US2965815A - Adjustable electronic timing device - Google Patents

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US2965815A
US2965815A US670172A US67017257A US2965815A US 2965815 A US2965815 A US 2965815A US 670172 A US670172 A US 670172A US 67017257 A US67017257 A US 67017257A US 2965815 A US2965815 A US 2965815A
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Diepeveen Maurits Hendrik
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/28—Modifications for introducing a time delay before switching
    • H03K17/288—Modifications for introducing a time delay before switching in tube switches

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  • the present invention relates to an adjustable timing circuit. More particularly, the invention relates to an adjustable electronic timing circuit arrangement which includes a controllable high-vacuum valve, a relay included in the anode circuit of this valve and a capacitor which is charged through a resistor and one end of which is connected to the control grid of the valve.
  • the relay which has two contacts, is energized in the conductive condition of the valve, the capacitor being charged through the resistor and one contact so that the end of the capacitor which is connected to the control grid, is negatively charged from a source of direct current which also provides the supply voltage for the valve.
  • the said contact also connects the control grid to the valve cathode, the relay being tie-energized when the current through the valve is decreased, so that the said contact is opened and the capacitor, through a second contact and a second resistor, is reversely charged from the direct voltage source to a value at which the valve, by means of the grid voltage, again passes the larger current and the relay is energized, so that the initial condition is again obtained.
  • An advantage of the timing arrangement in accordance with the invention over the said known device consists in that the valve can be replaced by other valves of different type without the chosen switching period being appreciably affected. This is due to the fact that the capacitor is reversely charged and the valve, for example, switches at the instant at which the voltage across the capacitor passes through zero, which is comparatively sharply defined in the discharge-charge curve of the capacitor. The switching time remains constant, even when the valve ages. In contradistinction thereto, in the known arrangement, the discharge curve of the capacitor asymptotically approximates the point at which the valve switches, and this obviously is far less critical, so that variations in the grid bias due to ageing of the valve can cause a variation of the switching time.
  • the second resistor is adjustable, so that the switching time also is adjustable.
  • the relay is provided with at least one contact for transmitting the period of time during which the relay is de-energized.
  • Fig. l is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the timing arrangement of the present invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a modification of the embodiment of Fig. 1.
  • a rectifier 2 and a smoothing capacitor 3 are connected to an alternating voltage supply 1.
  • the rectifier 2 is also connected to a resistor 4, a capacitor 5 and, through a contact 6 and a contact member 7, to the other terminal of the alternating current supply.
  • the contact 6 is also connected to the control grid 8 of a high-vacuum valve 9.
  • the anode circuit of the valve 9 includes a relay 10 which operates the contact member 7 and a secpendent of the supply voltage, since the capacitor 5 is 0nd contact member 11 for switching a load into circuit and out of circuit respectively.
  • To the positive terminal of the rectifier there is also connected a second adjustable resistor 12, the other end of which is connected to the capacitor 5, the other end of which is connected to a second contact 13.
  • the valve 9 has a screen grid 14 which is connected, through a suitable resistor 15, to the anode voltage supply and, through a switch 16, to the cathode of the valve.
  • the switching time is adjustable by variation of the resistor 12. This time is 0.6955 R C
  • the valve 9 can be correctly adjusted by means of the resistor 15.
  • the value of the resistor 15 is equal to the direct current resistance of the valve 9 and the winding of the relay 10.
  • the circuit arrangement of the present invention is not only simple, but has the advantage of being indereversely charged from negative to positive, so that, with a high supply voltage, the capacitor is reversely charged in the same period of time. Another advantage resulting from the fact that the capacitor 5 is reversely charged, is that there is no need for a second negative voltage for the control grid 8 or for the use of a separate gas or vapor filled controllable valve.
  • the switch 16 must be closed for a short period of time only, since, if it is permanently closed, the valve 9 cannot again become conductive when the voltage across the capacitor 5 passes through zero.
  • the switch 16 may be designed in the form shown in Fig. 2.
  • the switch 16 is connected, through a capacitor 17, to the negative terminal and has two contacts 18 and 19, the contact 19 being connected to the negative terminal through a resistor 20.
  • the switch is in the position shown and the capacitor 17 is charged to the voltage of the screen grid 14. Consequently, the valve 9 is conductive. It, now, the switch 16 is connected to the contact 19, the valve 9 remains conductive, however, the capacitor 17 is discharged through the resistor 20.
  • the timing arrangement may be used in photography, resistance welding, chemical processes, switching of traffic lights, and the like, particularly if the switch 16 is replaced, for example, by a rotating drum controller or by some other automatic switching device.
  • a timing circuit arrangement comprising an electron discharge device having an anode, a cathode, a control grid and a screen grid, a relay having an energizing winding connected in series circuit arrangement with said anode, switching means connected between said control grid and said cathode, said switching means having a first terminal point connected to said cathode, second and third terminal points and a switching arm adapted to electrically connect said first point to one of said second and third points in response to the energized condition of said winding, a capacitor having one terminal connected to said second terminal point and to said control grid and having the opposite terminal thereof connected to said third terminal point, a source of direct current having a positive pole and a negative pole,
  • auxiliary switching means having a first auxiliary terminal point, a second auxiliary terminal point connected to said screen grid, a third auxiliary terminal point connected to said cathode and an auxiliary switching arm adapted to electrically connect said first auxiliary point to one of said second and third points, and an auxiliary capacitor having one terminal connected to said first auxiliary ter minal and having the opposite terminal thereof connected to said third auxiliary terminal point and to said cathode.
  • a timing circuit arrangement comprising an electron discharge device having an anode, a cathode, a control grid and a screen grid, a relay having an energizing winding connected in series circuit arrangement with said anode, switching means connected between said control grid and said cathode, said switching means having a first terminal point connected to said cathode, second and third terminal points and a switching arm adapted to electrically connect said first point to one of said second and third points in response to the energized condition of said winding, a capacitor having one terminal connected to said second terminal point and to said control grid and having the opposite terminal thereof connected to said third terminal point, a source of direct current having a positive pole and a negative pole, means connecting said negative pole of said source to said first terminal point, a first impedance interconnecting said second terminal point and said positive pole of said source, said first impedance having a variable impedance value, and a second impedance interconnecting said third terminal point and said positive pole of said source, said impedances forming with said

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US3325694A (en) * 1963-05-03 1967-06-13 Air Reduction Calibrating circuit for time delay apparatus
US3360694A (en) * 1962-05-23 1967-12-26 Arthur K Littwin Electrical control means

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US2559508A (en) * 1949-08-18 1951-07-03 Standard Oil Dev Co Time-delay relay circuits
GB678535A (en) * 1950-08-01 1952-09-03 Nederlanden Staat Circuit arrangement for supervising the operation of a relay armature
US2818532A (en) * 1955-11-01 1957-12-31 Rca Corp Single action timing circuit
US2835849A (en) * 1956-05-19 1958-05-20 Agfa Ag Timer

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US2559508A (en) * 1949-08-18 1951-07-03 Standard Oil Dev Co Time-delay relay circuits
GB678535A (en) * 1950-08-01 1952-09-03 Nederlanden Staat Circuit arrangement for supervising the operation of a relay armature
US2818532A (en) * 1955-11-01 1957-12-31 Rca Corp Single action timing circuit
US2835849A (en) * 1956-05-19 1958-05-20 Agfa Ag Timer

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US3360694A (en) * 1962-05-23 1967-12-26 Arthur K Littwin Electrical control means
US3325694A (en) * 1963-05-03 1967-06-13 Air Reduction Calibrating circuit for time delay apparatus

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