Appliance Shut-Off Device
AssigneeLifeSmart Electronics, LLC
InventorJoseph Michael Matesa, JR.
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Abstract
An apparatus for shutting-off electrical appliances and electrical devices upon detection of an audible alarm issued by a separate fire alarm. The separate fire alarm device generates an audible warning upon detecting fire. The shutting off device make use of these ever improving ubiquitous fire alarms to greatly reduce the cost and complexity of providing a power shut-off response in the case of fire. The shut-off device includes a switch to interrupt electrical power to an appliance, the switch is activated by a microphone for detecting an audible alarm.
Claims20
A shut-off apparatus for stopping electrical power supply to a selected appliance or electrical device comprising:
- a disconnect means, and
- an audible alarm detector.
An shut-off apparatus for stopping electrical power supply to a selected appliance or electrical device comprising:
- a housing;
- a disconnect means, and
- an audible alarm detector,
- wherein said housing includes a first side and an opposite side, said first side having an electrical plug for connecting the shut-off apparatus to an electrical outlet and an opposite side having a receptacle for receiving said selected appliance plug or said electrical device plug.
A shut-off apparatus for stopping electrical power supply to a selected appliance or electrical device comprising:
- a disconnect means;
- an audible alarm detector, and
- a local fault detector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.