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Solid state rotary entry control system
Assignee: Robertshaw Controls Co
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Filing: 1982-10-12
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Granted: 1986-02-04
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Expires: 2002-10-12
Abstract
Abstract A solid state rotary entry control system for controlling appliances such as microwave ovens, dishwashers, washing machines, television sets and other appliances, the control system incorporating a first rotary entry means utilizing the angular displacement of a rotary switch to increment and decrement data, such as desired time, temperature or other data into a microprocessor based appliance control, the control system also incorporating a second rotary entry means for selecting, for example, a desired power level, such as a desired microwave oven magnetron power level, and also providing a power level bar graph display indicative of the power level selected by the user thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel L. Fowler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 19:10
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B6/00; H05B6/64; H05B6/66; H05B6/68; H05B6/681; G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/04; G05B19/10; G05B19/102; G05B19/104; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/20; G05B2219/21; G05B2219/21006; H01; H01H; H01H19/00; H01H19/005; H01H2019/006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
A rotary entry control system for an appliance control that includes a microprocessor and multiplexed display means electrically connected to and controlled by said microprocessor, said display means including indicia means in the form of a segmented bar graph indicating data entered into said microprocessor, said microprocessor including a plurality of output terminals connected to said display means and being conditioned to generate signals at said output terminals controlling said display means, said rotary entry control system comprising, in combination, a power level circuit including a manually actuatable rotary potentiometer having a variable resistance means, a comparator having positive and negative inputs and an output, D to A converter means comprising a CMOS inverter and an R/2R ladder network connected to said CMOS inverter and to said negative input of said comparator, said CMOS inverter being connected to said output terminals of said microprocessor, said variable resistance means being connected to said positive input of said comparator, said microprocessor including an additional input terminal connected to said output of said comparator, and a source of D.C. potential connected to said variable resistance means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
183 words
A rotary entry control system for an appliance control that includes a microprocessor and multiplexed display means electrically connected to and controlled by said microprocessor, said display means including indicia means in the form of a segmented bar graph indicating data entered into said microprocessor, said microprocessor including a plurality of output terminals connected to said display means and being conditioned to generate signals at said output terminals controlling said display means, said rotary entry control system comprising, in combination, a power level circuit including a manually actuatable rotary potentiometer having a variable resistance means, a comparator having positive and negative inputs and an output, D to A converter means comprising a CMOS inverter and an R/2R ladder network connected to said CMOS inverter and to said negative input of said comparator, said CMOS inverter being connected to said output terminals of said microprocessor, said variable resistance means being connected to said positive input of said comparator, said microprocessor including an additional input terminal connected to said output of said comparator, and a source of D.C. potential connected to said variable resistance means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The combination as set forth in claim 1 including filter means interposed between said variable resistance means and said positive input of said comparator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The combination as set forth in claim 1 including diode means disposed between said output terminals of said microprocessor and said D to A converter means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The combination as set forth in claim 1 including capacitance means connected across said source of D.C. potential and ground.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The combination as set forth in claim 3 including pull down resistance means connected between said diode means and said source of D.C. potential.
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