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US 2025/0085017 A1Published application
Damper system
AssigneeGreat Southern Technologies, LLC
InventorsAndrew L. CRAIG, Joe D. KUNKEL, Jerry R. FASHING, Richard N. TAULMAN
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Abstract
A damper system including a conduit body, a wall assembly, and a first blade. The conduit body includes an opening. The wall assembly includes a first wall and a second wall disposed in the conduit body extending across the opening. The first blade is disposed within the conduit body between the first wall and the second wall.
Claims20
A damper system, comprising:
- a conduit body including an opening;
- a first vertical wall and a second vertical wall disposed in the conduit body, the first and second vertical walls extending across the opening;
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- a first blade disposed within the conduit body between the first vertical wall and the second vertical wall, the first blade being rotatable between an open and a closed position.
1 more element
A damper system, comprising:
- a conduit body including an opening;
- a ring disposed in the conduit body, the ring including a first vertical wall and a second vertical wall, wherein the first vertical wall and the second vertical wall at least partially span across the opening;
- a first blade disposed within an interior of the ring;
- a second blade disposed in the conduit body exterior of the ring;
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- an actuator assembly configured to rotate the first blade prior to rotating the second blade.
3 more elements
A method of operating a damper, comprising:
- rotating a first blade disposed in a conduit and between a first and second vertical wall from a closed position where a first tip of the first blade faces a first point of the first vertical wall to a first position where the first tip is adjacent a second point of the first vertical wall, wherein a distance between the first tip and the second point is less than a distance between the first tip and the first point when the first blade is in the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.