Abstract: A valve in a mold as to provide a potential airflow pathway either way, the valving having at least a substantially closed condition from which it can be opened by a pressure differential in one direction that is below that which will cause it to open or fail to allow an airflow in the other direction.
Abstract: This invention relates to a telecommunication control switching device (1) and method for controlling the power supply to an electrical device (8) through a telecommunication network (3). A device (1) of the present invention is connected between the telecommunication line (3) and a piece of telecommunication equipment, such as a telephone, as well as being connected between a mains supply (6) and an electrical appliance (8). The device (1) provides a switched mains outlet, and monitor given conditions in the telecommunications lines (3)/telecommunication equipment. The device (1), therefore, enables the electrical appliance (8) to automatically be switched on or off when those given conditions such as a ringing signal or off-hook situation in a telephone set, occur.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 10, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2002
Assignee:
Teal Corporation Limited
Inventors:
Graham Macpherson Jones, Grant Arthur John Elliott, Alfred Nassenstein