Flow director

Claim 2

The combination comprising: a furnace including a blower for moving air therethrough from an inlet to an outlet; a diverting box having at least first and second opposed sides, said diverting box including wall portions defining first, second, third and fourth openings arranged consecutively between the first and second sides; a first baffle mounted within said diverting box and extending inwardly from a wall portion between the first and second openings, said first baffle spanning between the first and second opposed sides of said diverting box; second, third and fourth baffles mounted within said diverting box and extending inwardly from wall portions between the second and third, third and fourth, and fourth and first openings, respectively, each of said baffles spanning between the first and second opposed sides of said diverting box; a damper rotatably mounted within said diverting box, said damper being rotatable about an axis extending normal to the first and second opposed sides, said first baffle extending inwardly to said damper, said damper having first and second portions extending in differing directions from said axis, said damper having a first position in which the first and second portions are adjacent said second and fourth baffles respectively, thereby permitting flow between the third and fourth openings and blocking flow between the first and second openings, said damper further having a second position in which one of the first and second portions of said damper is adjacent said third baffle, thereby permitting flow between the first and fourth openings and between the second and third openings; said diverting box being connected to said furnace with the inlet of said furnace communicating with the third opening of said diverting box; a supply air duct connected to said furnace with the outlet of said furnace communicating with said supply air duct; a return air duct connected to said diverting box with said return air duct communicating with the fourth opening of said diverting box; means for treating air, said air treating means including an inlet and an outlet; first connecting means for connecting the first opening of said diverting box with the inlet of said air treating means; and second connecting means for connecting the second opening of said diverting box with the outlet of said air treating means.

Claim 3

The combination of claim 1 in which said air treating means includes a solar collector system having an inlet and an outlet, said combination further comprising: a second diverting box having at least first and second opposed sides, said second diverting box including wall portions defining first, second, third and fourth openings arranged consecutively between the first and second sides; a first baffle mounted within said second diverting box and extending inwardly from a wall portion between the first and second openings, said first baffle spanning between the first and second opposed sides of said second diverting box; second, third and fourth baffles mounted within said second diverting box and extending inwardly from wall portions between the second and third, third and fourth, and fourth and first openings, respectively, each of said baffles spanning between the first and second opposed sides of said second diverting box; a damper rotatably mounted within said second diverting box, said damper being rotatable about an axis extending normal to the first and second opposed sides, said first baffle extending inwardly to said damper, said damper having first and second portions extending in differing directions from said axis, said damper having a first position in which the first and second portions are adjacent said second and fourth baffles respectively, thereby permitting flow between the third and fourth openings and blocking flow between the first and second openings, said damper further having a second position in which one of the first and second portions of said damper is adjacent said third baffle, thereby permitting flow between the first and fourth openings and between the second and third openings, said first connecting means connecting said first diverting box to said second diverting box with the first opening of said first diverting box communicating with the first opening of said second diverting box; third connecting means for connecting said second diverting box to the solar collector system with the fourth opening of said second diverting box communicating with the inlet of the solar collector system; fourth connecting means for connecting the solar collector system with said second diverting box with the outlet of the solar collector system communicating with the third opening of said second diverting box; storage means for storing energy obtained by the solar collector system, said storage means including an inlet and an outlet; and fifth connecting means for connecting said second diverting box to said storage means with the second opening of said second diverting box communicating with the inlet of said storage means, said second connecting means connecting said storage means to said first diverting box with the outlet of said storage means communicating with the second opening of said first diverting box.