Appeal No. 96-3944
Application 08/041,543
24 and 25 have been allowed by the examiner and the examiner has
indicated that claims 7 and 18 are also directed to allowable
subject matter.
The invention pertains to storage capacitor power
supplies for charging capacitor blocks. More particularly, a
charge limiting circuit is employed for detecting the voltage
across each capacitor and, when the detected voltage has reached
a reference value, cutting off the charging circuit.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A storage capacitor power supply adapted to store
electricity in a capacitor block consisting of a plurality of
capacitors connected to supply electric power to a load, said
power supply comprising:
the capacitor block connected with the load and
supplying electric power directly to the load;
a charging circuit for electrically charging the
capacitor block;
a charging power supply connected with the capacitor
block via the charging circuit; and
a charge-limiting circuit which detects the voltage
developed across each capacitor and limits charging of the
capacitor block if a detected voltage reaches a given reference
value, wherein said charge-limiting circuit has a switching means
connected in series with said charging circuit and cuts off the
charging circuit by sensing that the detected voltage has reached
the reference value.
The examiner relies on the following references:
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