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4574633 Apparatus for detecting tool damage in automatically controlled machine tool  
An apparatus for detecting damage to the cutting tool fitted in a machine tool controlled by automatic machining control circuit means such as a microprocessor, which acts to sense the level of...
4574343 Contactless press control device  
A contactless control device for a press having a device for checking whether an abnormality detector normally operates or not. The device of this invention is constructed to operate when power is...
4567560 Multiprocessor supervisory control for an elevator system  
An elevator system, and method of monitoring same, which includes a plurality of elevator cars under the group supervisory control of at least first and second processors, which all share a common...
4560936 Programmable controller system with failure indicator  
A programmable controller system is taught which uses an oscillator to provide a relatively low frequency low duty cycle series of digital ones and zeros to the gate logic of a load control device...
4553834 Mask aligner having a malfunction disposal device  
A mask aligner for aligning a wafer with a mask and exposing the wafer to an image of the mask, includes an illumination source for illuminating the mask, plural devices for executing plural...
4542479 Distributed control system  
A distributed control system wherein a plurality of controlled objects are normally controlled by independent controllers, respectively, and each of the controllers has a monitoring function to...
4536849 Machine operation monitor  
A machine operation monitor is provided for detecting malfunctions during execution of a machine cycle of operation irrespective of the activity being performed. Load levels of machine member...
4527271 Process control system with improved fault isolation  
A process control system includes redundant digital controllers and a plurality of input/output (I/O) modules for interfacing with remote field sensors and actuators. Bi-directional communication...
4527071 Modular power plant for the combined production of electrical and thermal energy and installation comprising a plurality of modular power plants  
A modular power plant comprises an internal combustion engine coupled to an electrical machine. The electrical machine may be used to start the engine and to generate electrical energy. The power...
4524313 Error detecting mechanism for servosystem  
The invention relates to a mechanism wherein a relative rotary angle of a driving motor is detected by use of an encoder, and, if an error occurs in a servo control action when the driving motor is...
4521847 Control system job recovery after a malfunction  
The present invention is a multiprocessor control system that allows full job recovery after a machine power down or after a malfunction or software crash or temporary power outage. In particular,...
4520482 Safety controller  
A safety controller comprises a comparator and two identical subcontrollers operating on the same input signals. The comparator provides error detection by comparing the outputs of the two...
4518905 Current control of synchro power amplifiers  
A synchro system having a microprocessor control element emulating a synchro transmitter. Current sensing circuits measure current developed in a synchro receiver responsive to drive signals...
4519025 Sense point monitor circuit  
A monitor circuit which discriminates between valid and invalid (bouncing) changes in state of monitored sense points. A microprocessor periodically scans a plurality of sense points, logically...
4513366 Menu programmed machine tool numerical controller with an interference checking function  
A numerical controller for a machining center comprising a microprocessor connected to a data input device, a CRT display device and a data storage device. The microprocessor prepares an NC program...
4509110 Method and apparatus for detecting failures in a control system  
A system for detecting the failure of a control system and its object includes a mathematical model of the control system and its object which continuously predicts the output of the object. An...
4498078 Sewing machine with a voice warning device  
A sewing machine aurally informs an operator of abnormal conditions which accidentally have taken, or are taking, place by means of a vocal indication. One group of speech data corresponding to an...
4494207 Dual turbine controller  
Primary and secondary controllers both receive independent digital representations of shaft speed. Only one of the outputs of the two controllers is used. In order to detect a fault and isolate it...
4493083 System for updating data in bubble memories  
A data update system in a bubble memory in which, to preserve the simultaneity of data in the event of a power failure during the updating of data in the bubble memory, initialization data is...
4491905 Method for driving a motor used in a loom  
An arrangement to preclude false starting and stopping of a motor driving a loom in accordance with start and stop control signals from a microprocessor control unit susceptible to noise. The motor...
4481589 Material forming machine controller  
A control method and apparatus for a metal-forming machine such as a cold heading machine are described. The described method and apparatus monitor machine operation during production and permit...
4479177 Servomechanisms  
A servomechanism avoids load-damaging conditions by being shut down whenever a power-amplifier saturation detector fails to detect a change in the saturation state of the power amplifier in...
4473876 Electrohydraulic servovalve safety apparatus  
Safety apparatus for an electrohydraulic servovalve. The safety apparatus includes a digital programmable switch (14) which is programmed to make switching decisions on the basis of whether or not...
4467260 Motor control apparatus with rotor heating protection  
A microprocessor controlled motor starter is utilized in which the short term temperature differential between the rotor bars and the rotor end bells is accounted for by the microprocessor-based...
4466074 Power outage timer  
The power outage timer (36, 136, or 236) forms a part of an electronic watt-hour meter (10) having a microprocessor (22), a real time value memory and a real time clock signal input from a voltage...
4455652 Appliance comprising a digital programming device which is protected against malfunctioning due to uncontrolled switch-on phenomena  
An appliance including a digital programming device for forming a sequence of control signals. When the device is switched on by way of the power supply plug, an unpredictable switch-on phenomenon...
4447769 Redundant actuation system  
A redundant actuator system in which some of the sub-actuators have a lower force capability than the other sub-actuators. The lower force capability sub-actuators are controlled by a common...
4447869 Control circuit with an auxiliary process variable  
The control circuit is provided with a signal transmitter for feeding a temporary disturbance signal to the controller 16, a selector which is selectively connected to the signal transmitter and a...
4446499 Input protection circuit  
A clamping transistor is connected to a signal input terminal of a signal processing circuit, such as a microprocessor, which operates on the output voltage from a stabilized power source circuit....
4439805 Low voltage protection circuit  
A low voltage protection which prevents an associated circuit from generating erroneous signals during power-up, power-down or power failure conditions. A voltage comparison circuit, powered by a...
4429184 Mitigation of faults in a telephone exchange  
Mitigation of faults in a telephone exchange, the faults being in the form of interruptions in calls in progress caused by brief voltage drops or failure of the AC voltage supply to the exchange....
4422140 Monitoring means for industrial process plants  
System failure in the acquisition of data from a process plant such as a nuclear reactor owing to stuck signals is avoided by arranging input signals from transducers in the plant in a test...
4420805 Protective relaying system  
A protective relaying system is disclosed which includes a selection circuit for receiving a plurality of input signals from a power system and for selecting one of the input signals to provide a...
4415966 Control circuit for a controller and a method of operating the same  
The method serves to control sluggishly reacting plants by controllers in which rapid changes in set value occur. The controller has an integral section and a proportional section separate from the...
4415968 Digital data processing system with asynchronous sensing units  
A digital data processing system in which system parameters in an electric power system such as current or voltage are sampled at predetermined time intervals and converted into digital data by...
4412284 Method of controlling an apparatus, which is operated by a solid-state processor and powered by an electric mains, in case of a power failure and apparatus employing said method  
Method of operating a mains-powered processor-controlled electrical apparatus when the power fails and is subsequently restored and apparatus therefor. In the case of a power outage data...
4385349 Central processor supervised controller system having a simulation of the controller in the central processor for test purposes  
In a system for controlling a machine tool by a tool controller under the supervision of a central data processor, in which the controller transforms the data provided by the central processor into...
4377000 Automatic fault detection and recovery system which provides stability and continuity of operation in an industrial multiprocessor control  
A multiprocessor computer control system for a process includes at least two central processors and respectively associated input/output systems. Control system faults are detected and a bootstrap...
4376971 System for protection against getting caught in automatically operable doors or windows, particularly of vehicles  
A system for protection against getting caught in automatically operable doors or windows, particularly of vehicles. Specific intervals of time within which the closing or opening door should reach...
4370705 Sequence control system for numerically controlled machine tool  
A numerically controlled machine tool is equipped with a programmable sequence controller having a first storage area capable of storing operation commands, and a second storage area capable of...
4370706 Controller for a dual servo system  
A controller (FIGS. 1, 2) is provided in a dual servo system that drives a controlled element (22) with mechanically coupled first and second servos (24 and 44). This controller has a first (10,...
4366544 Judging system for detecting failure of machine  
A system for detecting whether a machine is in the normal or abnormal state by comparing detected values of waveforms of signals such as vibration generated from the machine with a set value a...
4363523 Anti-skid controller system  
An electronic anti-skid controller system employing a plurality of anti-skid controllers is adapted to develop state signals representative of the operational states of the individual anti-skid...
4340965 Method of and apparatus for detecting and circumventing malfunctions in a current-loop communications system  
In a communication system having a communication line with a plurality of ports to which electronic means are attached for transmitting and receiving sets of signals, a method of and apparatus for...
4276593 Transfer system for multi-variable control units  
An automatic transfer method and apparatus for a multi-variable control unit having at least two process control units is disclosed which initiates transfer from the selected controller to the...
4254473 Rack adapter for serially connected I/O interface racks  
A rack adapter for a programmable controller is included in each of four remotely located I/O interface racks that are connected in series to a central processor. The rack adapter includes a rack...
4251873 Digital computing apparatus particularly for controlling a gas turbine engine  
A digital computing apparatus, particularly for use in controlling a gas turbine engine, comprises two identical computing devices each of which is responsive to identical time control signals and...
4213175 Fault-detecting apparatus for controls  
A fault-detecting apparatus comprises a model simulating the input-output characteristics of an object for fault detection. The model includes statics and dynamics and is impressed with the same...
4197581 Control system for and method of controlling a cooking appliance  
A cooking appliance, such as a deep fat fryer, includes programmable control system which monitors the operation of the cooking appliance and enables appropriate actions at proper times. The system...
4172280 Digital output control circuit  
There is shown a digital output circuit wherein digital data from a computer based controller is applied as input signals to a set of holding latches which are, in turn, enabled by control...