke generator is used.
Claims12
A method of introducing smoke into a room with a smoke generator assembly, the method comprising:
- activating a pyrotechnic smoke canister to release smoke downwardly along a vertical direction so that the released smoke has a smoke flow that has a generally downward direction of travel;
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- redirecting the smoke flow from the generally downward direction of travel so that the smoke flow travels through an emission port of the smoke generator assembly in a distribution direction that is between a horizontal direction and the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.