Patent ID: 9261283
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: F24D,F24F,F24H,G05D

Claim Text:
1. An electric heating and cooling device adapted to supplement a furnace or cooling unit having an air duct extending therefrom for transferring air from the furnace or cooling unit to a room, said heating and cooling device comprising: a housing defining a fluid passageway in fluid communication with the air duct so that air discharged from said housing originates from the air duct; a heater positioned in said fluid passageway of said housing and configured to selectively heat air received from the air duct; a fan coupled to said housing and configured to selectively propel air through the air duct; a control in communication with said heater and said fan, and configured to communicate with a thermostat for detecting a temperature in the room to be heated or cooled, and for selecting at least a desired lower threshold temperature in the room, wherein said control is configured to activate and deactivate said heater and said fan based on an input from the thermostat; wherein said control automatically activates at least one of said heater and said fan when the temperature detected in the room is lower than a desired lower threshold temperature; and wherein said control is configured to activate said fan, without activating said heater, in response to said control receiving a fan-activation signal from the thermostat, whereby the device is operable to supplement a cooling unit connected to the air duct by activating said fan to draw air from the cooling unit through the air duct.