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Adjustable electronic temperature control, especially for refrigerators or the like

US4314666A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 26, 1979
Grant dateFeb 9, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 26, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D23/24
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Adjustable electronic temperature control, having a bridge circuit with arms and at least one diagonal connected between points of the bridge, a thermistor for sensing temperature connected in one of the arms, a control circuit to be activated by the temperature control, a circuit for activating an indicating and safety device, at least two amplifiers for switching the control circuit and indicating and safety circuit on and off, means connected in the at least one diagonal for supplying a control voltage to the amplifiers, a plurality of resistors connectible in parallel in another arm for setting a setpoint temperature in the temperature control, the resistors having values increasing in a binary code, and at least one coding switch for selectively connecting the resistors in parallel in accordance with given temperature steps.

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