Multi-stage controller
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1. A condition control system, including:
- condition responsive time proportional control means having switched output means;
said switched output means providing repetitively switched output signals at a rate representative of a time constant of said time proportional control means when said condition responsive means senses a condition which is within a selected range;
said switched output means providing constant output signals when said condition is outside of said selected range;
counting means having input means responsive to said switched output signals;
said counting means including pulse generating means;
said pulse generating means having output means connected to said counting means and providing signals thereto;
said counting means combining said condition responsive repetitively switched output signals and said pulse generating output signals to expand a time constant of said condition responsive time proportional control means at an output means of said counting means;
count detection means connected to said counting means;
said count detection means including second counting means which counts when said first counting means is not counting, and which is reset when said first counting means is counting;
said count detection means including output means having an output pulse when said second counting means counts to its capacity;
condition control operating means connected to said count detection means output means to receive said output pulse and further being connected to said first counting means output means;
said two counting means outputs arranged to operate said condition control operating means;
said condition control operating means further including feedback circuit means to said condition responsive time proportional means; and
said feedback means altering an input of said condition responsive control means when said condition control operating means is operated by the outputs from said first counting means and said count detection means.
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A multi-stage condition control system of the time proportional type is shown. The control system utilizes a counting means as part of the anticipation for system control. The counting means counts during the time the control system is within its proportional band. When the control system moves outside of the proportional band, the counting stops. A count detection circuit senses the absence of counts thereby indicating that the system is outside of the proportional band. The absence of counts is then used to increase or decrease multiple stages of condition control equipment to bring the system back within the proportional band.
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1. A condition control system, including:
- condition responsive time proportional control means having switched output means;
said switched output means providing repetitively switched output signals at a rate representative of a time constant of said time proportional control means when said condition responsive means senses a condition which is within a selected range;
said switched output means providing constant output signals when said condition is outside of said selected range;
counting means having input means responsive to said switched output signals;
said counting means including pulse generating means;
said pulse generating means having output means connected to said counting means and providing signals thereto;
said counting means combining said condition responsive repetitively switched output signals and said pulse generating output signals to expand a time constant of said condition responsive time proportional control means at an output means of said counting means;
count detection means connected to said counting means;
said count detection means including second counting means which counts when said first counting means is not counting, and which is reset when said first counting means is counting;
said count detection means including output means having an output pulse when said second counting means counts to its capacity;
condition control operating means connected to said count detection means output means to receive said output pulse and further being connected to said first counting means output means;
said two counting means outputs arranged to operate said condition control operating means;
said condition control operating means further including feedback circuit means to said condition responsive time proportional means; and
said feedback means altering an input of said condition responsive control means when said condition control operating means is operated by the outputs from said first counting means and said count detection means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- condition responsive time proportional control means having switched output means;
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