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Air conditioning apparatus

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1989-12-14
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Granted: 1991-03-05
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Expires: 2009-12-14
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Abstract

Abstract An air conditioning apparatus of a VAV system has a main controller which comprises an operation mode changing means, a temperature schedule inputting means for inputting data for warming or cooling each of the rooms in accordance with a program, and a room controller having a set room temperature changing means for changing a set room temperature for each of the rooms. The program can be easily changed by operating the controllers so as to meet the life pattern of a resident. The air conditioning apparatus provides advantages of saving energy and comfortableness.

Inventors

  • 👤 Nobuo Otsuka
  • 👤 Peter F. Thompson
  • 👤 Toyohiro Kobayashi
  • 👤 Yasuo Sato

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 17:45
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05D; G05D23/00; G05D23/19; G05D23/1902; G05D23/1904; F; F24; F24F; F24F11/00; F24F11/70; F24F11/72; F24F11/74; F24F11/755; F24F3/00; F24F3/044

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 310 words
An air conditioning apparatus comprising: means for producing temperature controlled air including a heat source device and a heat exchanger device connected to said heat source; means for delivering said temperature controlled air to each of a plurality of rooms, said means for delivering including an air-blower placed in the vicinity of said heat exchanger and air-duct system containing said heat exchanger and said air-blower wherein said air-duct system distributes said air from said heat exchanger to said plurality of rooms; a plurality of air quantity adjusting dampers each of which is associated with a respective one of said rooms in order to regulate the air quantity fed to each of said rooms; a controlling apparatus for controlling said dampers, said heating source device and said air-blower; a main controller connected to said controlling apparatus; a room controller provided in each of said rooms including a room temperature detector which is connected to said controlling apparatus, wherein: said main controller is further provided with an operation mode changing means for changing operation modes including a holiday mode wherein said operation mode changing means provides a set back value for a daytime zone which is a zero setback value when a signal indicative of said holiday mode is input to said operation mode changing means during a predetermined portion of a 24 hour period to create a holiday mode and wherein said holiday mode is automatically reset at the end of said 24 hour period, said main controller further including a temperature schedule inputting means for controlling the temperature of each of said rooms independently of each other in accordance with a program and a timer means for determining the time and day of the week; and wherein said room controller is provided with a set room temperature changing means for changing a set room temperature of only its associated room.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 310 words
An air conditioning apparatus comprising: means for producing temperature controlled air including a heat source device and a heat exchanger device connected to said heat source; means for delivering said temperature controlled air to each of a plurality of rooms, said means for delivering including an air-blower placed in the vicinity of said heat exchanger and air-duct system containing said heat exchanger and said air-blower wherein said air-duct system distributes said air from said heat exchanger to said plurality of rooms; a plurality of air quantity adjusting dampers each of which is associated with a respective one of said rooms in order to regulate the air quantity fed to each of said rooms; a controlling apparatus for controlling said dampers, said heating source device and said air-blower; a main controller connected to said controlling apparatus; a room controller provided in each of said rooms including a room temperature detector which is connected to said controlling apparatus, wherein: said main controller is further provided with an operation mode changing means for changing operation modes including a holiday mode wherein said operation mode changing means provides a set back value for a daytime zone which is a zero setback value when a signal indicative of said holiday mode is input to said operation mode changing means during a predetermined portion of a 24 hour period to create a holiday mode and wherein said holiday mode is automatically reset at the end of said 24 hour period, said main controller further including a temperature schedule inputting means for controlling the temperature of each of said rooms independently of each other in accordance with a program and a timer means for determining the time and day of the week; and wherein said room controller is provided with a set room temperature changing means for changing a set room temperature of only its associated room.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
The air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said timer means automatically corrects a set back value for a daytime zone to be zero during weekend days.

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