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US1221451A
US1221451A US8181816A US1221451A US 1221451 A US1221451 A US 1221451A US 8181816 A US8181816 A US 8181816A US 1221451 A US1221451 A US 1221451A
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  • FREDERICK H. HOFFMAN OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WIL- LIAMS, BROWN & EARLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
  • My invention relates to a device for controlling two sets of electric circuits arranged for lighting and heating or drying purposes by means of double throw switches, included in one set of said circuits but adapted to be shifted for diverting certain of the current into the other set of said circuits, so that while one set of said circuits is being employed for lighting diverted current therefrom may be utilized in the other set of said circuits which heating or drying means are included, without interfering with or interrupting the lighting derived through the first named circuit.
  • An application of such a device is in a combined blue printing, washing and drying machine for economically and expeditiously lighting in blue printing and for diverting certain of the current of said circuits in the blue printing operation-to use in a combined washing and drying machine, for hastening drying of prints, the product of such machine, without interfering with continuous blue printing operations in the said machine.
  • my invention in general terms, consists of the arrangement of the said device with two sets of electric circuits, with pole switches therein and with double throw knife switches for diverting certain of the current of the said electric circuits for the purposes stated, among other general uses for the same, in heating or drying as well as in lighting electric circuits.
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a controller device for electric lighting and heating circuits, embodying the essential main features of my said invention and showing the double throw knife switches.
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the interior of the housing of the controller device, showing one of the double throw switches, marked on one side Lamp and the other side in dotted outline Heater and thus respectively, disclosing how the current can be shifted instantly in a lamp circuit to one in which both lamps and a heater are included.
  • Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2 m, of Fig. 2;
  • Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of two of the detachable resistance coils of the controller device provided with shiftable spanning strips, the cartridge coils mounted in a housing and so arranged as to be shifted along the coils to instantly vary resistance of the same.
  • FIG. 2 is a rectangular-shaped box, in which is arranged a series of binding posts a and a to which are connected electric circuits 10 and 11, from a source of energy. Within the box are arranged double pole switches 10 and 11 as clearly shown in Fig. 1.
  • the posts a and (4 are provided with double knife switches 6, which are pivoted thereto and arranged to engage either the contacts 6 and b or b and 5, according to the purposes for which the device is to be employed, that is, either in lighting or lamp electric circuits 12-43 or in both lighting or lamp circuits 12-13 and heating or drying circuits 14-45, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.
  • variable resistance coil rheostat in the form of cartridges 0, in the lighting or lamp circuits 1213, are arranged to the left in Fig. 1, and the heating coils j, to the right in the heating or drying circuits 1415, in the said figure.
  • the contacts 6 and b and b and b, respectively, by means of bolts 6 and nuts are connected with contact clips 6
  • These clips form bearings for the rheostat or cartridge coils c, on the reverse side of the box a, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3.
  • the variable resistance cartridge coils 0, removably engage the said clips 6 and each pair is provided with a spanning strap 0 to couple each with the other.
  • variable resistance coils 0 are employed to increase or decrease the amperage of the arc lamps employed, for example, in a blue printing machine in which the said controller device as arranged and hereinbefore described is particularly well adapted to be employed economically and efficiently, in conjunction with a combined washing and drying machine, for completing the prints produced and finally drying the same for immediate use. That is to say, in instances where the voltage is entirely too high or too low to instantly rectify the same by the simple shifting of the spanning strap 0 along the coils c, becoming thereby practically a rheostat. Hence it will be observed that these coils can be employed reliably for adjusting conditions of the arc-lamps where voltage varies from time to time because having the conditions present for readily rectifying the same.
  • the current for lighting alone instead of being entirely and wastefully employed in lamp circuits l218 of Fig. 1, may be conserved and utilized by diverting a part or" this current and employing it in heating or drying means, included in the said electric circuits l415. This is accomplished by simply shifting one or more of the series of double throw switches b, of Fig. 1, so that at one and the same time, the device may be employed for the hereinbefore explained purposes.
  • a controller device of the character described comprising two sets of electric circuits, in one set of which circuits a rheostat is included and in the other set of said circuits, heating or drying means, a series of double throw switches arranged in one set of said circuits and adapted to'be shifted into the other set of said circuits to establish thereby lighting and heating or drying circuits, without interfering with lighting while utilizing the diverted current for heating or drying purposes.
  • a controller device of the character described comprising two sets of electric circuits, double pole switches therein, a rheostat or cartridge coils, included in one set of said circuits, heater or drying means in the other set of said circuits, a series of double throw switches in one set of said "circuits and adapted to be shifted into the other set of said circuits to divert part of the current of said circuits to establish thereby lighting and heating or drying circuits, without interfering with lighting, while utilizing the diverted current, for heating or drying purposes.
  • a controller device of the character described comprising two sets of electric circuits with double pole switches therein, a rheostat or cartridge coils provided with shiftable bands, included in one set of said circuits, heater or drying means, included in the other set of said circuits and a series of double throw switches arranged in one set of said circuits and adapted to be shifted into the other set of said circuits to establish thereby lighting and heating or drying circuits, without interfering with lighting, while utilizing the diverted current of said circuits, for heating or drying purposes.

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Patented Apr. 3, 1917.
F. H. HOFFMAN.
CONTROLLER DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND HEATING PURPOSES.
APPLICATION FILED MAR- 3,1916.
ym [Mesa UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
FREDERICK H. HOFFMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WIL- LIAMS, BROWN & EARLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
CONTROLLER DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND HEATING PURPOSES.
Application filed March 3, 1916.
have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Controller Devices for Electric Lighting and Heating Purposes, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to a device for controlling two sets of electric circuits arranged for lighting and heating or drying purposes by means of double throw switches, included in one set of said circuits but adapted to be shifted for diverting certain of the current into the other set of said circuits, so that while one set of said circuits is being employed for lighting diverted current therefrom may be utilized in the other set of said circuits which heating or drying means are included, without interfering with or interrupting the lighting derived through the first named circuit.
An application of such a device is in a combined blue printing, washing and drying machine for economically and expeditiously lighting in blue printing and for diverting certain of the current of said circuits in the blue printing operation-to use in a combined washing and drying machine, for hastening drying of prints, the product of such machine, without interfering with continuous blue printing operations in the said machine.
In the defined connection my invention stated in general terms, consists of the arrangement of the said device with two sets of electric circuits, with pole switches therein and with double throw knife switches for diverting certain of the current of the said electric circuits for the purposes stated, among other general uses for the same, in heating or drying as well as in lighting electric circuits.
The nature and scope of my present invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1, is a diagrammatic view of a controller device for electric lighting and heating circuits, embodying the essential main features of my said invention and showing the double throw knife switches.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Apr. 3, 1917.
Serial No. 81,818. i
Fig. 2, is a plan view of a portion of the interior of the housing of the controller device, showing one of the double throw switches, marked on one side Lamp and the other side in dotted outline Heater and thus respectively, disclosing how the current can be shifted instantly in a lamp circuit to one in which both lamps and a heater are included.
Fig. 3, is a vertical sectional view on the line 2 m, of Fig. 2; and
Fig. 4, is an enlarged view of two of the detachable resistance coils of the controller device provided with shiftable spanning strips, the cartridge coils mounted in a housing and so arranged as to be shifted along the coils to instantly vary resistance of the same.
Referring to the drawings 2 is a rectangular-shaped box, in which is arranged a series of binding posts a and a to which are connected electric circuits 10 and 11, from a source of energy. Within the box are arranged double pole switches 10 and 11 as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The posts a and (4 are provided with double knife switches 6, which are pivoted thereto and arranged to engage either the contacts 6 and b or b and 5, according to the purposes for which the device is to be employed, that is, either in lighting or lamp electric circuits 12-43 or in both lighting or lamp circuits 12-13 and heating or drying circuits 14-45, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The variable resistance coil rheostat in the form of cartridges 0, in the lighting or lamp circuits 1213, are arranged to the left in Fig. 1, and the heating coils j, to the right in the heating or drying circuits 1415, in the said figure. The contacts 6 and b and b and b, respectively, by means of bolts 6 and nuts are connected with contact clips 6 These clips form bearings for the rheostat or cartridge coils c, on the reverse side of the box a, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. The variable resistance cartridge coils 0, removably engage the said clips 6 and each pair is provided with a spanning strap 0 to couple each with the other. These clips as arranged are readily shiftable along the cartridge coils for instantly if necessary, increasing or decreasing resistance through the same, as will be clearly understood from Fig. 4.
The variable resistance coils 0, are employed to increase or decrease the amperage of the arc lamps employed, for example, in a blue printing machine in which the said controller device as arranged and hereinbefore described is particularly well adapted to be employed economically and efficiently, in conjunction with a combined washing and drying machine, for completing the prints produced and finally drying the same for immediate use. That is to say, in instances where the voltage is entirely too high or too low to instantly rectify the same by the simple shifting of the spanning strap 0 along the coils c, becoming thereby practically a rheostat. Hence it will be observed that these coils can be employed reliably for adjusting conditions of the arc-lamps where voltage varies from time to time because having the conditions present for readily rectifying the same.
In the operation of the said controller device, the current for lighting alone instead of being entirely and wastefully employed in lamp circuits l218 of Fig. 1, may be conserved and utilized by diverting a part or" this current and employing it in heating or drying means, included in the said electric circuits l415. This is accomplished by simply shifting one or more of the series of double throw switches b, of Fig. 1, so that at one and the same time, the device may be employed for the hereinbefore explained purposes.
Having thus described the nature and obj'ects of my invention, what I claim is 1. A controller device of the character described, comprising two sets of electric circuits, in one set of which circuits a rheostat is included and in the other set of said circuits, heating or drying means, a series of double throw switches arranged in one set of said circuits and adapted to'be shifted into the other set of said circuits to establish thereby lighting and heating or drying circuits, without interfering with lighting while utilizing the diverted current for heating or drying purposes. 1
2. A controller device of the character described, comprising two sets of electric circuits, double pole switches therein, a rheostat or cartridge coils, included in one set of said circuits, heater or drying means in the other set of said circuits, a series of double throw switches in one set of said "circuits and adapted to be shifted into the other set of said circuits to divert part of the current of said circuits to establish thereby lighting and heating or drying circuits, without interfering with lighting, while utilizing the diverted current, for heating or drying purposes.
3. A controller device of the character described, comprising two sets of electric circuits with double pole switches therein, a rheostat or cartridge coils provided with shiftable bands, included in one set of said circuits, heater or drying means, included in the other set of said circuits and a series of double throw switches arranged in one set of said circuits and adapted to be shifted into the other set of said circuits to establish thereby lighting and heating or drying circuits, without interfering with lighting, while utilizing the diverted current of said circuits, for heating or drying purposes.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
' FREDERICK H. HOFFMAN. Witnesses THEO. ltosnminn,
ROSE E. SMITH.
Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.
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