Patent ID: 6985081

Claim:
Apparatus for detecting and locating fire sources or gas pollutants in one or more chambers under surveillance (R 1 , R 2 . . . R n ), said apparatus comprising: a main detector ( 1 ) for detecting a fire or gas pollution, and for issuing a detection signal in response to detecting a fire or gas pollution, a suction unit ( 7 ) and a pipe ( 5 ) having a plurality of suction openings ( 3 ) respectively provided in each chamber under surveillance (R 1 , R 2 . . . R n ) for constantly supplying a portion of air contained in the chambers under surveillance to the main detector, a remote sub-detector ( 9 ) for recognizing a fire or gas pollution at or in the region of at least one suction opening ( 3 ) per each of the chambers under surveillance (R 1 , R 2 . . . R n ), and a controller ( 11 ) operatively connected to each sub-detector, said controller including a central send/receive module for issuing a switching signal in response to receiving the detection signal issued by the main detector ( 1 ), wherein said sub-detector includes a remote send/receive module for receiving the switching signal.