Telephone substation transmitter muting circuit

Claim 2

A transmitter muting circuit for use in a subscriber substation said subscriber station including a hold circuit and a transmission circuit having a positive and a negative terminal, a handset transmitter, and a hookswitch contact, said contact connecting said transmission circuit to a central office and a central office battery via a subscriber line completing a loop circuit extending over said subscriber line for transmission of battery current and voltage to said transmission circuit, said transmitter muting circuit comprising: first switching means manually operated connecting said hold circuit to said loop circuit activating said hold circuit and seizing said subscriber line; and, second switching means connecting a transmitter muting path across said handset transmitter in response to said first switching means, muting said handset transmitter.

Claim 3

The transmitter muting circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said hold circuit includes first and second leads and said second lead is connected to said transmission circuit negative lead and said hold circuit first lead is connected to said transmission circuit positive lead through said first switching means, said first switching means comprising a silicon controlled rectifier including a trigger lead connected to a manually operated switch connecting said trigger lead to said transmission circuit positive terminal thereby placing said silicon controlled rectifier into forward conduction and activating said hold circuit.

Claim 4

The transmitter muting circuit as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said second switching means comprises a transistor having its base lead connected to said hold circuit first lead through a diode and a resistor, said diode and resistor arranged to provide base current to said transistor turning on said transistor when said hold circuit is activated.

Claim 5

The transmitter muting circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein: said transmitter muting path is connected across said handset transmitter through said transistor device collector-emitter path when said transistor is turned on.

Claim 6

The transmitter muting circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said handset transmitter includes a microphone and a microphone amplifier and said transmitter shunting path comprises a resistor and a capacitor connected across said microphone amplifier decreasing said microphone amplifier's gain and output.

Claim 7

The transmitter muting circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein: said transistor device base lead is further connected to said hold circuit second lead through a resistor whereby a negative bias supplied to said transistors base lead when said hold circuit is turned off.

Claim 8

A transmitter muting circuit for use in a subscriber station said subscriber station including a hold circuit and a transmission circuit having a positive and a negative terminal, a handset transmitter, and a hookswitch contact, said contact connecting said transmission circuit to a central office and a central office battery via a subscriber line completing a loop circuit extending over said subscriber line for transmission of battery current and voltage to said transmission circuit, said transmitter muting circuit comprising: a silicon controlled rectifier connecting said hold circuit across said transmission circuit, said silicon controlled rectifier including a trigger lead and said trigger lead connected to said positive terminal placing said silicon controlled rectifier into forward conduction and activating said hold circuit; and, a switching device connecting a transmitter muting path across said handset transmitter in response to said hold circuit, muting said handset transmitter.

Claim 9

A transmitter muting circuit for use in a subscriber station said subscriber station including a hold circuit and a transmission circuit having a positive and a negative terminal, a handset transmitter, and a hookswitch contact, said contact connecting said transmission circuit to a central office and a central office battery via a subscriber line completing a loop circuit extending over said subscriber line for transmission of battery current and voltage to said transmission circuit, said transmitter muting circuit comprising: a silicon controlled rectifier connecting said hold circuit across said transmission circuit, said silicon controlled rectifier including a trigger lead and said trigger lead connected to said positive terminal placing said silicon controlled rectifier into forward conduction and activating said hold circuit; and, a switching device connecting a transmitter muting path across said handset transmitter in response to said hold circuit, muting said handset transmitter.

Claim 10

The transmitter muting circuit as claimed in claim 7, wherein: said hold circuit includes first and second leads said first lead connected through said silicon controlled rectifier to said positive terminal and said second lead connected to said negative terminal, and said switching device comprises a transistor having its base lead connected to said hold circuit first lead via a diode and resistor, whereby said diode and resistor provide said transistor with base current turning on said transistor when said hold circuit is activated.

Claim 11

The transmitter muting circuit as claimed in claim 8, wherein: said handset transmitter comprises a microphone and microphone amplifier and said transmitter muting path comprises a resistor and capacitor connected across said microphone amplifier through said transistor collector-emitter path when said transistor is turned on thereby lowering said microphone amplifier's gain and output.

Claim 12

The transmitter muting circuit as claimed in claim 8, wherein: said transistor base lead is further connected through a resistor to said hold circuit second lead providing a negative bias to said transistor ensuring transistor cutoff when said hold circuit is deactivated.