Combined structural and air conditioning system for buildings

Claim 1

IN A BUILDING, A COMBINED STRUCTURAL AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR HANDLING LARGE VOLUMES OF AIR COMPRISING SPACED APART HORIZONTAL SUPPORTS, A PLURALITY OF STRUCTURAL CELLS EXTENDING IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION ACROSS SAID SUPPORTS, EACH SAID CELL HAVING A LENGTH MANY TIMES ITS WIDTH AND HEIGHT, AT LEAST SOME OF SAID STRUCTURAL CELLS DEFINING LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING AIR CONDUITS, AN INSULATING MATERIAL OVER SAID STRUCTURAL CELLS, EACH SAID STRUCTURAL CELL HAVING A BOTTOM DIFFUSER MEMBER WITH OPENINGS THERETHROUGH, EACH SAID STRUCTURAL CELL WHICH DEFINES AN AIR CONDUIT HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE METERING EXTENDING ALONG SUSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH THEREOF, SAID INTERMEDIATE MEMBER DIVIDING SAID CELL INTO A MAIN CHAMBER AND A SECONDARY CHAMBER ADJACENT SAID DIFFUSER MEMBER, EACH SAID METERING MEMBER HAVING PORTIONS THEREOF SPACED FROM THE DIFFUSER MEMBER AND HAVING OPENINGS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, SAID OPENINGS IN EACH SAID METERING MEMBER BEING POSITIONED SUCH THAT THE AXIS THEREOF IS AT AN ANGLE TO THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF AIR THROUGH SAID CONDUITS, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AIR TO EACH SAID CONDUIT HAVING A METERING MEMBER ABOVE SAID DIFFUSER MEMBER, AT LEAST SOME OF SAID OPENINGS IN SAID METERING MEMBER HAVING THEIR AXES EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION SUCH THAT THE AIR IS DIRECTED THROUGH THE METERING MEMBER AT AN ANGLE OTHER THAN PERPENDICULAR WITH RESPECT TO THE GENERAL PLASNE OF SAID DIFFUSER MEMBER, THE AGGREGATE AREA OF THE OPENINGS IN SAID METERING MEMBER BEING LESS THAN THE AGGREGATE AREA OF THE OPENINGS IN SAID DIFFUSER MEMBER SUCH THAT A SUBSTANTIAL STATIC PRESSURE IS CREATED IN EACHH SAID AIR CONDUIT AND THE RATIO OF THE VELOCITY PRESSURE IN THE OPENINGS IN SAID METERING MEMBER TO THE STATIC PRESSURE IN SAID AIR CONDUIT IS RELATIVELY HIGH, EACH SAID STRUCTURAL CELL DEFINING AN AIR CONDUIT INCLUDING A BAFFLE WALL PORTION AGAINST WHICH THE AIR PASSING THROUGH THE METERING MEMBER IS DIRECTED.