Patent ID: 7012535
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: G01K

Abstract:
1. An alarm device, comprising: a monitoring device, comprising a sensor and a rotatable elongate element for indicating a sensed condition, wherein the rotatable elongate element for indicating the sensed condition is rotatable by the sensor responsive to a change in the sensed condition; wherein at least a portion of the rotatable elongate element is electrically conductive; a circuit connecting a power source, at least one switch element and at least one warning device, wherein the at least one switch element is positioned relative to the rotatable elongate element such that when a selected condition is sensed by the sensor, the rotatable elongate element for indicating the sensed condition physically contacts the at least one switch element allowing an electric current from the power source to pass through the rotatable elongate element; wherein the at least one switch element is configured to rotate to adjust the selected condition at which the rotatable elongate element will contact the at least one switch element; and wherein the at least one warning device is configured to emit a signal when the electric current is transmitted to the at least one warning device.