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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
William Levy, Hopedale, MA (US);
Robert A. Sherwood, El Paso, TX (US);
John C. Polonchak, El Paso, TX (US);
The Holmes Group, Inc., Milford, MA (US);
Abstract
A heater, humidifier or fan has a control circuit including a microcontroller having an algorithm for controlling power to the appliance. The power to the appliance is varied in accordance with a target temperature/humidity signal and an actual temperature/humidity signal. Preferably, a sensor electrically connected to a clock oscillator input of the microcontroller is used to vary the clock oscillator frequency in response to changes in ambient temperature/humidity. The frequency of the clock oscillator varies in response to changes in temperature/humidity and the microcontroller in response to the frequency of the clock oscillator variably controls the power to the appliance.