Ventilation inventions 08/09

20090215375 - Fan assemblies, mechanical draft systems and methods: Fan assemblies, mechanical draft systems and methods are provided. In this regard, a representative mechanical draft system for use with multiple appliances includes: a chimney operative to direct combustion products from multiple appliances; a chimney fan operative to draw combustion products from the chimney; and a controller operative to adjust... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090215376 - Laboratory containment system: A laboratory bench-top fume hood comprises an enclosure containing a working chamber with a frontal opening for manual access and airflow into the chamber. A plenum behind the working chamber is connectable to an air extraction system. An apertured, curved baffle plate separates the working chamber from the plenum, and... Agent: Jeff Rothenberg Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.c.

20090215377 - Low pressure blow-off assemblies and related methods: A low pressure blow-off assembly provides converging airflow around a length of material moving through the assembly. The assembly generally includes a body having an interior wall and an exterior wall. The interior wall defines a bore extending through the body for receiving the material through the body, and the... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090215378 - Air-conditioning duct system: An outer tube part 8 and an inner tube part 6 which is disposed in an interior of the outer tube part 8 are provided in an air-conditioning duct system which is connected to an air flow path downstream side of a vehicle air-conditioning system, and a side branch type... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20090215379 - Vehicular air-conditioning system: A vehicular air-conditioning system shortened in the dimensions of the air-conditioning case in the vehicle front-rear direction and up-down direction dimensions, that is, a vehicular air-conditioning system in which first and second cool air bypass passages 15, 16 are formed making cool air from an evaporator 12 bypass a heater... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090215380 - Fan module for failure backup: A fan module for failure backup includes a flow guide structure and a first and a second fan disposed coaxially. The first and second fans are accommodated in the flow guide structure, and the flow guide structure has an air inlet and two vents respectively corresponding to the first and... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20090215381 - Air curtain system for a refrigerated case: A refrigerated display case, an air curtain system, and a method of providing an air curtain are provided. The air curtain is suitable for use with a refrigerated display case of the type having an open front, including those with a door selectively covering the open-front. The air curtain includes... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090215382 - Attic vent: A passive venting device for venting enclosures comprising a base member, an intermediate splash member including a diverter, and a top, dome-shaped member. In a preferred embodiment, the diverter may be molded as a single unit of manufacture with the base member. The venting device allows air and other gases... Agent: Jack A. Kanz

20090215383 - Apparatus for circulating air: Disclosed is an apparatus for circulating air. The apparatus comprises a hollow handle assembly having a proximal end and a distal end. The apparatus further includes an air circulation assembly pivotally secured to the proximal end of the hollow handle assembly. The air circulation assembly is capable of generating an... Agent: Jay M. Schloff Intellipex Pllc

20090215384 - Cooling device for the air conditioning of an examination area of a medical examination apparatus and medical examination apparatus comprising a cooling device: s

20090209188 - Device for removing wet paint overspray: The invention relates to a device for removing wet paint overspray from an outgoing air flow (120) containing over-spray particles. The device separates wet paint over-spray from an over-spray particle contained in an exhaust air stream (120). The overspray particles in the exhaust air stream (120) are formed during the... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20090209189 - Air-conditioning system for vehicles: The invention relates to an air-conditioning system comprising a temperature sensing valve. The aim of the invention is to improve air-conditioning systems such that the intermixing of different temperature air currents can be improved by means of an advantageous embodiment of the temperature sensing valve.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090209190 - Filter for air intake of an automobile: The air intake of a conventional automobile which is mounted in front of the windshield under the air intake cover at the rear of the hood is modified by the introduction into the duct of the air intake of a filtration pillow. The pillow is formed from a plurality of... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20090209191 - Air control device for heating and/or air-conditioning systems for vehicles: An air control device suitable for use in a heating and/or air-conditioning system comprises an air control member having a portion capable of selectively blocking the flow of air in an air passageway, a shaft member connected to the selective air blocking portion and having an axis about which the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090209192 - Drying apparatus and method of using the same: Exemplary mobile drying containers and related methods are provided. In one embodiment, the mobile drying container includes a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, a second end wall having a gate, an interior bottom, an upper volume and a lower volume separated by a ventilated... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20090209193 - Heating, ventilating and air conditioning (hvac) system for recreational vehicles: An HVAC unit for a recreational vehicle includes an enclosure having an ambient air inlet, an exterior outlet, a return air duct connection, and a conditioned air duct connection. An air conditioning system and a heating system are each located within the enclosure. The air conditioning system includes a compressor,... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090209194 - Automotive hvac alternative bleed path for a vehicle window defrost: A vehicle heating, ventilation and air conditioning system includes a plurality of ducts for providing conditioned air to an interior of a vehicle. The plurality of ducts includes a window defrost duct and a floor duct. The system includes a mixing chamber upstream of the window defrost and floor duct.... Agent: Automotive Components Holdings LLC C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090209195 - Air flow control mechanism and methods: The invention relates to a method and mechanism to control air flow through an air handling system. In one aspect, a flow control device for use in an air handling system is provided. The device includes a flow control member having segmented sliding gates, wherein the flow control member is... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090203305 - Duct anti-rotation attachment flange: An air duct assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The air duct assembly can include a U-shaped duct having a center portion with a first air duct and a second air duct extending therefrom. In addition, the center portion of the U-shaped duct can have a flange attached to... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090203306 - Handling facility and ventilation device: An arranging facility, a parking facility, a handling facility, and a ventilation device. A vehicle maintenance facility as the arranging facility comprises a vehicle maintenance booth as an arranging space and a forcible air supply/discharge mechanism. The vehicle maintenance booth is surrounded by side walls and a ceiling wall as... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090203307 - Touch adjustable register: The present invention is an air register utilizing gross motor movement to control air flow. The register has an outer frame with an inner grate body capable of moving relative to said outer frame, which then serves as the switch for the register. The inner grate body is capable of... Agent: Geoffrey E. Dobbin, Patent Attorney

20090203308 - Automatic roof ventilation system: A roof ventilation system operable based on environmental parameters is disclosed. The system includes a vent, a fan, a solar panel, a battery and a controller. The vent is positioned within a field of a roof, and includes a first opening configured to allow airflow between regions above and below... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090203305 - Duct anti-rotation attachment flange: An air duct assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The air duct assembly can include a U-shaped duct having a center portion with a first air duct and a second air duct extending therefrom. In addition, the center portion of the U-shaped duct can have a flange attached to... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090203306 - Handling facility and ventilation device: An arranging facility, a parking facility, a handling facility, and a ventilation device. A vehicle maintenance facility as the arranging facility comprises a vehicle maintenance booth as an arranging space and a forcible air supply/discharge mechanism. The vehicle maintenance booth is surrounded by side walls and a ceiling wall as... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090203307 - Touch adjustable register: The present invention is an air register utilizing gross motor movement to control air flow. The register has an outer frame with an inner grate body capable of moving relative to said outer frame, which then serves as the switch for the register. The inner grate body is capable of... Agent: Geoffrey E. Dobbin, Patent Attorney

20090203308 - Automatic roof ventilation system: A roof ventilation system operable based on environmental parameters is disclosed. The system includes a vent, a fan, a solar panel, a battery and a controller. The vent is positioned within a field of a roof, and includes a first opening configured to allow airflow between regions above and below... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090197516 - Hose management system for supplying conditioned air to an aircraft: A hose management system with a longitudinally collapsible duct-like air hose may supply conditioned air for heating and/or cooling an aircraft. The system has a temperature controlled container and a motorized remotely controlled drive with treads for feeding out hose to a length appropriate to hook up to a stationary... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090197517 - Assembling structure of temperature-adjusting door: The present invention relates to an assembling structure of a temperature-adjusting door in an air-conditioner for vehicles, in which setting pins are formed on a gear shaft and support members having pin holes are formed on a sliding door in such a way that the gear shaft and the sliding... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20090197518 - Mine barrier survival system: A barrier survival system that isolates a safe volume within a mine or other confined structure and provides breathable air to one or more survivors within the safe volume who are awaiting rescue by generating oxygen, removing one or more toxins, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide; and providing heat.... Agent: Battelle Memorial Institute

20090197519 - Radon vent fan system: A radon vent fan system includes an enclosure having an air inlet and an air outlet disposed in aligned relation to one another, and an assembly having a motor and an impeller associated therewith, the assembly retained in the enclosure. The enclosure provides a first condensate path between the air... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090197520 - Automated warehouse and method of supplying clean air to the automated warehouse: A position and a speed of a stacker crane, and a position and a speed of an elevation frame are inputted to a clean room controller to correct an amount of supplied clean air, and an amount of discharged air around the stacker crane.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090197521 - Thermally-actuated cartridge and fire damper: A thermally-actuated cartridge (21) has a center pin (24) which is arranged to protrude through the rear of a cartridge holder (23) when the cartridge assembly (21) is not set, so that it is apparent that the cartridge assembly (21) is not set. In a fire damper for an airflow... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090197522 - Thermally-actuated cartridge and fire damper: A thermally-actuated cartridge (21) has a center pin (24) which is arranged to protrude through the rear of a cartridge holder (23) when the cartridge assembly (21) is not set, so that it is apparent that the cartridge assembly (21) is not set. In a fire damper for an airflow... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP