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Motor control circuit with automatic restart of cut-in    
United States Patent4658195   
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Inventor(s)Min; Young-Kee (Milwaukee, WI)
AbstractA control circuit (10) is provided for automatically re-applying starting torque to a single phase AC induction motor by reconnecting the auxiliary or starting winding (2) to the AC power source (3) if the motor has not accelerated to a given cut-out speed, or otherwise begins to stall. Multiple reconnections of the auxiliary winding (2) are automatically provided as needed, without external intervention, to provide multiple bumping action. The auxiliary winding (2) is connected to the AC source (3) during initial energization of the motor, and is disconnected after a given starting interval. Induced voltage in the auxiliary winding (2) is sensed and compared against a reference voltage (17) for reconnecting the auxiliary winding (2) when the sensed auxiliary winding voltage drops below a given value relative to the reference voltage. The disconnecting, sensing and reconnecting functions are accomplished with a minimum number of components.
   














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Motor control circuit with automatic restart of cut-in
Inventor     Min; Young-Kee (Milwaukee, WI)
Owner/Assignee     PT Components, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI)
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Publication Date     April 14, 1987
Application Number     06/736,454
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Filing Date     May 21, 1985
US Classification     318/786 318/778
Int'l Classification     H02P 001/42
Examiner     Smith Jr.; David
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Attorney/Law Firm     Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall
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USPTO Field of Search     318/786 318/778
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1. In an AC motor having a main winding and an auxiliary winding both connectable to an AC power source, and having a power switch for disconnecting said auxiliary winding from said AC source, an improved control for said power switch providing automatic cut-in restart of said motor, comprising:

starting means for turning on said power switch to connect said auxiliary winding to said AC source at energization of said motor;

disconnect means for turning off said power switch to disconnect said auxiliary winding from said AC source in response to a predetermined condition following said energization; and

automatic restart means comprising:

means for deriving a reference voltage from the main winding voltage;

means for sensing auxiliary winding voltage; and

means for comparing said reference voltage and said sensed auxiliary winding voltage and turning on said power switch to reconnect said auxiliary winding to said AC source to re-energize said auxiliary winding and re-apply starting torque to said motor when said sensed auxiliary winding voltage drops below a given value relative to said reference voltage derived from said main winding voltage,

wherein said given value of said sensed auxiliary winding voltage relative to said reference voltage corresponds to a designated cut-out motor speed and wherein said automatic cut-in restart means turns on said power switch a second time after said first reconnection to again reconnect said auxiliary winding to said AC source if said motor until does not accelerate above said cut-out speed upon said first reconnection, to provide multiple bumping action with multiple reconnections, all without external intervention;

timing means coupled to said disconnect means and providing said predetermined condition as a set interval of time following said energization, and wherein said automatic restart means is coupled to said timing means to reset said timing means and automatically restart said time interval;

wherein said timing means comprises:

an RC charging network having a resistor and a capacitor and providing said time interval by charging said capacitor;

second comparing means for comparing said reference voltage and the voltage of said capacitor to turn off said power switch to disconnect said auxiliary winding from said AC source;

and wherein said automatic cut-in restart means comprises an RC switch coupled to said charging capacitor and activated by said first mentioned comparing means to discharge said capacitor when said sensed auxiliary winding voltage drops to said given value relative to said reference voltage.

2. The invention according to claim 1 wherein said sensing means of said automatic cut-in restart means comprises:

a second RC charging network having a resistor and a capacitor coupled to said first mentioned comparing means; and

a second RC switch coupled to said second mentioned capacitor and activated by said auxiliary winding voltage such that when said auxiliary winding voltage is above said given value said second RC switch is conductive and discharges said second capacitor to prevent charging of the latter, and such that when said auxiliary winding voltage is below said given value said second RC switch is nonconductive and enables charging of said second capacitor such that said first comparing means activates said first RC switch to discharge said first capacitor and reconnect said auxiliary winding to said AC source.

3. In an AC motor having a main winding and an auxiliary winding both connectable to an AC power source, and having a power switch for disconnecting said auxiliary winding from said AC source, an improved control for said power switch providing automatic cut-in restart of said motor, comprising:

reference voltage means for deriving a reference voltage from the main winding voltage;

RC charging means having a resistor and a capacitor coupled to said reference voltage means and providing a timing interval according to charging of said RC charging means by said reference voltage;

comparing means having inputs coupled respectively to said reference voltage means and said RC charging means having an output coupled to said power switch to turn on said power switch when the voltage of said RC charging means is below a given value relative to said reference voltage, and to turn off said power switch when said RC charging means voltage is above said given value, such that at initial energization of said motor, said RC charging means voltage is below said given value and said power switch is turned on to connect said auxiliary winding to said AC source, and when said RC charging means voltage rises above said given value relative to said reference