Automatic temperature and humidity regulation – Thermostatic – With indicator or alarm
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-04
2001-03-27
Wayner, William (Department: 3744)
Automatic temperature and humidity regulation
Thermostatic
With indicator or alarm
C165S011100, C337S360000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06206295
ABSTRACT:
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
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REFERENCE TO A “MICROFICHE APPENDIX”
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The apparatus of the present invention relates to thermostats. More particularly, the present invention relates to a thermostat which is mountable on the wall and which includes a reduced temperature range which is easier to operate, saves the compressor and visually more appealing to the eye of the user.
2. General Background of the Invention
In current usage of thermostats, thermostats generally range between temperatures which for the most part are unrealistic. For example, a thermostat may range from a low of 50 up to a high of 90 on a thermostat setting. However, in the vast majority, if not all uses of the thermostat, the range is usually somewhere between 70 and 80 degrees in order to maintain comfort in the home or office. Therefore, when a person would drop the thermostat below 70 and leave it running and leave the home or office, then it may get to the point that the heating or air conditioning unit continues to operate and ice may collect on the evaporator. As this ice becomes thicker and thicker, liquid is being sent back to the compressor and burns the compressor out. Therefore, rather than have the thermostat read to very high or very low readings, which may create damage to the system, there is a need in the art for a thermostat that operates within a realistic and safe range of temperatures.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The apparatus of the present invention solves the problems in the art in a simple and straight forward manner. What is provided is a “designer” thermostat also known as the “comfort-stat” which is mountable on the wall or the like, having a first temperature range bar extending from a low point of 70 to a high point of 78, appearing in red, and a second temperature range bar extending from a high point of 78 to a low point of 70, appearing in blue. There would further be included a first heat/cool button, a second on/auto/fan button, so that for example, when the thermostat is set on cool, the movable indicator would move along the blue bar between 70 and 78 with a digital read out of the temperature of the room on the face of the comfort stat, and when the thermostat is set on heat, the movable indicator would be set on the read bar between 70 and 78 with a digital read out of the temperature of the room. There would further be provided a mounting means for mounting the comfort stat on the wall with a void space between the thermostat for housing of the control wires between the rear face of the thermostat and the wall.
Therefore, it is a principal object of the present invention to provide a designer thermostat which ranges only between the ranges of 70 ad 78 degrees fahrenheit for most users in home and office;
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a designer thermostat which has an easily readable temperature range bars for moving an indicator between 70 and 78 degrees so that the user can use it within the principal ranges needed;
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a designer thermostat which eliminates all the small increments of temperature ranges, and where the only number showing is a digital readout of the temperature at that particular time;
It is a principal object of the present invention to provide an improved thermostat which would prevent evaporator freeze-up by allowing only the range in the thermostat between 70 and 78 degrees;
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improved thermostat mountable on the wall which provides a storage space for excess gauge wires between the rear of the thermostat and the wall that it is mounted;
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a one-piece thermostat which is mountable on the wall which eliminates the separate sub bases, temperature control section, and allows a simple mounting on the wall by four screws in place.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4177860 (1979-12-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 4898230 (1990-02-01), Tsuchiyama et al.
patent: 5550524 (1996-08-01), Zimmerman
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