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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1999
Charles G. Butts, Weaverville, NC (US);
Timothy R. Runion, Asheville, NC (US);
SPX Corporation, Muskegon, MI (US);
Abstract
A laboratory incubator (,) having an improved temperature control assembly (,) that more effectively maintains the temperature within the incubator in a desired range and more accurately controls the rate of heat loss from the laboratory incubators as ambient temperatures rise. The incubator includes a housing (,) having an enclosed incubation chamber (,) therein; a heater (,) positioned within the housing for heating the chamber; a cooling device (,) positioned within the housing for cooling the walls of the housing; and a controller (,) for controlling the operation of the heater and the cooling device to maintain a temperature in the chamber within a set temperature range. The cooling device includes an electrically operated peltier device operable to both cool the chamber and to assist the heater in heating the chamber.