Multi-elmac Company

Multi-elmac

Maurice R Brackney

Kenneth F Umpleby

Richard G Martin

A home security and garage door operator system includes a gas sensor for detecting the level of toxic gas in the garage. When the gas level exceeds a predetermined threshold the garage door is automatically opened. Lock out circuitry is provided for preventing the door from being accidentally closed as long as the gas sensor detects an excessive level of toxic gas in the garage. A two button transmitter is used to sequentially close the garage door and set a security alarm subsystem. Warning devices are activated if the security alarm is attempted to be set without the garage door and windows in the home being closed. Once the security alarm has been set, the lock out circuitry also disables the garage door motor control circuitry until the security alarm is first deactivated. The transmitter generates a digital pulse train according to a preselected code, with the operation of the dual buttons changing the state of a particular control bit in the pulse train. A central control module in the garage includes a receiver with channel monitoring circuitry designed to detect the state of the control bit to initiate different functions, for example, the setting of the security alarm and the actuation of the garage door. The system further includes a heat sensor in the central control module and advantageously uses a line carrier to transmit status information regarding the monitored parameters to a remote module in the home. A maximum run timer and motor overload protection for the motor control circuitry are also disclosed.

Garage door operator with gas sensor

A control system for a power driven operator for garage doors and the like comprising an operator control circuit having a DC voltage source operating as the power supply for an electronic flip-flop device responsive to successively applied input signals to alternatively establish circuits of opposite direction through a reversible electric motor; i.e. one actuation causes the motor to run in one direction and the next actuation causes it to run in the opposite direction. The operator is subject to actuation by both a hard wired push button or an auxiliary device such as a radio receiver which is responsive to signals from a remote transmitter. The operator control circuit includes a feature which electronically prevents the simultaneous energization of the reversible electric motor in both directions. A further feature is a provision for de-energizing the operator motor control circuit relays after a period during which no actuation occurs, or after an interruption of the line voltage, the interruption being caused by a thermal switch or by external means. Still another feature is a provision to energize external devices such as garage lights for a period following actuation of the motor control.

Operator motor control

Control system including radio receiver circuit for a power-driven operator for garage doors and the like comprising an operator control circuit having a regulated DC voltage source operating as a power supply for an electronic flip-flop device responsive to successively applied input signals to establish circuits of opposite direction through a reversible electric motor; i.e., one actuation causes the motor to run in one direction and the next actuation causes it to run in the opposite direction. The operator is subject to actuation by both a hard-wired push-button and a radio receiver which is responsive to signals from a remote transmitter. The power supply for the flip-flop is also the power supply for the receiver; however, the receiver is packaged separately from the operator and power supply and is readily disconnected for independent maintenance and repair.

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Warren, MI, United States of America

Maurice R Brackney