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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322157 | Ceiling paneling system A paneling system for ceilings of a building structure in which the panels are suspended by hook shaped flanges, on opposite sides of each panel from flat arms of L- or Z-shaped panel carriers or support rails. One flange of each panel extends over the flange of a n... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7204096 | Indoor apparatus for air conditioner An air discharge outlet comprises line air discharge outlets (35) and corner air discharge outlets (36). The line air discharge outlets (35) are so formed as to extend, respectively, along four sides of a casing bottom part having four side part... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185510 | Air conditioning and ventilating system Air conditioning and ventilating system including air conditioner installed on a ceiling, having air outlets for discharging air having heat heat exchanged at an indoor heat exchanger, and a device for controlling a direction of air discharged from the air outlets, ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6929542 | Air flow deflector Air deflector for deflecting an air flow from an air register including a pair of mounting members adapted to be mounted on opposite sides of a venting member of the air register device and a laterally expandable guide member arranged between the mounting members. T... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6648752 | Air diffuser An air diffuser for an air distribution system is disclosed comprising a first and a second border member. Plural spreaders interconnect the first and second border members thereby defining an airflow aperture therebetween. A pattern controller is slidabl... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6386970 | Air diffuser An air diffuser for an air distribution system comprising a first and a second border member. Plural spreaders interconnect the first and second border members thereby defining an airflow aperture therebetween. A pattern controller is slidably disposed be... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6290597 | Air diffuser with adjustable pattern controller blades A slot diffuser includes a pair of elongate and parallel side walls spaced by pairs of bridges. The bridges include feet that slide along receivers in the side walls such that the bridges can be positioned at any location therealong and provide support to... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6264552 | Ceiling-embedded air conditioner A ceiling-embedded air conditioner including a decorative panel having: a plurality of air blow openings, an air blow shutdown member for shutting down an internal air passage of unused air blow opening(s) of said air blow openings, and vanes provided in ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5924922 | Method and apparatus for ceiling ventilation A ceiling ventilation inlet includes a housing having an air inlet aperture, an air outlet aperture, and a baffle supported for linear movement adjacent the air outlet aperture. A spring is positioned such that the baffle moves dependant upon air pressure... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5577958 | Wind direction adjusting device A wind direction adjusting device includes a wind speed uniforming unit provided upstream of a wind path having a nonuniform wind speed distribution from the side of high wind speed to the side of low wind speed, and a blow-off opening provided downstream... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5569078 | Air diffuser having fixed and variable outlet ports A diffuser introduces air into a conditioned space to obtain a desired indoor atmospheric environment. The diffuser has a diffuser body and an inlet through the diffuser body. The inlet has an inlet area to receive the air within the diffuser. The diffuse... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5447471 | Air flow controller An air flow controller has an adjustable air flow passageway and comprises a surface-mounted distribution frame housing one or more elongate passages. Each passage has an inlet, a flow channel and an outlet. The inlet has two opposed guide flaps to contro... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5297326 | Method and apparatus for converting a fixed-opening air diffuser to an individually-controlled variable air volume diffuser An apparatus and method for converting a fixed-opening air diffuser (21) to an individually-controlled variable air volume diffuser. The fixed-opening diffuser (21) includes a diffuser housing (26) mounted to a support structure (25) and coupled to receiv... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5261857 | Ceiling vent with movable vane A ceiling vent diffuses air from a heating or cooling system in a laminar flow into a room for optimum dispersion in the room. Inlet air strikes a hinged vane within the vent. The vane deflects the air in a narrowing air way along a continuous concave cur... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5194042 | Linear slot diffuser A linear slot diffuser for distributing air from a duct into or out of a room. The diffuser includes a frame forming a channel with a plurality of spaced plastic or vinyl supports disposed therein. The supports allow controller blades to be easily positio... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5156569 | Ceiling outlet A ceiling outlet and process for producing same is provided with outlet slits and air deflector slats for blowing supply air from an air-guide system into a room, wherein mountings for holding slats are bent in a metal sheet, a steel plate or a plate of a... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5107687 | Air conditioning system A system suitable for air conditioning rooms comprising a heating/cooling unit, distribution pipes and discharge units is, in the interest of increasing flexibility of installation and operation, constructed in modular fashion, and has a shape that permit... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5107755 | Inconspicuous, room-ceiling-mountable, non-productive-energy-loss-minimizing, air diffuser for a room A ceiling-mounted air diffuser apparatus in which a annular discharge opening is effectively defined at a location between an effective inner margin of a drop-ceiling-supporting framework and surrounding ceiling panels and an inwardly spacedly adjacent ou... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5088388 | Fresh-air intake with adjustable air deflectors An all season, adjustable fresh air intake for agricultural buildings is claimed which is adapted to adjust the volume, velocity and direction of fresh air drawn from the outside, through the intake and into the building suitably by exhaust fans. The inta... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5001967 | Modular air bar A modular air bar for mounting in the ceiling system of a structure, which modular air bar is characterized by a pivoting air controlling section sandwiched between a pair of spaced sliding controller modules, each of the latter having a pair of spaced ai... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4979433 | Swirl outlet In a swirl outlet with an outlet plate and blowout openings provided therein for warm and/or cold air, an air jet guiding slat (10) to be regulated individually is assigned to each outlet opening (5).... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4844283 | Closure mechanism for wire coating oven A closure mechanism (15) includes a pair of doors (25) biased in a closing direction and a cam (75) which symmetrically adjusts the position of the doors when drawn therethrough and asymmetrically adjusts the position of the doors when pivoted thereagains... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4625629 | Heating/cooling diffuser A diffuser is provided with three discharges. Two of the discharges are directed in one direction and, when installed, would be directed towards the outside wall of the conditioned space. The other discharge is directed in the opposite direction and would... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4535932 | Actuator for a heating/cooling diffuser A diffuser is provided with three discharges. Two of the discharges are directed in one direction and, when installed, would be directed towards the outside wall of the conditioned space. The other discharge is directed in the opposite direction and would... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4515069 | Change-over diffuser A thermally powered change-over diffuser is disclosed which includes a housing having an outlet and movable blade assembly mounted with respect to the outlet for displacement between a first position producing a Coanda flow across a surface, such as a cei... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4475446 | High volume ceiling type air diffuser An air diffuser for directing air through an elongated opening in a drop ceiling in a pattern directed along the plane of the ceiling comprises a plenum chamber from which air is directed through a pair of spaced parallel walls forming a duct communicatin... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4163416 | Slotted outlet for the ventilation of interior spaces The invention relates to a slotted outlet for the delivery of air into an interior space, with a plate which can be inserted into the wall of the interior space (inside room) in order to close an air intake passage and which contains at least one outlet s... | 08/07/1979 |
