Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
266 words
A regulator for industrial process control of proportiOnal plus integral plus differential action comprising an amplifier having an output across first and second output terminals and first and second input points, said first input point forming a summation point, said second input point being coupled to said second output terminal of said amplifier, a negative feedback loop, said negative feedback loop including adjustable resistor means and adjustable capacitor means, said feedback loop being coupled between the first and second output terminals and said first and second input points, said adjustable capacitor means having an end connected to said summation point and including a plurality of capacitors with each of said plurality of capacitors provided with respective adjustment means, said respective adjustment means, of said capacitors being intercoupled, and an input scaler being coupled to said amplifier, said input scaler including a potentiometer having first and second ends, a first and a second resistor, said first and second resistors being connected together at a common point, including a third and a fourth resistor, said third and fourth resistor forming a bridge circuit with said first and second resistors, said third resistor being coupled between said second resistor and said second end of said potentiometer, said fourth resistor being connected between said first resistor and said first end of said potentiometer, said potentiometer including a slider being connected to said common point and to one of said plurality of capacitors, said one of said plurality of capacitors being connected to said summation point, said adjustable resistor means being connected to the connection between said first and fourth resistors.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
266 words
A regulator for industrial process control of proportiOnal plus integral plus differential action comprising an amplifier having an output across first and second output terminals and first and second input points, said first input point forming a summation point, said second input point being coupled to said second output terminal of said amplifier, a negative feedback loop, said negative feedback loop including adjustable resistor means and adjustable capacitor means, said feedback loop being coupled between the first and second output terminals and said first and second input points, said adjustable capacitor means having an end connected to said summation point and including a plurality of capacitors with each of said plurality of capacitors provided with respective adjustment means, said respective adjustment means, of said capacitors being intercoupled, and an input scaler being coupled to said amplifier, said input scaler including a potentiometer having first and second ends, a first and a second resistor, said first and second resistors being connected together at a common point, including a third and a fourth resistor, said third and fourth resistor forming a bridge circuit with said first and second resistors, said third resistor being coupled between said second resistor and said second end of said potentiometer, said fourth resistor being connected between said first resistor and said first end of said potentiometer, said potentiometer including a slider being connected to said common point and to one of said plurality of capacitors, said one of said plurality of capacitors being connected to said summation point, said adjustable resistor means being connected to the connection between said first and fourth resistors.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A regulator as claimed in claim 1, including a fifth resistor, connected between said second end of said potentiometer and said third resistor.