Detector and spraying device provided with said detector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10835912-B2
Application number	US-201615771942-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2016
Priority date	Nov 4, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

A detection device includes: a detector having an inherent detection area to detect entry of a detection target into the inherent detection area; a restrictor for restricting the inherent detection area to a specific set detection area; a body having a detector opening part; a detector fixer for fixing the detector; and a restrictor fixer whose position is fixed to the detector fixer and to which the restrictor is fixed, the restrictor fixer configured so that a relative position between the detector and the restrictor is fixed by fixing a position of the restrictor to the detector fixer via the restrictor fixer. The detector and the restrictor whose positions are thus fixed are assembled to the body so that a circumferential edge of the detector opening part is located outside the set detection area while the restriction of the inherent detection area by the restrictor is maintained.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A detection device comprising:
a detector having an inherent detection area and configured to detect entry of a detection target into the inherent detection area;
a restrictor configured to restrict the inherent detection area to a specific set detection area;
a body in which a detector opening part is formed;
a detector fixer configured to fix the detector; and
a restrictor fixer of which a position is fixed with respect to the detector fixer and to which the restrictor is fixed, the restrictor fixer being configured so that a relative position between the detector and the restrictor is fixed by fixing a position of the restrictor with respect to the detector fixer via the restrictor fixer, wherein
the detector comprises:
a light receiving element; and
a detector body inside which the light receiving element is arranged, the detector body including a detector cover in which a window facing a light receiving surface of the light receiving element is formed,
the restrictor comprises an end wall located between the body and the detector cover, and
opposed to the detector cover with a clearance therebetween, the end wall having a restrictor opening that is open to be smaller than the inherent detection area,
the restrictor opening has an opening area that is set to be smaller than an opening area of the window, and
the detector and the restrictor of which the positions are fixed with respect to each other via the restrictor fixer are assembled to the body so that a circumferential edge of the detector opening part of the body is located outside the set detection area while a restriction of the inherent detection area by the restrictor is maintained.

2. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the restrictor fixer is provided in at least one of the detector and the detector fixer.

3. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the restrictor comprises an area blocker configured to block an area other than the set detection area of the inherent detection area from the body.

4. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the detector is a pyroelectric sensor.

5. A spray device configured to spray a spray material at a specific time interval, the spray device comprising:
a controller configured to control a spraying operation;
a storage configured to store the spray material;
a sprayer configured to spray the spray material; and
the detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller performs control so that spraying is stopped when the detection device detects a detection target.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Chemical Co

Inventors

• Orita Tuyoshi
• Okuie Takahiro

Classifications

• G01J5/0025 Primary

  Living bodies (ear thermometers G01J5/0011; detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00) · CPC title

• G01J5/07

  Arrangements for adjusting the solid angle of collected radiation, e.g. adjusting or orienting field of view, tracking position or encoding angular position (optical collimating elements G01J5/0806) · CPC title

• B05B12/02 Primary

  for controlling time, or sequence, of delivery · CPC title

• F41H11/08

  Barbed-wire obstacles; Barricades; Stanchions; Tank traps; Vehicle-impeding devices; Caltrops {(making barbed wire B21F25/00; barbed-wire fencing E04H17/04; road barricades, obstructing passage of vehicles or pedestrians E01F13/00)} · CPC title

• H03K17/945

  Proximity switches (H03K17/96 takes precedence) · CPC title