US4159442A
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Circuit for lighting like candlelight
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-11-17
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Granted: 1979-06-26
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Expires: 1997-11-17
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to a circuit for lighting like a candlelight. The circuit has a lighting means having at least one incandescent lamp, and a control means which has a plurality of oscillators which can be oscillated with substantial equal frequencies. The control means controls an electric current flowing through the lighting means by a composite output of the oscillators. The each oscillator may be a relaxation oscillator which has a neon tube, and the control means may have a photo dependent resistor adapted to receive a composite light of lights emitted by the neon tubes, whereby the resistance of the photo dependent resistor being varied so as to control the electric current flowing through the lighting means.
Inventors
- 👤 Kojo Komatsu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 13:15
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B39/00; H05B39/09; H03; H03K; H03K17/00; H03K17/51; H03K17/56; H03K17/72; H03K17/725; H03K17/78; H03K17/79; H03K17/795; H03K17/7955; H05B39/04; H05B39/08; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S362/00; Y10S362/806; Y10S362/81
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
71 words
A circuit for lighting like a candlelight comprising: lighting means having at least one lamp, and control means having a plurality of oscillators which can be oscillated with substantially equal frequencies for controlling an electric current flowing through said lighting means, wherein each said oscillator emits a light as an output thereof, and said control means controls said electric current in response to all of said lights emitted from said oscillators.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
71 words
A circuit for lighting like a candlelight comprising: lighting means having at least one lamp, and control means having a plurality of oscillators which can be oscillated with substantially equal frequencies for controlling an electric current flowing through said lighting means, wherein each said oscillator emits a light as an output thereof, and said control means controls said electric current in response to all of said lights emitted from said oscillators.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
66 words
A circuit as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of said oscillators is a relaxation oscillator having a neon tube, said control means has a photo dependent resistor which is adapted to receive a composite light of lights emitted by said neon tubes, whereby the resistance of said photo dependent resistor is varied so as to control said electric current flowing through said lighting means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
102 words
A circuit as set forth in claim 2, wherein said circuit is to be connected to an alternating electric source, said control means has a bidirectional triode thyristor connected in series with said lighting means, a resistor connected in parallel with said photo dependent resistor, a condenser connected in series with said photo dependent resistor, a circuit composed of said photo dependent resistor and said condenser being connected in parallel with said bidirectional triode thyristor, and a bidirectional diode thyristor connected between the gate electrode of said bidirectional triode thyristor and the connecting point between said photo dependent resistor and said condenser.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
A circuit as set forth in claim 1, wherein said lamp is an incandescent lamp.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
A circuit as set forth in claim 4, wherein said control means has a photo dependent resistor which is adapted to receive a composite light of said lights emitted from said oscillators, whereby the resistance of said photo dependent resistor is varied so as to control said electric current flowing through said lighting means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A circuit as set forth in claim 4, wherein each of said oscillators is a relaxation oscillator having a neon tube for emitting said light.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
55 words
A circuit as set forth in claim 6, wherein said control means has a photo dependent resistor which is adapted to receive a composite light of said lights emitted from said neon tubes, whereby the resistance of said photo dependent resistor is varied so as to control said electric current flowing through said lighting means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
100 words
A circuit for lighting like a candlelight comprising: lighting means having at least one incandescent lamp, and a control means having a photo dependent resistor and a plurality of oscillators which can be oscillated with substantially equal frequencies for controlling an electric current flowing through said lighting means, wherein each oscillator has a source of light for emitting a light as an output, and said photo dependent resistor is adapted to receive said lights emitted from said sources, whereby the resistance of said photo dependent resistor is varied so as to control an electric current flowing through said lighting means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
100 words
A circuit for lighting like a candlelight comprising: lighting means having at least one incandescent lamp, and a control means having a photo dependent resistor and a plurality of oscillators which can be oscillated with substantially equal frequencies for controlling an electric current flowing through said lighting means, wherein each oscillator has a source of light for emitting a light as an output, and said photo dependent resistor is adapted to receive said lights emitted from said sources, whereby the resistance of said photo dependent resistor is varied so as to control an electric current flowing through said lighting means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A circuit as set forth in claim 8, wherein each said oscillator is a relaxation oscillator having a neon tube as said source of light.
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