Modular Ducting Solution
AssigneeControl Techniques Limited
InventorsRichard Samuel GIBSON, Jonathan Robert HOLMAN-WHITE, Robert Gwyn WILLIAMS
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Abstract
A drive apparatus is provided which comprising a ducting piece coupled to a drive comprises an air vent. The base of the ducting piece is open to receive exhaust gases from the drive and the ducting piece then diverts these gases horizontally. A system may be provided comprises a plurality of such apparatuses, with the ducting pieces coupled to one another to pass the gases along a horizontal pathway.
Claims13
(canceled)
The system of claim 4, wherein both the first and second end faces of at least one of the plurality of drive apparatuses are partially open.
The system of claim 4, wherein both the first and second end faces of at least one of the plurality of drive apparatuses are fully open.
A configurable drive-air duct system comprising a plurality of drive apparatuses, each of the plurality of the apparatuses comprising:
- a ducting piece including a base face, a top face opposite the base face, and first and second end faces opposite to each other and adjacent to the base face, wherein the top face is closed and the base face is at least partially open, and wherein at least one of the first and second end faces is at least partially open;
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- a drive comprising an air vent, the ducting piece click-fit coupled to the drive such that the at least partially open base face of the ducting piece is arranged to cover the air vent of the drive;
- wherein at least one of the first and second end faces of each ducting piece is connected to a first or second end face of an adjacent ducting piece;
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- wherein air is extracted from both ends of the air duct system.
(canceled)
A drive system comprising:
- a drive comprising an air vent;
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- a backplane coupled to the drive and defining a hole adjacent to the air vent, wherein the backplane is a circuit board having at least one electrical connector or socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.