Fluid distribution device having improved deviating means
AssigneeC.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
InventorsFrancesco Butera, Marco Biasiotto, Stefano Alacqua
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Abstract
A fluid distribution system comprised of an inlet duct (1) and two outlet ducts (6 and 7) including deviating means for directing the inlet flow into one or the other outlet ducts (6 and 7) composed of a mobile wall (2) suitable for making the flow adhere to the walls of one duct or the other due to the Coanda effect. In a first position, the mobile wall (2) is incorporated into the side wall (3) of the inlet conduct (1) that extends into one of the two outlet ducts. From this position, the mobile wall (2) can be moved to a second position where its upstream end protrudes inside the duct to create a step-like irregularity (4) on the duct's internal surface.
Claims9
A fluid distribution device, having an inlet duct (1) that receives a fluid flow, two outlet ducts (6 and 7) and deviating means (2) for distributing the flow passing through the inlet duct (1) between the two outlet ducts (6 and 7), characterized by the fact that the said deviating means (2) include a mobile wall suitable for controlling the deviation of the flow, which adheres to one or the other duct due to the Coanda effect, the said mobile wall (2) being moveable between a first position, in which it is incorporated in the side wall (3) of the said inlet duct (1) that extends into the first of the said outlet ducts (6), causing the entire flow to be directed into the said first outlet duct (6), and a second position, in which the upstream end (with respect to direction of the flow) of the said mobile wall (2) protrudes inside the duct to form an irregularity (4) on the internal surface of the said side wall (3), provoking the separation of the flow from the said surface and its adherence to the second outlet duct (7), resulting in its deviation.
An air distribution system, characterized by the fact that it incorporates a device in accordance with one or more of the previous claims.
A motor vehicle incorporating an air distribution system device in accordance with the previous claim.
- The whole is substantially as described and illustrated and for the specified purposes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.