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Thermostat with adaptive operating cycle

  • US 4,356,962 A
  • Filed: 11/14/1980
  • Issued: 11/02/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a thermostat operative to be connected to a temperature modifying apparatus to control the operative state of the apparatus and including means for generating an electrical signal representative of a desired temperature set-point and means for generating an electrical signal representative of the ambient temperature at the thermostat, the improvement comprising:

  • means for generating control signals for the temperature modifying apparatus operative to control it into a state which causes the ambient temperature to move toward the set point and means for adaptively modifying the time of termination of each said control signals as a function of the change in ambient temperature produced the previous time the temperature modifying apparatus was controlled to said state.

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