Abstract: A danger detector, for example a flame detector, includes an alarm housing with an alarm cover. The housing part of the alarm cover is permeable to heat radiation in the central infrared range. A non-contact, optical heat radiation sensor which is sensitive to the incoming heat radiation and optically oriented to the housing part is arranged in the alarm housing. A processing unit for further processing a sensor signal emitted by the heat radiation sensor is mounted downstream of the heat radiation sensor. The processing unit is designed to monitor the signal emitted by the sensor with respect to significant fluctuations or flicker frequencies for open flames and to determine, based on a direct component of the signal emitted by the sensor, a temperature value for the ambient temperature in the surroundings of the danger detector. The heat radiation sensor may be a thermopile or a bolometer.

Abstract: An open-type scattered light smoke includes a housing shell supporting a circuit substrate having at least one light emitter and one light receiver arranged thereon. The light emitter and the light receiver are arranged in a scattered light array having a scattered light volume located in the open air outside the smoke detector. The light emitter emits a light beam having a direction pay, with part of the path traveled by the directional ray between the light emitter and the scattered light volume running parallel to an outer face of the circuit substrate facing away from the housing shell. The light emitter may be an LED housed in a sidelooker package and the light receiver may be a photodiode housed in a reverse-gullwing package. A sensor surface of the photodiode is aligned opposite the scattered light volume through an opening in the circuit substrate that provides mechanical protection.

Abstract: An open-type scattered light smoke includes a housing shell supporting a circuit substrate having at least one light emitter and one light receiver arranged thereon. The light emitter and the light receiver are arranged in a scattered light array having a scattered light volume located in the open air outside the smoke detector. The light emitter emits a light beam having a direction pay, with part of the path traveled by the directional ray between the light emitter and the scattered light volume running parallel to an outer face of the circuit substrate facing away from the housing shell. The light emitter may be an LED housed in a sidelooker package and the light receiver may be a photodiode housed in a reverse-gullwing package. A sensor surface of the photodiode is aligned opposite the scattered light volume through an opening in the circuit substrate that provides mechanical protection.

Abstract: A danger detector, for example a flame detector, includes an alarm housing with an alarm cover. The housing part of the alarm cover is permeable to heat radiation in the central infrared range. A non-contact, optical heat radiation sensor which is sensitive to the incoming heat radiation and optically oriented to the housing part is arranged in the alarm housing. A processing unit for further processing a sensor signal emitted by the heat radiation sensor is mounted downstream of the heat radiation sensor. The processing unit is designed to monitor the signal emitted by the sensor with respect to significant fluctuations or flicker frequencies for open flames and to determine, based on a direct component of the signal emitted by the sensor, a temperature value for the ambient temperature in the surroundings of the danger detector. The heat radiation sensor may be a thermopile or a bolometer.