1. An outdoors umbrella, comprising:
a supporting frame which comprises:
a supporting stem; and
a parasol frame, which is supported by said supporting stem, comprising a plurality of elongated awning ribs radially extended in a pivotally movable manner and a shading awning substantially supported by said awning ribs to define a shadowing area thereunder; and
a lighting arrangement comprising a plurality of illumination holders provided along said awning ribs respectively, a power supply system mounted on said supporting frame, and a chain illuminating system, which is electrically connected to said power supply system, comprising a plurality of chain lighting units alignedly held by said illumination holders along said awning ribs for illuminating said shadowing area, wherein each of said illumination holders has an elongated receiving groove provided on a bottom side of said respective awning rib to alignedly receive said chain lighting units, wherein said lighting arrangement further has an electric channel provided on a top side of each of said awning rib to communicate with said respective receiving groove through an interior of said respective awning rib, and a light holder slidably inserted into said respective electric channel, wherein said chain lighting units are spacedly mounted to said light holder such that said light holder is adapted to hold said chain lighting units in position along said respective awning rib and to enclose said respective electric channel to protect said chain lighting units within said receiving groove.
2. An outdoors umbrella, comprising:
a supporting frame which comprises:
a supporting stem; and
a parasol frame, which is supported by said supporting stem, comprising a plurality of elongated awning ribs radially extended in a pivotally movable manner and a shading awning substantially supported by said awning ribs to define a shadowing area thereunder; and
a lighting arrangement comprising a plurality of illumination holders provided along said awning ribs respectively, a power supply system mounted on said supporting frame, and a chain illuminating system, which is electrically connected to said power supply system, comprising a plurality of chain lighting units alignedly held by said illumination holders along said awning ribs for illuminating said shadowing area, wherein each of said chain lighting units along said respective awning rib is electrically extended in a series connection, wherein each of said illumination holders has an elongated receiving groove provided on a bottom side of said respective awning rib to alignedly receive said chain lighting units, wherein said lighting arrangement further has an electric channel provided on a top side of each of said awning rib to communicate with said respective receiving groove through an interior of said respective awning rib, and a light holder slidably inserted into said respective electric channel, wherein said chain lighting units are spacedly mounted to said light holder such that said light holder is adapted to hold said chain lighting units in position along said respective awning rib and to enclose said respective electric channel to protect said chain lighting units within said receiving groove.
3. The outdoors umbrella, as recited in claim 2, wherein said power supply system comprises a solar energy collector, which is attached on top of said supporting stem and electrically connected to said chain illuminating system, is arranged for collecting solar energy as a power source to said chain illuminating system.
4. An outdoors umbrella, comprising:
a supporting frame which comprises:
a supporting stem; and
a parasol frame, which is supported by said supporting stem, comprising a plurality of elongated awning ribs radially extended in a pivotally movable manner and a shading awning substantially supported by said awning ribs to define a shadowing area thereunder; and
a lighting arrangement comprising a plurality of illumination holders provided along said awning ribs respectively, a power supply system mounted on said supporting frame, and a chain illuminating system, which is electrically connected to said power supply system, comprising a plurality of chain lighting units alignedly held by said illumination holders along said awning ribs for illuminating said shadowing area, wherein each of said chain lighting units along said respective awning rib is electrically extended in a series connection, wherein each of said illumination holders has an elongated receiving groove provided on a bottom side of said respective awning rib to alignedly receive said chain lighting units, wherein said power supply system comprises a solar energy collector, which is attached on top of said supporting stem and electrically connected to said chain illuminating system, is arranged for collecting solar energy as a power source to said chain illuminating system.
5. An outdoors umbrella, comprising:
a supporting frame which comprises:
a supporting stem; and
a parasol frame, which is supported by said supporting stem, comprising a plurality of elongated awning ribs radially extended in a pivotally movable manner and a shading awning substantially supported by said awning ribs to define a shadowing area thereunder; and
a lighting arrangement, which comprises:
a plurality of illumination holders provided along said awning ribs respectively, a power supply system mounted on said supporting frame, and a chain illuminating system, which is electrically connected to said power supply system, comprising a plurality of chain lighting units alignedly held by said illumination holders along said awning ribs for illuminating said shadowing area; and
an elongated light holder to spacedly mounted said chain lighting units in position, wherein each of said illumination holders comprises an adhesive element provided on a bottom side of said respective awning rib to attach on said light holder so as to support said chain lighting units along said awning ribs respectively.
6. An outdoors umbrella, comprising:
a supporting frame which comprises:
a supporting stem; and
a parasol frame, which is supported by said supporting stem, comprising a plurality of elongated awning ribs radially extended in a pivotally movable manner and a shading awning substantially supported by said awning ribs to define a shadowing area thereunder; and
a lighting arrangement, which comprises:
a plurality of illumination holders provided along said awning ribs respectively, a power supply system mounted on said supporting frame, and a chain illuminating system, which is electrically connected to said power supply system, comprising a plurality of chain lighting units alignedly held by said illumination holders along said awning ribs for illuminating said shadowing area, wherein each of said chain lighting units along said respective awning rib is electrically extended in a series connection; and
an elongated light holder to spacedly mounted said chain lighting units in position, wherein each of said illumination holders comprises an adhesive element provided on a bottom side of said respective awning rib to attach on said light holder so as to support said chain lighting units along said awning ribs respectively.
7. The outdoors umbrella, as recited in claim 6, wherein said power supply system comprises a solar energy collector, which is attached on top of said supporting stem and electrically connected to said chain illuminating system, is arranged for collecting solar energy as a power source to said chain illuminating system.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A branch circuit monitor including a current transformer, said branch circuit monitor comprising:
(a) a memory storing a manufacturer’s identity for each of a plurality of transformers and a plurality of correction factors, each correction factor useful for adjusting an output of at least one current transformer for a transformer induced error, said plurality of correction factors enabling adjustment of a respective output of each of said plurality of current transformers having an identity stored in said memory; and
(b) a data processing unit executing an instruction enabling selection of one of said plurality of current transformers having an identity stored in said memory by specifying one of said manufacturer’s identities stored in said memory and executing a second instruction applying at least one stored correction factor appropriate for said selected current transformer to an output of said current transformer included in said branch circuit monitor;
(c) said data processing unit receiving an additional identity and storing said additional identity in said memory for an additional current transformer not included within any of said plurality of current transformers, and said data processing unit executing said instruction enabling selection of said additional identity for said additional current transformer stored in said memory by specifying one of said manufacturer’s identities stored in said memory and executing another instruction applying at least one stored correction factor appropriate for said additional transformer to an output of said additional transformer included in said branch circuit monitor.
2. The branch circuit monitor of claim 1 wherein said correction factor adjusts a current transformer output for a phase error.
3. The branch circuit monitor of claim 1 wherein said correction factor adjusts a current transformer output for a ratio error.
4. The branch circuit monitor of claim 1 wherein execution of said instruction enabling selection of one of said plurality of current transformers enables selection of a size of said selected current transformer.
5. The branch circuit monitor of claim 1 wherein execution of said instruction enabling selection of one of said plurality of current transformers enables selection of a construction of a core of said selected current transformer.
6. The branch circuit monitor of claim 1 wherein execution of said instruction enabling selection of one of said plurality of current transformers enables identification of said selected current transformer by selecting a model number of said selected current transformer.
7. A method of calibrating a branch circuit monitor including a current transformer, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) storing an identity of a manufacturer of each of a plurality of current transformers in a memory of said branch circuit monitor;
(b) storing a plurality of correction factors in said memory, each correction factor useful for adjusting an output of at least one current transformer for a transformer induced error, adjustment of an output of each of said plurality of current transformers having an identity stored in said memory enabled by at least one of said plurality of stored correction factors;
(c) executing a data processing instruction enabling selection of one of said plurality of current transformers having a stored identity by specifying said identity of said manufacturer of said current transformer; and
(d) executing another data processing instruction applying at least one stored correction factor appropriate for said selected current transformer to an output of said current transformer included in said branch circuit monitor;
(e) receiving an additional identity and storing said additional identity in said memory for an additional current transformer not included within any of said plurality of current transformers;
(f) executing said data processing instruction enabling selection of said additional identity for said additional current transformer stored in said memory by specifying one of said manufacturer’s identities stored in said memory;
(g) executing another instruction applying at least one stored correction factor appropriate for said additional transformer to an output of said additional transformer included in said branch circuit monitor.
8. The method of calibrating a branch circuit monitor of claim 7 wherein at least one correction factor adjusts a current transformer output for a phase error.
9. The method of calibrating a branch circuit monitor of claim 7 wherein at least one correction factor adjusts a current transformer output for a ratio error.
10. The method of calibrating a branch circuit monitor of claim 7 wherein the step of executing said data processing instruction enabling selection of one of said plurality of current transformers having a stored identity enables selection of a size of said selected current transformer.
11. The method of calibrating a branch circuit monitor of claim 7 wherein the step of executing said instruction enabling selection of one of said plurality of current transformers having a stored identity enables selection of a construction of a core of said selected current transformer.
12. The method of calibrating a branch circuit monitor of claim 7 wherein the step of executing said data processing instruction enabling selection of one of said plurality of current transformers having a stored identity enables identification of said selected current transformer by selecting a model number of said selected current transformer.