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Programmable appliance controller

US5113124A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateSep 4, 1990
Grant dateMay 12, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/21004
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A programmer for an appliance having a line power switch and a plurality of program switches sequentially actuated by a cyclic cam mechanism. The program switches are latched to the actuated condition and uplatched independently of the cyclic mechanism by electrically energized release mechanisms, individually controlled by an electronic controller having a microcomputer which employs a user selected programmed sequence.

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