Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
237 words
A CASE COMPRISING A CASING PROVIDING AN ELONGATE ENCLOSURE FOR CONTAINING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SAID CASING BEING OF RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION TO HAVE FOUR ELONGATE EXTERNAL SIDEWALLS, ONE OF SAID SIDE-WALLS BEING APERTURED TO FACILITATE AIR FLOW INTO THE CASING, AN ELONGATE VENTILATOR UNIT FOR COMMUNICATING AIR TO THE ENCLOSURE FROM THE AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE, SAID VENTILATOR UNIT BEING OF RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION TO HAVE FOUR ELONGATE EXTERNAL SIDE-WALLS, AND MEANS CLAMPING THE VENTILATOR UNIT AND CASING TO ONE ANOTHER WITH ONE OF SAID SIDE-WALLS OF THE VENTILATOR UNIT IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID APERTURED SIDE-WALL OF THE CASING, THE SAID VENTILATOR UNIT COMPRISING INLET-DUCT MEANS FOR DUCTING AIR FROM SAID AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE, A BODY OF DESALINATING MATERIAL FOR RECEIVING AIR FROM THE INLET-DUCT MEANS TO REMOVE SALT THEREFROM, MEANS RETAINING SAID BODY IN SAID INLET-DUCT MEANS, OUTLET-DUCT MEANS FOR COMMUNICATING DESALINATED AIR FROM THE SAID BODY INTO THE CASING, SAID OUT-DUCT MEANS INCLUDING AN APERTURE THROUGH SAID ONE SIDE-WALL OF THE VENTILATOR UNIT TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION OF AIR INTO SAID CASING THROUGH THE SAID APERTURED SIDEWALL OF THE CASING, AND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID OUTLET-DUCT MEANS FOR REMOVING WATER FROM SAID AIR COMMUNICATED INTO THE CASING, SAID MEANS COUPLED TO SAID OUTLET-DUCT MEANS COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING A CAVITY OPENING INTO SAID OUTLETDUCT MEANS, SAID CAVITY BEING SPACED FROM SAID BODY OF DESALINATING MATERIAL, AND A BODY OF DESICCANT MATERIAL RETAINED IN SAID CAVITY FOR ABSORBING MOISTURE FROM THE DESALINATED AIR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
237 words
A CASE COMPRISING A CASING PROVIDING AN ELONGATE ENCLOSURE FOR CONTAINING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SAID CASING BEING OF RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION TO HAVE FOUR ELONGATE EXTERNAL SIDEWALLS, ONE OF SAID SIDE-WALLS BEING APERTURED TO FACILITATE AIR FLOW INTO THE CASING, AN ELONGATE VENTILATOR UNIT FOR COMMUNICATING AIR TO THE ENCLOSURE FROM THE AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE, SAID VENTILATOR UNIT BEING OF RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION TO HAVE FOUR ELONGATE EXTERNAL SIDE-WALLS, AND MEANS CLAMPING THE VENTILATOR UNIT AND CASING TO ONE ANOTHER WITH ONE OF SAID SIDE-WALLS OF THE VENTILATOR UNIT IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID APERTURED SIDE-WALL OF THE CASING, THE SAID VENTILATOR UNIT COMPRISING INLET-DUCT MEANS FOR DUCTING AIR FROM SAID AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE, A BODY OF DESALINATING MATERIAL FOR RECEIVING AIR FROM THE INLET-DUCT MEANS TO REMOVE SALT THEREFROM, MEANS RETAINING SAID BODY IN SAID INLET-DUCT MEANS, OUTLET-DUCT MEANS FOR COMMUNICATING DESALINATED AIR FROM THE SAID BODY INTO THE CASING, SAID OUT-DUCT MEANS INCLUDING AN APERTURE THROUGH SAID ONE SIDE-WALL OF THE VENTILATOR UNIT TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION OF AIR INTO SAID CASING THROUGH THE SAID APERTURED SIDEWALL OF THE CASING, AND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID OUTLET-DUCT MEANS FOR REMOVING WATER FROM SAID AIR COMMUNICATED INTO THE CASING, SAID MEANS COUPLED TO SAID OUTLET-DUCT MEANS COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING A CAVITY OPENING INTO SAID OUTLETDUCT MEANS, SAID CAVITY BEING SPACED FROM SAID BODY OF DESALINATING MATERIAL, AND A BODY OF DESICCANT MATERIAL RETAINED IN SAID CAVITY FOR ABSORBING MOISTURE FROM THE DESALINATED AIR.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A case according to claim 1, wherein said desalinating material is a mixture of sulphonated and aminated cross-linked polystyrenes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
232 words
A case comprising a casing providing an elongate enclosure for containing electrical equipment, said casing being of rectangular cross-section to have four elongate external side-walls, one of said side-walls being apertured to facilitate airflow into the casing, an elongate ventilator unit for communicating air to the enclosure from the ambient atmosphere, said ventilator unit being of rectangular cross-section to have four elongate external side-walls, and means clamping the ventilator unit and casing to one another with one of said side-walls of the ventilator unit in face-to-face relationship with said apertured side-wall of the casing, the said ventilator unit comprising inlet-duct means opening through a first of the two ends of said ventilator unit for ducting air from said ambient atmosphere at said first end, a body of desalinating material retained in said inlet-duct means to receive said ducted air for removing salt therefrom, outlet-duct means for communicating desalinated air from the said body into the casing, said outlet-duct means including an aperture through said one side-wall at a location intermediate said two ends of the ventilator unit to provide communication of air into said casing through the said apertured side-wall of the casing, further means defining a cavity oPening into said outlet-duct means and located beyond said aperture from said body of desalinating material, and a body of desiccant material retained in said cavity for absorbing moisture from the said desalinated air.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
232 words
A case comprising a casing providing an elongate enclosure for containing electrical equipment, said casing being of rectangular cross-section to have four elongate external side-walls, one of said side-walls being apertured to facilitate airflow into the casing, an elongate ventilator unit for communicating air to the enclosure from the ambient atmosphere, said ventilator unit being of rectangular cross-section to have four elongate external side-walls, and means clamping the ventilator unit and casing to one another with one of said side-walls of the ventilator unit in face-to-face relationship with said apertured side-wall of the casing, the said ventilator unit comprising inlet-duct means opening through a first of the two ends of said ventilator unit for ducting air from said ambient atmosphere at said first end, a body of desalinating material retained in said inlet-duct means to receive said ducted air for removing salt therefrom, outlet-duct means for communicating desalinated air from the said body into the casing, said outlet-duct means including an aperture through said one side-wall at a location intermediate said two ends of the ventilator unit to provide communication of air into said casing through the said apertured side-wall of the casing, further means defining a cavity oPening into said outlet-duct means and located beyond said aperture from said body of desalinating material, and a body of desiccant material retained in said cavity for absorbing moisture from the said desalinated air.