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Transfer switch system with subnetwork

  • US 5,638,295 A
  • Filed: 08/08/1995
  • Issued: 06/10/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A transfer switch system for selectively switching electrical load power on a load bus from a first source of electrical power to a second source of electrical power, said load interconnected to a plurality of elevators, comprising:

  • a plurality of input/output means each of which is interconnected to one of said plurality of elevators for receiving elevator status commands and for producing status verification signals; and

    control means interconnected with each of said plurality of said input/output means for providing an elevator status command for commanding said plurality of said elevators to an elevator disposition, then for receiving status verification signals from said input/output means associated with each said elevator thusly commanded that said commanded elevator disposition has been achieved, then after said verification signals have been received from all of said input/output means or after a predetermined time period has expired after said elevator command signal has been provided, which ever occurs first, causing said first source of electrical power to be disconnected from said load bus and second source of electrical power to be connected to said load bus.

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