Life safety audio system having a voice synthesizer and a constant volume telephone network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4682348
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06734554

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A life safety system for monitoring a building has a plurality of detectors for detecting alarm conditions located throughout the building, a plurality of speakers located throughout the building, a source of pre-stored voice messages which can be broadcast over the speakers, and a telephone network. The improvement is a voice synthesizer for providing the source of pre-stored voice messages and a constant volume telephone system. The constant volume telephone system has a telephone line and a plurality of telephones which can be connected to the telephone line, and a power supply having an adjustable output voltage which provides the voltage for the telephone line. A sensing and adjusting circuit senses the number of telephones off-hook and causes the power supply to be adjusted in response to the number of telephones off-hook.

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PITTWAY CORPORATION200 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE SUITE 700 CHICAGO IL 60606

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dawson, Brian D Lincoln, NE 9 176
Leacock, James R Lincoln, NE 6 67

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