Wall switch opening mounted power circuit timer-controller

Power control apparatus comprising:

• a rear sub-assembly to be mounted in a wall switch opening which usually includes a toggle on-off switch unit with a forwardly projecting operating arm therefor;
• a front sub-assembly to be mounted over a cover plate to extend over said wall switch opening and having a slot designed to receive said toggle arm;
• first fastener-receiving means on said rear sub-assembly positioned to be accessible from the front of said front sub-assembly through said cover plate slot from the front of said front sub-assembly;
• first fastener means for engaging said first fastener-receiving means for anchoring said front sub-assembly to said rear sub-assembly through said cover plate slot;
• circuitry in said rear sub-assembly, said circuitry including controlled means operable to different power controlling conditions and control means for controlling the operation of said controlled means, said control means forming a timer which generates control signals at various time intervals over a 24 hour period which effects operation of said controlled means in accordance with said signals;
• and manually operable means which extends from said rear sub-assembly and is extendable through said cover plate slot and the front sub-assembly for controlling said control means, and manually engageable means on the front of said manually operable means, said manually operable means and the manually engageable means thereon being a rotatable and depressible assembly which effects the programming of said timer in accordance with the depression and rotation thereof.

Power control apparatus comprising:

• a rear sub-assembly to be mounted in a wall switch opening which usually includes a toggle on-off switch unit with a forwardly projecting operating arm therefor;
• a front sub-assembly to be mounted over a cover plate to extend over said wall switch opening and having a slot designed to receive said toggle arm;
• first fastener-receiving means on said rear sub-assembly positioned to be accessible from the front of said front sub-assembly through said cover plate slot from the front of said front sub-assembly;
• first fastener means for engaging said first fastener-receiving means for anchoring said front sub-assembly to said rear sub-assembly through said cover plate slot;
• circuitry in said rear sub-assembly, said circuitry including controlled means operable to different power controlling conditions and control means for controlling the operation of said controlled means, said control means forming a timer which generates control signals at various time intervals over a 24 hour period which effects operation of said controlled means in accordance with said signals, and manually operable means which extends from said rear sub-assembly and is extendable through said cover plate slot and the front sub-assembly for controlling said control means, and manually engageable means on the front of said manually operable means, said manually operable means and the manually engageable means effecting the programming of said timing means in accordance with the operation thereof.

Power control apparatus comprising:

• a rear sub-assembly mounted in a wall switch opening which usually includes a toggle on-off switch unit with a forwardly projecting operating arm therefor;
• a cover plate over said opening and including a vertical slot designed to receive said toggle switch;
• a front sub-assembly mounted over said cover plate;
• a switch box in said wall switch opening, said switch box having threaded holes, screw means passing through said rear sub-assembly from the front thereof and engaging with said threaded holes to anchor said rear sub-assembly to said switch box;
• first fastener-receiving means on said rear sub-assembly accessible from the front of said front sub-assembly through said cover plate slot and an opening in said first fastener means engaging said first fastener-receiving means through said front sub-assembly opening and cover plate slot for anchoring said front sub-assembly and cover plate to said rear sub-assembly through said cover plate slot;
• circuitry in said rear sub-assembly, said circuitry including controlled means operable to different power controlling conditions and control means for controlling the operation of said controlled means;
• manually operable means which extends from said rear sub-assembly through said cover plate slot and the front sub-assembly for controlling said control means, and manually engageable means on the front of said manually operable means.

In a timer system having storage means having storage locations into which circuit opening and circuit closing markers are to be set, storage location accessing signal input terminal means for receiving said signals which progressively access storage locations representing successive time intervals over a 24 hour period and marker signal input terminal means for receiving signals indicating whether a circuit opening or closing marker is to be set into the accessed storage location, the improvement in manually operable control means for selecting the storage location of said storage means into which one of said markers may be set, said manually operable control means including a rotatable control shaft, an outer knob member coupled to said control shaft so that said control shaft is rotated only when said outer knob member is rotated in one direction, numbered markings visible along the periphery of said outer knob member which numbered markings identify at least the hour numbers 1 through 12, and an index mark opposite which a different numbered marking becomes aligned in progressively increasing value as said knob member is advanced in said one direction, and signal generating means for generating a signal during the movement of said shaft into each new position aligning said index mark with the next marking, and control means responsive to each of said signals for accessing a marker storage location in said storage means associated with the time interval beginning with the time opposite the index mark.

Power control apparatus comprising:

• a rear sub-assembly to be mounted in a wall switch opening which usually includes a toggle on-off switch unit with a forwardly projecting operating arm therefor;
• a front sub-assembly to be mounted over a cover plate to extend over said wall switch opening and having a slot designed to receive said toggle arm;
• first fastener-receiving means on said rear sub-assembly positioned to be accessible from the front of said front sub-assembly through said cover plate slot from the front of said front sub-assembly;
• first fastener means for engaging said first fastener-receiving means for anchoring said front sub-assembly to said rear sub-assembly through said cover plate slot;
• circuitry in said rear sub-assembly, said circuitry including controlled means operable to different power controlling conditions and control means for controlling the operation of said controlled means;
• manually operable means which extends from said rear sub-assembly and is extendable through said cover plate slot and the front sub-assembly for controlling said control means, and first manually engageable means on the front of said manually operable means, said manually operable means being depressible and rotatable and associated with indicia representing various time intervals over a 24 hour period, said manually operable means being rotatable into discrete positions representing said various time intervals, and said circuitry further including signal generating means for generating a programming signal as said manually operable means is moved to each discrete position, timing means for generating timing signals at said various time intervals, marker storage means responsive to said programming signals and the depression of said manually operable means by storing markers in storage locations thereof representing the desired condition of said controlled means during said time intervals, and means responsive to said timing signals and said markers for effecting operation of said controlled means in accordance with the markers in said storage means.

Power control apparatus comprising:

• a rear sub-assembly to be mounted in a wall switch opening which usually includes a toggle on-off switch unit with a forwardly projecting operating arm therefor;
• a front sub-assembly to be mounted over a cover plate to extend over said wall switch opening and having a slot designed to receive said toggle arm;
• first fastener-receiving means on said rear sub-assembly positioned to be accessible from the front of said front sub-assembly through said cover plate slot from the front of said front sub-assembly;
• first fastener means for engaging said first fastener-receiving means for anchoring said front sub-assembly to said rear sub-assembly through said cover plate slot;
• circuitry in said rear sub-assembly, said circuitry including controlled means operable to different power controlling conditions and control means for controlling the operation of said controlled means;
• manually operable means which extends from said rear sub-assembly and is extendable through said cover plate slot and the front sub-assembly for controlling said control means, and first manually engageable means on the front of said manually operable means, and an additional manually engageable control means on said front sub-assembly and which is connectable through said cover plate slot to said control means in said rear sub-assembly, said additional manually engageable means being a shiftable member mounted for pivotable movement on said front sub-assembly and having a projecting end exposed on the front of said front sub-assembly, said rear sub-assembly having a pivotally mounted member with a tongue projecting forwardly and adapted to pass through said cover plate slot and into an opening in said shiftable member or said front sub-assembly.

Power control apparatus comprising:

• a rear sub-assembly to be mounted in a wall switch opening which usually includes a toggle on-off switch unit with a forwardly projecting operating arm therefor;
• a front sub-assembly to be mounted over a cover plate to extend over said wall switch opening and having a slot designed to receive said toggle arm;
• first fastener-receiving means on said rear sub-assembly positioned to be accessible from the front of said front sub-assembly through said cover plate slot from the front of said front sub-assembly;
• first fastener means for engaging said first fastener-receiving means for anchoring said front sub-assembly to said rear sub-assembly through said cover plate slot;
• circuitry in said rear sub-assembly, said circuitry including controlled means operable to different power controlling conditions and control means for controlling the operation of said controlled means;
• manually operable means which extends from said rear sub-assembly and is extendable through said cover plate slot and the front sub-assembly for controlling said control means;
• and manually engageable means on the front of said manually operable means, said manually engageable means being a knob;
• indicia around the periphery of the knob identifying at least the hour numbers 1 through 12;
• a stationary index mark opposite which said indicia can be aligned;
• an indicating member in said front sub-assembly which member has an "AM" or "PM" marking visible through window means in the front of said front sub-assembly, depending upon the position thereof;
• and means responsive to each full rotation of said knob for shifting the position of said indicating member to expose a different one of said markings.