Auxiliary power for telephone distribution system
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1. An arrangement comprising:
- a central telephone exchange having a pair of source terminals across which is provided a source voltage;
the central telephone exchange also being characterized by having a central optic connect means operative to connect with an optic fiber means;
plural pairs of ordinary telephone wires, each one pair being connected with the source terminals by way of a current control means exclusively dedicated to said one pair of telephone wires and functional to prevent more than a certain maximum magnitude of current from being supplied thereto;
optic fiber means connected with the central optic connect means and extending to each of plural locations outside of the central telephone exhange; and
at each of said plural locations, a telephone-type apparatus connected with one of the plural pairs of telephone wires and characterized by having a local optic connect means connected with the optic fiber means;
the telephone-type apparatus being further characterized by;
(i) being functional to convert electronic signals to optic signals and/or vice versa;
(ii) being functional to receive and/or transmit telephone signals and/or other information signals along the optic fiber means; and
(iii) drawing electric power from said one of the plural pairs of telephone wires for use in the process of converting electronic signals to optic signals and/or vice versa.
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A telephone and auxiliary power distribution system includes an optical fiber in joint combination with one or more copper conductors to provide electric power for powering the various electronic devices associated with the optical fiber telephone distribution system.
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1. An arrangement comprising:
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a central telephone exchange having a pair of source terminals across which is provided a source voltage;
the central telephone exchange also being characterized by having a central optic connect means operative to connect with an optic fiber means;plural pairs of ordinary telephone wires, each one pair being connected with the source terminals by way of a current control means exclusively dedicated to said one pair of telephone wires and functional to prevent more than a certain maximum magnitude of current from being supplied thereto; optic fiber means connected with the central optic connect means and extending to each of plural locations outside of the central telephone exhange; and at each of said plural locations, a telephone-type apparatus connected with one of the plural pairs of telephone wires and characterized by having a local optic connect means connected with the optic fiber means;
the telephone-type apparatus being further characterized by;
(i) being functional to convert electronic signals to optic signals and/or vice versa;
(ii) being functional to receive and/or transmit telephone signals and/or other information signals along the optic fiber means; and
(iii) drawing electric power from said one of the plural pairs of telephone wires for use in the process of converting electronic signals to optic signals and/or vice versa. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An arrangement comprising:
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a central telephone exchange having a pair of central source terminals across which is provided a central source voltage;
the central telephone exchange being characterized by being, or having been, adapted to function as a telephone exchange;plural pairs of ordinary telephone wires, such as pairs of twisted copper wires;
each one pair being;
(i) connected with the central source terminals by way of an associated current control means functional to prevent more than a certain level of current from being supplied to the one pair of telephone wires;
said one pair of telephone wires being characterized by not being a coaxial cable;
(ii) used only for transmitting electric power from the central source terminals; andplural remote locations outside of the central telephone exchange;
each remote location being characterized by having a load means connected with one of the plural pairs of telephone wires;
the load means drawing electric power from the central source terminals by way of said one of the plural pairs of telephone wires. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. An arrangement comprising:
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a central telephone exchange having a pair of central source terminals across which is provided a central source voltage;
the central telephone exchange being characterized by having been operative to function as a telephone exchange;plural pairs of ordinary telephone wires, such as included in a twisted copper pair cable;
each one pair being;
(i) connected with the central source terminals by way of a current control means specifically dedicated to said one pair and functional to prevent more than a certain maximum magnitude of current from being supplied to said one pair of telephone wires;
said one pair of telephone wires being characterized by not being a coaxial cable; and
(ii) used for transmitting electric power, but not telephone signals, from the central source terminals; andplural remote locations outside of the central telephone exchange;
each remote location having an electric-type apparatus connected with one of the plural pairs of telephone wires;
the electric-type apparatus drawing electric power from the central source terminals by way of said one of the plural pairs of telephone wires. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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