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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1977
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1975
Alvin D Wyland, Morrison, IL (US);
General Electric Company, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Abstract
A device for controlling the supply of power to an electrical load. The device has means for timing through selected cyclical time periods and means for actuating the timing means upon the occurrence of a certain condition. Means is provided for establishing another certain condition generally during a part of each cyclical time period, and means is also provided for inhibiting the supply of power to the load upon the occurrence of both the first named and other certain conditions. Other devices, systems and methods for controlling or proportioning the supply of power to an electrical load are also disclosed along with a method of statistically staggering power consumption by a plurality of loads and a power distribution network for supplying power to a plurality of loads.