Blower unit and coupling for detecting leaks
AssigneeSealtech Manufacturing USA
InventorScott A. Deladurantaye
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Abstract
A coupling for use with a blower unit for detecting leaks in a structure, wherein the coupling is constructed and arranged to attach to a surface of the structure defining an opening and to the blower unit via a sealing gasket, and to allow air flow through the coupling when the blower unit is attached to the coupling and to prevent air flow through the coupling when the blower unit is not attached to the coupling, and wherein the coupling further includes a pressure port defined within a surface of the coupling constructed and arranged to accommodate at least one of a differential pressure gauge fitting or a tube.
Claims20
A product comprising:
- a coupling constructed and arranged for attachment to a blower unit for detecting leaks in a structure and for attachment to a surface of the structure defining an opening via at least one sealing gasket, and to allow air flow through the coupling when the blower unit is attached to the coupling
A method comprising:
- providing an opening defined within a structure;
- operatively attaching a coupling to an exterior surface of the structure defining the opening via a sealing gasket so that the coupling is in fluid communication with the opening;
- attaching a blower unit to the coupling;
- flowing air into an interior of the structure to pressurize the interior of the structure using the blower unit;
- spraying a solution having a surface tension to produce bubbles when air is blown onto it;
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- determining a location of a leak in the structure where bubbles are present.
A product comprising:
- a coupling constructed and arranged for attachment to a blower unit for detecting leaks in a structure and for attachment to a surface of the structure defining an opening, and to allow air flow through the coupling when the blower unit is attached to the coupling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.