Patent ID: 7975494
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. An air conditioning apparatus including a cabinet, a motor driven blower disposed in said cabinet, at least one heat exchanger disposed in said cabinet for one of heating and cooling air flowing through said cabinet to an enclosed space, a thermostat including a temperature sensor adapted to be disposed in said enclosed space and means for communicating signals from said thermostat to a control system for said apparatus, said control system including a processor, the apparatus further comprising: a user interface disposed in said cabinet to be substantially inaccessible from the outside of said cabinet during normal operation of said apparatus, wherein said interface is positioned in a space within said cabinet associated with an air input of the blower, wherein accessing said interface causes an alteration of a flow path associated with said blower, said interface being operably connected to said control system for communicating a plurality of parameters associated with said apparatus, and said interface comprising a visual display configured to selectively display selected ones of said parameters and plural keys selectively operable to control selected ones of said parameters.