The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Richard B Porter, Bloomington, MN (US);
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A thermostat for controlling an air conditioning system has a selectable cycling rate. A manually variable resistor element is connected in parallel with the thermostat's standard anticipator resistor. In a preferred embodiment, the manually variable resistor element comprises a series circuit formed from a manually operable switch in series connection with a cycling modifier anticipator resistor is connected across the power terminals of the thermostat. By closing the switch, additional heat is supplied to the thermostat's temperature sensing element during the times when the thermostat is not providing power to the air conditioning system. The additional heat causes the thermostat to cycle the air conditioning unit more rapidly.