137 results about "Kymograph" patented technology

A programmable switch lever control timer device that fits over a standard wall switch with the switch lever engaged by a cam on the device. Rotational motion of the cam provided by a geared DC motor moves the switch lever arm to one of its two end-of-travel positions of operation. Programming and control means are provided by a microprocessor and motor driver circuitry. The programming and control means provides power from a battery source to the geared DC motor in accordance with a user selectable 24-hour program. Proper and accurate alignment of the switch lever and cam during installation is provided by a key-holed alignment plate that is attached to a standard wall switch cover plate prior to installing the device housing. The housing of the device attaches to the alignment plate allowing the housing to properly fit over the switch lever. All of the operating parts including a self-contained battery power source are within the device housing that fits over the standard wall switch cover plate.

Dynamically detecting off-track errors in a disk drive by adjusting transducer head position control parameters in response to shock events. In an embodiment, shock events with large magnitude trigger a severe shock timer which lengthens the write fault before write operations resume. In another embodiment, a lower shock threshold is used following an initial shock event. In yet another embodiment, a lower shock threshold is used if an accumulated average position error of the transducer head is large.

The invention discloses an automatic electroplating solution feeding system, comprising an electroplating tank, wherein a pH probe is arranged in the electroplating tank outside which a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) is arranged; the PLC is connected with an ampere hour meter and a pH value sensor; and the PLC is connected with a timer which is connected with a metering pump, the metering pump is connected with a feeding box and the electroplating tank, and the feeding box comprises an electroplating solution regulator feeding box, a metal salt solution box and a pH value regulator feeding box. The automatic electroplating solution feeding method comprises the steps that the automatic feeding system is assembled according to the connection structure; the PLC is started; the PLC receives metering signals of the ampere hour meter and / or detection signals of the pH probe and controls the metering pump to start working and feed the chemical in the feeding box into the electroplating tank according to the preset threshold output control, and the feeding box stops feeding when the timer arrives at the set time and / or the detection signal sent out by the pH probe is smaller than the threshold. The system guarantees stable electroplating quality.

A lighting control system for a space equipped with lamps for illuminating the space comprises a power circuit for supplying power to the lamps, a controllable switch in the power circuit for turning the lamps on and off, an occupancy sensor for detecting motion within the space and generating a motion-detected control signal in response to the detection of such motion, and a timer for measuring a time-out interval following the generation of the motion-detected control signal by the occupancy sensor and producing a time-out control signal in response to completion of the measurement of the time-out interval. A processor receives the control signals from the occupancy sensor and the timer and produces a switch-off control signal for the controllable switch to turn the lamps off in response to the time-out control signal, modifies the time-out interval by a time-out offset value in response to preselected events, counts the number of times the switch-off control signal is produced, without the receipt of the motion-detected control signal, within a predetermined time following the end of the time-out interval, and decrements the time-out interval by the offset value in response to the count reaching a predetermined value.

The invention relates to a method of detecting filling of hydraulic clutch. Concretely, a method of detecting substantial filling of a hydraulic cylinder of a hydraulically operated clutch of a vehicular transmission is disclosed and claimed. A pressure sensor disposed in a hydraulic line to the clutch cylinder provides a signal that the hydraulic pressure has dropped as the clutch cylinder begins to fill and also that the pressure has returned to a substantially normal level. The pressure sensor may be a continuously variable output such as an analog sensor, pulse width modulation (PWM) sensor, a similar device or, less desirably, a two state sensor. An iterative algorithm utilizes data from the sensor and a timer to determine when clutch fill is substantially complete.

A method of operating a delay locked loop is comprised of producing a first output signal in response to a first lock point. A new lock point is measured, or otherwise determined, while continuing to produce the first output signal. Thereafter, a second output signal is produced in response to the new lock point. The new lock point data may be loaded into the delay locked loop while the delay locked loop continues to produce the first output signal. The delay locked loop switches from producing the first output signal, responsive to a first lock point, to producing the second output signal, responsive to the new lock point, in response to various conditions such as control signals, e.g. an auto refresh command, a precharge all command, a mode register load command, a power down entry, a power down exit (among others), in response to a timer, e.g., an internal timer (among others), or in response to environmental condition signals, e.g., a temperature sensor output signal (among others). Circuits and systems using the disclosed method are also disclosed. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used to construe the claims.

An apparatus and method for controlling a velocity of a cooling fan using a timer and a temperature sensor in a set-top box (STB) are provided. An apparatus for controlling a velocity of a cooling fan in an STB may include a temperature sensor unit to change a resistor to be in inverse proportion to an internal temperature, using a thermistor, a timer unit to generate a pulse signal using a capacitor and the resistor of the temperature sensor unit, a switching unit to turn on / off applied voltage, using the generated pulse signal, and a power source unit to apply the voltage to the switching unit.

A motion activated toilet bowl lighting device includes a body member having inner, outer, top, and bottom walls that define an interior area. The inner wall includes an inwardly annular configuration complementary to a toilet bowl rim outer surface. The lighting device includes an attachment arm displaced from the inner wall. A bridge connects the top wall to the attachment arm such that the inner wall, attachment arm, and bridge sandwich the toilet rim. A motion detector is positioned on the outer wall and a light is positioned on the attachment arm. A light sensor is positioned on the body member. A battery and timer are situated in the interior area. The light is energized when the light sensor detects lower than a predetermined amount of ambient light and when the motion detector detects movement, the light being de-energized when the timer expires.

This invention relates to an intelligent type LED controlling system, which comprises an image signal output unit, an image processor, a mini program controlling unit, a display device, a light-emitting diode circuit and a LED guiding light; wherein the mini program controlling unit comprises a CPU, a impulse-width modulation pin, a timer and a memory; said CPU is connected with the timer, memory and the impulse-width modulation pin, used for controlling each unit and generating PWM wave with some PWM cycle numbers according to the image signal condition; the timer is based on the clock cycle, and the memory will store the cycle number of the PWM wave and the controlling program. The invention also provides a controlling method of the intelligent type LED, which can prevent the disturbance to eyes.

The invention discloses electroplated part processing equipment. The electroplated part processing equipment comprises a passivation tank (7) for passivating treatment, and further comprises a swing device (5) for swinging an electroplated part in the passivation tank (7) and a passivation timer for metering the swing time of the swing device (5); and the swing device (5) includes a swing frame for driving the electroplated part to swing in the horizontal direction and a driving device for driving the swing frame to perform a reciprocating motion. The electroplated part processing equipment uses the mechanical swing device (5) for replacing manpower to perform the swing work, so that the working efficiency is improved, and the passivation uniformity is guaranteed; and the passivation timer meters the working time, so that the product stability is controlled and the production process is further improved.

The invention provides a device for using ultrasonic waves to detect the wall thickness of a rubber tube. The device includes a probe, a pre-amplifier, a band-pass filter and a single-chip microcomputer, a water tank is arranged right under the probe, the front end of the probe is located under a water surface of the water tank, the water tank is internally provided with a rubber tube, the rubber tube is submerged in the water tank, an ultrasonic transmitting device and an ultrasonic receiving device are arranged on the probe, the probe is connected with the pre-amplifier, the pre-amplifier is connected with the band-pass filter, the band-pass filter is connected with the single-chip microcomputer, and a timer is arranged on the single-chip microcomputer. The device for using the ultrasonic waves to detect the wall thickness of the rubber tube provided by the invention has the beneficial effects that by use of the device, a process of on-line detection of the wall thickness of the rubber tube is more convenient, and parameters of an extruder can be adjusted in time by use of data that are obtained, thereby obtaining the rubber tube with qualified wall thickness, and saving raw materials.

The invention relates to a concrete construction vibrating device, and further relates to a construction method of the vibrating device. The concrete construction vibrating device comprises two transverse guiding rails, longitudinal guiding rails appearing in pairs, a telescopic-type vibrating bar, a braking system, a data acquisition card and a monitoring computer. Drive wheels are mounted at thetwo ends of one of the longitudinal guiding rails. Driven wheels are mounted at the two ends of the other longitudinal guiding rail. The drive wheels and the driven wheels are mounted on the transverse guiding rails. Driving wheels are mounted on the longitudinal guiding rails correspondingly. A connecting rod is connected to the position between the driving wheels of the two longitudinal guidingrails. A vibrating induction timer and a laser displacement sensor are mounted on the telescopic-type vibrating bar. The braking system is connected with each driving motor and a control handle. Thedata acquisition card is connected with the vibrating induction timer and the laser displacement sensor through signal lines. According to the concrete construction vibrating device, 4D (x, y, z, t) real-time monitoring of stereo gridding of the concrete vibrating quality can be achieved, and the situations of over vibration and being lack of vibration are reduced.

An attachment (2a; 2b) for a solvent container (3) for the time-controlled preparation of an extraction beverage comprises a base plate (500) for being mounted largely horizontally on the solvent container (3). The base plate (500) has an aperture (511) for an extraction product container (200) to pass through, and also a lifting apparatus which comprises a sleeve (400) on which the extraction product container (200) is held in such a way that it projects beyond the sleeve (400) at a lower end and can be filled with an extraction product through an upper opening in the sleeve (400). The lifting apparatus has a guide apparatus which is fixed to the base plate and on which the sleeve (400) is guided such that it can move in a direction largely perpendicular to the base plate in the sense of a linear guide (405, 515) between a lower and an upper position. In this case, the lower position defines a brewing position of the sleeve (400), in which position the extraction product container (200) is lowered, and the upper position defines an inoperative position in which the extraction product container (200) is raised in relation to the brewing position. The lifting apparatus also has a locking apparatus for locking the sleeve (400) in the brewing position. A timer (300) is also provided, said timer being designed for operating the locking apparatus in such a way that after a predefinable time period has elapsed, the sleeve (400) is unlocked when it is locked in the brewing position. The sleeve (400) is acted on by a restoring force along the linear guide (405, 515) in the brewing position, said restoring force restoring said sleeve from the brewing position to the inoperative position when the sleeve (400) is unlocked.

The present invention relates to an X-ray-based muzzle initial velocity measurement device. The device comprises a triggering unit, an X-ray generating device, an X-ray detection and acquisition unit and a data analysis processing module; when a projectile passes through an X-ray narrow light curtain, the current of detectors changes; after passing through a conditioning circuit, signals, on one hand, are transmitted to a timer, so that the timer can record shielding time, on the other hand, the waveforms of the signals are displayed on a waveform display module; by means of digital image processing, an angle between the connection line of the falling edge of a first path of signals and the falling edge of the last path of signals and a vertical line, namely, the deviation angle of the projectile at a muzzle can be measured; and an X-ray single-light screen test method is adopted to calculate the initial velocity of the projectile at the muzzle. With the device of the invention adopted, the initial velocity of the projectile at the muzzle under strong electromagnetic interference and strong muzzle flame conditions which cannot be measured by a traditional method can be accurately measured; and the single-light screen measurement method can assist in eliminating inconsistencies in multi-light curtain processing speed and delay and errors caused by incapability of realizing completely parallel multi-light curtain beams, and the single-light screen measurement method has high test accuracy.

Disclosed is a lighting apparatus having a complex sensor. The apparatus includes a short distance motion sensor to sense an object at a short distance, a long distance motion sensor to sense an object at a long distance, a signal amplifier to amplify signals from the sensors, a lamp to be adjustable in brightness in multiple stages, a timer to count a dark adaptation time, and a controller. The controller controls the lamp to a first brightness upon receiving a signal from the long distance motion sensor and to a second brightness higher than the first brightness upon receiving a signal from the short distance motion sensor and controls the timer to count the dark adaptation time at the second brightness, thereby reducing the brightness of the lamp by an illuminance within a dark adaptation threshold value set in the controller whenever the timer generates a counting signal.

The invention relates to a water-saving closestool. The closetool comprises a closetool body, water tanks and electric switches. A light sensitive tube is arranged at the bottom of the closetool and composed of a light ray transmitter and a light ray receiver. When liquids at the bottom of a urine closetool are turbid, the light ray receiver receives weak light rays, the electric switches are started, and the small water amount is discharged; when the light sensitive tube at the bottom of an excrement closetool is completely covered, the receiver cannot receive light rays, the electric switches are started, and the large water amount is discharged. A water-proof protection device is arranged in the light sensitive tube in the closetool, delay sensors are arranged on large and small water tanks of the water tanks, and the large and small water tanks delay starting of the electric switches according to set time when receiving water discharge signals. An alarm device is arranged on the water tanks and provided with a timer and a buzzer. When the timer detects that the closetool continuous flushing exceeds 20 seconds, the buzzer is triggered to buzz.

The invention discloses a punching device of a cosmetic bottle. The punching device comprises guide wheels, a level gauge, a box body, supporting legs, a mounting platform, a heat dissipation fan, a camera, noise reduction blocks, LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamps, noise reduction holes, retractable rods, a punching machine, fixing clamps and a dust collector, wherein the guide wheels are arranged on the bottom surface of the box body and the supporting legs are arranged in the box body; the mounting platform is arranged at the tops of the supporting legs; a slide rail is arranged on the mounting platform; the fixing clamps are arranged in the slide rail and the heat dissipation fan is arranged on one side of the mounting platform; a timer is arranged on an outer wall of the box body; vent holes are formed in a side wall of the box body; the camera is arranged on the mounting platform; the retractable rods are arranged on an inner wall of the top of the box body; the punching machine is arranged at the bottom ends of the retractable rods; the LED lamps are arranged on the inner wall of the top of the box body; the noise reduction blocks are arranged on the inner wall of the box body; the noise reduction holes are formed in the noise reduction blocks; and the box boxy is internally provided with the dust collector. With the adoption of the punching device of the cosmetic bottle, injuries on eardrums and body health of workers are reduced, and power generated by punching is collected in time, so that the body health of people are not influenced; and the punching device of the cosmetic bottle is simple in structure, convenient to use and good for popularization.

A transmitter (102) is provided. The transmitter (102) comprises a first communication interface (112) for receiving data. The transmitter (102) also comprises a timer (104) for measuring a relative-time and a processing system (110) for providing the data with a relative-time timestamp. A second communication interface (105) is provided for outputting the relative-time timestamped data.

A bait cover to control the exposure of bait to wildlife by providing a selected quantity of bait on a ground surface and positioning the bait cover, comprising a movable cover in sufficient proximity to the bait such that the movable cover covers the bait in a first position and exposes the bait sufficiently for wildlife to feed on in a second position; a swing arm connected to the movable cover; and a controller connected to the base end of the swing arm to control movement of the swing arm and the movable cover between a covered and uncovered position, wherein the controller includes an automatic timer to control operation of the bait cover.

A lighting device for lighting a high-pressure discharge lamp 2 having an outer tube, an interior of which is substantially under vacuum. The lighting device includes a ballast 3 having at least a current limiting element and a high-voltage pulse generating circuit 4 for generating a high-voltage pulse, and also includes a lighting discriminating means 8 for discriminating between lighting and non-lighting of the discharge lamp 2, a timer circuit 9 for setting a predetermined period of time, and a pulse-stop control means 10 for stopping generation of the high-voltage pulse. When the lighting discriminating means 8 discriminates non-lighting after lighting has been discriminated, generation of the high-voltage pulse is stopped within the predetermined period of time set by the timer circuit 9.

The invention discloses a method and a device for automatically switching a high beam and a low beam of an automobile. The device comprises a combination switch (1), a photosensor (2), a vehicle-mounted computer (3) and a dimmer (4); the input end of the combination switch (1) is connected with the output end of an automobile power supply (5); the output end of the combination switch (1) is connected with the input end of the vehicle-mounted computer (3); the output end of the vehicle-mounted computer (3) is connected with the input end of the dimmer (4); the output end of the dimmer (4) is connected with the high beam (6) and the low beam (7) of the automobile; and the vehicle-mounted computer (3) is connected with a timer (8). By the method and the device for automatically switching the high beam and the low beam of the automobile, the high beam of the automobile can be automatically turned off and changed into the low beam at night according to the intensity of the light of an automobile in the opposite direction, and the high beam is automatically switched when the automobile in the opposite direction passes, the interference of the high beam to the automobile in the opposite direction can be effectively avoided, and traffic accidents are effectively prevented.

The invention discloses a time compensation device and method of a photoelectric timer and relates to a time compensation device for a free-fall timer. The photoelectric timer has the problem that timing duration and theoretical duration are not identical because of residual magnetism. According to the technical scheme provided by the invention, the time compensation device of the photoelectric timer comprises an electromagnet composed of an iron core (1) and a coil (2) wound on the iron core (1). The time compensation device is characterized in that the upper end of a spring (3) is connected with the iron core (1); the lower end of the spring (3) is connected with a plate (4) made of a soft magnetic material; and the lower part of the plate (4) is provided with a heavy object (5) made of a soft magnetic material and attracted by the electromagnet. The invention provides a novel technical scheme for solving the problem of time lag caused by residual magnetism in a free-fall motion.

The invention relates to a laser treatment apparatus including a laser oscillator, an interlock provided in the laser oscillator, a movable table which moves with a certain movement period, a timer, an interlock provided in the timer, a sensor which can detect movement of the movable table, and a computer, in which the timer starts measuring time when the sensor senses passage of the movable table, and when the movable table does not pass the sensor even after the movement period, conduction between contacts of the interlock provided in the timer is blocked to operate the interlock in the laser oscillator, thereby stopping laser output. The invention also relates to a laser treatment method using the laser treatment apparatus.

A waveform recorder device for mounting to an electronic circuit breaker having an electronic trip unit and a communication port is disclosed. The device includes a connector configured to connect with the communication port, and a processing circuit in signal communication with the connector. The processing circuit is responsive to instructions which, when executed by the processing circuit, facilitate responding to a conditional signal received from the circuit breaker, and in response thereto recording waveform information arising from an additional signal received from the circuit breaker.

A circuit configuration for operating an electric motor is described, the circuit configuration containing a timer. As a function of a first differential signal between a setpoint signal and an actual value signal, a regulator supplies a first switch signal for feeding current to the electric motor. Simultaneously, the timer is started which limits the current feed signal to a specified maximum time. A detection system detects a change in the setpoint signal and thereupon outputs a second switch signal that also starts the timer and is able to trigger the current feed to the electric motor. The circuit configuration both protects the electric motor from a thermal overload and also makes it possible to feed current to the electric motor if a setpoint changes. The circuit configuration is suitable to be used in a variable speed drive.