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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:
Jul. 27, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W Ratz, Bloomington, MN (US);
Robert J Schnell, Plymouth, MN (US);
Daniel T Uhrich, Mayer, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
236 / ; 165 12 ;
Abstract
A thermostat having a temporary 'now' and 'next' functions. The temporary 'next' function allows the user to program a temporary deviation from a preprogrammed schedule used to control the temperature within a space. The combination temporary 'now' and 'next' function allows a user to temporarily set a current setpoint which will be held until a temporary next setpoint becomes the control setpoint, after which the thermostat returns to the preprogrammed setpoints.