Rapid turn-on, slow drop-out control arrangement
AssigneeHamilton Standard Controls, Inc.
InventorRobert E. Prouty
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Abstract
An electrical equipment controller is provided with a delayed turn-off capability. A thermostat is in series with a control relay. The thermostat is further in parallel with the series combination of a relay latch contact and a first positive temperature coefficient (PTC) device. A second PTC device is connected in parallel with the control relay. The arrangement of first and second PTC devices provides a predeterminable drop-out relay including compensation for ambient temperature changes.
Claims4
An arrangement for controlling the application of electrical power to electrical equipment (195) via power contacts (160) comprising:
- selectively energizable relay coil means (150) for controlling the application of electrical power to said electrical equipment via said power contacts, said relay coil means including latch contact means (170) controlled thereby to be either open or closed to the passage of electric current from a power source (131), said relay coil means being connected in series with said latch contact means, first PTC means (180) for increasing in resistance with an increase in temperature, said first PTC means being connected in series with said latch contact means, thermostat means (140) for responding to temperature, said thermostat means being connected in parallel with said relay contact means and said first PTC means, and second PTC means (190) also for increasing in resistance with an increase in temperature, said second PTC means being connected in parallel with said relay coil, said first and said second PTC means cooperatively establishing a determinable time delay in the de-energization of said relay coil means.
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