Air handling device
AssigneeSLD Technology, Inc.
InventorKevin Joseph Schreiber
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Abstract
An air handling device includes a plurality of tunnels defining a plurality of separate air flow pathways. At least one tunnel of the plurality of tunnels is an active tunnel and at least one tunnel of the plurality of tunnels is a redundant tunnel. The air handling device further includes a first air select at a first end of the plurality of tunnels and a second air select on a second end of the plurality of tunnels, wherein the first end is opposite to the second end. The air handling device also includes a plurality of dampers within each of the first and second air selects, wherein the plurality of dampers are configured to change an air flow therein to block air flow through the active tunnel and allow air flow through the redundant tunnel.
Claims20
An air handling device, comprising:
- a plurality of tunnels defining a plurality of separate air flow pathways, wherein at least one tunnel of the plurality of tunnels is an active tunnel and at least one tunnel of the plurality of tunnels is a redundant tunnel;
- a first air select at a first end of the plurality of tunnels;
- a second air select on a second end of the plurality of tunnels, the first end being opposite to the second end;
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- a plurality of dampers within each of the first and second air selects, the plurality of dampers configured to change an air flow therein to block air flow through the active tunnel and allow air flow through the redundant tunnel, wherein at least one damper of the plurality of dampers in each of the first and second air selects is in air flow communication with a corresponding one of the tunnels of the plurality of tunnels and another damper of the plurality of dampers in each of the first and second air selects is in air flow communication with a damper of the plurality of dampers in an adjacent one of the first and second air selects.
An air handling device, comprising:
- a plurality of tunnels defining a plurality of separate air flow pathways, wherein at least one tunnel of the plurality of tunnels is an active tunnel and at least one tunnel of the plurality of tunnels is a redundant tunnel;
- and
- a controller configured to automatically change air flow with respect to the plurality of tunnels in response to a received feedback indicating a tunnel failure or a tunnel contamination has occurred in the active tunnel, the change in air flow blocking air flow through the active tunnel and allowing air flow through the redundant tunnel, wherein the redundant tunnel is a backup tunnel only used in response to the indication of the tunnel failure or the tunnel contamination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.