System for power supply to and switching of a number of electrical appliances

Claim 1

A system for supplying power to and switching electrical appliances each of which has a functional power-consuming part and a switching part, comprising: a power conductor connected to a power source and to the electrical appliances and a single signal conductor connected to signal transmitters and to the switching parts, each signal transmitter corresponding with the switching part of one appliance or a group of associated appliances and, when activiated, generating a control signal peculiar to the corresponding switching part, which addresses that switching part directly, and a clock pulse generator connected to the single signal conductor, the signal transmitters being arranged so as to generate, when activated, their characteristic control signal by modification of a given series of successive clock pulses from said clock pulse generator.

Claim 2

A system for supplying power to and switching electrical appliances each of which has a functional power-consuming part and a switching part, comprising: a power conductor connected to a power source and to the electrical appliances and a single signal conductor connected to signal transmitters and to the switching parts, each signal transmitter corresponding with the switching part of one appliance or a group of associated appliances and, when activiated, generating a control signal peculiar to the corresponding switching part, which addresses that switching part directly, and a clock pulse generator connected to the single signal conductor, the signal transmitters being arranged so as to generate, when activated, their characteristic control signal by modification of a given series of successive clock pulses from said clock pulse generator.

Claim 8

A system for supplying power to and switching electrical appliances, each of which has a functional power-consuming part and a switching part, comprising: a power conductor connected to a power source and to the power consuming part of each of said appliances; a clock pulse generator for generating a clock pulse signal; signal transmitters for generating control signals for addressing the switching parts of said appliances, each transmitter generating when activated, a characteristic control signal that is a predetermined function of the clock pulse signal; a signal conductor connecting all of said transmitters and switching parts, each of the transmitters and switching parts including a signal part which is structured so as to be configureable by manipulation thereof either as a signal generating part in a transmitter or as a signal processing part in a switching part, each signal part including a time control part including: a first gate circuit having "wait" and "run" signal outputs, a first shift register, connected to an input of said first gate, for disabling the "run" signal upon the occurrence of a predetermined preamble of a control signal on the signal conductor, a second shift register, connected to an input of said first gate circuit, for activating the "wait" signal upon cessation of an address portion of said signal, a third shift register, a second gate circuit, responsive to a disabling of said "run" signal, for generating an output signal for ensuring that said address portion is entered into said third shift register, a comparator for comparing the address in said third shift register with a fixed address and generating an output signal indicative thereof, a relay adapted to be activated by said comparator output signal indicating a positive comparison, a fourth shift register for storing a control signal having a preamble and said fixed address, coupled so as to be controlled by an output of said second gate circuit, and a switch for activating said second gate circuit for causing said fourth shift register to provide its contents to said signal conductor.

Claim 9

A system for supplying power to and switching electrical appliances, each of which has a functional power-consuming part and a switching part, comprising: a power conductor connected to a power source and to the power consuming part of each of said appliances; a clock pulse generator for generating a clock pulse signal; signal transmitters for generating control signals for addressing the switching parts of said appliances, each transmitter generating when activated, a characteristic control signal that is a predetermined function of the clock pulse signal; a signal conductor connecting all of said transmitters and switching parts, each of the transmitters and switching parts including a signal part which is structured so as to be configureable by manipulation thereof either as a signal generating part in a transmitter or as a signal processing part in a switching part, each signal part including a time control part including: a first gate circuit having "wait" and "run" signal outputs, a first shift register, connected to an input of said first gate, for disabling the "run" signal upon the occurrence of a predetermined preamble of a control signal on the signal conductor, a second shift register, connected to an input of said first gate circuit, for activating the "wait" signal upon cessation of an address portion of said signal, a third shift register, a second gate circuit, responsive to a disabling of said "run" signal, for generating an output signal for ensuring that said address portion is entered into said third shift register, a comparator for comparing the address in said third shift register with a fixed address and generating an output signal indicative thereof, a relay adapted to be activated by said comparator output signal indicating a positive comparison, a fourth shift register for storing a control signal having a preamble and said fixed address, coupled so as to be controlled by an output of said second gate circuit, and a switch for activating said second gate circuit for causing said fourth shift register to provide its contents to said signal conductor.

Claim 10

A system for supplying power to and switching electrical appliances each of which has a functional power-consuming part and a switching part, comprising: a power conductor connected to a power source and to the power consuming part of each of said appliances; a clock pulse generator for generating a clock pulse signal; signal transmitters for generating control signals for addressing the switching parts of said appliances, each transmitter generating when activated, a characteristic control signal that is a predetermined function of the clock pulse signal, each control signal being a digital signal having first and second logic states and wherein the particular characteristic is determined by the logic states at the times of clock pulses, and a signal conductor connecting all of said transmitters and switching parts, each of the transmitters and switching parts including a signal part which is structured so as to be configureable by manipulation thereof either as a signal generating part in a transmitter or as a signal processing part in a switching part, each signal part including a time control part including: a first gate circuit having "wait" and "run" signal outputs, a first shift register, connected to an input of said first gate, for disabling the "run" signal upon the occurrence of a predetermined preamble of a control signal on the signal conductor, a second shift register, connected to an input of said first gate circuit, for activating the "wait" signal upon cessation of an address portion of said signal, a third shift register, a second gate circuit, responsive to a disabling of said "run" signal, for generating an output signal for ensuring that said address portion is entered into said third shift register, a comparator for comparing the address in said third shift register with a fixed address and generating an output signal indicative thereof, a relay adapted to be activated by said comparator output signal indicating a positive comparison, a fourth shift register for storing a control signal having a preamble and said fixed address, coupled so as to be controlled by an output of said second gate circuit, and a switch for activating said second gate ciruct for causing said fourth shift register to provide its contents to said signal conductor.

Claim 11

A system for supplying power to and switching electrical appliances each of which has a functional power-consuming part and a switching part, comprising: a power conductor connected to a power source and to the power consuming part of each of said appliances; a clock pulse generator for generating a clock pulse signal; signal transmitters for generating control signals for addressing the switching parts of said appliances, each transmitter generating when activated, a characteristic control signal that is a predetermined function of the clock pulse signal, each control signal being a digital signal having first and second logic states and wherein the particular characteristic is determined by the logic states at the times of clock pulses, and a signal conductor connecting all of said transmitters and switching parts, each of the transmitters and switching parts including a signal part which is structured so as to be configureable by manipulation thereof either as a signal generating part in a transmitter or as a signal processing part in a switching part, each signal part including a time control part including: a first gate circuit having "wait" and "run" signal outputs, a first shift register, connected to an input of said first gate, for disabling the "run" signal upon the occurrence of a predetermined preamble of a control signal on the signal conductor, a second shift register, connected to an input of said first gate circuit, for activating the "wait" signal upon cessation of an address portion of said signal, a third shift register, a second gate circuit, responsive to a disabling of said "run" signal, for generating an output signal for ensuring that said address portion is entered into said third shift register, a comparator for comparing the address in said third shift register with a fixed address and generating an output signal indicative thereof, a relay adapted to be activated by said comparator output signal indicating a positive comparison, a fourth shift register for storing a control signal having a preamble and said fixed address, coupled so as to be controlled by an output of said second gate circuit, and a switch for activating said second gate ciruct for causing said fourth shift register to provide its contents to said signal conductor.