Patent ID: 6078262
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: G01K

Abstract:
A new and improved cold temperature alarm system for informing and alarming occupants of a room, audibly and visually, of the temperature condition comprising, in combination:a cabinet having a rectangular lower floor with four rubber foot pads adjacent to the corners for support purposes and parallel front and rear faces and parallel side faces and a generally cylindrical top, the floor having at least one aperture with an associated screw therethrough for coupling the floor to the remainder of the cabinet to selectively attain access to the interior of the cabinet;a screen formed in the front face of the cabinet with a temperature sensor thereadjacent within the cabinet for sensing the temperature within the room where the cabinet is located;three lights with distinctively different colors and with associated indicia on the front face of the cabinet to indicate ""warm"" temperature, ""low"" temperature and ""freezing"" temperature;a battery and associated electrical components coupling the temperature sensor and lights to indicate the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor;a cover plate located in the rear face of the cabinet to selectively allow access to the interior of the cabinet by a user;a speaker within the cabinet and mounted with respect to the front face and coupled by the electrical components to the sensor and lights for providing an audible alarm when the freezing light is activated and illuminated; andtwo key hole shaped slots in the rear face of the cabinet for allowing the cabinet to be mounted to the wall of the room to be sensed.