Patent Description:
Natural gas is usually transported through a gas pipeline, and the gas pipeline may be likely to leak the natural gas due to its aging and other reasons. On the one hand, since the natural gas is a flammable gas, severe fire explosion accidents may be caused when the natural gas leaks. On the other hand, the natural gas is a harmful gas, and casualty accidents may be caused when a large amount of the harmful gas is leaked and inhaled by a person. Therefore, multiple gas detectors are generally used to detect whether a content of the natural gas in the air exceeds a standard safety value.

<CIT> discloses a portable gas detection device which includes a casing, a battery, a controller, a memory, a display screen and a button. The battery, controller and storage are all located inside the casing. One end of a connecting pipe is connected to the housing and the other end is connected to a connecting head. The connecting head includes an infrared probe, a camera, a lamp and a protective cover. The lamp and the infrared probe are coupled to the input end of the controller. The output end of the controller is coupled to the display screen, the memory and the alarm device. The alarm device includes a warning light and a buzzer. The warning light is located at the upper right end of the casing. The buzzer is located at the lower end of the casing. The infrared probe transmits the collected natural gas content to the controller.

<CIT> discloses a sampling probe having a hand-held operation unit for detecting a leak gas. The sampling probe consists of a sampling probe and a separate detector. The sampling probe comprises a hand-held operation unit and a flexible connection tube, and the connection tube connects the hand-held operation unit to the detection device. The hand-held operation unit further includes a grip, and a sampling tube, which is coaxially attached to the grip. A gas inflow opening is disposed in front of the distal end of the sampling tube, through which environmental gas is sucked. The environmental gas is sucked by a corresponding pump in the detection device and reaches the gas detector of the detection device through the sampling probe, the grip and the gas tube in the connection pipe. The gas detector detects whether or not the environmental gas sucked through the gas inlet opening contains a leak gas or how many leak gases are contained in the sucked environmental gas. The free end of the sampling tube contains the gas inflow opening. An LED is provided as the light source of the illumination device. A light emitting unit is provided at the end of the sampling tube. From the light emitting part, the light formed by the light source is emitted in the form of a light cone, which has a cone angle of <NUM>° with respect to the axis. The sampling probe is assigned a limit value switch. This switch controls the lighting device so that the lighting changes when the leakage gas exceeds the concentration limit. This directly instructs the user optically that the density limit has been exceeded or has fallen below. For example, a threshold switch may change the color of the illumination from white to red when a leak gas threshold is exceeded. Similarly, exceeding the leak gas limit may be indicated by flashing of the lighting device.

<CIT> discloses a leak detection analyzer. The CO<NUM> leak detector, includes a leak detector housing and CO<NUM> sensor located at end of a flexible connector in the sensor holder. For testing for leakage from a fuel containment system of an automobile, a connection hose is on the order of <NUM> long. The use of a flexible connector allows the sensor to be moved into remote areas that are hard to reach and, at least in some cases, cannot be seen by the technician without the aid of additional equipment. The leak detector housing includes an audio alert, a visual alert, an off/on switch, a low battery lamp, head lights, and red and green probe ready lights.

<CIT> discloses a gas leakage detection device which includes a housing. A detection mechanism and a lighting lamp are installed on the top surface of the housing. A display screen and an alarm light are installed on the front of the housing. A power button is arranged under an operation button. The lighting switch and the charging port are installed on one side of the casing. The buzzer is installed on the back of the housing. The suction pipe and the battery are installed inside the housing. A micro pump is installed at one end of the suction pipe. The detection mechanism includes a probe, a universal tube, a gas sensor and an air inlet channel. The probe is installed at the top of the detection mechanism. The universal tube is installed on the bottom surface of the probe. The gas sensor is installed inside the probe. An air intake passage is opened in the center of the top surface of.

<CIT> relates to the field of integrated circuits, in particular to an LED lamp capable of warning dangerous gases.

<CIT> discloses a gas sensor alarm circuit, belonging to gas sensors and alarms.

<CIT> discloses a water leakage prevention intelligent valve which is controlled by electronic detection and statistical operation.

In view of the above disadvantages and deficiencies of the related art, the disclosure provides a gas detector, which solves the technical problem that the existing gas detector is inconvenient to operate in the area with poor lighting.

In order to achieve the above purpose, a main technical solution provided by the disclosure is as follows.

The disclosure provides a gas detector, including a gas detector body; the gas detector body includes a detection probe, a gas detector housing, a light-emitting diode (LED) module and a universal shaped tube; an end of the universal shaped tube is connected to the gas detector housing, and another end of the universal shaped tube is connected to the detection probe, and the detection probe is internally integrated with a sensor configured to detect a leakage gas, an alarm lamp configured to indicate an alarm when the leakage gas is detected, and a lighting device configured to illuminate, wherein the LED module includes the alarm lamp and the lighting device, the LED module having double color of red and white and the gas detector is configured so that when the gas detector alarms, the LED module with double color of red and white flashes in red and when the gas detector does not give the alarm, the LED module can be controlled to be turned on in white.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, the gas detector housing is provided with a button configured to turn on or off the lighting device.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, the gas detector body further includes a first controller and a first drive circuit; and the first controller is connected to the LED module through the first drive circuit.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, the first drive circuit includes a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, a fourth resistor, a first triode, and a second triode. The first resistor is connected to a first interface of the first controller and a base electrode of the first triode, an emitter electrode of the first triode is connected to an emitter electrode of the second triode, and a collector electrode of the first triode is connected to the second resistor; the third resistor is connected to a second interface of the first controller and a base electrode of the second triode, and a collector electrode of the second triode is connected to the fourth resistor; and the second resistor and the fourth resistor are connected to the LED module.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, the gas detector body further includes a second drive circuit, and the first controller is connected to the sensor through the second drive circuit.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, the second drive circuit includes a fifth resistor, a sixth resistor, a seventh resistor, a variable resistor, and a first capacitor. The fifth resistor is connected to a third interface of the first controller, an end of the first capacitor, the sixth resistor, and the variable resistor; another end of the first capacitor is grounded; the sixth resistor is connected to the seventh resistor; the seventh resistor is connected to the variable resistor; and the variable resistor is connected to the sensor.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, the gas detector body further includes a third drive circuit and a voice broadcasting device configured to perform voice broadcasting when the leakage gas is detected, and the first controller is connected to the voice broadcasting device through the third drive circuit.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, the third drive circuit includes a second controller, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a fourth capacitor, a first diode, and a second diode. The second controller is connected to a fourth interface of the first controller, a fifth interface of the first controller, a sixth interface of the first controller, an end of the second capacitor, the voice broadcasting device, an end of the fourth capacitor, an end of the first diode, and an end of the third capacitor; another end of the second capacitor is grounded; another end of the fourth capacitor is connected to the voice broadcasting device; the first diode is connected to the second diode; and another end of the third capacitor is grounded.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, the gas detector body further includes a fourth drive circuit and a motor configured to perform vibration reminding when the leakage gas is detected, and the first controller is connected to the motor through the fourth drive circuit.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, the fourth drive circuit includes a ninth resistor, a tenth resistor, and a field effect transistor. The ninth resistor is connected to a seventh interface of the first controller, the tenth resistor, and a gate electrode of the field effect transistor; the tenth resistor is connected to a source electrode of the field effect transistor; and a drain electrode of the field effect transistor is connected to the motor.

Beneficial effects of the disclosure are as follows. The gas detector provided by the embodiments of the disclosure uses a protruding portion of the universal shaped tube as the detection probe, and adds the alarm lamp and the lighting device within the detection probe. Therefore, the gas detector can not only provide an alarm indication, but also can be used as a searchlight to illuminate the area with poor lighting in the gas pipeline when it is not used for the alarm indication. Furthermore, the gas detector can search for the gas pipeline and accurately position the leaked gas pipeline, thereby solving the problem of inconvenient operation in the area with poor lighting in the related art.

According to a gas detector provided by an embodiment of the disclosure, a protruding portion of a universal shaped tube is used as a detection probe, and an alarm lamp and a lighting device are disposed in the detection probe. Therefore, the gas detector can not only provide an alarm indication, but also can be used as a searchlight to illuminate an area with poor lighting in a gas pipeline and to search for the gas pipeline when it is not used for the alarm indication. Furthermore, the gas detector is conductive to accurate search and positioning of a leaked gas pipeline.

In order to better understand the above technical solution, illustrated embodiments of the disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the attached drawings. Although the illustrated embodiments of the disclosure are shown in the attached drawings, it should be understood that the disclosure may be implemented in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, the illustrated embodiments are provided in order to be able to understand the disclosure more clearly and thoroughly, and to fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the related art.

It should be noted that the herein devices involved in the embodiments of the disclosure are all physical devices, and connection manners involved in the embodiments of the disclosure are also physical connections.

Referring to <FIG>, the gas detector includes a gas detector body; the gas detector body includes a button <NUM>, which is used for turning on or turning off the lighting device (i.e., the lighting device is turned on or turned off under an instruction of the button <NUM>), a display screen <NUM>, a detection probe <NUM>, a gas detector housing <NUM>, and a universal shaped tube <NUM>. The button <NUM> and the display screen <NUM> are disposed on an outer surface of the gas detector housing <NUM>, an end of the universal shaped tube <NUM> is connected to the gas detector housing <NUM>, and the other end of the universal shaped tube <NUM> is connected to the detection probe <NUM>. Furthermore, the detection probe <NUM> is internally integrated with a sensor configured to detect a leakage gas, an alarm lamp configured to indicate an alarm when the leakage gas is detected, and a lighting device configured to illuminate (i.e., the sensor, the alarm lamp, and the lighting device are integrated as a whole to form the detection probe <NUM>). In addition, in combination with <FIG>, the gas detector body further includes a universal serial bus (USB) interface <NUM>.

Furthermore, referring to <FIG>, the gas detector body further includes a power supply, a power switch circuit, a first controller, a first drive circuit, a light-emitting diode (LED) module, a second drive circuit, a sensor, a third drive circuit, a voice broadcasting device, a fourth drive circuit, a motor, a display screen, and a button control circuit. The power supply is connected with the power switch circuit; and the first controller is connected with the power switch circuit, the first drive circuit, the second drive circuit, the third drive circuit, the fourth drive circuit, the display screen, and the button control circuit, individually. Furthermore, the first drive circuit is connected with the LED module; the second drive circuit is connected with the sensor; the third drive circuit is connected with the voice broadcasting device; and the fourth drive circuit is connected with the motor.

It should be understood that a specific structure of the power supply can be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

For example, the power supply may be a lithium battery.

It should also be understood that a specific structure of the power switch circuit can also be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

For example, the power switch circuit can be an existing power switch circuit.

It should also be understood that a specific structure of the first controller can also be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

For example, the first controller can be a chip with model STM32F030C8T6.

It should also be understood that a specific structure of the first drive circuit can also be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

In an illustrated embodiment, referring to <FIG>, the first drive circuit includes a first resistor R1, a second resistor R2, a third resistor R3, a fourth resistor R4, a first triode Q1, and a second triode Q2. The first resistor R1 is connected to a first interface <NUM> of the first controller and a base electrode B of the first triode Q1, an emitter electrode E of the first triode Q1 is connected to an emitter electrode E of the second triode Q2, and a collector electrode C of the first triode Q1 is connected to the second resistor R2; the third resistor R3 is connected to a second interface <NUM> of the first controller and a base electrode B of the second triode Q2, and a collector electrode C of the second triode Q2 is connected to the fourth resistor R4; and the second resistor R2 and the fourth resistor R4 are connected to the LED module. In an illustrated embodiment, the LED module includes the alarm lamp and the lighting device.

On the basis of the first drive circuit, when the sensor detects that there is the leakage gas, the sensor outputs signals to the first controller, and when a concentration of the leakage gas reaches a set value, it is displayed in real time through the display screen <NUM>, i.e., the display screen <NUM> display the concentration of the leakage gas in real time. At the same time, a pin corresponding to the first interface <NUM> of the first controller and a pin corresponding to the second interface <NUM> of the first controller are changed from a high level to a low level, and then the two pins are respectively communicated with the first resistor R1 and the third resistor R3, thereby respectively driving the first triode Q1 and the second triode Q2 to be turned on, and turning on the LED module with double color of red and white. In addition, when the gas detector of the disclosure alarms, the LED module with double color of red and white flashes in red (i.e., the alarm lamp flashes in red). Moreover, when the gas detector does not give the alarm, the LED module can be controlled to be turned on in white (i.e., the lighting device illuminates in white) as a flashlight searchlight through the button <NUM>.

It should also be understood that a specific structure of the LED module can also be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

For example, the LED module can be an existing module.

It should also be understood that a specific structure of the second drive circuit can also be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

In an illustrated embodiment of the disclosure, referring to <FIG>, the second drive circuit includes a fifth resistor R5, a sixth resistor R6, a seventh resistor R7, a variable resistor R8, and a first capacitor C1. The fifth resistor R5 is connected to a third interface <NUM> of the first controller, an end of the first capacitor C1, the sixth resistor R6, and the variable resistor R8; the other end of the first capacitor C1 is grounded; the sixth resistor R6 is connected to the seventh resistor R7; the seventh resistor R7 is connected to the variable resistor R8; and the variable resistor R8 is connected to the sensor.

It should also be understood that a specific structure of the sensor can also be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

For example, the sensor may be an existing sensor.

It should also be understood that a specific structure of the third drive circuit can also be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

For example, referring to <FIG>, the third drive circuit includes a second controller U1, a second capacitor C2, a third capacitor C3, a fourth capacitor C4, a first diode D1, and a second diode D2. The second controller U1 is connected to a fourth interface <NUM> of the first controller, a fifth interface <NUM> of the first controller, a sixth interface <NUM> of the first controller, an end of the second capacitor C2, the voice broadcasting device SP, an end of the fourth capacitor C4, an end of the first diode D1, and an end of the third capacitor C3; the other end of the second capacitor C2 is grounded; the other end of the fourth capacitor C4 is connected to the voice broadcasting device SP; the first diode D1 is connected to the second diode D2; the second diode D2 is connected to the power supply (i.e., a lithium battery); for example, an arrow shown in <FIG> illustrates the connection between the power supply and the second diode D2; and the other end of the third capacitor C3 is grounded.

On the basis of the third drive circuit, when the gas detector starts up and alarms, a pin corresponding to the fourth interface <NUM> of the first controller, a pin corresponding to the fifth interface <NUM> of the first controller, and a pin corresponding to the sixth interface <NUM> of the first controller are communicated with the second controller U1 stored with preset voice, thereby realizing voice broadcast and voice alarm.

It should also be understood that a specific structure of the second controller U1 can also be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

For example, the second controller U1 can be a chip with model SC8120B.

It should also be understood that a specific structure of the voice broadcasting device SP can also be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

For example, the voice broadcasting device SP can be a speaker.

It should also be understood that a specific structure of the fourth drive circuit can also be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

For example, referring to <FIG>, the fourth drive circuit includes a ninth resistor R9, a tenth resistor R10, and a field effect transistor Q3. The ninth resistor R9 is connected to a seventh interface <NUM> of the first controller, the tenth resistor R10, and a gate electrode G of the field effect transistor Q3; the tenth resistor R10 is connected to a source electrode S of the field effect transistor Q3; the source electrode S of the field effect transistor Q3 is grounded; and a drain electrode D of the field effect transistor Q3 is connected to the motor. Furthermore, the motor can be connected to the power supply (i.e., VM33) through an eleventh resistor R11.

On the basis of the fourth drive circuit, when the gas detector of the disclosure starts up and alarms, a pin corresponding to the seventh interface <NUM> of the first controller outputs a high level, and the gas detector body is driven by vibrating the motor therein through the ninth resistor R9 and the tenth resistor R10, thereby achieving the vibration alarm.

It should also be understood that a specific structure of the motor can also be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

For example, the motor can be an existing motor.

It should be noted here that the specific values of the elements involved in the gas detector can be set according to actual requirements, and the embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.

For example, the first resistor R1 is <NUM> ohms (also referred to <NUM>,<NUM> ohms); and for example, the third resistor R3 is <NUM> ohms, etc..

Therefore, according to the gas detector provided by the embodiments of the disclosure, the extending portion of the universal shaped tube <NUM> is used as the detection probe <NUM>, and the alarm lamp and the lighting device are added within the detection probe <NUM>, thereby realizing the alarm indication, and realizing the illumination as the searchlight in the area with poor lighting of the gas pipeline during non-alarm. Furthermore, the gas detector of the disclosure can search and find the gas pipeline, and facilitate accurate search and positioning of the leaked gas pipeline.

In addition, the gas detector can also supply power through a large-capacity lithium battery, thereby providing a longer standby test time, and providing functions such as voice broadcasting and voice alarming.

It should be understood that the above-mentioned gas detector is merely illustrative, and those skilled in the related art can perform various deformation according to the above-mentioned method, and the modification or deformation is also within the scope of the protection of the disclosure.

In the description of the disclosure, it should be understood that terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Thus, the features defined with "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the disclosure, "a plurality of" means two or more, unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the disclosure, terms such as "mounted", "connected to", "connected with", "fixed", etc. should be construed broadly unless expressly specified and defined otherwise. For example, the connection may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or integration; or may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; or may be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium; or may be a communication relationship between two elements or an interaction relationship between the two elements. For those skilled in the related art, they can understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the disclosure according to specific situations.

Claim 1:
A gas detector, comprising a gas detector body, wherein the gas detector body comprises a detection probe (<NUM>), a gas detector housing (<NUM>), a light-emitting diode (LED) module and a universal shaped tube (<NUM>);
wherein an end of the universal shaped tube (<NUM>) is connected to the gas detector housing (<NUM>), another end of the universal shaped tube (<NUM>) is connected to the detection probe (<NUM>), and the detection probe (<NUM>) is internally integrated with a sensor configured to detect a leakage gas, characterized in that
the detection probe (<NUM>) is further internally integrated with an alarm lamp configured to indicate an alarm when the leakage gas is detected, and a lighting device configured to illuminate, wherein the LED module includes the alarm lamp and the lighting device, the LED module having double color of red and white and the gas detector is configured so that when the gas detector alarms, the LED module with double color of red and white flashes in red and when the gas detector does not give the alarm, the LED module can be controlled to be turned on in white.