Electric timer for controlling power to a fan
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1. A wall mountable electric timer for switching power to a fan between an “
- on”
state and an “
off”
state, the wall mountable electric timer comprising;
a housing having a front, a back, and side walls extending between the front and the back, the housing configured to be mountable to a wall with the back situated toward the wall and the front facing away from the wall;
at least one memory for storing a time-based programmable fan schedule and one or more parameters;
a controller coupled to the at least one memory for controlling the switching of power to the fan between an “
on”
state and an “
off”
state in accordance with the time-based programmable fan schedule;
a user interface situated on the front of the housing and coupled to the controller, the user interface including a display, a first button and a second button; and
the controller is programmed such that a user can program the time-based programmable fan schedule and the one or more parameters by interacting with the first button and the second button, the controller is programmed to display one or more screens for setting the time-based programmable fan schedule and the one or more parameters by interacting with the first button and/or second button.
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Abstract
A fan controller that is capable of switching power to a fan between an “on” state and an “off” state in accordance with one or more programmable schedule. In some cases, fan controller may be programmed to display one or more screens for setting one or more parameters of the fan controller by interacting with a first button and/or a second button. In some cases, when the controller is in an operating mode, depressing a first button, second button, and/or a third button may temporarily override the programmable schedule and, in some cases, override the programmable schedule for a programmable period of time.
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22 Claims
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1. A wall mountable electric timer for switching power to a fan between an “
- on”
state and an “
off”
state, the wall mountable electric timer comprising;a housing having a front, a back, and side walls extending between the front and the back, the housing configured to be mountable to a wall with the back situated toward the wall and the front facing away from the wall; at least one memory for storing a time-based programmable fan schedule and one or more parameters; a controller coupled to the at least one memory for controlling the switching of power to the fan between an “
on”
state and an “
off”
state in accordance with the time-based programmable fan schedule;a user interface situated on the front of the housing and coupled to the controller, the user interface including a display, a first button and a second button; and the controller is programmed such that a user can program the time-based programmable fan schedule and the one or more parameters by interacting with the first button and the second button, the controller is programmed to display one or more screens for setting the time-based programmable fan schedule and the one or more parameters by interacting with the first button and/or second button. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A fan controller for switching power to a fan between an “
- on”
state and an “
off”
state, the fan controller comprising;a housing having a front, a back and side walls extending between the front and the back, the housing configured to be mountable to a wall with the back situated toward the wall and the front facing away from the wall; a controller for controlling the switching of power to the fan between an “
on”
state and an “
off”
state in accordance with a programmable fan schedule;a user interface situated on the front of the housing and coupled to the controller, the user interface including a display, a first button, a second button, and a third button; and the controller having an operating mode and a setup mode, wherein in the operating mode, depressing the first button causes the controller to switch power to the fan between the “
on”
state and the “
off”
state, and depressing the second button initiates a countdown mode that causes the controller to switch power to the fan to the “
on”
state for a programmable period of time and then switching the fan to the “
off”
state. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A bath fan controller for switching power to a bath fan between an “
- on”
state and an “
off”
state, the bath fan controller comprising;a housing having a front, a back, and side walls extending between the front and the back, the housing configured to be mountable to a wall with the back situated toward the wall and the front facing away from the wall; at least one memory for storing two or more programmable fan schedules and one or more parameters; a controller coupled to the at least one memory for controlling the switching of power to the fan between an “
on”
state and an “
off”
state in accordance with one of the two or more programmable fan schedules, a first programmable fan schedule including a cycled “
on”
state and “
off”
state, a second programmable fan schedule including a daily switch “
on”
time and a daily switch “
off”
time;a user interface situated on the front of the housing and coupled to the controller, the user interface including a display, a first button, a second button, and a third button; and the controller is programmed such that a user can set and/or modify one or more of the programmable fan schedules and the one or more parameters by interacting with the first button, the second button, and/or the third button. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A bathroom fan controller for switching power to a bathroom fan between an “
- on”
state and an “
off”
state, the bathroom fan controller comprising;a housing having a front, a back, and side walls extending between the front and the back, the housing configured to be mountable to a wall with the back situated toward the wall and the front facing away from the wall; and a controller, the controller for cycling the fan between the “
on”
state and the “
off”
state, wherein the time the fan is in the “
on”
state and/or in the “
off”
state being controlled by the controller based on one or more of a number of bedrooms parameter, a floor size parameter, and a fan flow capacity parameter.
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Current AssigneeAdemco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
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Original AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
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InventorsSimard, Pierre, Langevin, Patrick, Meilleur, Benoit, Boisvert, Dominic
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Primary Examiner(s)AMAYA, CARLOS DAVID
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Application NumberUS12/608,785Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,293 DaysField of Search307/140, 307/141, 200/33.RUS Class Current307/140CPC Class CodesG04C 23/347 some operations being overr...G04G 15/006 for operating at a number o...
