(19)
(11) EP 1 715 394 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.09.2009 Bulletin 2009/36

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.10.2006 Bulletin 2006/43

(21) Application number: 06252140.6

(22) Date of filing: 19.04.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G04G 15/00(2006.01)
G04C 23/28(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(30) Priority: 19.04.2005 GB 0507864

(71) Applicant: Pegler Limited
Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 8DF (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Bourne, Nicholas James
    Rawcliffe Goole DN14 8QR (GB)
  • Neale, Craig Daniel
    Castleton Hope Valley S33 8WR (GB)
  • King, Martin
    Sheffield, S3 9PP (GB)
  • Ridley, Mark
    Fulbourn, Cambridge CB1 5NZ (GB)
  • Hosking, Iam Michael
    Cherry HInton, Cambridge CB1 9JP (GB)

(74) Representative: Wilson Gunn 
5th Floor Blackfriars House The Parsonage
Manchester M3 2JA
Manchester M3 2JA (GB)

   


(54) Timing control unit


(57) A timing control unit 100 for a heating and hot water system comprises a rotatable knob 110 disposed within a ring of illuminable segments 120, Each segment in the ring 120 corresponds to a fifteen minute time interval during a day. A ring of numbers 130 is provided within the ring of segments 120 to indicate the hours of the day that the segments 120 correspond to. In order to set activation periods for the heating/hot water, a user selects a start time by rotating the knob 110 to the desired start of the activation period; pressing the knob 110 to select the desired start of the activation period; rotating the knob 110 to the desired end of the activation period, and pressing the knob to select the end of the desired activation period. Whilst setting the activation periods, the time interval segment currently selected by the knob is indicted by being illuminated intermittently.







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