Photo sequence programmer

Claim 2

A photo sequence programmer comprising: a rotary transparent cylinder; a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed inside said cylinder; a plurality of light-receiving elements disposed outside said cylinder, each light-emitting element facing a light-receiving element through said transparent cylinder between them; opaque tapes attached on the surface of said cylinder in accordance with a predetermined arrangement to effect interruption of light being transmitted from said light-emitting elements to said light-receiving elements in a predetermined sequence as said cylinder rotates; and a plurality of switching circuits including said plurality of light-emitting elements and said plurality of light-receiving elements, said switching circuits being actuatable in response to said interruption of light.

Claim 3

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 1 and including: an AC power supply; a DC power supply energized from said AC power supply; a timing motor energizable from said AC power supply and connected to rotate said cylinder; a timing motor driving circuit; a plurality of loads, each load being controlled by one of said switching circuits; and a plurality of load control elements; and wherein each of said switching circuits includes: a DC control circuit including one of said light-emitting elements and one of said light-receiving elements, each DC control circuit being connected for energization from said DC source; and a load circuit responsive to one of said DC control circuits and including one of said loads connected in series with one of said load control elements for energization from said AC source.

Claim 4

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 2 wherein said load control element is a triac.

Claim 5

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 2 wherein said load control element is a relay.

Claim 6

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 2 wherein said light-emitting element is a light-emitting diode and said light-receiving element is a silicon photo diode.

Claim 7

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 2 wherein said light-emitting element is a light-emitting diode and said light-receiving element is a photo transistor.

Claim 8

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 5 wherein said light-emitting element is a light-emitting diode and said light-receiving element is a cadmium sulfide photo electric device.

Claim 9

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 2 wherein said timing motor driving circuit comprises a photo-electric conversion switching circuit which is connected to the output of a sensor responsive to the position of a machine controlled by said programmer so that said timing motor driving circuit is in synchronization with the driving cycle of the machine.

Claim 10

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 5 wherein each said light-emitting diode and each said silicon photo diode are mounted so as to face each other, wherein the anode of each silicon photo diode is connected to the base of an NPN transistor and the cathode thereof is grounded, wherein a point intermediate said base and said anode is connected to said positive side of said DC source through a resistor and also is grounded through a capacitor, wherein a collector of said NPN transistor is connected to said positive side of said DC source through a resistor and also to the base of a PNP transistor through a resistor, and wherein the emitter of said PNP transistor is connected to the gate of said triac through a resistor and the collector of said PNP transistor is grounded together with the emitter of said NPN transistor, and wherein said triac is connected in series with said load across said AC source.

Claim 11

A photo sequence programmer comprising: a stationary shaft having a plurality of light-emitting elements therein; a transparent cylinder rotatably mounted on said shaft; a stationary light-receiving member disposed outside said cylinder having a plurality of light-receiving elements therein, each light-emitting element facing a light-receiving element through said transparent cylinder between them; and a pair of connection discs, each connection disc being rigidly connected to an end of said stationary shaft and rigidly connected to a corresponding end of said stationary light-receiving member.

Claim 12

A photo sequence programmer comprising: a stationary shaft having a plurality of light-emitting elements therein; a transparent cylinder rotatably mounted on said shaft; a stationary light-receiving member disposed outside said cylinder having a plurality of light-receiving elements therein, each light-emitting element facing a light-receiving element through said transparent cylinder between them; and a pair of connection discs, each connection disc being rigidly connected to an end of said stationary shaft and rigidly connected to a corresponding end of said stationary light-receiving member.

Claim 13

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 10 wherein said cylinder has a plurality of circumferential grooves on the surface thereof; scales on said cylinder surface and opaque tapes of predetermined length in at least some of said grooves.

Claim 14

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 10 wherein said stationary shaft is provided with a plurality of said light-emitting elements which are disposed in holes aligned along the longitudinal axis of said shaft, and each hole having at the opposite sides thereof a cavity for wiring.

Claim 15

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 10 wherein said light-receiving member is provided with a plurality of light-receiving elements which are disposed in holes aligned in spaced relationship with each other in said light-receiving member, each hole being provided with a slit for light to pass through and said slit formed in such a shape to eliminate loss in effective incident light radiation.

Claim 16

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 10 including opaque tapes attached on the surface of said cylinder in accordance with a predetermined arrangement to effect interruption of light being transmitted from said light-emitting elements to said light-receiving elements in a predetermined sequence as said cylinder rotates; and a plurality of switching circuits including said plurality of light-emitting elements and said plurality of light-receiving elements, said switching circuits being actuatable in response to said interruption of light.

Claim 17

A photo sequence programmer according to claim 14 including a timing motor driving device for driving said cylinder and wherein one of said opaque tapes is attached on the surface of said cylinder around the entire circumference thereof leaving a margin so as to effect stopping of said cylinder at the end of one revolution.