Display assembly with loopback cooling
AssigneeManufacturing Resources International, Inc.
InventorWilliam Dunn
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Abstract
A display assembly with loopback cooling includes a housing for an electronic display where a first airflow pathway extends within the housing. An equipment storage device for electronic equipment located at a storage area within the housing. A second airflow pathway fluidly connects the storage area with the first airflow pathway. One or more fans, when activated, cause a flow of air to travel through a portion of the first airflow pathway extending rearward of the electronic display in a first direction and a portion of the flow to leave the portion of the first airflow pathway and travel through the second airflow pathway, at least initially, in a second direction.
Claims18
A display assembly with loopback cooling, said display assembly comprising:
- an electronic display;
- a housing for said electronic display;
- a first airflow pathway extending within the housing;
- an equipment storage device for electronic equipment located at a storage area within the housing;
- a second airflow pathway located rearward of the electronic display and fluidly connecting the first airflow pathway with the storage area;
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- one or more fans, which when activated, cause a flow of air to travel through a portion of the first airflow pathway located rearward of the electronic display in a first direction and cause some of the flow to leave the portion of the first airflow pathway and travel through the second airflow pathway in a second direction which is primarily opposite from the first direction.
A display assembly with loopback cooling, said display assembly comprising:
- an electronic display;
- a housing for said electronic display;
- a first airflow pathway extending within the housing in a loop;
- an equipment storage device for electronic equipment located at a storage area within the housing and partitioned, at least in part, from the loop;
- a second airflow pathway having an entrance located at a distal portion of the first airflow pathway, a mid-portion extending about one or more sides of the equipment storage device, and an exit located at a proximal portion of the first airflow pathway;
- one or more fans, at least one of which is located along the first airflow pathway between the entrance and the exit for the second airflow pathway, wherein activation of the one or more fans is configured to draw some circulating gas normally traveling through the loop into the second airflow pathway such that the circulating gas travels through the second airflow pathway primarily in a direction opposing a direction of the circulating gas within an adjacent portion of the second airflow pathway located rearward of the electronic display.
A method for cooling a storage area of display assembly using a loopback pathway, said method comprising:
- providing a loop of circulating gas through a housing for an electronic display, wherein the loop comprises a first portion and a second portion;
- providing a storage area within the housing and at least partially separated from the loop;
- providing a secondary airflow pathway within the housing connecting the storage area to the loop;
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- activating one or more fans to draw a main flow of circulating gas through the loop in a continuous manner and draw a portion of the main flow into the secondary airflow pathway for circulation within at least part of the storage area before rejoining the main flow, wherein the main flow of the circulating gas travels in a first direction through the second portion of the loop, and wherein the portion of the main flow drawn into the secondary airflow pathway travels through the secondary airflow pathway, at least primarily, in a direction opposing the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.