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Thermostat setback controller sub-base

  • US 4,587,403 A
  • Filed: 04/25/1983
  • Issued: 05/06/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A sub-base for use with a thermostat for an air conditioning system, said thermostat including a thermostat housing adapted to be mounted on structure such as an electrical conductor junction box, and a temperature responsive switch disposed in said thermostat housing, said thermostat housing being adapted to permit circulation of air therethrough and over sensing means for said temperature responsive switch, said sub-base comprising:

  • a member including a plate portion constructed so as to mounted between a thermostat housing and a structure and to provide for mounting said thermostat housing on said structure without modification of said thermostat housing or said structure, a sub-base housing portion projecting from said plate portion in proximity to said thermostat housing and directly below said thermostat housing, electrical heating element means in said sub-base housing portion, and means forming openings in said sub-base housing portion for conducting air through said sub-base housing portion and oversaid heating element means and then to said thermostat housing to give a false heat signal to a temperature responsive switch of the thermostat to setback the temperature at which an air conditioning system is operated by said thermostat.

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