Road pollution extraction system
AssigneeDelgado Capital Limited At Manufactory House
InventorsThomas Delgado, Stephen Partridge, Stephen Haley
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Abstract
A system for extracting polluted air in the vicinity of a road surface, the system comprising at least one inlet assembly arranged to be recessed into the road surface and to be connected to an extraction duct, said at least one inlet assembly comprising: a pod arranged to protrude above the level of the road surface and to be driven over; and one or more intakes located within the pod, the pod defining a passage arranged to be connected to an extraction duct.
Claims15
A system for extracting polluted air in the vicinity of a road surface, the system comprising at least one inlet assembly arranged to be recessed into the road surface and to be connected to an extraction duct, said at least one inlet assembly comprising:
- a resiliently compressible and/or retractable pod arranged to protrude above the level of the road surface and to be driven over;
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- intake apertures located within the pod, the pod defining a passage arranged to be connected to an extraction duct, wherein
- the pod comprises a head section and one or more side walls arranged to support the head section, the head section being arranged to protrude above the level of the road surface and wherein an upper surface of the head section defines an outer surface of the pod, said outer surface being arranged, in use, to be contacted by a wheel passing over the pod;
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- the pod further comprises a support plate located beneath the head section or embedded within the head section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.