Relay apparatus

Claim 1

RELAY APPARATUS COMPRISING A BASIC UNIT INCLUDING A HOUSING, A.C. POWER SUPPLY MEANS IN SAID HOUSING AND INCLUDING A.C. ELECTRIC POWER INPUT MEANS TO SAID HOUSING, A CONTROLLED ELECTRIC OUTLET ON SAID HOUSING, A RELAY, SAID RELAY IN ONE POSITION CONNECTING SAID ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY MEANS TO SAID ELECTRIC OUTLET AND IN ANOTHER POSITION EFFECTING DISCONNECTION THEREOF, SEPARABLE A SOCKET CONNECTION MEANS ON SAID HOUSING COMPRISING A SOCKET HAVING A PLURALITY OF TERMINALS, ELECTRIC CIRCUIT MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID POWER SUPPLY MEANS AND SAID SEPARABLE ELECTRIC CONNECTION MEANS AND SAID RELAY TO DETERMINE THE POSITION OF OPERATION OF SAID RELAY; SAID ELECTRIC CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC VALVE HAVING A CATHODE ELEMENT, ANODE ELEMENT, AND A CONTROL ELEMENT, NONRECTIFYING MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID POWER SUPPLY MEANS, SAID ONODE ELEMENT AND SAID RELAY INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID SOCKET FOR OPERATION OF SAID RELAY UPON CONDUCTION OF SAID ELECTRIC VALVE, NON-RECTIFYING MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID CATHODE ELEMENT AND SAID POWER SUPPLY MEANS INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID SOCKET AND FORMING A RETURN PATH, MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID CONTROL ELEMENT AND ONE OF SAID SOCKET TERMINALS, AND MEANS CONNECTING AT LEAST ONE OTHER OF SAID SOCKET TERMINALS TO SAID POWER SUPPLY MEANS; AND DETACHABLE CONTROLLING MEANS COMPRISING A HOUSING, SENSING MEANS, SEPARABLE CONNECTING MEANS COMPLEMENTARY TO SAID BASIC UNIT SEPARABLE CONNECTING MEANS AND COMPRISING A PLUG HAVING A PLURALITY OF TERMINALS CORRESPONDING TO AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE TERMINALS OF SAID SOCKETS, SAID PLUG BEING DETACHABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SOCKET, AND ELECTRIC CURCUIT MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID SENSING, MEANS AND SAID DETACHABLE CONTROLLING MEANS SEPARABLE CONNECTING MEANS AND COACTING WITH SAID BASIC UNIT CIRCUIT MEANS NORMALLY TO BIAS SAID ELECTRIC VALVE OFF AND CHANGING IN IMPEDANCE TO BIAS SAID VALVE FOR CONDUCTION ON ALTERNATE HALF CYCLES UPON OPERATION OF SAID SENSING MEANS TO CONTROL THE POSITION OF SAID REALY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITION SENSED BY SAID SENSING MEANS, AND JUST MENTIONED ELECTRIC CIRCUIT MEANS COMPRISING MEANS CONNECTING SAID SENSING MEANS TO BE PLUG TERMINAL CORRESPONDING TO THE SOCKET TERMINAL CONNECTED TO SAID CONTROL ELEMENT, AND ADDITIONAL CONNECTING SAID SENSING MEANS TO THE PLUG TERMINAL CORRESONDING TO A SOCKET TERMINAL CONNECTED TO SAID POWER SUPPLY MEANS.