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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1988
Filed:
May. 07, 1984
Edward F Hart, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Casablanca Fan Company, Inc., City of Industry, CA (US);
Abstract
A remote control system for a combined ceiling fan and light fixture for use with existing AC current house wiring between a wall switch and a ceiling fixture including a wall control for electrical substitution of the wall switch and with the wall control including at least two separate control members for producing separate signals on the existing AC current house wiring representing a separate control for the speed of the fan and the light intensity of the light, a control unit mounted on and electrically interconnected with the combined ceiling fan and light fixture and with the control unit electrically connected to AC current house wiring at the ceiling fixture when the combined ceiling fan and light fixture is mounted on the ceiling fixture, the control unit detecting the separate signals on the existing AC current house wiring in accordance with the activation of the separate control members at the wall control, the control unit additionally including a fan speed control and a light intensity control each responsive to one of the detected separate signals to produce an individual control of the speed of the motor and the intensity of the light in accordance with the individual actuation of the separate control members at the wall control.