Grille assembly for air handling unit
AssigneeRheem Manufacturing Company
InventorPratik S. Deokar
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Abstract
A grille assembly for an air handling unit is provided. The grille assembly includes a plurality of first wires aligned in a first plane perpendicular to a direction of flow of air and a plurality of second wires aligned in a second plane perpendicular to the direction of flow of air. The plurality of first wires and the plurality of second wires together form a staggered structure to at least partly enclose an air passage opening of the air handling unit. The second plane is parallel to the first plane and separated by an offset distance along a third plane parallel to the direction of flow of air.
Claims19
A grille assembly comprising:
- a plurality of first wires aligned substantially parallel to one another along a first plane perpendicular to a direction of flow of air;
- and
- a plurality of second wires aligned substantially parallel to one another along a second plane perpendicular to the direction of flow of air, wherein the plurality of first wires and the plurality of second wires are together configured to form a staggered structure to at least partly enclose an air passa ge opening of the air handling unit, and
- wherein the second plane is parallel to the first plane and separated by an offset distance along a third plane parallel to the direction of flow of air.
A grille assembly comprising:
- a plurality of first wires aligned substantially parallel to one another along a first plane perpendicular to a direction of flow of air;
- and
- a plurality of second wires aligned substantially parallel to one another along a second plane perpendicular to the direction of flow of air, wherein the plurality of first wires and the plurality of second wires are together configured to form a staggered structure to at least partly enclose an air passage opening of the air handling unit, and
- wherein the second plane is parallel to the first plane and separated by an offset distance along a third plane parallel to the direction of flow of air, wherein the offset distance depends on:
- a horizontal distance between two adjacent wires along the first plane;
- an angle between an inclined plane defined by the two adjacent wires and the first plane, wherein the two adjacent wires comprise the first wire and the second wire, and wherein the two adjacent wires are parallel within the inclined plane;
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- a thickness of the first wire and the second wire.
A grille assembly comprising:
- a plate;
- a plurality of ribs having first ends coupled to the plate and second ends distal to the first ends and extending radially away from the plate;
- a first wire defining a first set of loops aligned substantially parallel to one another along a first plane perpendicular to a direction of flow of air;
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- a second wire defining a second set of loops aligned substantially parallel to one another along a second plane perpendicular to the direction of flow of air, wherein the first wire and the second wire are radially disposed on the plurality of ribs and together configured to form a staggered structure to at least partly enclose an air passage opening of the air handling unit, and
- wherein the second plane is parallel to the first plane and separated by an offset distance along a third plane parallel to the direction of flow of air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.