Telephone alarm and reporting apparatus

Claim 1

IN AN EMERGENCY ALARM AND REPORTING SYSTEM FOR A BUILDING AND THE LIKE, HAVING AN EMERGENCY CONDITION RESPONSIVE ELECTRIC CIRCUIT INCLUDING DETECTORS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED THEREIN, AND A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POWER, ALARM AND REPORTING APPARATUS ADAPTED FOR ACTUATION BY SAID CIRCUIT AND FOR USE IN COMBINATION WITH A CARD DIALER TYPE OF TELEPHONE HAVING A TRANSMITTER-RECEIVER HANDSET, A CRADLE TYPE SWITCH ELEMENT ON WHICH THE HANDSET NORMALLY RESTS WHEN THE TELEPHONE IS NOT IN USE, SAID CRADLE TYPE SWITCH ELEMENT RESPONSIVE TO RAISING AND LOWERING OF THE HANDSET FOR CONTROLLING THE SERVICE CONNECTION OF THE TELEPHONE WITH AN AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE STATION, AND A DIALING MECHANISM INCLUDING A START BUTTON AND A DIAL CARD CONTAINING A NUMBER SERIES TO AUTOMATICALLY CONNECT THE TELEPHONE TO THE PRESELECTED RECEIVING STATION RESPONDING TO THE NUMBER SERIES DIALED, COMPRISING: A HOUSING ON WHICH SAID TELEPHONE IS UNRESTRICTEDLY SEATED; MEANS CONNECTED TO THE EMERGENCY DETECTORS CIRCUIT AND CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING FOR RAISING THE CRADLE TYPE SWITCH ELEMENT TO THEREBY CLOSE THE TELEPHONE CIRCUIT; A MESSAGE REPRODUCER IN CIRCUIT WITH THE EMERGENCY DETECTORS FOR OPERATION WHEN THE EMERGENCY DETECTORS CLOSE THE CIRCUIT TO THEREBY REPRODUCE A PRESELECTED MESSAGE FOR TRANSMISSION OVER THE TELEPHONE; AND MEANS CONNECTED TO THE EMERGENCY DETECTORS CIRCUIT AND CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING FOR DEPRESSING THE TELEPHONE START BUTTON TO THEREBY PLACE THE DIAL CARD INTO POSITION FOR AUTOMATICALLY DIALING A PRESELECTED NUMBER SERIES ON SAID DIAL CARD TO TRANSMIT SAID MESSAGE TO THE RECEIVING STATION RESPONDING TO THE NUMBER SERIES DIALED; SAID MEANS FOR RAISING THE CRADLE TYPE SWITCH ELEMENT, MESSAGE REPRODUCER, AND MEANS FOR DEPRESSING THE START BUTTON, EACH ARRANGED TO FUNCTION IN TIME-CONTROLLED SEQUENCE IN THE ORDER HEREIN SET FORTH AFTER THE INITIAL ACTUATION THEREOF WHEN THE EMERGENCY DETECTORS CITCUIT IS CLOSED.