IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,385,211
Granted Patent B2
US 11,385,211 · App. 16/376,866 · Granted Jul 12, 2022

Detector

Inventor: Manabu Dohi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HOCHIKI CORPORATION
G01N33/0016G01N21/53G08B17/107
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,385,211
App. No.
16/376,866
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a detector capable of reliably inducing a gas containing a detection target to a detection space. A detector which is attached to an installation surface of an installation target and has an attachment surface facing the installation surface includes a detection space into which a detection target flows; a light-emitting portion and a light-receiving portion which detect the detection target flowing into the detection space; a casing which accommodates the light-emitting portion, the light-receiving portion and the detection space; and a rib, an inclined surface, a light shielding portion, a casing side inflow opening, a substrate side outflow opening, a casing side outflow opening, a back plate, and the like which induce gas outside the casing, which is gas containing the detection target, to flow into the detection space inside the casing from an opposite side of the attachment surface of the casing and to flow out from the side of the attachment surface of the casing in a direction substantially orthogonal to the attachment surface.

Claims (20)

1. A detector which is attached to an installation surface of an installation target and has an attachment surface facing the installation surface, comprising:

a detection space into which a detection target flows;

a detection unit which detects the detection target flowing into the detection space;

an accommodation unit which accommodates the detection unit and the detection space; and

an induction unit which induces gas outside the accommodation unit, which is gas containing the detection target, to flow into the detection space from an opposite side of the attachment surface of the detection space and to flow out of the detection space from the side of the attachment surface of the detection space in a direction substantially orthogonal to the attachment surface,

wherein the induction unit comprises a circuit board having a plane along the installation surface and mounting an electric circuit for determining fire by detecting the detection target, the circuit board having a substrate side outflow opening or a substrate side outflow notch that allows the gas flowing from the opposite side of the attachment surface of the detection space to flow toward the side of the attachment surface of the detection space in the direction substantially orthogonal to the attachment surface.

2. The detector according to claim 1 , wherein the detection space is provided substantially at a central side of the accommodation unit in a direction along the attachment surface.

3. The detector according to claim 1 , wherein the detection space is provided on an end side of the accommodation unit in a direction along the attachment surface.

4. A detector for attachment to an installation surface of an installation target, the detector comprising:

an attachment surface configured to face the installation surface;

a detection space into which a detection target flows;

a detection unit which detects the detection target flowing into the detection space;

an accommodation unit which accommodates the detection unit and the detection space; and

an induction unit which induces gas outside the accommodation unit, which is gas containing the detection target, to flow into the detection space at a side thereof that is opposite the attachment surface, in a direction substantially orthogonal to the attachment surface, and to flow out of the detection space from a side thereof that is at the attachment surface, in a direction substantially orthogonal to the attachment surface.

5. The detector of claim 4 , wherein the induction unit comprises a circuit board that has an electric circuit for determining fire by detecting the detection target, the circuit board has a substrate side outflow opening configured to allow the gas flowing from the side of the detection space that is opposite of the attachment surface to flow toward the side of the detection space that is at the attachment surface in the direction substantially orthogonal to the attachment surface.

6. The detector of claim 4 , wherein the accommodation unit comprises a casing that has an inclined surface configured to induce the gas to flow into the detection space.

7. The detector of claim 6 , wherein the casing includes a light shielding portion configured to shield light from the detection space.

8. The detector of claim 7 , wherein the light shielding portion includes a raised facing surface configured to induce the gas to flow into the detection space.

9. The detector of claim 4 , wherein the detection unit is a light-emitting portion or a light-receiving portion configured to detect the detection target flowing into the detection space.

10. The detector of claim 9 , wherein the detection target is smoke.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2019
From: DOHI, MANABU
To: HOCHIKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048894/0565 →
Continuity (1)
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