摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/EP97/00683 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 13, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 13, 1998 PCT Filed Feb. 13, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/30428 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 21, 1997Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for de-icing an intake opening (2) in an intake duct (1) of a fire alarm system, through which ambient or equipment air is drawn in and supplied to a detector for sensing a fire parameter. To effectively remove an ice deposit on the intake opening (2) there is provided, in or on the intake opening (2), an elastic element having a through-hole (3) coaxial with the intake opening (2) which is adapted to be subjected to a compressed air blast in order to de-ice the intake opening (2) (FIGS. 4a to 4c). |