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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Masanori Agekura, Shimizu, JP;
Mitsugu Aoyama, Shimizu, JP;
Kenji Takagi, Shimizu, JP;
Ken Kaneko, Shimizu, JP;
Akira Mishima, Shimizu, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heat source apparatus of the ice storage type for performing a cold storage operation and an air-conditioning operation utilizing the stored cold, includes a heat source unit, a cold storage tank connected to the heat source unit, a water level sensor for measuring the stored cold amount by detecting the water level in the cold storage tank, and an operation panel having a menu screen for setting the starting and ending time of the cold storage operation and the air-conditioning operation, wherein the setting of the starting and ending time of the air-conditioning operation can be canceled and a predetermined stored cold amount can be set on the operation panel.