WO2006073300A1 - Mobile alternating current supply system for semaphores - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a mobile alternating current supply system for semaphores which operates in the event of a failure in the electric supply used to power same. The inventive system comprises a relay which is associated with a coil which, in the event of a power supply failure, disconnects the semaphore control system from the general network and connects same to a battery/inverter assembly. Said assembly generates an alternating current which travels through the relay to the semaphore controller. When the auxiliary system begins to operate, an indicator light associated with the main power circuit turns off such as to indicate that the semaphore is operating with a back-up system. The system can be connected to the engine of a standard vehicle in order to charge the battery of the auxiliary system.

Description

 ALTERNATE CURRENT POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR

TRAFFIC LIGHTS

DESCRIPTION

THE CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS OF SEMAFQRIZATION IN ALL CITIES, STILL WHEN IN MANY OCCASIONS ARE STRATEGICALLY PLANNED IN THEIR OPERATION, THEY ARE LIKE SOME TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY OR EFFECTIVE MECHANISM WHEN, BY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTING, VERTICAL HIGHWAY, VEHICLE TRANSMISSION VERTICAL HIGHWAY , THAT REPERCUTES IN PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC LOSSES IN ALL THE SECTORS INVOLVED, IN ADDITION TO CONTRIBUTING TO THE HIGH POLLUTION CAUSED BY FUNCTIONING CARS.

THE SOURCE OF ENERGY OF THESE SEMAPHORS IS PROVIDED BY A SUPPLY COMPANY THAT PROVIDES ALTERNATE CURRENT OF 127 VOLTS, WITH A VARIANT OF LESS THAN 10%. AT THE TIME OF CUTTING THIS SUPPLY OR THERE IS A LOW SIGNIFICANT VOLTAGE, THE HEADLIGHTS, AS ANY OTHER APPLIANCE OR INSTRUMENT THAT REQUIRES ELECTRICITY, STOP FUNCTIONING AND HAS NOT BEEN USED UNTIL THE TIME, A RELIABLE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS AN IMMEDIATE WAY, RECOVER ITS FUNCTION TO AVOID DAMAGE, POLLUTION AND CONSEQUENTLY ECONOMIC LOSSES. THE TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THAT COULD BE ADAPTED TO CORRECT THESE PERCANCES ARE PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS THAT ACTIVATE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES OR GASOLINE OR DIESEL ELECTRICITY BETWEEN THE MOST KNOWN, BUT THEY HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN DIFFERENCE. LITTLE FUNCTIONALS THAT REQUIRE TOO MUCH SPACE OR SPECIAL FACILITIES THAT STILL LIFT THEIR HIGHEST COST IN THE MARKET AND, WHEN THEY ARE NOT INSTALLED IN THE PLACE, GENERALLY TAKE LATE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE, ALL THIS WITHOUT MENTIONING YOUR MAINTENANCE COST AND THAT IS SPECIAL . IT DERIVES THE IMPOSSIBILITY TO IMPLEMENT IT IN A MASSIVE WAY, REPLACING IT BY THE MOST ACCESSIBLE ROUTE (BUT NOT MORE EFFICIENT) AT THE TIME OF CRISIS: HUMAN ELEMENTS (ROAD AGENTS) FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

IN THE SEARCH PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE

LOCATED VARIOUS PATENTS THAT TREAT OF METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPLIANCES THAT CONVERT THE DIRECT CURRENT TO ALTERNATE CURRENT WHERE THOSE WHICH ARE CONSIDERED MOST SIGNIFICANT ARE THE FOLLOWING: US 6404658, GB 403732, CN 1047055, EP 14378, PAT 14658 2004178773, PCT / SE2003 / 002094, PCT / NL2003 / 000917, PCT / 19980909. ALL OF THEM, REFER TO DIFFERENT WAYS OF CONVERTING THE ELECTRIC POWER FROM ALTERNATE TO DIRECT OR VICEVERSA TO APPLY TO A GREAT DIVERSITY OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, BUT NONE OF THEM ESTIMATES THE DIRECT APPLICATION TO THE SEAMIST A SAME MANUFOROS. MOBILE, DIRECT CURRENT POWER SUPPLY AND CONVERT IT IN ALTERNATE TO USE DIRECTLY IN THE SEMAPHORE CONTROL BOX, IN MASSIVE FORM OR ADAPTED TO USEFUL VEHICLES, SO SIMPLE AND OPTIMAL THAT DOES NOT DAMAGE THE INTERFERENCE OF THE OPERATION CURRENTLY THE SEMAPHORS.

EACH OF THE DETAILS THAT CHARACTERIZE THIS INVENTION ARE DESCRIBED IN A VERY CLEAR WAY IN THIS CHAPTER AND THE DRAWINGS THAT ARE ACCOMPANIED FOR IT BY REFERRING TO THE NUMBERS INDICATED FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

FIGURE 1 IS A DIAGRAM OF THE REGULAR CIRCUIT FEEDED BY AN ALTERNATE CURRENT POWER SUPPLY COMPANY WITH WHICH THE HEADLIGHTS ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING.

FIGURE 2 IS A DIAGRAM OF THE CONVENTIONAL CIRCUIT OF ALTERNATE POWER SUPPLY FOR SEMAPHONES IN ORDINARY OPERATION IN WHICH THE INCORPORATION OF A REELEVATOR WHOSE COIL IS CONNECTED IN PARALLEL TO THE POWER LINE IS APPRECIATED. FIGURE 3 IS A DIAGRAM OF THE CIRCUIT OF THE MOBILE SYSTEM OF ALTERNATE POWER SUPPLY FOR SEMAPHONES IN OPERATION WITH BATTERY FROM AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE.

AS REPRESENTED IN FIGURE 1, THE ORDINARY WAY HOW THE SEMAPHORS WORK CONSISTS THAT A SUPPLY COMPANY PROVIDES POWER FOR ALTERNATE CURRENT OF 127 NOMINAL VOLTS WHICH VARIATION IS OF LESS THAN 10% TO AN ACCEPTED SWITCH (1) THEIR ENERGY LINES (2) AND NEUTRAL (3) FEED A CONTROL BOX (4) THAT HANDLES THE SEMAPHORES (5).

IN FIGURE 2 YOU CAN APPRECIATE THE NOVEDOUS ALTERNATE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR SEMAPHONES, WHERE THE POWER SWITCH (1) FEEDS 127 VOLTS TO A COIL (6) CONNECTED IN PARALLEL, WHICH IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A REELEVATOR (7) . THE POWER SUPPLY IS ACHIEVED THROUGH AN ENERGY OR FACE LINE (2) AND A NEUTRAL LINE (3) THAT PASS THROUGH THE COIL (6) CONNECTED IN PARALLEL AND ARRIVE UP TO THE REELEVATOR CONTACTS (7), WHICH HAS TWO NORMALLY OPEN CONTACTS AND TWO NORMALLY CLOSED CONTACTS, AS WELL WHEN THE COIL IS ENERGIZED (6), ESTABLISHES THE CONVENTIONAL POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT THROUGH THE NORMALLY OPENED CONTACTS THAT, WITH THIS ACTION WILL BE CLOSED, ALLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE ENERGY HAS CONTROL (4) OF THE SEEDS (5). IN turn, THE CONVENTIONAL CURRENT PASS THROUGH THE ENERGY OR FACE (2) AND NEUTRAL (3) LINES ACTIVATE AN INDICATOR LIGHT (8) TO SIGN UP THAT THERE IS POWER SUPPLY AND ALTERNATE ENERGY FLOW FROM THE ACOMETER SWITCH (1 ).

WHEN THE DELA SWITCH FOR VERY VARIOUS CAUSES

RUNNING (1) STOP FEEDING THE CIRCUIT, THE COIL (6) OF

REELEVATOR (7) DEENERGIZES MAKING THE CONTACTS RETURN TO THEIR NORMAL POSITION (CLOSED) SO THAT, WAY

AUTOMATIC AND IMMEDIATE, ALLOWS THE ENTRY TO ENTER COMPONENTS THAT APPRECIATE IN FIGURE 3: AN INVESTOR OF

CURRENT (9) POWERED FROM AN ENERGY UNIT (10) OF

12 VOLTS OF DIRECT CURRENT OF SOME UTILITY VEHICLE (AUTO

OR MOTORCYCLE). THIS CURRENT INVESTOR (10) RAISES THE VOLTAGE TO 127 VOLTS GENERATING A SENOID WAVE OF 60 CYCLES PER

SECOND SO THAT, IN turn, FOOD WITH ALTERNATE CURRENT AT

CONTROL OF SEMAPHORS THROUGH CONTACTS

NORMALLY CLOSED OF THE REELEVATOR (7) THROUGH ITS OWN

NEUTRAL LINES (11) AND ENERGY LINE (12). THEN IT IS ESTABLISHED BY THE NON-ACTION OF THE REELEVATOR COIL (7) A SUPPLY

_ _D _. E CURRENT ALJERNA, TO THE BOX _. CONTROL (4) OF THE SEEDS

(5) WITHOUT ANY CONTRACTORS.

AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN THIS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IS THE FACT THAT THE ENERGY UNIT (10) OR BATTERY ACTING

AS AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF POWER SUPPLY, MERCED LA

CONVERSION OF DIRECT CURRENT TO AC CURRENT IS

FIND INVARIABLY IN AN AUTOMOTIVE OR VEHICLE, SO

THAT, THE SUPPLY OF THIS CURRENT, LASTS ALL THE TIME THE ENGINE REMAINS ON, DIFFERENT FROM THE TECHNOLOGIES

REPORTED IN THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE, THOSE WHO HAVE AS

COMMON NAME THAT IS ABOUT ISOLATED BATTERIES AND

CONSEQUENTLY YOUR ACTIVE PERIOD IS RELATIVELY SHORT.

EVEN SOME OF THEM HAVE BATTERY CHARGERS, WHICH ALSO FINISH TO BE SOLD OUT.

THE APPLICATION OF THE REELEVATOR (7) OPERATING IN CONVENSIONAL REVERSE AND THE CURRENT INVESTOR (9) THAT JOINLY INTERACT, DO NOT ALLOW RETURN ENERGY (AC OF 127 VOLTS) THAT AFFECTS THE CONTROL BOX EQUIPMENT (4) THE SEEDS (5), AS WELL AS THE SYSTEM DERIVED FROM THE ENERGY UNIT (10), LOCATED IN A UTILITY VEHICLE OR IN THE OWN CONTROL BOX (4), WHEN THE ORDINARY ENERGY IS RESTORED. AS YOU CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND, THE ESSENCE OF THIS NEW INVENTION IS THE UNIT FORMED BY THE REELEVATOR (7) AND ITS COIL (6) WHICH, EVEN SEEM SEPARATED FOR THE DETAIL OF DETAILING THE DESCRIPTION, BELONG TO THE SAME EQUIPMENT WHICH OPERATES WAY REVERSE WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN, IS TO SAY THAT THE REELEVATOR IS SUPPLIED THROUGH THE FOUR CONTACTS THAT ARE GENERALLY OUTPUT, TWO OF THEM FROM THE ALTERNATE CURRENT OF THE SUPPLY COMPANY AND THE OTHER TWO OF THE CURRENT GENERATED BY OUR CIRCUIT.

_. _ LQ PREVIOUS IMPLIES AN INTERNAL CONNECTION WITHIN

VEHICLE CONNECTING THE ENERGY UNIT (10) OR BATTERY WITH A SAFETY COVER CONTACT OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE, SUCH CONTACT, WILL BE FOUR-WAY, EVEN ONLY TWO POWERED FROM THE ENERGY UNIT (10), THE OTHER TWO FREE ROADS WILL GO TO THE BOARD OF SUCH VEHICLE, IN WHICH THE INDICATOR LIGHT IS FOUND (8) THAT SIGNALS THE RETURN OF CONVENTIONAL ENERGY. THE CABLE THAT CONNECTS THE CAR WITH THE CONTROL BOX (4) OF THE SEMAPHONES (5) CONNECTS OF THE SAME, FOUR LINES, THROUGH THE OUTPUT OF THE REELEVATOR (7), OF THOSE FOUR LINES TWO OF THEM WILL BE FUNCTION WHEN THE CONVENTIONAL ENERGY IS INTERRUPTED AND THE OTHER TWO, WILL CONNECT THE POWER UNIT (10) OR CAR BATTERY IN THIS CONDITION. WHEN THE CONVENTIONAL ENERGY RETURNS AND ENERGIZES THE REELEVATOR COIL (6), THE OTHER TWO LINES WILL DIRECTLY SUPPLY THE INDICATOR LIGHT (8) OF THE SIGNALING PLACED ON THE BOARD, DISCONNECTING THE POWER UNIT (10) AND INDICATING THAT THE CONVENTIONAL CURRENT HAS RETURNED FOR THE PERSON WHO OPERATES THE VEHICLE TO DISCONNECT THEIR CABLE AND REMOVE LEAVING THE SEMAPHORE (5) IN OPERATION WITH THE CONVENTIONAL POWER SUPPLY.

THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF THIS CIRCUIT AS

DESCRIBED IN FIGURES 2 AND 3 ARE: A CURRENT INVESTOR (9) AND A REELEVATOR (7) AND ITS COIL (6) REMAINING OPTIONALLY

PLACE BOTH IN THE CONTROL BOX (4) OF THE LAMPS (5), OR CONNECT THE CURRENT INVESTOR (9) INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND LEAVE THE REELEVATOR (7) PERMANENTLY ENERGIZED IN THE CONTROL BOX (4). IN BOTH CASES THE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE DESCRIBED WIDELY IN THE DESCRIPTION WOULD BE THE SAME.

THIS SAME SYSTEM IS SO VERSATILE THAT IT CAN BE USED AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY IN A HOUSE WHEN THERE IS NO CURRENT FLOW SINCE THE ORDINARY ACCESSORIES, ALWAYS AND WHEN THE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION OF THIS HOUSE IS FACED.

Claims

CLAIMS: HAVING DESCRIBED THE ENOUGH OF THE INVENTION, THE CONSIDER AS A NOVELTY AND THEREFORE, I CLAIM AS OF THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY, THE CONTENT IN THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS: 1.- A MOBILE SYSTEM OF ALTERNATE CURRENT POWER SUPPLY TO SEMAPHORS, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BECAUSE ITS CIRCUIT IS COMPOSED OF A REELEVATOR THAT WORKS INTEGRALLY WITH A CONNECTED COIL € N PARALLEL TO A CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCE OF A 127 VOLTS, FORM AND MAKES THE REELEVATOR CONTACTS NORMALLY OPEN CAN, BY ACTION OF THE COIL, BE CLOSED AND ESTABLISHED A CONVENTIONAL POWER CIRCUIT THAT GOES FROM THE CONDUCTED UNTIL THE CONTROLLER BOX OF THE SEEDS. 2.- A MOBILE SYSTEM FOR POWER SUPPLY OF ALTERNATE CURRENT TO SEMAPHORS, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED ^{^} BECAUSE AT THE TIME THE REELEVATOR LOSES THE FLOW OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVENTIONAL, SUPPLIED BY ITS COIL, AUTOMATICALLY OPENS ITS NORMALLY OPEN CONTACTS AND CLOSES BY MECHANICAL ACTION OTHER NORMALLY CLOSED THAT ALLOW THE ENERGY FLOW PROVIDED, A CURRENT INVESTOR, WHICH IS POWERED FROM A BATTERY OF A VOLTS GENERATING A SENOID WAVE OF 60 CYCLES PER SECOND, THAT ALLOWS TO TRANSFORM THE POWER OF 12 VOLTS OF DIRECT CURRENT TO 127 VOLTS OF ALTERNATE CURRENT. 3.- A MOBILE SYSTEM FOR ALTERNATE CURRENT FEEDING FOR SEMAPHORS, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BECAUSE THE CURRENT INVESTOR PROVIDES TO THE REELEVATOR AND THIS IN turn TO THE CONTROL BOX OF THE SEMAPHORS, HAS A DOUBLE FUNCTION THAT CONSISTS OF THE IMPED RETURN ENERGY (AC OF 127 VOLTS) AFFECTS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DERIVED FROM THE ENERGY UNIT. 4.- A MOBILE SYSTEM FOR ALTERNATE CURRENT FEEDING FOR SEMAPHORS, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BECAUSE THE UNIT FORMED BY REELEVATOR WORKS REVERSE TO THE KNOWLEDGE, THAT IS, WHICH IS FEEDED BY THE FOUR CONTACTS. TWO NORMALLY OPEN ENERGY OF THE SUPPLYING COMPANY AND TWO NORMALLY CLOSED WITH THE ENERGY SUPPLIED BY OUR SYSTEM. THE OTHER TWO WITH A COMMON OUTPUT THROUGH CONTACTS THAT ARE GENERALLY ENTRY. 5.- A MOBILE SYSTEM OF ALTERNATE CURRENT FEEDING FOR SEMAPHORS, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BECAUSE THE CIRCUIT HAS THE VERSATILITY TO BE INSTALLED IN A FIXED WAY IN EACH CONTROL BOX FOR SEMAPHORES OR WELL IN SOME VEHICLE VEHICLE. 6.- A MOBILE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ALTERNATIVES, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM CAN ALSO BE USED IN HOUSING HOUSES WITH THE ONLY REQUIREMENT THAT YOUR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION IS DONE. 7.- A MOBILE SYSTEM OF POWER SUPPLY OF ALTERNATE CURRENT TO SEMAPHORES, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BECAUSE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN THIS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IS THE FACT THAT THE ENERGY UNIT OR BATTERY (10) THAT ACTS AS AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF POWER SUPPLY, THE CONVERSION OF DIRECT CURRENT TO ALTERNATE CURRENT, IS INVARIABLY INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOTIVE, SO, THE SUPPLY OF SUCH CURRENT, LASTS ALL THE TIME THE ENGINE REMAINS ON.