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US 2017/0292319 A1Published application
Twin louver window assembly for efficient thermal control
AssigneeJELD-WEN, Inc.
InventorSteve Ian Harrison
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Abstract
A twin louver bank window assembly for efficient thermal control, the assembly including an assembly surround frame including a head member, a sill member and at least a pair of opposed side channel members and a pair of louver banks mounted relative to the assembly surround frame, each louver bank including a number of louvers, one louver bank located towards an outer side of the assembly surround frame and one louver bank located toward an inner side of the assembly surround frame.
Claims20
A powered twin louver bank window system including a twin louver window assembly, the system comprising:
- an assembly surround frame including a head member, a sill member, and at least a pair of opposed side channel members;
- a pair of louver banks mounted relative to the assembly surround frame, each louver bank including a number of louver blades, an outer louver bank located towards an outer side of the assembly surround frame and an inner louver bank located toward an inner side of the assembly surround frame;
- at least one drive mechanism associated with one or more of the louver banks to drive some of the louver blades in the one or more louver banks between a closed configuration and a number of open configurations;
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- a powered window control system including a control unit associated with the louver window assembly to automatically control the at least one drive mechanism.
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