Heat exchange – With timer – programmer – time delay – or condition responsive... – Having heating and cooling capability
Patent
1997-07-17
1999-08-31
Lazarus, Ira S.
Heat exchange
With timer, programmer, time delay, or condition responsive...
Having heating and cooling capability
165207, F24F 300
Patent
active
059440988
ABSTRACT:
A control assembly for a HVAC system serving a plurality of zones within a structure, having ducting including a damper situated in an outlet of the ducting leading to each zone, a biasing element biasing the damper in a normally open position, and a motor coupled to each damper for closing each damper. A standard manual or automatic change-over thermostat is situated in each of the zones which includes at least a heating signal output and a cooling signal output. The control assembly formed by a collection of diodes and relays includes a pair of relays having a set of normally open contacts coupled between the damper motors and a source of power, one of the pair of relays having a coil coupled to the heating signal outputs of all of the thermostats and another of the pair of relays having a coil coupled to the cooling signal outputs of all of the thermostats so that, upon initiation of a heating or cooling signal from any of the thermostats, power is applied to the motor coupled to each damper for closing each damper. The control assembly includes individual zone controls each of which are formed by a collection of diodes and relays including a first additional relay which has a set of normally closed contacts coupled between the damper motor in the zone and the source of power, and a coil coupled to the heating and cooling signal outputs of the thermostat in the zone so that the initiation of a heating or cooling signal by the zone thermostat opens the normally closed contacts of the first additional relay thus preventing power from being applied to the damper motor leading to the zone thereby permitting the damper to remain open under influence of the biasing element. A second additional relay has a set of normally closed contacts coupled between the cooling signal output of all the thermostats and a control unit controlling the application of power to the cooling unit, and a coil coupled to the heating signal output of all the thermostats so that initiation of a signal from a heating signal output of any of the thermostats prevents the application of power to the cooling unit thus achieving automatic change-over between heating and cooling.
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Chandler Lance
Lazarus Ira S.
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