Back to results
US 2006/0234175 A1Published application
Air quality sensor/interruptor
OwnerJon Bridgwater, Martin Yaninventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An air quality sensor and interrupter system includes an air quality sensor to measure the air quality around a gas appliance and an appliance shut-off device to turn off the gas appliance in response to a signal from the sensor indicating unsafe air. Unsafe air can be indicated by a measurement of 18.5% or less oxygen in the air.
Claims20
An air quality sensor and interrupting system, comprising:
- an air quality sensor configured to measure the quality of air proximate to a gas appliance and generate a signal when unsafe air is detected;
- and
- a gas shut off device configured to turn off at least one portion of the gas appliance in response to the signal sent from the air quality sensor.
A method for operating a gas appliance, comprising:
- sensing an air quality of air proximate to the gas appliance;
- determining whether the air quality is unsafe;
- and
- turning off at least a portion of the gas appliance if the air quality is unsafe.
1 more element
A system for operating a gas appliance, comprising:
- means for measuring an air quality of air proximate to the gas appliance;
- and
- means for turning off at least a portion of the gas appliance if the measured air quality is determined unsafe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.