Patent References 3716337 3765842 3851520 3926561 Telescoping collapsible ladder Method and apparatus for measuring the O2 content of a gas Fume detector and alarm system Gas detecting and monitoring device Oxygen-sensing system Circuit for constant temperature operation of a catalytic combustible gas detector InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 440222 filed on 11/21/1989US Classes:422/98, Analysis based on electrical measurement340/632, Gas340/634, Semiconductor detector422/83, Means for analyzing gas sample422/109Controls heat transferExaminersPrimary: Lacey, David L.Assistant: Snay, Jeffrey Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG01N 027/04Foreign Application Priority Data1985-07-19 DEAbstractThe present invention relates to a device for indicating toxic substances in air that is supplied to accommodation used for personnel, preferably the cab of a motor vehicle, this having error compensation for humidity and temperature in one or a plurality of semiconductor gas sensors that are used, in which connection the sensor heating voltage is controlled to provide constant heating output and the sensor temperature pick up as well as the necessary amplifier (control stage) used to generate the temperature-varied heating voltage are arranged in a common housing, and that in the area of the sensors this housing is perforated. In order to permit compensation of the toxic substance, temperature, and humidity correlated output signals that are picked up, the present invention proposes that the characteristic curves of the sensor are reproduced in a voltage divider which, outside the sensor and jointly with the sensor forms a voltage divider for a common supply voltage, such that the influence factors compensate each other in equal proportional changes in value of both the sensor and of the outside wiring.Field of SearchCarbon monoxide onlyFuel/air mixture or exhaust gas analysis MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRICAL OR MAGNETIC PROPERTY OR THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY Means for analyzing gas sample Including means for adsorbing or absorbing gas into or onto liquid or solid media With conductiometric detector Including means dividing sample stream into plural parallel segments having diverse treating means and the analytical result compared or combined Analysis based on electrical measurement Controls heat transfer Impurity Detector detail Semiconductor Semiconductor detector Gas Gas, vapor, or moisture absorbing or collecting | |