Patent ID: 6144289
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: G08B,H03K

Abstract:
An alarm signaling device configured for placement in a room monitored by a fire alarm control panel to provide alarm signaling in the room, the signaling device comprising:an alarm operable to provide an alarm signal in the room when triggered by the fire alarm control panel; anda silencing circuit coupled with the alarm and activatable by a person in the room for temporarily extinguishing the alarm signal, the silencing circuit includinga timing circuit for extinguishing the alarm signal when triggered and for permitting the alarm to operate normally a predetermined time interval after being triggered, anda switch activatable by a person for triggering the timing circuit, the switch including a pair of spaced-apart conductive posts that serve both as touch contacts for triggering the timing circuit when a person simultaneously touches the posts and as a mechanical mount for mounting the silencing circuit to a face plate.