Ventilator

Claim 1

A VENTILATOR ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED IN A VEHICLE BODY IN A POSITION TO RECEIVE INTAKE AIR THROUGH THE RAM EFFECT OF VEHICLE MOVEMENT, SAID VENTILATOR COMPRISING: A SHELL HAVING FRONT, REAR, TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS WITH THE FRONT AND REAR WALLS HAVING APERTURES THEREIN, SAID FRONT WALL APERTURE COMPRISING AN AIR INLET OPENING AND SAID REAR WALL APERTURE AN AIR OUTLET OPENING WHEN IN VEHICLE BODY MOUNTED POSITION OF SAID VENTILATOR; A WATER SEPARATION BAFFLE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS, SAID BAFFLE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED WITH THE APEX OF THE V IN JUXTAPOSITION TO SAID FRONT WALL AND SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY BISECTING SAID AIR INLET OPENING, EACH LEG OF SAID V-SHAPED BAFFLE EXTENDING AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO SAID FRONT WALL AND TERMINATING IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO A RESPECTIVE SIDE WALL OF SAID SHELL TO FORM AN AIR PASSAGEWAY AROUND THE TERMINAL END OF EACH LEG, THE EXTENT OF EACH LEG BEING SUCH THAT SAID BAFFLE PREVENTS STRAIGHT LINE AIR FLOW FROM SAID AIR INLET OPENING TO SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING, THE ABRUPT CHANGE OF DIRECTION RESULTING FROM THE IMPINGEMENT OF AN AIR STREAM ON SAID BAFFLE CAUSING AIR-WATER SEPARATION AND AIR FLOW DIVERSION TO SAID SIDE WALLS AND THE FURTHER CHANGE OF DIRECTION RESULTING FROM AIR FLOW AROUND SAID BAFFLE TO SAID AIR OUTLET PROVIDING FURTHER AIRWATER SEPARATION, AND A WATER OUTLET LOCATED IN SAID BOTTOM WALL WITHIN THE BIGHT OF SAID V-SHAPED BAFFLE PROVIDING FOR DRAINAGE OF WATER FROM SAID SHELL.