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Remote control for combined ceiling fan and light fixture

  • US 4,719,446 A
  • Filed: 05/07/1984
  • Issued: 01/12/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A remote control system for a combined ceiling fan and light fixture for use with existing AC current house wiring between a wall switch and a ceiling fixture includinga wall control for electrical substitution of the wall switch in series with the AC current house wiring and with the wall control including at least two separate control members for producing separate signals at a particular area of the AC wave on the existing AC current house wiring representing a separate control for the speed of the fan and the light intensity of the light,a control unit mounted on and electrically interconnected with the combined ceiling fan and light fixture and with the control unit electrically connected in series with the AC current house wiring at the ceiling fixture when the combined ceiling fan and light fixture is mounted on the ceiling fixture,the control unit including means for detecting the separate signals on the existing AC current house wiring in accordance with the actuation of the separate control members at the wall control, andthe control unit additionally including fan speed control means and light intensity control means each responsive to one of the detected separate signals to produce an individual control of the speed of the motor to a number of different speeds other than zero and the intensity of the light to a number of different light intensities other than zero in accordance with the individual actuation of the separate control members at the wall control.

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