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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. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodney B Jane, Westborough, MA (US);
John Longan, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Jui-Shang Wang, Taipei, TW;
Steven L Hecker, Waltham, MA (US);
Walter Birdsell, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Consumer Products, Inc., Southborough, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
392365 ; 392373 ; 392375 ; 219518 ; 340540 ;
Abstract
An appliance includes a housing defining an air inlet and an air outlet facing opposite to the air inlet, an inlet detector for detecting objects in an inlet zone projecting away from the inlet and an outlet detector for detecting objects in an outlet zone projecting away from the outlet. Also included is a control for deactivating the appliance in response to detection of objects in either of the inlet or outlet zones.