Air directing vane and method
AssigneeSPX Corporation
InventorJohn Patrick Quigley
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Abstract
An apparatus for use with a porous fluid discharge wall includes at least one vane member located proximate a discharge side of the wall to direct discharged fluid in a predetermined direction.
Claims25
An apparatus for use with a porous discharge wall having a first side and a second side, with a fluid flowing on the first side generally in a first direction, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of substantially parallel vane members located proximate the second side of the discharge wall and each having a profile that has a first curved portion proximate the discharge wall and a second substantially straight portion distal from the discharge wall that directs the discharge fluid from the second side in a predetermined second direction.
An air handling apparatus, comprising:
- a chamber having a first porous side wall for supplying fluid to the chamber and a second porous side wall opposed to the first porous side wall for returning fluid from the chamber;
- a plenum supplying fluid moving in a first direction to the first porous wall permitting fluid flow from said first porous wall via an exit side of said first porous wall;
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- a plurality of substantially parallel vane members located on said exit side of said first porous wall that directs exiting fluid flow in a predetermined second direction, toward said opposed second porous side wall, said vane members each having a profile that has a first curved portion proximate the exit side of the first porous wall and a second substantially portion distal from the exit side.
An apparatus for use with an oven having a first porous discharge wall for supplying fluids to a chamber and having a first side and a second side, with a fluid flowing on the first side generally in a first direction, and the oven having a return wall opposed to said first wall for returning fluid from the chamber, apparatus comprising:
- means located proximate the second side of the discharge wall for directing the discharge fluid from the second side in a predetermined second direction in a direction substantially towards the opposed return wall;
- and
- means for supporting said directing means.
A method for use with an oven having a first porous wall for supplying fluid to a chamber, the first wall having a first side and a second side, comprising the steps of:
- supplying a fluid on the first side generally in a first direction;
- receiving fluid at a return wall opposed to the discharge wall;
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- directing discharge fluid from the second side in a second direction using at least one vane member, said second direction being substantially towards the opposed return wall, wherein the directing step includes providing a plurality of the vane members adjacent to the second side of the wall, each vane member having a profile that has a first curved portion proximate the second side and a second substantially straight portion distal from the second side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.