S.H. Couch, often known as simply Couch, was a Quincy

Quincy, Massachusetts

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 company founded in 1894. The company specialized in electrical devices including telephones, intercom

Intercom

An intercom , talkback or doorphone is a stand-alone voice communications system for use within a building or small collection of buildings, functioning independently of the public telephone network. Intercoms are generally mounted permanently in buildings and vehicles...

s, and fire alarm system

Fire alarm system

An automatic fire alarm system is designed to detect the unwanted presence of fire by monitoring environmental changes associated with combustion. In general, a fire alarm system is classified as either automatically actuated, manually actuated, or both...

s. For a short time, the company was owned by Exide. Faraday's parent corporation

Faraday (company)

Faraday is a Florham Park, New Jersey company that specializes in fire protection systems.-History:Faraday was founded in 1875 in Brooklyn, New York. In the early 1900s, the company was owned by Stanley & Patterson, an electrical supplies conglomerate. Around this time, Faraday began producing...

purchased the company in 1977 and closed the Quincy, Massachusetts facility moving the factory and engineering group to Tecumseh, Michigan. Couch was well-known for its fire alarm control units including the FABC-series and the advanced Fire-Voice high rise detection and evacuation signaling system, apartment building intercom/telephone systems, and Nurse Call intercom systems. Couch closed in 1985. Advanced Signal Corp of Randolph, MA purchased the remaining inventory and continued to support the line of products until 2003.