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US5533117A
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Line status indicator for use with telephones sharing a single line
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-08-03
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Granted: 1996-07-02
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Expires: 2013-08-03
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to home telephone accessary and more specifically to an accessary that turns on a green light and a buzzer when the home phone line is open, and a red light when the line is in use. This invention is useful especially for those who share one telephone line with many other people.
Inventors
- 👤 Chong H. Kim
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/82
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
350 words
A means of accessing and reporting telephone line-status by use of a voltage divider comprising two resistors designated as a first resistor and a second resistor, one end of the first resistor being connected to a wire inside a green colored conduit within a telephone line and to an input of a diode, and the other end of said first resistor being connected to one end of the second resistor and to the ground, the other end of said second resistor being connected to a wire inside a red conduit within said telephone line, an output of said diode being connected to an input of a full-wave bridge rectifier, an output of said full-wave bridge rectifier being connected to a signal-smoothing RC circuit that consists of one capacitor and one resistor, an output of said signal-smoothing rectifier being connected to an input of a voltage amplifier that has one feedback resistor and a voltage reference input from a voltage divider circuit, the divider circuit consists of two resistors designated as a first resistor and a second resistor, one end of the first resistor of the divider circuit connected to a voltage source, the other end of said first resistor of the divider circuit connected to a voltage amplification IC chip reference voltage input pin and to one end of the second resistor of said divider circuit, the other end of said second resistor of the divider circuit connected to said ground, an output of said voltage amplifier being connected to first, second and third Information displaying circuits, the output of the voltage amplifier being connected to a NOR gate of the first displaying circuit, the output of said NOR gate connected to a green colored LED, the output of said voltage amplifier connected to an OR gate of the second displaying circuit, the output of said OR gate connected to a red colored LED, the output of said voltage amplifier connected to a NOR gate of the third displaying circuit, the output of said NOR gate connected to a switch, and an output of said switch connected to a buzzer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
350 words
A means of accessing and reporting telephone line-status by use of a voltage divider comprising two resistors designated as a first resistor and a second resistor, one end of the first resistor being connected to a wire inside a green colored conduit within a telephone line and to an input of a diode, and the other end of said first resistor being connected to one end of the second resistor and to the ground, the other end of said second resistor being connected to a wire inside a red conduit within said telephone line, an output of said diode being connected to an input of a full-wave bridge rectifier, an output of said full-wave bridge rectifier being connected to a signal-smoothing RC circuit that consists of one capacitor and one resistor, an output of said signal-smoothing rectifier being connected to an input of a voltage amplifier that has one feedback resistor and a voltage reference input from a voltage divider circuit, the divider circuit consists of two resistors designated as a first resistor and a second resistor, one end of the first resistor of the divider circuit connected to a voltage source, the other end of said first resistor of the divider circuit connected to a voltage amplification IC chip reference voltage input pin and to one end of the second resistor of said divider circuit, the other end of said second resistor of the divider circuit connected to said ground, an output of said voltage amplifier being connected to first, second and third Information displaying circuits, the output of the voltage amplifier being connected to a NOR gate of the first displaying circuit, the output of said NOR gate connected to a green colored LED, the output of said voltage amplifier connected to an OR gate of the second displaying circuit, the output of said OR gate connected to a red colored LED, the output of said voltage amplifier connected to a NOR gate of the third displaying circuit, the output of said NOR gate connected to a switch, and an output of said switch connected to a buzzer.
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