Fluid deflecting assembly

Claim 1

A fluid deflecting assembly which comprises: a fluid duct having supply and exit openings defined at respective ends of said fluid duct and through which a fluid medium flows from the supply opening towards the exit openings; a first guide wall structure along one side of said duct and having an outwardly diverging curved downstream wall portion adjacent the exit opening, said outwardly diverging curved wall area having an upstream edge with the surface extending substantially parallel to the axial direction of said duct between the supply and the exit openings and said curved downstream wall area being curved for diverging outwards in a direction downstream with respect to the direction of flow of the fluid medium in said duct, a setback at said upstream edge extending toward the center of said duct, and a straight upstream portion connected to said setback and extending parallel to said axial direction; a second guide wall structure along the opposite side of said duct and having a straight upstream wall portion, a ridge at the downstream end of said straight upstream wall portion, and a straight downstream wall portion extending downstream of said duct from said ridge and in alignment with said straight upstream wall portion, said straight upstream wall portion and straight downstream wall portion extending parallel to said axial direction and said straight downstream wall portion extending sufficiently far in the downstream direction for causing a stream of fluid flowing therealong to adhere thereto; and a pivotally supported deflecting blade in said duct between said guide structures for deflecting the flow of the fluid medium flowing through the fluid duct and for dividing the flow of fluid medium into two components at all positions of said blade, said deflecting blade having the downstream edge thereof positioned downstream of said ridge and also downstream of said setback, said deflecting blade being movable between a first position in which it is substantially parallel to said axial direction for causing the components between said second guide wall structure and said deflecting blade and between said deflecting blade and said first guide wall structure to flow substantially parallel to said axial direction with the component between said deflecting blade and said second guide wall structure being deflected around said ridge and adhering to said straight downstream wall portion, whereby a single stream substantially parallel to the axial direction is formed, through intermediate positions in which the component between said deflecting blade and the first guide wall structure is deflected along and caused to adhere to said outwardly diverging curved downstream wall portion and the component between said deflecting blade and said second guide wall structure is deflected by said ridge for being joined with the component between said deflecting blade and said first guide wall structure, whereby a single diverted stream is formed, and a second position in which the component between the deflecting blade and the first guide wall structure is deflected along and caused to adhere to said outwardly diverging curved downstream wall portion and the component between said deflecting blade and said second guide wall structure is deflected by the deflecting blade around said ridge and along said straight downstream wall portion, whereby two separate fluid streams are formed, one flowing parallel to said axial direction and one diverted therefrom.