Remote control of vehicles

• US 3,400,488 A
• Filed: 04/04/1966
• Issued: 09/10/1968
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1966
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Holden M. Barre Jr, Robert J. Phillpott
• Original Assignee: Holden M. Barre Jr, Robert J. Phillpott
• Inventors: Phillpott, Robert J., Barre, Holden M. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US04/540,029
• Time in Patent Office: 890 Days
• US Class Current: 463/6
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/02 Electrical arrangements transformers H01F; converters H02M

Claims

1. IN A REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, A BASE UNIT HAVING POWER SUPPLY MEANS, MEANS FOR PRODUCING GATED POWER SIGNALS HAVING PERIODIC DELAY PERIODS AND MEANS FOR GENERATING CONTROL SIGNALS DURING SAID DELAY PERIODS;

MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING SAID SIGNALS IN A TIME-SHARING ARRANGESINGLE SUCTION ROLLER BEING ARRANGED BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR POWER AND SAID CONTROL SIGNALS TO A REMOTE UNIT TO BE CONTROLLED;

AT LEAST ONE REMOTE UNIT IN CONTACT WITH SAID TRACK MEANS, EACH SAID REMOTE UNIT COMPRISING FIRST MEANS RESPONSIVE ONLY TO SAID POWER SIGNALS, MEANS FOR DISCONNECTING SAID FIRST MEANS FROM SAID TRACK MEANS DURING TRANSMISSION OF SAID CONTROL SIGNALS, MEMORY MEANS FOR STORING SAID CONTROL SIGNALS, AND SECOND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID STORED CONTROL SIGNALS TO PERFORM DESIRED CONTROL FUNCTIONS IN SAID REMOTE UNIT.