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US 6,855,050 B2Granted
Ventilation method and device
AssigneeVenmar Ventilation Inc.
InventorsMartin Gagnon, Éric Charlebois, Michel Julien, Daniel Marcoux, Jean-Bernard Piaud
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Abstract
A damper system for air handling systems the manipulation or control of air in an enclosure such as a building, a room of a structure such as a residence, and the like.
Claims15
A damper system comprising
- a plurality of damper elements, each of said damper elements comprising a respective connector element, each of said dampers being displaceable from a respective first position to a respective second position and
- a displacement component for displacing said damper elements from a respective first position to a respective second position
- said displacement component comprising
- a flexible elongated damper interconnection element, and
- a displacement element comprising an engagement component,
- wherein said elongated damper interconnection element is connected to the engagement component of said displacement element and to the connector element of each of said dampers,
- wherein said displacement component is configured and disposed such that said displacement component is reversibly displaceable between a first configuration wherein said dampers are each in respective first positions and a second configuration wherein said dampers are each in respective second positions, said displacement component being configured such that as said displacement component passes from said first configuration to said second configuration, said displacement component induces displacement of each of said dampers from a respective first position to a respective second position and
- wherein said displacement component is configured such that as said displacement component passes from said first configuration to said second configuration so as to induce displacement of said dampers from a respective first position to a respective second position and one or more of said dampers trails one or more of the other dampers in respect of its displacement to its respective second position, the displacement component, once any leading damper has arrived at its second position, is able to continue its displacement and thereby induce any trailing damper to be displaced to its second position while any leading damper is maintained at its second position.
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A damper system comprising
- two damper elements, each of said damper elements comprising a respective connector element, each of said dampers being displaceable between a respective first position to a respective second position and
- a displacement component for displacing said damper elements from a respective first position to a respective second position
- said displacement component comprising
- a flexible elongated damper interconnection element, and
- an intermediate bobbin element reversibly rotatable about an axis of rotation, said bobbin element comprising an engagement component engaging said elongated damper interconnection element,
- wherein said elongated damper interconnection element is connected to the engagement component of said bobbin element and to the connector element of each of said dampers,
- wherein said bobbin element is rotatable about said axis for winding up and unwinding out said elongated damper interconnection element, said dampers being displaceable from a respective first position to a respective second position as said elongated damper interconnection element is wound up,
- said displacement component being configured such when said bobbin element is rotated about said axis so as to induce said elongated damper interconnection element to be taken up by said bobbin element and one of said damper elements trails the other damper in respect of its displacement to its respective second position, the bobbin element, once the leading damper element has arrived at its second position, is able to continue to rotate and thereby induce the trailing damper element to be displaced to its second position while the leading damper element is maintained at its second position.
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An air handling system comprising a damper system, said damper system comprising
- a plurality of damper elements, each of said damper elements comprising a respective connector element, each of said dampers being displaceable from a respective first position to a respective second position and
- a displacement component for displacing said damper elements from a respective first position to a respective second position
- said displacement component comprising
- a flexible elongated damper interconnection element, and
- a displacement element comprising an engagement component,
- wherein said elongated damper interconnection element is connected to the engagement component of said displacement element and to the connector element of each of said dampers,
- wherein said displacement component is configured and disposed such that said displacement component is reversibly displaceable between a first configuration wherein said dampers are each in respective first positions and a second configuration wherein said dampers are each in respective second positions, said displacement component being configured such that as said displacement component passes from said first configuration to said second configuration, said displacement component induces displacement of each of said dampers from a respective first position to a respective second position and
- wherein said displacement component is configured such that as said displacement component passes from said first configuration to said second configuration so as to induce displacement of said dampers from a respective first position to a respective second position and one or more of said dampers trails one or more of the other dampers in respect of its displacement to its respective second position, the displacement component, once any leading damper has arrived at its second position, is able to continue its displacement and thereby induce any trailing damper to be displaced to its second position while any leading damper is maintained at its second position.
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An air handling system comprising a damper system, said damper system comprising
- two damper elements, each of said damper elements comprising a respective connector element, each of said dampers being displaceable between a respective first position to a respective second position and
- a displacement component for displacing said damper elements from a respective first position to a respective second position
- said displacement component comprising
- a flexible elongated damper interconnection element, and
- an intermediate bobbin element reversibly rotatable about an axis of rotation, said bobbin element comprising an engagement component engaging said elongated damper interconnection element,
- wherein said elongated damper interconnection element is connected to the engagement component of said bobbin element and to the connector element of each of said dampers,
- wherein said bobbin element is rotatable about said axis for winding up and unwinding out said elongated damper interconnection element, said dampers being displaceable from a respective first position to a respective second position as said elongated damper interconnection element is wound up,
- said displacement component being configured such when said bobbin element is rotated about said axis so as to induce said elongated damper interconnection element to be taken up by said bobbin element and one of said damper elements trails the other damper in respect of its displacement to its respective second position, the bobbin element, once the leading damper element has arrived at its second position, is able to continue to rotate and thereby induce the trailing damper element to be displaced to its second position while the leading damper element is maintained at its second position.
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