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US3353473A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Linear air diffusers

Assignee: Owens Corning
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Filing: 1966-06-24
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Granted: 1967-11-21
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Expires: 1986-06-24
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Thomas M Oneson
  • 👤 Thomas W Journell
  • 👤 Jr Clifford D Smith

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 06:58
CPC Classifications
F; F24; F24F; F24F13/00; F24F13/02; F24F13/06; F24F13/072; F24F13/08; F24F13/10; F24F13/14; F24F13/1413; E; E04; E04B; E04B9/00; E04B9/02; E04B2009/026

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 268 words
AN ELONGATED AIR DIFFUSER, FOR CONNECTION TO A LONGITUDINAL SLOT WITHIN AN AIR CONDUIT TO PROVIDE EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF AIR FROM THE CONDUIT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE SLOT COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CHANNEL WITH SIDEWALLS DEFINING A LONGITUDINAL EXIT OPENING EXTENDING BETWEEN THE WALLS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF FOR THE EMISSION AND EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF AIR INTO AN ADJOINING ROOM, THE CHANNEL HAVING A WEBWORK CONNECTING THE WALLS TO EACH OTHER WITH A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS WITHIN THE WEBWORK FOR THE PASSAGE OF AIR FROM AN AIR CONDUIT THERETHROUGH; A PLURALITY OF VANES, EACH DEPENDING WITHIN THE SPACE PROVIDED BETWEEN THE SIDEWALLS ALONG A PORTION OF THE EDGE OF EACH OPENING WITHIN THE WEBWORK AND DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO THE FLOW OF AIR THROUGH THE AIR CONDUIT SO THAT AN AIR PASSAGE IS FORMED, BETWEEN EACH VANE CONNECTED TO THE EDGE PORTION OF EACH OPENING AND THAT CONNECTED TO THE EDGE PORTION OF AN ADJACENT OPENING; A LATTICEWORK OF VANES CONNECTED TO THE CHANNEL WITH EACH VANE OF THE LATTICEWORK CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPENDING VANES TO FORM A PASSAGE, THE SHORTEST DISTANCES THERETHROUGH BEING NO LESS THAN THE DISTANCES MEASURED ACROSS THE OPENING WITHIN THE WEB IN THE DIRECTION OF AIR FLOW THROUGH THE CONDUIT, SO THAT AIR FLOWING FROM THE CONDUIT INTO THE OPENINGS BETWEEN THE WEB WILL HAVE THE COMPONENT OF VELOCITY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE AIR FLOW THROUGH THE CONDUIT SUBSTANTIALLY REMOVED AND WILL GENERALLY FLOW EVENLY FROM ALL THE PASSAGES CREATED BETWEEN THE TANDEMLY ASSOCIATED VANES IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE DIRECTION OF THE PASSAGE CREATED BETWEEN THE VANES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 268 words
AN ELONGATED AIR DIFFUSER, FOR CONNECTION TO A LONGITUDINAL SLOT WITHIN AN AIR CONDUIT TO PROVIDE EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF AIR FROM THE CONDUIT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE SLOT COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CHANNEL WITH SIDEWALLS DEFINING A LONGITUDINAL EXIT OPENING EXTENDING BETWEEN THE WALLS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF FOR THE EMISSION AND EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF AIR INTO AN ADJOINING ROOM, THE CHANNEL HAVING A WEBWORK CONNECTING THE WALLS TO EACH OTHER WITH A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS WITHIN THE WEBWORK FOR THE PASSAGE OF AIR FROM AN AIR CONDUIT THERETHROUGH; A PLURALITY OF VANES, EACH DEPENDING WITHIN THE SPACE PROVIDED BETWEEN THE SIDEWALLS ALONG A PORTION OF THE EDGE OF EACH OPENING WITHIN THE WEBWORK AND DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO THE FLOW OF AIR THROUGH THE AIR CONDUIT SO THAT AN AIR PASSAGE IS FORMED, BETWEEN EACH VANE CONNECTED TO THE EDGE PORTION OF EACH OPENING AND THAT CONNECTED TO THE EDGE PORTION OF AN ADJACENT OPENING; A LATTICEWORK OF VANES CONNECTED TO THE CHANNEL WITH EACH VANE OF THE LATTICEWORK CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPENDING VANES TO FORM A PASSAGE, THE SHORTEST DISTANCES THERETHROUGH BEING NO LESS THAN THE DISTANCES MEASURED ACROSS THE OPENING WITHIN THE WEB IN THE DIRECTION OF AIR FLOW THROUGH THE CONDUIT, SO THAT AIR FLOWING FROM THE CONDUIT INTO THE OPENINGS BETWEEN THE WEB WILL HAVE THE COMPONENT OF VELOCITY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE AIR FLOW THROUGH THE CONDUIT SUBSTANTIALLY REMOVED AND WILL GENERALLY FLOW EVENLY FROM ALL THE PASSAGES CREATED BETWEEN THE TANDEMLY ASSOCIATED VANES IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE DIRECTION OF THE PASSAGE CREATED BETWEEN THE VANES.

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