Christmas tree lighting control
First Claim
1. An ornamental lighting control including in combination a plurality of solid state duty cycle units having a common input and respective variable duty cycle outputs, connector means respectively connected to each duty cycle output for connecting thereto an ornamental lighting source with the duty cycle rate of said output determining the light output intensity of a lighting source connected therewith, control means for varying gradually and in a predetermined random and in respectively differing order, the duty cycle rate of each duty cycle unit whereby the light output intensity pattern of each lighting source respectively connected to each output differs from the other for a predetermined operating interval of the units.
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Abstract
This invention relates generally to ornamental lighting controls and particularly to a lighting control for Christmas tree lighting having preferably at least four duty cycle outputs and wherein the duty cycle patern of each output differs, with respect to a predetermined time interval, from the duty cycle patern of each of the other outputs of the control thereby to produce, in a plurality of ornamental lighting strings respectively connected to the outputs of the control, a coordinated condition of continuously changing light intensities between strings and that occur in predetermined sequential time differing order to result in an overall lighting effect totally unobtainable by any other form of light controlling apparatus.
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- 1. An ornamental lighting control including in combination a plurality of solid state duty cycle units having a common input and respective variable duty cycle outputs, connector means respectively connected to each duty cycle output for connecting thereto an ornamental lighting source with the duty cycle rate of said output determining the light output intensity of a lighting source connected therewith, control means for varying gradually and in a predetermined random and in respectively differing order, the duty cycle rate of each duty cycle unit whereby the light output intensity pattern of each lighting source respectively connected to each output differs from the other for a predetermined operating interval of the units.
- 4. An ornamental lighting control including at least two solid state duty cycle units having a common power input and respectively variable duty cycle outputs, connector means respectively connected to each of said outputs for connecting thereto an ornamental lighting source to be controlled and wherein the duty cycle of said outputs determines the light output intensity of a lighting source connected therewith, motor means, control means movable by said motor means to effect predetermined random variations in the duty cycle of each duty cycle unit whereby the light output intensity pattern of each lighting source, respectively connected to each duty cycle unit, differs from each of the others for a predetermined operating interval of said control means.
- 7. An ornamental lighting control including at least four duty cycle units haivng a common input and respectively variable duty cycle outputs, connector means respectively connected to each said duty cycle output for connecting thereto a lighting source to be controlled with the duty cycle of each output determining the light output intensity of a lighting source connected therewith, control for varying in gradual and predetermined random and differing order with respect to each other the duty cycle of each output to produce random variations in the light output intensities of each lighting source respectively connected to each output.
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