Floor tile and air handling system using tile
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSebastien Bousseton, Arnaud Lund
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Abstract
A floor tile has a top surface, a lower surface substantially parallel to the top surface, and at least one base mount extending along the lower surface of the floor tile at at least one respective mounting angle. A panel can be selectively mounted in a base mount of the floor tile and configured such that a mounted panel projects from the lower surface at a projection angle. An air handling system employing a plurality of the tiles enables formation of baffles in a plenum below mounted tiles by arranging the mounted panel edges.
Claims20
A floor tile comprising:
- a top surface;
- a lower surface substantially parallel to the top surface;
- a base mount extending along the lower surface of the floor tile at a mounting angle;
- and
- a panel selectively mountable in the base mount and configured such that a mounted panel projects from the lower surface at a projection angle.
An air handling system comprising:
- a frame configured to be assembled to be supported by a subfloor of a room and configured to support a raised floor;
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- a plurality of floor tiles mounted in the frame, each floor tile including:
- a top surface;
- a lower surface substantially parallel to the top surface;
- a base mount extending along the lower surface of the floor tile at a mounting angle;
- and a panel selectively mountable in the base mount and projecting from the lower surface at a projection angle;
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- the plurality of floor tiles and the panels being configured to selectively form at least one selectively configurable baffle below the raised floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.