WO2009043855A1 - Dispositif de chronométrage - Google Patents

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WO2009043855A1
WO2009043855A1 PCT/EP2008/063104 EP2008063104W WO2009043855A1 WO 2009043855 A1 WO2009043855 A1 WO 2009043855A1 EP 2008063104 W EP2008063104 W EP 2008063104W WO 2009043855 A1 WO2009043855 A1 WO 2009043855A1
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Sergio Zanolin
Maurizio Bortolussi
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De' Longhi Spa
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B19/00—Programme-control systems
    • G05B19/02—Programme-control systems electric
    • G05B19/04—Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers
    • G05B19/10—Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers using selector switches
    • G05B19/102—Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers using selector switches for input of programme steps, i.e. setting up sequence
    • G05B19/104—Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers using selector switches for input of programme steps, i.e. setting up sequence characterised by physical layout of switches; switches co-operating with display; use of switches in a special way
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C23/00—Clocks with attached or built-in means operating any device at preselected times or after preselected time-intervals
    • G04C23/14—Mechanisms continuously running to relate the operation(s) to the time of day
    • G04C23/18—Mechanisms continuously running to relate the operation(s) to the time of day for operating one device at a number of different times

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  • the present invention concerns a timer device of the electromechanical type that can be used in order to program and regulate the functions of a relative electronic apparatus, such as a time-thermostat, an electric household appliance, a household heating or air-conditioning system, a functional control unit, for example for irrigation, or any other application wherein a timed programming of activation and functioning is necessary.
  • a relative electronic apparatus such as a time-thermostat, an electric household appliance, a household heating or air-conditioning system, a functional control unit, for example for irrigation, or any other application wherein a timed programming of activation and functioning is necessary.
  • Time-thermostat used to temporally program the activation and/or the functioning of a time-thermostat, an electric household appliance, an oven, a functional control unit, or other programmable electronic apparatus.
  • Known electronic timer devices generally comprise, as well as an internal command and control unit, a display that shows the different functions that are active or can be activated, and that visualizes the functioning and/or timing values, and an interface keyboard for the user.
  • the display of a first type of known timer devices is substantially rectangular in shape, and the regulation, the programming and the setting of the different functions which can be activated is performed electronically by using the keyboard.
  • a second type of timer device in which the display has a substantially circular shape, to recall the characteristic shape of clocks.
  • This known display has a circular quadrant divided into a plurality of selectable sectors, corresponding to the twenty-four hours of the day, or parts thereof.
  • each sector selected corresponds to a relative period of the day, in which the device should be activated, or deactivated.
  • a completely mechanical device which has a circular quadrant and a series of levers, or rods, disposed around the quadrant, which can be manually inserted in correspondence with respective sectors of the quadrant in order to select the desired periods of time during which the device is activated.
  • Purpose of the present invention is to achieve a timer device that is simple and economic to produce and that can be used easily and correctly substantially by any user, even if not very skilled, or with limited technical knowledge.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.
  • a timer device is applied in order to program and regulate a relative electronic apparatus and comprises a command and control unit and a circular display able to show the user the operating functions that are activated and/or can be activated.
  • the display has an annular sector divided into a plurality of selectable sectors or angular units corresponding to the twenty-four hours of the day, or parts thereof, each sector or unit corresponding to a relative period of the day in which the electronic apparatus should be activated, or deactivated.
  • the device according to the present invention has a keyboard that is able to allow the user to electronically command and program the command and control unit in order to vary the functions shown on the display as desired.
  • the timer device also comprises at least a rotary ring-nut mounted concentric rotatable around the display so as to allow the user to select one or more of said sectors or angular units depending on its angular position.
  • the device of the present invention is further provided with position transducer member that is able to convert the relative movement of the ring-nut into a time datum available for the command and control unit.
  • the action on said keyboard when the ring-nut is in a specific angular position, is able to activate/deactivate said operating function of the electronic apparatus for the time period defined by the selected one or more of said sectors or angular units and corresponding to the time datum detected by said position transducer member.
  • the display further comprises displaying means for displaying the sectors or angular units in which the operating function is activated or deactivated.
  • the command and control unit converts the angular rotation of the ring-nut, advantageously in a directly proportionate manner, into the selection of corresponding angular units of the annular sector.
  • the user has a visual and immediate perception of the programming that he is doing, enabling him to use the device correctly and more easily, without requiring complex key combinations.
  • timer device providing the ring-nut and the position transducer, is simple and economic to produce, entailing relatively limited production and maintenance costs.
  • the keyboard has an annular shape, preferably conjugated with the shape of the display and/or of the rotary ring-nut.
  • the keyboard is formed in a single, for example circular, body.
  • the keyboard is mounted at least partially pivoting horizontally and comprises a plurality of quadrants on each of which a relative electronic selection key for pre-determined operating functions of the device is made.
  • the keyboard is formed in by a plurality of independent key-portions corresponding to pre-defined selection keys, for example each key-portion having a shape that defines, as a whole, an annular shape, preferably mating with the shape of the display and/or of the rotary ring- nut.
  • the keyboard is interposed between the display and the rotary ring-nut.
  • the keyboard is external to the rotary ring-nut.
  • - fig. 1 is a schematic view of a timer device according to the present invention.
  • - fig. Ia is an enlarged detail of fig. 1;
  • - fig. 2 shows a blown up detail of the timer device in fig. 1.
  • a timer device 10 is integrated into a time-thermostat 11 in order to regulate and program a household heating system.
  • the timer device 10 comprises a container 12, shared with the time-thermostat 11 , and able to contain a command and control unit 13.
  • a circular shaped display 15, an annular keyboard 16, for example in the form of a crown or a fixed ring-nut, and a rotary ring-nut 17, concentric to said display 15, are mounted on the container 12.
  • the rotary ring-nut 17 and the keyboard 16 are distinct elements and the rotary ring-nut 17 can, thus, be rotated with respect to an axis of rotation perpendicular to the plane of the display 15, while the annular keyboard 16 is angularly fixed and cannot be rotated with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotary ring-nut 17.
  • the command and control unit 13 is of the programmed, or selectively programmable, type and is connected, on one side, to the display 15, to the keyboard 16 and to the rotary ring-nut 17, and, on the other side, to the controls of the time-thermostat 11 in order to control the heating system and schedule the active phases of the system itself.
  • the display 15, as mentioned, is substantially circular in shape and comprises at least a first annular sector 19, peripherically disposed in the display 15, that is divided into individual selectively selectable angular units 19a, each relating to a corresponding period of time, for example half an hour.
  • the first sector 19 comprises twenty-four numerical references 19b angularly offset with respect to each other and each relating to a time of the day, so that each angular unit 19a selected corresponds to a determinate period of the day.
  • the angular units 19a correspond to the twenty-four hours of the day, or parts thereof.
  • the display 15 also comprises: a second sector 20 in which the ventilation powers and/or speeds are shown; a third sector 21 in which the time and/or the temperature set for a determinate period is shown; a fourth sector 22 which shows the daily indication of the weekly programming timer; and a fifth sector 23 which indicates the various functions.
  • the display 15 can be made with any known technology, for example LCD, LED, OLED, VFD or other.
  • the annular keyboard 16 is disposed externally to the display 15, it is mounted horizontally pivoting on the container 12 and comprises four quadrants 25, 26, 27 and 29, each corresponding to a relative key, for example power, selection, command, function or others like stand-by, mode selection, set-up menu.
  • an ON-stand-by/mode quadrant 26 for the on/off function of the system, for changing the mode of functioning of the system or for selecting the stand-by mode (for example, only a clock is displayed in stand-by mode),
  • set-up quadrant 27 to select the set-up functions of the system (set-up of the clock, set-up of the daily -timer, set-up of the weekly timer),
  • the rotary ring-nut 17 is mounted rotatable on the container 12 externally to the annular keyboard 16 and is connected to the command and control unit 13 by means of a rotary position transducer 30, shown only schematically in fig. 2, such as for example an encoder, a switch or similar.
  • the position transducer 30 is able to detect the angular movement of the rotary ring-nut 17 and to transform this angular movement into a determinate electric signal for the command and control unit 13.
  • the command and control unit 13, according to the type of signal received from the position transducer 30 commands one or more angular units 19a of the first sector 19 to be selected.
  • the selection of the one or more angular units 19a is displayed by displaying means 19c, associated with the display 15, for example a light signal determined by one or more segments of a LCD display, or one or more dots of the dots matrix of a LED/OLED display or the like.
  • a visual signal such as an arrow or the like, associated with the rotary ring-nut 17, can be used.
  • the command and control unit 13 interpreting the electric signal of the position transducer 30, commands six angular units 19a to be switched on.
  • a light signal for example an alternate light signal, a blinking or a flashing, of the displaying means 19c associated with the selected one or more of the angular units 19a can be commanded by the unit 13, according to the angular movement and/or direction of the rotary ring-nut 17, so as to easily visualize the selected range of time of activation of the household heating system (fig. Ia).
  • the position transducer 30 varies the type of electric signal also according to the direction of rotation of the rotary ring-nut 17.
  • the user can, thus, confirm the selection of the range of time of activation, the relative signal of confirmation being transmitted to the unit 13, so as to properly activate the relative operating phase of the heating household system.
  • the command and control unit 13 can command, in turn, relative angular units 19a to be switched on or off, according to the clockwise, or anticlockwise, direction of rotation of the rotary ring-nut 17.
  • the pressure operation on the quadrant 29 of the keyboard 16 determines a stable visualization of the selected range of time of activation on the relative angular units 19a, for example by passing from an alternate light signal to an emission of a continuous light signal in correspondence of the selected range of time, or by highlighting with a defined color (for example a color in contrast with the background of the display 15) the range of time (fig. Ia).
  • a defined color for example a color in contrast with the background of the display 15
  • the range of time fig. Ia
  • fig. Ia shows that the displaying means 19c highlights in a stable manner that a programming of the first three hours of the day was activated.
  • every numeric value that is involved in the programming and functioning of the household heating system can be varied and selected by rotating the rotary ring-nut 17 and confirmed and stable visualized by operating on the keyboard 16.
  • the rotation of the rotary ring-nut 17 entails a proportional variation on the display 15 of the indication of the temperature values, of the ventilation intensity, of the days of the week or other.
  • annular keyboard 16 is arranged externally to the rotary ring-nut 17.
  • the annular keyboard 16 and the rotary ring-nut 17 are made in a single body or element that can rotate, so as to provide the functions of the rotary ring-nut 17, and can be also horizontally pivoted or otherwise operated, in order to provide the functions of the keyboard 16.
  • the rotary ring-nut 17 can be superimposed to the annular keyboard 16.
  • the rotary ring-nut 17 can rotate and can be horizontally pivoted itself, so as to operate on the keyboard 16.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de chronométrage (10) destiné à la programmation et à la régulation d'un appareil électronique relatif, qui comporte une unité de commande et de contrôle (13), un affichage (15) ayant une forme circulaire pour présenter à l'utilisateur les fonctions opérationnelles activées et/ou pouvant être activées et un clavier (16) qui permet à l'utilisateur de commander l'unité de commande et de contrôle (13) et de faire varier de façon sélective les fonctions présentées sur l'affichage (15). Le dispositif de chronométrage (10) comporte également au moins un écrou à œil rotatif (17) monté rotatif autour de l'affichage (15) et un élément de transducteur de position qui convertit le mouvement relatif de l'écrou à œil rotatif (17) en une donnée mise à la disposition de l'unité de commande et de contrôle (13), de sorte que l'unité de commande et de contrôle (13) puisse commander une variation de programmation correspondante immédiatement visible sur l'affichage (15), selon le mouvement angulaire et/ou la direction de rotation de l'écrou à œil rotatif (17).
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GB2116297A (en) * 1982-03-09 1983-09-21 Bowthorpe Holdings Plc Data input an display arrangement
EP0195596A2 (fr) * 1985-03-21 1986-09-24 Smiths Industries Public Limited Company Affichage analogique électronique
DE4107936A1 (de) * 1990-03-14 1991-09-19 Vaillant Joh Gmbh & Co Elektronische schaltuhr
DE20011934U1 (de) * 2000-07-06 2000-10-12 Goetz Roland Bedientableau mit graphischer Darstellung zur einfachen Programmierung der Betriebszeiten von technischen Anlagen als Ergänzung zu handelsüblichen Bauteilen
EP1065079A2 (fr) * 1999-06-30 2001-01-03 Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft Elément de commande
EP1229408A1 (fr) * 2001-02-05 2002-08-07 All-Time Inc. Structure pour ajuster une période de temps
EP1701236A1 (fr) * 2005-03-11 2006-09-13 KERMI GmbH Dispositif de régulation de température pour un dispositif de chauffage, en particulier un radiateur de chauffage de bain
US20060230768A1 (en) * 2005-04-14 2006-10-19 Ranco Incorporated Of Delaware Universal defrost timer

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GB2116297A (en) * 1982-03-09 1983-09-21 Bowthorpe Holdings Plc Data input an display arrangement
EP0195596A2 (fr) * 1985-03-21 1986-09-24 Smiths Industries Public Limited Company Affichage analogique électronique
DE4107936A1 (de) * 1990-03-14 1991-09-19 Vaillant Joh Gmbh & Co Elektronische schaltuhr
EP1065079A2 (fr) * 1999-06-30 2001-01-03 Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft Elément de commande
DE20011934U1 (de) * 2000-07-06 2000-10-12 Goetz Roland Bedientableau mit graphischer Darstellung zur einfachen Programmierung der Betriebszeiten von technischen Anlagen als Ergänzung zu handelsüblichen Bauteilen
EP1229408A1 (fr) * 2001-02-05 2002-08-07 All-Time Inc. Structure pour ajuster une période de temps
EP1701236A1 (fr) * 2005-03-11 2006-09-13 KERMI GmbH Dispositif de régulation de température pour un dispositif de chauffage, en particulier un radiateur de chauffage de bain
US20060230768A1 (en) * 2005-04-14 2006-10-19 Ranco Incorporated Of Delaware Universal defrost timer

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