Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1990-12-07
1992-02-18
Swann, III., Glen R.
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
68 1201, 340533, G08B 2100, D06F 3300
Patent
active
050898094
ABSTRACT:
Multiple remote appliance status modules are provided one each per apartment or condominium in a complex to indicate the status of, for instance, the washing machine or dryer, with AC wiring utilized to transmit the status information in parallel to all remote modules, and with the remote module being pulled into an AC socket within each appartment or condominium. In order to identify the washing machine by floor, transmitting apparatus at each washing machine is provided with a predetermined code transmitted to all remote modules. All remote indicating modules associated with the given washing machine are provided with decoding apparatus for the predetermined code of the associated washing machine such that only remote indicating modules associated with a particular washing machine are activated to indicate its status or use. In one embodiment, a current sensor is utilized to sense when current is drawn by the particular device, with the current sensor detecting an in-use or out-of-use condition of the particular appliance. Such coded transmissions may be used in the single house-single washing machine embodiments to prevent status indications from one household interfering with status indications at a second household.
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Mullen Jr. Thomas J.
Swann, III. Glen R.
Tendler Robert K.
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