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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward F Hart, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
William McDonough, El Toro, CA (US);
Assignee:
Homestead Products, Inc., Ramona, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082522 ; 3403 / ; 3403 / ; 98 4005 ;
Abstract
A control system for operating at least two electrical appliances, such as a combination ceiling fan and light assembly, from a remotely located multi-position manually operated switch assembly. The system responds to a series of different control signals actuated by the different switch positions to switch either one of the appliances on or off, to control the intensity of the light or the speed of the fan, or to initiate any one of a series of pre-programmed sequences of operations of the appliances.