Detector Cleaner and/or Tester and Method of Using Same
AssigneeHSI Fire & Safety Group, LLC
InventorsScott Rote, Dan Johnson, Aaron B. Eiger
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Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning a detector comprising a housing and a bowl connected to the housing having a detector chamber adapted for enclosing a detector to be cleaned, a contacting surface positioned on the bowl, and one of more air nozzles positioned within the detector chamber for directing one or more bursts of compressed air at a detector to clean the detector, and a fan positioned within the housing operable to draw air within the detector chamber into a filter, and a dust collector for containing dirt and debris dislodged from a detector during the cleaning operation.
Claims49
An apparatus for cleaning a detector comprising:
- a housing;
- a bowl connected to the housing having a detector chamber adapted for enclosing a detector to be cleaned;
- a contacting surface positioned on the bowl;
- one of more air nozzles positioned within the detector chamber for directing one or more bursts of compressed air at a detector when positioned within the detector chamber;
- a fan positioned within the housing operable to draw air within the detector chamber into a filter;
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- a dust collector for containing dirt or debris dislodged from a detector during a cleaning operation.
A method of cleaning a detector comprising the steps of:
- positioning a detector chamber of a bowl attached to a housing over a detector to be cleaned;
- pressing a contacting surface positioned on the detector chamber against a surface to which the detector is positioned;
- discharging one or more bursts of compressed air through one or more nozzles positioned in the detector chamber towards the detector to clean dust or debris from the detector;
- operating a fan to draw air from the detector chamber into a filter;
- collecting dust or debris dislodged from the detector in a dust bin.
A method of cleaning and testing a detector comprising the steps of:
- positioning a detector chamber of a bowl attached to a housing over a detector to be cleaned;
- discharging one or more bursts of compressed air through one or more nozzles positioned in the detector chamber towards the detector to clean dust or debris from the detector;
- operating a fan to draw air from the detector chamber into a filter;
- releasing test gas into the detector chamber;
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- operating a fan to draw the test gas from the detector chamber into the filter.
An apparatus for testing a detector comprising:
- a housing;
- a bowl connected to the housing having a detector chamber adapted for enclosing a detector to be tested;
- a contacting surface positioned on the bowl;
- a passageway within the housing for test gas to enter the detector chamber;
- a fan positioned within the housing operable to draw test gas from the detector chamber into a filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.