Thermostatic control for refrigeration systems

Claim 1

IN AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR CONDITIONING A SPACE AND HAVING A CLOSED REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT INCLUDING A REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR, A REFRIGERANT CONDENSER, MEANS FOR THROTTLING REFRIGERANT, AND A REFRIGERANT EVAPORATOR CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY IN SERIES, A PRIME MOVER OPERABLE IN TWO DISTINCT AND SEPARATE SPEED RANGES DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID COMPRESSOR, A TWO POSITION SPEED CONTROL MEANS FOR SELECTING THE SPEED RANGE FOR SAID PRINE MOVER, MEANS FOR OPERATING THE REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT AS A HEATING CYCLE AND AS A COOLING CYCLE, AND A TWO POSITION CYCLE SELECTOR MEANS FOR SELECTING THE CYCLE OF OPERATION OF SAID REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A THERMOSTATICALLY CONTROLLED SWITCH MEANS FOR INITIATING MOVEMENT OF SAID CYCLE SELECTOR MEANS TOWARD ITS HEATING CYCLE POSITION, SAID THERMOSTATICALLY CONTROLLED SWITCH MEANS ALSO INITIATING A CHANGE OF POSITION OF SAID SPEED CONTROL MEANS TO ITS HIGH SPEED RANGE POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE INITIATION OF THE MOVEMENT OF SAID CYCLE SELECTOR MEANS TOWARD ITS HEATING CYCLE POSITION.