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US 8,026,825 B2Granted
Light sensing pull station
AssigneeSiemens Industry, Inc.
InventorFred Santos
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Abstract
An alarm pull station includes a housing, an alarm indicator carried within the housing, an alarm activation mechanism carried within the housing, such that the alarm activation mechanism is adjacent to the alarm indicator, and configured to generate an alarm signal, and a sensor carried within the housing such that the sensor is configured to generate a signal in response to a sensed condition and the alarm indicator is activated in response to the signal generated by the sensor.
Claims14
An alarm pull station comprising:
- a housing;
- an alarm indicator carried within the housing;
- an alarm activation mechanism carried within the housing at a position substantially adjacent to the alarm indicator, and configured to generate an alarm signal;
- and
- an air quality sensor carried within the housing, wherein the air quality sensor is configured to generate a signal in response to a sensed air quality condition;
- wherein the alarm indicator is activated in response to the air quality signal generated by the sensor;
- and
- wherein the alarm indicator is activated in response to the alarm signal generated by the alarm activation mechanism.
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An alarm pull station comprising:
- a housing having an outer surface and a bottom side;
- an alarm indicator including a light source, wherein the light source is disposed in the bottom side and directed downward;
- an alarm activation mechanism carried within the housing and disposed substantially flush with the outer surface of the housing, wherein the alarm activation mechanism is configured to generate an alarm signal;
- and
- a sensor carried within the housing, wherein the sensor is configured to generate a signal in response to a sensed condition;
- wherein the alarm indicator is activated in response to the signal generated by the sensor;
- and
- wherein the alarm indicator is activated in response to a second alarm signal generated by a fire protection system in communication with the alarm activation mechanism.
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A method of illuminating an alarm pull station, the method comprising:
- providing an alarm housing;
- securing a sensor within the alarm housing, wherein the sensor is configured to generate a sensor signal;
- receiving an alarm signal from a fire protection system in communication with the alarm pull station;
- coupling an alarm indicator to the sensor, wherein the alarm indicator includes a light source;
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- activating the light source in response to receipt of either the sensor signal or the alarm signal at the alarm indicator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.