US2285022A - Telephone substation apparatus - Google Patents

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US2285022A
US2285022A US321365A US32136540A US2285022A US 2285022 A US2285022 A US 2285022A US 321365 A US321365 A US 321365A US 32136540 A US32136540 A US 32136540A US 2285022 A US2285022 A US 2285022A
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/18—Telephone sets specially adapted for use in ships, mines, or other places exposed to adverse environment

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  • This invention relates to telephone set circuits and, more particularly, to circuits for telephone sets to be used in environments or atmospheres potentially dangerous, e. g., explosive, inflammable, or combustible, as in gas works, chemical.
  • An object of this invention is to insure that static charge accumulated by a circuit component ofthe telephone set circuit or the associated line conductors will be dissipated, discharged or rendered innocuous before such charge can create a spark, or spark discharge, that might initiate combustion, flame or explosion Within, or in the vicinity of, the set.
  • a more specific object of the invention is to insure that charge accumulated by the capacity components of a telephone set circuit embodied in an explosion-proof telephone set, is dissipated or rendered innocuous prior to the dismantling 01 opening of the telephone set structure for repairs, replacements or maintenance in an explosive environment or atmosphere.
  • telephone substation i. e., calling dial mechanism 2'! (if the substation is included in an automatic, or in a private branch exchange, system); a transmitter 13 and a receiver H the receiver and transmitter having a common support in a hand telephone or handset 32; an induction coil 24; a condenser 12 for keeping battery supply current out of the receiver circuit; station signaling or ringer apparatus 26; a condenser 13 in the ring ing circuit for keeping battery supply'current out of the ringing circuit; a filter 80'for high frequencies generated by operation of pulsing springs of the calling dial; switching springs 28 associated with the handset hook 3!. for opening and closing the listening and talking circuits of the substation; and terminals 59, 6
  • calling dial mechanism 2'! if the substation is included in an automatic, or in a private branch exchange, system
  • Fig. 1 is a front view of a telephone set embodying the invention
  • Fig.2 is a view in cross-section of the set of Fig. 1, taken along line 22 thereof;
  • Fig. 3 is a view of the interior of the set casing portion having an interiorly threaded flange and showing set circuit components supported thereby;
  • Fig. 4 is a view of the interiorof the base of the telephone set of Fig. 1, showing the line and ground conductors and their spring terminals;
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic of the telephone set circuit prior to the embodying of the invention therein;
  • Figs. 6, '7 and 8 are sectional views of details of the telephone set structure along the lines 66, I'? and 88 of Figs. 3, 4 and 1, respectively;
  • Fig. 9 is a schematic of the telephone set circuit embodying the invention.
  • the set there disclosed comprises a casing or container for enclosure and for support of the instrumentalities or components ordinarily or necessarily to be found in or at a cause of flames or hot gases that might be generated in the enclosed space, or chamber, delined by the casing and leak out to the surrounding atmosphere during use of the set, while it is being installed, or while it is being disassembled for repairs, replacements, or maintenance.
  • the finger-wheel 43 of the calling dial is coupled to the dial mechanism 2'!
  • the casing,,furthermore is defined by'two interengaging or interfitting portions I I], H, the portion I! having an interiorly threaded flange 8!, and the portion it having an exteriorly threaded flange l3 which, when threaded together, define a junction or joint l4 providing a flames-extinguishing or gases-cooling path of predetermined or ore-assigned length or dimension.
  • five revolutions of the portion l are required before the contacts or terminals 59 thereon engage with the contact or terminal springs 6! on the portion ID, and three additional revolutions are required to give the desired complete inter-engagement of the two casing portions and the contacts.
  • Fig. 9 the circuit of the telephone set is presented in slightly different aspect from that of Fig. 5.
  • the circuit is of the anti-side tone type, e. g., such as is disclosed in J. W. Gooderham 1,901,958, patented March 21, 1933, Figs. 1 and 1A.
  • the windings I4, I5, I6 comprise the induction coil 24; condenser I2, in series with winding I5, and condenser I3, in series with the ringer 26, constitute the condenser 25; the circle labeled T is the transmitter I9, and the circle labeled R is the receiver II of the hand telephone 32; the pairs of contacts II, I8 constitute the switching springs 28; the pair of contacts I9 constitute the normally closed dial springs, contacts 82 the normally open dial springs and contacts 83 the normally closed pulsing springs of the dial 21.
  • the broken lines 64 represent the line conductors incoming to the set through the conduit 2
  • the circuit shown is arranged for bridged ringing, but grounded ringing may be provided for by disconnecting that side of the ringer connected to terminals L1 and by connecting it to the ground terminal (GND) provided in the set.
  • are connected in shunt with the condensers I2, I3 for a purpose to be explained more fully hereinafter. As shown, the circuit is not in use, i. e., the hand telephone 32 is on the hook 3
  • the following voltage conditions may leave a charge on the ringing and on the talking circuit condensers, if the shunt circuit around it is open because of trouble or other causes; line battery, pulsing battery, talking battery, ringing voltage, and silent interval tripping battery, assuming the connection is broken at a time when the potential exists.
  • the condensers should first be discharged. Ordinarily, the tip and ring sides of the line would be opened at the substation and the wires grounded to discharge the condensers. However, if the line conductors or the ringer winding were open, as might be the case at the time of a trouble visit, such procedure would not discharge the condensers. Furthermore, the step of grounding the conductors might be overlooked by the repairman. If the set were opened under such condition, the condensers might discharge and cause an explosion.
  • resistances should be of sufliciently high resistance so that they will have a negligible effeet on transmission, ringing, tripping, dialing and supervision, and sufliciently low to insure discharge of the condensers in a short time, preferably in a few seconds.
  • a one megohm resistance in shunt with each condenser gave the desired result; the ringing circuit condenser was .5 microfarad; and the receiver circuit condenser was 2 microfarads.
  • could be supplemented, if desired, with an inductance in series or in parallel with it.
  • a dial filter such as filter 80
  • dial springs 83 should be or remain open, at least two discharge paths are available for any charge that may have accumulated on the condenser of the filter, which, in actual practice, is usually of very small capacity, for example, of the order of .1 microfarad.
  • the filter condenser also, may have a high resistance similar to resistances 90, 9
  • the filter is shown added by dotted lines in Fig. 9. It will be understood, of course, that the inductance element thereof would replace the full-line connection shown between the right spring of contacts 'IB and the lower spring of contacts 83.
  • a telephone set circuit comprising a receiving circuit including a receiver, a'transmitting circuit including a transmitter, a multiwinding induction coil whose windings are included in said receiving and transmitting circuits, a condenser in series with one winding of said coil, a ringing circuit including a condenser, normally open circuit-closing contacts in said receiving and transmitting circuits, and resistances connected permanently in parallel with said condensers to dissipate, independent of the open and closed conditions of said contacts, any charge that may accumulate on said condensers.
  • a telephone set comprising a casing having a plurality of interengaging portions each of which supports some components of the telephone set circuit, one or more of said components being normally shielded from the atmosphere surrounding the setbut exposed to such atmosphere when the set portions are disengaged, one of said components comprising a condenser, and means connected permanently across said condenser for dissipating prior to disengagement of said interengaged set portions any charge accumulated by said con-denser irrespective of the condition of any circuit opening and closing contacts in the set.
  • a telephone set comprising a casing having a plurality of interengaging portions each of which supports some components of the tele-' phone set circuit, one or more of said components being normally shielded from the atmosphere surrounding the set but exposed to such atmosphere when the set portions are disengaged, two of said components comprising condensers, one associated with other components comprising an antiside tone circuit and another being associated with ringing means, and means connected permanently across each of said condensers for dissipating prior to disengagement of said interengaged portions any charge accumulated by said condensers.
  • a telephone set comprising a casing having a plurality of interengaging portions each of which supports some components of the telephone set circuit including one or more pairs of circuitclosing contacts, one or more of said components being normally shielded from the atmosphere surrounding the set but exposed to such atmosphere when the set portions are disengaged, one of said components comprising a condenser, and a resistance permanently in parallel with said condenser for dissipating prior to disengagement of said interengaged set portions any charge accumulated by said condenser irrespective of whether said contacts are in open or closed condition.
  • a telephone set comprising av casing having a plurality of interengaging portions each of which supports some components of the telephone set circuit, one or more of said components being normally shielded from the atmosphere surrounding the set but exposed to such atmosphere when the set portions are disengaged, two of said components comprising condensers, one associated with other components comprising an antiside tone circuit and another being associated with ringing means, and a resistance connected permanently in parallel with each condenser for dissipating prior to disengagement of said interengaged portions any charge accumulated by said condensers.
  • a telephone set comprising a housing enclosing all elements of theset circuit including circuit-closing contacts which could originate electric discharges that might initiate an explosion in an explosive atmosphere in which the set might be in use, said housing normally confining any such discharges within itself, so that they are inefiective outside the housing, one of said set circuit elements comprising a condenser, and aresistance connected permanently in parallel with saidcondenser to dissipate, irrespective of whether said contacts are open or closed, any charge on said condenser in a time less than that required to open said housing sufliciently to allow the explosive atmosphere to combine with the atmosphere Within the housing.

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