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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6994622 | Vent apparatus A vent provides a route for gas flow through a building envelope. The vent comprises a substantially hollow cover member having a cover member surface which defines a vent passageway. The vent may comprise a substantially hollow adapter member. The adapter member is... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6890252 | Fume hood exhaust stack system A fume hood exhaust stack system (10) and method utilize a variable speed fan (24) and an exhaust stack (28) having an adjustable cross-sectional area. Toxic exhaust from one or more fume hoods (12) is conveyed through a header (16... | 05/10/2005 |
| 3978776 | Chimney for exhaust gas having means for throttling a flow of exhaust gas The upper end of the chimney supports an outer upwardly converging funnel and an inner coaxial upwardly converging funnel which are movable relative to each other to open and close an auxiliary annular channel for exhaust gas flow. The drive for moving th... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3974757 | Down-draught deflector-draught interrupter A down-draught deflector - draught interrupter is described having a tube of circular or rectangular cross-section, an internal baffle element for laterally deflecting down-draught gases and peripheral escape openings for such gases. The tube has a substa... | 08/17/1976 |
