(19)
(11) EP 0 908 684 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.02.2002 Bulletin 2002/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/15

(21) Application number: 98118914.5

(22) Date of filing: 07.10.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F24F 11/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 08.10.1997 MY 9704718

(71) Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
Syracuse New York 13221 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Wong Yu-Chung, Felix Ambrose
    50480 Kuala Lumpur (MY)
  • McIntosh, Paul Jonathan
    Taman Desa 58100 Kuala Lumpur (MY)
  • Fong, Pik Kwan
    Mandarin Garden Singapore 1544 (SG)
  • Saubhayana, Pongrit
    Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 (TH)

(74) Representative: Wunderlich, Rainer, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwälte Weber & Heim Irmgardstrasse 3
81479 München
81479 München (DE)

   


(54) Remote control unit


(57) A remote control unit for use with an air conditioner has an LCD display (16) offering a choice of control functions and a master control button (14) for selecting and setting a desired function. A night light is incorporated in the display (16) and operates each time the control button (14) is pressed, but only between predetermined on and off times set by the internal clock of the unit. In another aspect of the invention, the characteristic sound of an acknowledgement signal, emitted by the air conditioner on receipt of a remote command, is dependent on the function being controlled.






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