Abstract: A power control system for automatically and proportionately metering power to a heating device used to create a warm microenvironment conducive to the health and growth of an animal during a predetermined incubation period is herein disclosed. The power control system transmits proportionally more power to a heating device where an ambient room temperature measured outside of the microenvironment is nearer a predetermined lower limit, and proportionately less power when the ambient room temperature measured outside of the microenvironment is nearer a predetermined upper limit. A method of providing a heated microenvironment within a larger environment also is disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 27, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 14, 2009
Assignee:
Novonix Corporation
Inventors:
Mark H. Jaeger, Thomas K. Hiniker, Michael W. Lundgreen
Abstract: A power control device for automatically and proportionately metering power to a heating device used to create a warm microenvironment conducive to the health and growth of an animal during a predetermined incubation period is herein disclosed. The power control device transmits proportionally more power to a heating device where an ambient temperature measured outside of the microenvironment is nearer a predetermined lower limit, and proportionately less power when the ambient room temperature measured outside of the microenvironment is nearer a predetermined upper limit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2003
Date of Patent:
January 3, 2006
Assignee:
Novonix Corporation
Inventors:
Mark H. Jaeger, Thomas K. Hiniker, Michael W. Lundgreen