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US 4,525,125 AGranted
Pressure responsive pump control system having an alarm lamp
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkio Matsumoto, Mitsuyoshi Yokota
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AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkio Matsumoto, Mitsuyoshi Yokota
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A pump control system has a vacuum pump driven by a DC motor to supply a negative pressure to a container first power and driving transistors which are interconnected to energize the DC motor, second power and driving transistors which are interconnected to turn an alarm lamp on, and a pressure sensor having a set of normally closed contacts which are connected to the first driving transistor and which are connected via a Zener diode to the second driving transistor; the contacts opened by at least a predetermined negative pressure within the container so as to immediately turn the first power transistor off and so as the second power transistor off with a time delay as determined by a parallel combination of a capacitor and a resistor connected to the Zener diode.
A pump control system comprising a DC motor, a pump driven by said DC motor to generate and supply a pressure to a container, a single pressure sensor for sensing a pressure within said container controlled by said pump, and being operative with a predetermined pressure within said container, a first circuit means responsive to the operation of said single pressure sensor to drive said DC motor, a timing, circuit controlled in response to the operation of said single pressure sensor, an alarm lamp, and a circuit means responsive to an output from said timing circuit means to control the turn-on and -off of said alarm lamp whereby said single pressure sensor provides the sole means for controlling said pump and said alarm lamp.
A pump control system comprising a DC motor, a pump driven by said DC motor to generate and supply a pressure to a container, a single pressure sensor for sensing a pressure within said container controlled by said pump, said single pressure sensor being operative in response to a predetermined pressure within said container sensed thereby, an indicating means for indicating that said container is under a pressure not higher than said predetermined pressure, a first switching element serially connected to said pump and responsive to a pressure within said container not less than said predetermined pressure as sensed by said single pressure sensor to be turned off, a second switching element serially connected to said indicating means and responsive to a pressure within said container not less than said predetermined pressure as sensed by said single pressure sensor to be turned off and a timing circuit for delaying the turn-off of said second switching element whereby said single pressure sensor provides the sole means for controlling said pump and said indicating means.
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