Cycle timer
First Claim
1. A cycle timer for controlling the ON-OFF periods of the operating cycle of a machine comprising:
- encoder means for detecting the angle of rotation of a shaft of the machine and generating angle information indicative of the angular position of the machine shaft detected therefrom;
read-in and read-out memory means for the storage of data descriptive of ON-OFF states of output signals corresponding to the angle information, said memory means storing data descriptive of the ON-OFF states of a plurality of output signals including one or a plurality of ON regions for each output signal, the output signals corresponding to respective angle information to be read out in parallel output channels;
program means for writing the data in the memory means in correspondence with an arbitrary angular position of the machine shaft; and
output means for simultaneously reading out the data from the memory means for each of said parallel output channels in response to a given angular position of said machine shaft detected by said encoder means to turn on and off output signals from the timer, to control said ON-OFF periods.
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Abstract
A cycle timer comprises an angle encoder for converting an mechanical angle information into an electrical angle information, a memory unit for storing timing information and a control program for setting an output if the angle information falls within an on region of predetermined timing information and for resetting the output if the angle information falls within an off region of the predetermined timing information, an arithmetic processing unit for reading out and outputting from the memory a timing condition of the information which has been outputted from the angle encoder, and a latch circuit adapted to be selectively set and reset one at a time in response to the output from the arithmetic processing unit.
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1. A cycle timer for controlling the ON-OFF periods of the operating cycle of a machine comprising:
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encoder means for detecting the angle of rotation of a shaft of the machine and generating angle information indicative of the angular position of the machine shaft detected therefrom; read-in and read-out memory means for the storage of data descriptive of ON-OFF states of output signals corresponding to the angle information, said memory means storing data descriptive of the ON-OFF states of a plurality of output signals including one or a plurality of ON regions for each output signal, the output signals corresponding to respective angle information to be read out in parallel output channels; program means for writing the data in the memory means in correspondence with an arbitrary angular position of the machine shaft; and output means for simultaneously reading out the data from the memory means for each of said parallel output channels in response to a given angular position of said machine shaft detected by said encoder means to turn on and off output signals from the timer, to control said ON-OFF periods. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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