Air distribution fan and outside air damper recycling control

Claim 2

An outside air damper recycling control for an air conditioning system, comprising: an air conditioning system having a fan to distribute conditioned air in an interior space; a damper for connecting and disconnecting outside air to the interior space; and a recycle means dependent upon the operating time of the fan for controlling the damper.

Claim 3

The recycling control of claim 1, further comprising: means for controlling both the air conditioning system and the fan.

Claim 4

The recycling control of claim 2, further comprising: a second recycle means for operating the fan dependent on a preselected delay time from the deactivating of air conditioning modes.

Claim 5

The recycling control of claim 1, wherein the air conditioning system includes at least one of: a cooling means, a heating means, a humidifying means, a dehumidifying means, and an air cleaning means.

Claim 6

The recycling control of claim 1, wherein the air conditioning system includes: a central air conditioning system.

Claim 7

The recycling control of claim 1, wherein the air conditioning system is at least one of: a window unit and a wall unit.

Claim 8

The recycling control of claim 1, wherein the damper includes: a motorized control to open and close the damper.

Claim 11

The method of claim 8, further includes: selecting the open and close times of the damper.

Claim 12

The method of claim 7, wherein the air conditioning system includes at least one of: a cooling means, a heating means, a humidifying means, a dehumidifying means, and an air cleaning means.

Claim 13

The method of claim 7, wherein the air conditioning system is at least one of: a window unit and a wall unit.

Claim 14

A fan recycling control and an outside air damper recycling control for an air conditioning system, comprising: an air conditioning system having air conditioning apparatus including at least one of: a heating apparatus, a cooling apparatus, a humidifying apparatus, a dehumidifying apparatus, and an air cleaning apparatus for providing conditioned air; a fan to distribute conditioned air to an interior space; at least one of: a thermostat and humidistat for activating and deactivating said air conditioning apparatus and the fan; a fan recycling control means for periodically activating and deactivating only said fan in said air conditioning system in order to operate said fan for a first selectable time period a fan recycling control means for periodically activating and deactivating only said fan in said air conditioning system in order to operate said fan for a first selectable time period after a second selectable time period from the end of the last operation of said fan, wherein the last operation of said fan includes the last operation of said air conditioning system, or the last fan operation initiated by the fan recycling control; an outside air duct connecting outside of a building to said fan; an outside air damper in the outside air duct; and an outside air damper recycling control that opens the outside air damper each time the fan begins to operate, and for as long as said fan continued to operate, cycles, periodically closes and opens, the outside air damper based on selectable time periods since the outside air damper was last opened and closed, and closes the outside air damper at the end of each operation of said fan.

Claim 15

A fan recycling control and an outside air damper recycling control for an air conditioning system, comprising: an air conditioning system having air conditioning apparatus including at least one of: a heating apparatus, a cooling apparatus, a humidifying apparatus, a dehumidifying apparatus, and an air cleaning apparatus for providing conditioned air; a fan to distribute conditioned air to an interior space; at least one of: a thermostat and humidistat for activating and deactivating said air conditioning apparatus and the fan; a fan recycling control means for periodically activating and deactivating only said fan in said air conditioning system in order to operate said fan for a first selectable time period a fan recycling control means for periodically activating and deactivating only said fan in said air conditioning system in order to operate said fan for a first selectable time period after a second selectable time period from the end of the last operation of said fan, wherein the last operation of said fan includes the last operation of said air conditioning system, or the last fan operation initiated by the fan recycling control; an outside air duct connecting outside of a building to said fan; an outside air damper in the outside air duct; and an outside air damper recycling control that opens the outside air damper each time the fan begins to operate, and for as long as said fan continued to operate, cycles, periodically closes and opens, the outside air damper based on selectable time periods since the outside air damper was last opened and closed, and closes the outside air damper at the end of each operation of said fan.

Claim 16

The recycling controls of claim 12, wherein the air conditioning system includes: a central air conditioning system.

Claim 17

The recycling controls of claim 12, wherein the air conditioning system includes at least one of: a window unit and a wall unit.