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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1971
Herbert G Zinsmeyer, Austin, TX (US);
David A Biedermann, Austin, TX (US);
Francis D Orr, Austin, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A combination timer and photoelectrically activated control circuit to selectively repeat a timed electromechanical operation at dawn and/or dusk in response to sunrise and/or sunset conditions. Said photoelectric control timer being provided with a deactivating circuit which turns off the output to the load after a preselected time. The circuit remains off even though the initiating light conditions prevail, or reverse. For example, if set to operate with illumination, the device operates in the morning at about sunrise, and after the preset interval a deactivating circuit switches off the output which remains off the remainder of the day while daylight prevails. When daylight ebbs, the photoelectric initiating circuit resets and the entire circuit is reset to repeat the operation when light returns the following morning. An equivalent photoelectric initiating circuit is provided to trigger the timer when light conditions change from light to darkness, such as at sundown.