REQUEST FOR PRE-FIRE DETECTION DEVICES AND INFORMATION ON SHUTOFF/RESTART DEVICES THAT COULD BE INSTALLED IN AND NEAR KITCHEN RANGES TO SENSE CONDITIONS PRECEDING COOKING FIRES Under Interagency Agreement, No. CPSC-IAG-95-1145 with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking: 1. Pre-Fire Detection Devices from equipment and appliance component manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and inventors. (NIST is conducting tests of detection devices installed in and near kitchen ranges to sense conditions preceding cooking fires. These conditions include smoke particulates, hydrocarbon gases, and heat.) 2. Information (literature and design descriptions) of Shutoff and Restart Devices that could be applied to electric and gas kitchen ranges. (The devices must be capable of performing their function upon receipt of inputs signifying dangerous or safe conditions.) If you have a product that could perform as noted under item number 1 above and are willing to donate or sell it for testing, or if you have a product that could perform as noted in item number 2 above and are willing to send patented designs or general descriptions, please contact Rik Johnsson at 301-975-3083 preferably by 12-1-95. Donated devices will not be returned. The performance results of the tested products will be made public.

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