IP Library Granted Patent US 11,975,228
Granted Patent B2
US 11,975,228 · App. 17/033,714 · Granted May 7, 2024

Fire detection apparatus

Inventors: Yasuharu Fujiwara (Shinagawa-ku, JP); Isao Saeki (Shinagawa-ku, JP); Hideki Takano (Shinagawa-ku, JP)
Assignee: HOCHIKI Corporation
A62C37/04G01J5/0014G01J5/048G01N21/53
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Patent No.
US 11,975,228
App. No.
17/033,714
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fire detection apparatus 1 A includes a heat detection unit 110 A provided such that a part of the heat detection unit 110 A is accommodated in an outer cover 20 A and another part of the heat detection unit 110 A is exposed to an outside of the fire detection apparatus 1 A through an insertion hole 120 A formed in a top surface portion 22 A, and a guard portion 130 A which is provided to cover a periphery of the insertion hole 120 A and another part of the heat detection unit 110 A in the top surface portion 22 A and has a plurality of ribs, in which a material of a rib corresponding to a first guard side rib 131 A among the plurality of ribs is made different from a material of some other ribs, or a shape of the first guard side rib 131 A among the plurality of ribs is made different from a shape of some other ribs.

Claims (14)

1. A fire detection apparatus for detecting a fire in a monitored area, the fire detection apparatus being attached to an installation surface of an installation object, the fire detection apparatus comprising:

a housing; and

a heat detection unit that detects the fire on an inside of the housing,

a part of the heat detection unit being accommodated in the inside of the housing, the heat detection unit being configured such that another part of the heat detection unit is exposed to an outside of the fire detection apparatus through an insertion hole formed in an opposite side portion corresponding to a side portion on an opposite side from a side portion on a side of the installation surface in side portions of the housing; and

a guard unit provided to cover a periphery of the insertion hole and another part of the heat detection unit in the opposite side portion, the guard unit having a plurality of ribs,

wherein a material of some ribs among the plurality of ribs is made different from a material of some other ribs, or a shape of some ribs among the plurality of ribs is made different from a shape of some other ribs.

2. The fire detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display unit provided on the inside of the housing, the display unit displaying predetermined information by irradiating light toward the outside of the fire detection apparatus through the insertion hole,

wherein the some ribs are formed using a translucent material, and

the plurality of ribs is configured such that light irradiated from the display unit is guided to the outside of the fire detection apparatus through the ribs formed using the translucent material.

3. The fire detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein thicknesses of the plurality of ribs are set on the basis of an inflow or an inflow direction of an air flow flowing into the guard unit.

4. The fire detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the ribs formed using the translucent material are ribs thicker than a thinnest rib among the plurality of ribs.

5. The fire detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion hole is provided in a portion other than a central portion in a portion of the opposite side portion.

6. The fire detection apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a rib on a side of the central portion of the opposite side portion among the plurality of ribs is a rib thinner than a thickest rib among the plurality of ribs or a rib narrower than a widest rib.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2021
From: FUJIWARA, YASUHARU; SAEKI, ISAO; TAKANO, HIDEKI
To: HOCHIKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055902/0807 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2018-062681 · Mar 28, 2018 · national
JP 2018-162772 · Aug 31, 2018 · national
JP 2018-173389 · Sep 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part PCTJP2019012780 · Mar 26, 2019
Related Publication 20210046346A1 · Feb 18, 2021
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