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US 2006/0186844 A1Published application
Movable barrier operator
AssigneeThe Chamberlain Group, Inc.
InventorsJames Fitzgibbon, Paul Wanis, Colin Willmott
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Abstract
A movable barrier operator having an electrical motor responsive to control signals for moving the barrier, a controller to control the barrier movements, and two command apparatuses for generating command inputs, which command apparatuses are located remotely from each other. The first command apparatus is mounted in a location remote from the controller and easily accessible by the users, and the second command apparatus is located close proximity to the controller to be easily accessible by an installer at the time of service.
Claims6
A movable barrier operator, comprising:
- an electric motor responsive to control signals for moving the barrier;
- a transmission connected to the motor to be driven thereby and to the movable barrier to be moved;
- a first command apparatus mounted in a location remote from the controller and accessible by users of the movable barrier operator for manually generating command inputs;
- a second command apparatus comprising at least one command switch mounted on an exterior housing of the controller and accessible to users of the movable barrier operator for generating command inputs in response to user interaction with the command switch;
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- a controller, responsive to command inputs from the first command apparatus and from the second command apparatus for generating control signals to cause the electric motor to change the motion of the barrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.