1. A circuit breaker, comprising:
a breaker housing;
an electronics module:
a contact configured to tap a voltage at a primary; and
an adapter configured to reduce a tapped voltage of the primary line,
wherein the adapter is provided inside the breaker housing, and
wherein the adapter is positioned outside the electronics module.
2. The circuit breaker of claim 1, wherein the adapter includes a contact plate,
wherein the contact plate is connected to the primary line as a voltage tapping contact.
3. The circuit breaker of claim 2, wherein the contact plate, together with the primary line, can be fastened to the breaker housing by one or more fasteners.
4. The circuit breaker of claim 3, wherein the adapter can be fastened to the breaker housing exclusively by the contact plate.
5. The circuit breaker of claim 1, wherein the adapter is connected with the voltage tapping contact at the primary line through a trace.
6. The circuit breaker of claim 1, wherein the adapter includes a contact element,
wherein the voltage tapping contact at the primary line can be generated using the contact element.
7. The circuit breaker of claim 6, wherein the contact element includes a spring.
8. The circuit breaker of claim 1, wherein the adapter is positioned in a side wall of the breaker housing.
9. The circuit breaker of claim 8, wherein the adapter is positioned in the side wall of the breaker housing through which the primary line is routed into the breaker housing.
10. The circuit breaker of claim 1, comprising a plurality of primary lines,
wherein the plurality of primary lines are assigned a corresponding number of adapters in a multi-pole circuit breaker.
11. The circuit breaker of claim 10, wherein each adapter includes a separate adapter housing.
12. The circuit breaker of claim 10, comprising a common collective adapter housing,
wherein a plurality of adapters is placed in a common collective adapter housing outside the electronics module.
13. The circuit breaker of claim 6, wherein the adapter includes a circuit board,
wherein the contact element includes a spiral-shaped compression spring,
wherein the spiral-shaped compression spring is fastened and connected to the circuit board of the adapter, and
wherein the spiral-shaped compression spring is pre-loaded against a surface of the primary line so as to transmit a high voltage from the primary line to the adapter.
14. The circuit breaker of claim 6, wherein the adapter includes a circuit board,
wherein the contact element includes a spiral-shaped compression spring,
wherein the spiral-shaped compression spring is fastened and connected to the circuit board of the adapter, and
wherein the spiral-shaped compression spring is pre-loaded against a mounting screw of the primary line so as to transmit a high voltage from the primary line to the adapter.
15. The circuit breaker of claim 6, wherein the contact element includes a spring-load contact fastened and connected to a circuit board,
wherein one or more telescoping contact rods are pre-loaded by spring force against a surface of the primary line so as to transmit a high voltage from the primary line to the adapter.
16. The circuit breaker of claim 6, wherein the contact element includes a spring-load contact fastened and connected to a circuit board,
wherein one or more telescoping contact rods are pre-loaded by spring force against against a mounting screw of the primary line so as to transmit a high voltage from the primary line to the adapter.
17. The circuit breaker of claim 6, further comprising a slot,
wherein the primary line is inserted through the slot into a transducer,
a cushioned cam contact being provided at the slot so that permanent contact is established upon a sliding in of the primary line.
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. An apparatus for estimating the volume of toner consumption of an electrophotographic image forming device by receiving a video clock signal, video data, and a video window signal, and considering overlapping areas between adjacent printed bits, the apparatus comprising:
an effective video data generator adapted to receive video data and generate effective video data;
a first storing unit adapted to receive and temporarily store the effective video data; and
a toner consumption calculator adapted to receive the effective video data from the first storing unit and calculate the volume of toner consumption per bit.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a second storing unit adapted to accumulate and store the volume of toner consumption per bit calculated by the toner consumption calculator.
3. An apparatus for estimating the volume of toner consumption of an electrophotographic image forming device by receiving a video clock signal, video data, and a video window signal, and considering overlapping areas between adjacent bits, the apparatus comprising:
an effective video data generator adapted to receive video data and generate effective video data;
a first storing unit adapted to receive and temporarily store the effective video data; and
a toner consumption calculator adapted to receive the effective video data from the storing unit and calculate the volume of the consumption per bit;
wherein the effective video data generator generates the effective video data by detecting the state of the video data at a particular edge of the video clock signal, and the effective video data denotes data in an effective section of the video window signal.
4. An apparatus for estimating the volume of toner consumption of an electrophotographic image forming device by receiving a video clock signal, video data, and a video window signal, and considering overlapping areas between adjacent bits, the apparatus comprising:
an effective video data generator adapted to receive video data and generate effective video data;
a first storing unit adapted to receive and temporarily store the effective video data; and
a toner consumption calculator adapted to receive the effective video data from the first storing unit and calculate the volume of toner consumption bit;
wherein the toner consumption calculator calculates the volume of toner consumption per bit by sequentially receiving the effective video data by the bit and subtracting the volume of toner consumption corresponding to overlapping areas between adjacent bits from an average volume of toner consumption per bit.
5. A method of estimating the volume of toner consumption of an electrophotographic image forming device by receiving a video clock signal, video data, and a video window signal, and considering overlapping areas between adjacent printed bits, the method comprising:
receiving video data and generating effective video data; and
calculating the volume of toner consumption per bit in consideration of adjacent printed bits of the effective video data.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
accumulating and storing the volume of toner consumption per bit.
7. A method of estimating the volume of toner consumption of an
electrophotographic image forming device by receiving video clock signal, video data, and a video window signal, and considering overlapping areas between adjacent bits, the method comprising:
receiving video data and generating effective video data; and
calculating the volume of toner consumption per bit in consideration of adjacent bits of the effective video data;
wherein the step of receiving video data and generating effective video data comprises:
generating the effective video data by detecting the state of the video data at a particular edge of the video clock signal, wherein the effective video data denotes data in an effective section of the video window signal.
8. A method of estimating the volume of toner consumption of an
electrophotographic image forming device by receiving a video clock signal, video data, and a video window signal, and considering overlapping areas between adjacent bits, the method comprising:
receiving video data and generating effective video data; and
calculating the volume of toner consumption per bit in consideration of adjacent bits of the effective video data;
wherein the step of calculating the volume of toner consumption per bit in consideration of adjacent bits of the effective video data comprises:
receiving the effective video data by the bit; and
calculating the volume of toner consumption per bit by subtracting the volume of toner consumption corresponding to overlapping areas between a bit and its adjacent bits, from an average volume of toner consumption per bit.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the volume of toner consumption corresponding to overlapping areas between the adjacent bits is determined experimentally.