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EP 0260164 B1 19920129 - POWER PROGRAMMER FOR A NETWORK OF LIGHTING LAMPS

Title (en)

POWER PROGRAMMER FOR A NETWORK OF LIGHTING LAMPS

Publication

EP 0260164 B1 19920129 (FR)

Application

EP 87401763 A 19870728

Priority

FR 8611232 A 19860801

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0260164A1] The present invention relates to the field of public or workshop lighting. In particular it relates to a device whose function is to vary the power of a network of electric lamps as a function of control parameters such as the time or the exterior luminosity and to provide the said network with maximum power at the instant when the network is turned on, so as to enable the lamps to reach their operating regime regardless of the values of the control parameter. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

H05B 39/04

IPC 8 full level

H05B 39/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H05B 39/04 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE ES GB GR IT LU NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2602391 A1 19880205; FR 2602391 B1 19900420; DE 3776470 D1 19920312; EP 0260164 A1 19880316; EP 0260164 B1 19920129; ES 2028892 T3 19920716

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 8611232 A 19860801; DE 3776470 T 19870728; EP 87401763 A 19870728; ES 87401763 T 19870728