EP1643521A1 - Programmierbarer Anschlussstecker mit einem elektromechanischen Programmierer - Google Patents

Programmierbarer Anschlussstecker mit einem elektromechanischen Programmierer Download PDF

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EP1643521A1
EP1643521A1 EP05356177A EP05356177A EP1643521A1 EP 1643521 A1 EP1643521 A1 EP 1643521A1 EP 05356177 A EP05356177 A EP 05356177A EP 05356177 A EP05356177 A EP 05356177A EP 1643521 A1 EP1643521 A1 EP 1643521A1
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Romain Guillot
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H43/00—Time or time-programme switches providing a choice of time-intervals for executing one or more switching actions and automatically terminating their operations after the programme is completed
    • H01H43/02—Details
    • H01H43/04—Means for time setting
    • H01H43/06—Means for time setting comprising separately adjustable parts for each programme step, e.g. with tappets
    • H01H43/065—Means for time setting comprising separately adjustable parts for each programme step, e.g. with tappets using cams or discs supporting a plurality of individually programmable elements (Schaltreiter)

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  • the present invention relates to a programmable electrical connector. It applies in particular to the field of home automation and, more generally, to the automated management of an electrical appliance for supplying this appliance according to an adjustable time cycle.
  • the present programmable connectors intended to be electrically interposed between a power source and a device, are adapted to allow the power supply of this device by the source only during one or more time intervals, and this cyclically, generally with a one-day period.
  • these programmable connectors are often equipped with electromechanical programmers, more economical than electronic programming devices.
  • This type of programmer includes a programming dial, generally in the form of a rotating wheel, which carries graduations representative of the twenty-four hours of a day and which is provided with segments allowing the user to define the track or beaches during which he wishes the connected electrical apparatus to be powered.
  • a button operable by the user from outside the connector housing, in order to impose to the programmer various possible modes of operation.
  • a button is thus movable between a first position corresponding to an automatic mode of operation, according to which the flow of current through the connector depends on the ranges defined at the programming dial, a second position corresponding to a forced control of the circulation. current through the connector, regardless of the position of the programming dial, and a third position corresponding to a forced command preventing power supply of the apparatus connected to the connector, regardless of the position of the programming dial.
  • the use of such a selection button allows the user to suspend the automatic operation of the programmer without changing the setting of the programming dial.
  • this button requires the user to be particularly vigilant about its position since, in case of forgetfulness or incorrect positioning of the button, the expected power supply or isolation of the device connected to the connector may not be realized.
  • this disadvantage is particularly troublesome for the user because the button is generally arranged at a part of the connector housing more or less difficult to reach and / or observe. This problem is such that it often leads the user to give up these "multi-mode" programmers, whose interest is yet real, in favor of programmers with only one possible mode of operation.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a programmable electrical connector which, while allowing the user to choose several different modes of operation, is easier to use and more reliable during operation.
  • the subject of the invention is a programmable electrical connector, which comprises an input electrical socket, at least one outlet electrical socket and a programmer adapted to control the circulation and the interruption of the current between the socket input and the or at least some of the output sockets, which programmer comprises, on the one hand, electromechanical programming means adapted to control automatically the circulation and the interruption of the current according to an adjustable time cycle, and, secondly, a means of selecting a mode of operation of the programmer from at least two possible modes, one of these modes corresponding to the operation automatic control of the programmer imposed by the programming means while the other or the other modes corresponds (ent) the control of the circulation and / or interruption of the current independently of the programming means, characterized in that it comprises furthermore, light display means controlled by the selection means and adapted to produce a light display specific to each operating mode of the programmer.
  • the light display means of the connector allow the user to assess, at a glance, the operating mode of the programmer being selected and to ensure that the mode selected corresponds to his wish. In the opposite case, the user requests the selection means until the selected operating mode corresponds to the desired mode. Even if the part of these selection means solicited by the user is difficult to reach or to observe and the user acts by trial and error, the light display provided by the connector allows the user to easily and quickly determine the mode of operation that he has just selected.
  • FIG 1 a programmable electrical connector 1 having an electromechanical programmer 10 partially visible in Figure 1, the rest of this programmer being housed in an outer housing 2 of the connector.
  • the connector 1 further comprises, on the one hand, a plug 3 adapted to be inserted into a socket 4, such as a wall socket, and, on the other hand, a socket 5 adapted to receive a plug 6 constituting the end of a power cord 7 of an appliance.
  • the programmer 10 controls the passage of current from the wall outlet 4 to the cord 7 according to settings made by the user.
  • the part of the programmer 10 accessible to the user comprises a programming dial 11 in the form of a wheel rotatably mounted around a fixed hub 12 integral with the housing 2.
  • the dial 11 carries, on its face 11A generally parallel to the face 2A of the housing, two sets of graduation distributed uniformly respectively along the inner and outer peripheries of the dial. Each series counts twenty-four major graduations, respectively associated with an increasing number regularly ranging from 1 to 24, as well as secondary graduations, of which there are three between two successive main graduations.
  • the dial 11 is intended, in operation, to perform a complete revolution on itself, around the hub 12, in twenty-four hours and at a constant speed so that we understand that each main graduation corresponds to one hour of the day while the three secondary graduations between two successive major graduations correspond to the quarters of an hour separating two successive hours.
  • the programming dial 11 is equipped, along its outer periphery, with ninety-six segments 13, each segment being associated with an angular sector separating either two successive secondary gradations or a successive main graduation and secondary graduation.
  • Each element 13 is movably mounted on the dial 11, between a retracted position, as shown in the upper part of Figure 1 for some of the segments, and an extended position, as shown for the other segments. As explained below, depending on whether the segment 13 is in the retracted or deployed position, the flow of current through the connector 1 is respectively allowed or prevented.
  • the user can choose one or more time ranges, of a minimum duration of a quarter of an hour, during which the cord 7 is powered by the wall socket 4.
  • the cord is powered for one hour, between 22 and 23 hours.
  • the programmer 10 is provided with a pointer 14 of time reference, in the form of an arrow carried by the hub.
  • the dial 11 is synchronized manually by the user with the current time so that the reading of the time scale of the dial referred to by the pointer 14 actually corresponds to the time considered of the day, as the and as the dial 11 performs its revolution.
  • the programmer 10 is further provided with a knob 18 for selecting an operating mode of the programmer from three possible modes.
  • the button 18 is displaceable in translation, along a slideway 19 delimited by the side 2B of the housing, between three positions corresponding to the two longitudinal ends and to the middle part of the guide groove 19. Each position, identified on along the groove by "ON”, “AUTO” and “OFF”, is thus associated with one of the three modes of operation of the programmer.
  • This button 18 is also called “override button” since it allows the programmer 10 to derogate from the "AUTO" operating mode in favor of one of the other two possible modes.
  • the connector 1 is arranged to provide light displays specific to each operating mode of the programmer 10.
  • the programmer is equipped with an electrical circuit 20 shown schematically in Figure 2.
  • This circuit comprises a ground line 22 directly connecting a terminal 3A of the plug 3 to a terminal 5A of the socket 5.
  • the other terminal 3B of the plug 3 is connected to a potential line 24 connected to the other terminal 5B of the socket 5 , via successively a set of switches 26, detailed below, and a direct line 28.
  • Considering lines of mass and potential facilitates the presentation of the circuit 20.
  • the lines respectively connecting the terminals 3A and 5A, and 3B and 5B are generally subjected to an alternating current.
  • the circuit 20 further comprises two branch lines 30 and 32, respectively connected to the potential line 24, via the set of switches 26, and directly to the line 28.
  • the line 30 is provided, in parallel, with a block of lighting diodes 34 and a lighting diode 36 while the line 32 is provided with a lighting diode 38.
  • the diode block 34 is arranged inside the casing 2, at the level of the dial 11, so as to backlit the time scale of the dial.
  • the time scale of the dial emits light radiation directed towards the outside of the housing, that is to say visible by the user observing the face 2A of the connector 1.
  • the diode 36 is arranged inside the housing 2, at the pointer 14, so as to make this pointer light for the user.
  • the diode 36 is for example an LED whose light radiation is guided by a light guide to the pointer 14 which constitutes the exit face of this light guide.
  • this light guide is a plastic part whose faces are shaped to reflect internally the light emitted by the LED to a light scattering face constituting the pointer.
  • the diode 38 is associated with an additional indicator light 40 (FIG. 1) disposed at the face 2A of the housing 2.
  • this indicator consists of the exit face of a light guide arranged inside the housing and adapted to carry the light emitted by the diode 38.
  • the light radiation emitted by the diode block 34 and the diodes 36 and 38 may have respective different colors, which facilitates their identification by the user.
  • the pointer 14 is illuminated by a red color radiation while the dial 10 and the power indicator. 40 are illuminated by blue radiation.
  • FIG. 3A A schematic embodiment of the switch assembly 26 is shown in FIG. 3A.
  • This assembly comprises a first bent metal blade 50, having two arms 51 and 52 which each provide, at their free end, an electrical contact area 51A and 52A.
  • the blade 50 is kinematically linked to the button 18 so that the displacement of this button along the groove 19 causes the translation of the blade 50 relative to the housing 2.
  • the blade 50 is electrically connected to the potential line 24.
  • the switch assembly 26 comprises a second metal blade 60 forming, at one of its ends, an electrical contact zone 60A. At its opposite end, the blade 60 is pivotally mounted on an internal rib 2C of the housing 2, about an axis 61.
  • the tilt control of this blade 60 is provided by a mechanical actuator 62 mounted to tilt relative to the housing 2, about an axis 67 parallel to the axis 61.
  • An end portion 63 of this actuator 62 is intended to cooperate, via a lever not shown, with the segments 13 of the programming dial 11 This lever is in fact arranged on the circular path of the segments 13, driven by the rotary dial 11, when these segments are in the retracted position while, when the segments are in the deployed position, no mechanical interaction occurs with this lever.
  • the transmission of the movement of the actuator 62 to the blade 60 is formed by a spring 64 whose ends are secured respectively to the actuator and the blade.
  • the tilting mechanical structure comprising the blade 60, the actuator 62 and the spring 64 has a small bulk in the housing 2.
  • the blade 60 is electrically connected to the line 28 of the circuit 20.
  • the switch assembly 26 also comprises a third metal blade 70 fixedly arranged inside the housing 2. This blade provides an end contact zone 70A intended, in operation, to interact with the contact zone 52A of the blade 50.
  • the blade 70 constitutes the end portion of the bypass line 30.
  • the lines 24 and 28 of the circuit 20 are not connected to each other and the electric current is interrupted through the connector 1.
  • the indicator 40 is off.
  • the contact zone 52A of the blade 50 is distant from the contact zone 70A of the fixed blade 70 so that, as in the "ON mode", the line of contact bypass 30 is open.
  • the dial 11 and the pointer 14 are off.
  • only one mode other than the "AUTO mode” is present, for example either the "ON mode” or the “OFF mode” described above.
  • other pre-established modes that is to say non-programmable by the user through the dial 11, can be provided.
  • the illumination of this pointer can be provided concomitant with that of the supply indicator 40.
  • the diode 36 is then arranged at from the branch line 32.
  • the shape and dimensions of the contact blades 50, 60 and 70 are only illustrative and can be adapted to the internal geometry of the housing 2 of the connector.
  • the displacement of the blade 50 in a translation movement is only illustrative and other kinematics of movement can be controlled by the drive of the button 18.
  • the flow of current through the connector 1 can be, on the one hand, prevented when the segment 13 pointed by the pointer 14 is in the retracted position and, on the other hand, allowed when this segment is in the deployed position.
  • the abutment 80 and / or the abutment 82 are not permanently attached to the housing 2 but instead are carried by at least one part that can be attached inside this housing in different predetermined configurations.
  • this part positions, inside the housing 2, the stops 80 and 82 as in Figures 3 to 5 while, in a second configuration, the distance separating these stops 80 and 82 is provided more important, the relative position of the stop 80 being for example shifted to the left in the above figures.
  • the amplitude of tilting of the blade 60 has different values according to the configuration of implantation of the aforementioned insert.
  • the programmer 10 can thus be configured into a controllable blade programmer 60, as described above with reference to FIGS.
  • a bi-stable blade programmer 60 that is to say whose blade 60 passes from one tilted position to another under the effect of the sole control of the segments 13, without the intervention of an elastic return element such as that allowing the return movement indicated by the arrow 66 in FIGS. 3B, 4B and 5B.
  • a bi-stable blade programmer 60 is for example used in a programmable timer or in a programmable switch-connector commonly called “single-program programmer”.
  • plugs 3 and 5 of female connector 1 are only illustrative and the invention applies to connectors whose plugs can, for example, be implanted substantially coaxially to the programming dial 11 and / or on one or more faces of the box 2 different from that of the dial 11.
  • the invention also applies to connectors having several output sockets, only some of these sockets or all these outlets being controlled, from the point of view of the flow of current through the connector, by the programmer 10.
  • the invention is not limited to connectors provided with plug-in plugs in complementary jacks as in Figure 1, but also includes connectors to be integrated in an electrical panel to control a fixed device, such as a pool filtration engine or an external lighting system, the plugs of the connector then being connected by welds, dominoes or the like.

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