Exhaust vent doors
AssigneeInOvate Acquisition Company
InventorsRichard Harpenau, Clifford Budnick, James Ortiz, Timothy Podnar
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Abstract
A wall exhaust vent (e.g., for a dryer or other HVAC system) can include a housing defining a vent opening, and one or more bumpers on or at least partially within the housing and configured contact a door of the wall exhaust vent in a closed position. The one or more bumpers can include a bumper body, and a magnet disposed at least partially within the bumper body that is configured to magnetically interact with the door of the wall exhaust vent to bias the door to the closed position.
Claims7
A first housing portion for a wall exhaust vent, comprising:
- a mounting plate comprising a vent opening;
- a plurality of inner mounting holes defined through the mounting plate and located around the vent opening;
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- a plurality of outer mounting holes defined through the mounting plate and located further away from the vent opening than the inner mounting holes, wherein the inner mounting holes include four inner mounting holes, wherein the outer mounting holes include four outer mounting holes, wherein the inner mounting holes form corners of a first square, and the outer mounting holes form corners of a second square that is larger than the first square wherein the inner mounting holes are configured to align with inner mounting holes on a second housing portion to mount the mounting plate to a wall through the inner mounting holes of both the mounting plate and the second housing portion, wherein the outer mounting holes are not configured to align with any mounting holes in the second housing portion with the first and second housing portions connected to one another.
A housing portion for a wall exhaust vent, comprising:
- a housing portion defining a vent opening;
- a plurality of mounting holes defined through the housing portion and located around the vent opening;
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- a drip shield extending obliquely from a top of the housing portion, above the vent opening, wherein the drip shield is integral with the housing portion, wherein a bottom edge of the drip shield is above the vent opening,
- wherein the drip shield is above a damper door of the wall exhaust vent to cover a hinge pin of the damper door of the wall exhaust vent.
A housing portion for a wall exhaust vent, comprising:
- a housing portion defining a vent opening;
- a plurality of mounting holes defined through the housing portion and located around the vent opening;
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- a drip shield extending obliquely from a top of the housing portion, above the vent opening, wherein the drip shield is integral with the housing portion, wherein a bottom edge of the drip shield is above the vent opening;
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- a collar extending from the vent opening and configured to connect to exhaust ducting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.