Appeal No. 97-0391
Application 08/443,044
[paper no. 14].
The disclosed invention is a remote control device for an
appliance and it has a sensor capable of detecting an adverse
or hostile environmental condition adverse to the normal
operation or structural integrity of the remote control. Such
a condition would be detected by, for example, a temperature
sensor capable of detecting when the remote control has been
placed on the burner of a stove. The heat from the burner is
typically sufficient to damage the remote control so that it
cannot operate or is physically damaged. The sensor will
detect the adverse condition and the remote control will
provide a warning. The remote control can also turn off the
burner in response to the sensor to prevent damage to the
remote control.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An electronic control for use with a cooking
appliance, comprising:
a control unit adapted to be detached from and located
remote from a cooking appliance, said control unit having
sensor means for sensing an adverse predefined
environmental condition adverse to operation of said control
unit, and
2
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