Pneumatically operated switch

Claim 2

A pneumatically operated switch comprising: chambers; elastic walls of said chambers; inlet and outlet ports of said chambers; said inlet ports of said chambers coupled with data sources; said chambers arranged in the form of an array; said array including lines of a first and a second direction; distortion-imposing means for the elastic walls of said chambers, constituting a first group; a separate chamber unique for each of said array lines of the second direction; said separate chamber having inlet and outlet ports and elastic walls; a drive means; an independent drive means; an outlet duct; distortion-imposing means for the elastic walls of said separate chambers, constituting a second group; said distortion-imposing means for the elastic walls of the chambers in the array lines of the first direction communicating with said drive means; said outlet ports of said chambers coupled with ducts positioned in said array lines of the second direction, communicating with said inlet ports of said separate chambers which are coupled through the distortion-imposing means for their elastic walls with said independent drive means; said outlet ports of said separate chambers coupled via said outlet duct with an external apparatus.

Claim 3

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 1, comprising: columns and rows of said array; said columns of said arrays used as said array lines of the first direction; said rows of said array used as said array lines of the second direction.

Claim 4

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 1, comprising: columns and rows of said array; said rows of said array used as said array lines of the first direction; said columns of said array used as said array lines of the second direction.

Claim 5

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 1, comprising: a pressure source employing a gaseous or a liquid medium; distributing means; single-diaphragm air-jet relays; ducts; said chambers and said separate chambers constituting said single-diaphragm air-jet relays; said distortion-imposing means constituting said ducts; respective ones of the ends of said ducts coupled with said relays; the other ends of said ducts incorporated in said first group and coupled with said drive means; the other ends of the ducts of the said second group coupled with said independent drive means; said drive means and said independent drive means constituting said pressure source which has its outlet coupled with said relays of respective array lines via respective ones of said distributing means.

Claim 6

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 1, comprising: a lower pressure source; a higher pressure source; a distributing means coupled with said lower and higher pressure sources; said drive means and said independent drive means constituting respectively said lower and higher pressure sources and said distributing means connected with them; said distributing means including single-diaphragm air-jet relays equal in number to said array lines; control inlets of said relays; delay lines coupled with respective ones of said single-diaphragm air-jet relays and having outlets; air-jet resistors; said distortion-imposing means for each of said array lines, communicating, via respective single-diaphragm air-jet relay, with said lower pressure source, via a first one of said air-jet resistors, with the atmosphere, and via a second one of said air-jet resistors, with said outlet of said delay line which is coupled to said higher pressure source; said control inlet of said single-diaphragm air-jet relay of a first one of said distortion-imposing means, communicating with said higher pressure source; said control inlet of said following one of said relays, coupled with said outlets of the preceding delay line and with the delay line of the last-mentioned relay.

Claim 7

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 1, comprising: auxiliary chambers having elastic walls and inlet ports; distortion-imposing means for the elastic walls of said auxiliary chambers; said array divided into n sections; an outlet duct of each of said array sections coupled with said inlet port of said auxiliary chamber unique for each of said outlet ducts and coupled with said distortion-imposing means.

Claim 8

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 2, comprising: a pressure source employing a gaseous or a liquid medium; distributing means; single-diaphragm air-jet relays; ducts; said chambers and said separate chambers constituting said single-diaphragm air-jet relays; said distortion-imposing means constituting said ducts; respective ones of the ends of said ducts coupled with said relays; the other ends of said ducts incorporated in said first group and coupled with said drive means; the other ends of the ducts of said second group coupled with said independent means; said drive means and said independent drive means constituting said pressure source which has its outlet coupled with said relays of respective array lines via respective ones of said distributing means.

Claim 9

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 2, comprising: a lower pressure source; a higher pressure source; a distributing means coupled with said lower and higher pressure sources: said drive means and said independent drive means constituting respectively said lower and higher pressure sources and said distributing means connected with them; said distributing means including single-diaphragm air-jet relays equal in number to said array lines; control inlets of said relays; delay lines coupled with respective ones of said single-diaphragm air-jet relays and having outlets; air-jet resistors; said distortion-imposing means for each of said array lines communicating, via respective single-diaphragm air-jet relay, with said lower pressure source, via a first one of said air-jet resistors, with the atmosphere, and via a second one of said air-jet resistors, with said outlet of said delay line which is coupled to said higher pressure source; said control inlet of said single-diaphragm air-jet relay of a first one of said distortion-imposing means, communicating with said higher pressure source; said control inlet of each following one of said relays, coupled with said outlets of the preceding delay line and with the delay line of the last-mentioned relay.

Claim 10

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 2, comprising: auxiliary chambers having elastic walls and inlet ports; distortion-imposing means for the elastic walls of said auxiliary chambers; said array divided into n sections; an outlet duct of each of said array sections coupled with said inlet port of said auxiliary chamber unique for each of said outlet ducts and coupled with said distortion-imposing means.

Claim 11

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 3, comprising: a pressure source employing a gaseous or a liquid medium; distributing means; single-diaphragm air-jet relays; ducts; said chambers and said separate chambers constituting said single-diaphragm air-jet relays; said distortion-imposing means constituting said ducts; respective ones of the ends of said ducts coupled with said relays; the other ends of said ducts incorporated in said first group and coupled with said drive means; the other ends of the ducts of said second group coupled with said independent drive means; said drive means and said independent drive means constituting said pressure source which has its outlet coupled with said relays of respective array lines via respective ones of said distributing means.

Claim 12

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 3, comprising: a lower pressure source; a higher pressure source; a distributing means coupled with said lower and higher pressure sources; said drive means and said independent drive means constituting respectively said lower and higher pressures sources and said distributing means connected with them; said distributing means including single-diaphragm air-jet relays equal in number to said array lines; control inlets of said relays; delay lines coupled with respective ones of said single-diaphragm air-jet relays and having outlets; air-jet resistors; said distortion-imposing means for each of said array lines, communicating, via respective single-diaphragm air-jet relay, with said lower pressure source, via a first one of said air-jet resistors, with the atmosphere, and via a second one of said air-jet resistors, with said outlet of said delay line which is coupled to said higher pressure source; said control inlet of said single-diaphragm air-jet relay of a first one of said distortion-imposing means, communicating with said higher pressure source; said control inlet of each following one of said relays; coupled with said outlets of the preceding delay line and with the delay line of the last-mentioned relay.

Claim 13

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 3, comprising: auxiliary chambers having elastic walls and inlet ports; distortion-imposing means for the elastic walls of said auxiliary chambers; said array divided into n sections; an outlet duct of each of said array sections coupled with said inlet port of said auxiliary chamber unique for each of said outlet ducts and coupled with said distortion-imposing means.

Claim 14

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 4, comprising: distortion units; each of said distributing means comprising said distribution units.

Claim 15

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 11, wherein said delay line of said distributing means comprising: an air-jet resistor; an air-jet capacitor; first and second single-diaphragm air-jet relays with the loaded diaphragm; control inlets of said relays with the loaded diaphragm; said air-jet resistor, air-jet capacitor and first relay with the loaded diaphragm connected serially; said control inlet of said first relay with the loaded diaphragm, coupled with said lower pressure source; said air-jet capacitor communicating with the atmosphere via said second relay; said control inlet of said second relay of said first delay line, communicating with said higher pressure source; said control inlets of said relays of the following ones of said delay lines, coupled with the control inlets of the relays of said distributing means.

Claim 16

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 12, wherein said array sections are located in a single plane.

Claim 17

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 12, wherein said array sections are spaced by a distance k from one another, said distance being measured in a direction perpendicular to said plane accommodating said array sections.

Claim 18

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 13, comprising: a slide-type electromagnetically controlled distributing element; each of said distribution units constituting said slide-type distributing element.

Claim 19

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 13, comprising: said distribution units having inlets and outlets; said pressure source employing a gaseous or a liquid medium and having an outlet; said inlets of said distribution units joined together and coupled with said outlet of said pressure source, said outlet of each of said distribution units being coupled with its respective array line.

Claim 20

A pneumatically operated switch as claimed in claim 14, comprising: air-jet resistors; said slide-type distributing elements connected serially and having each inlets equal in number to 2 N and also having outlets equal in number to 2 N-1 , where N is the serial number of the given element; any of said slide-type distributing elements, except the last one, having its inlets coupled with the outlets of the following one of said elements, and having its outlets coupled with said inlets of the preceding one of said elements; said outlet of a first one of said distributing elements communicating with said discharge duct; said inlets of the last one of said distributing elements communicating with said control inlets of said single-diaphragm air-jet relays and with said pressure source via said air-jet resistors.