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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7266971 | Air conditioner Disclosed is an air conditioner having an excellent air cleaning function, the air conditioner including a cabinet having a first air inlet and discharging conditioned air; and a filter unit provided at the cabinet and cleaning air drawn therein, and selectively per... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7201650 | Air vent for a ventilation system An air vent for a ventilation system in a vehicle is disclosed that has an air circulation chamber (1) defined by a housing (9) that has a generally bulged shape. An inflow duct (2) is connected to this housing and opens into the circulation cha... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7093821 | Fluid flow control valve The present invention provides a fluid flow control valve for regulating the flow of fluid, and a method for assembling the valve. The fluid flow control valve includes a housing having a generally spherical exterior portion sized to pivotally cooperate within a cou... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7070496 | Air outlet device for a vehicle, especially for an airplane An air outlet device for a vehicle, especially for an aircraft, comprises a nozzle body with an air intake opening and an air outlet opening. The air outlet device further comprises a holding element formed with an accommodating opening having the nozzle body suppor... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7044849 | Air vent for ventilation systems An air vent is provided that is capable of delivering a distributed divergent air flow with a predominant direction of flow that can be changed within a wide range of mutually perpendicular directions. In one embodiment, the air vent has an outlet grid that is gener... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7014557 | Outlet device for the interior of a vehicle The air outlet device (10) for the interior of a vehicle, particularly for being arranged above a seat of a vehicle such as, e.g., an airplane, a bus or the like, is provided with an air outlet element (38) comprising at least one air inlet opening ( | 03/21/2006 |
| 6916240 | Venting system A register system for air flow regulation, directing, damping and filtering attachable to individual building air supply outlets said as typically found in building rooms wherein air flow from a central air supply enters a room of the building through a duct in a pa... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6645065 | Air outlet system An air outlet system of a sphere and socket type. The air outlet system includes a housing, a hollow sphere rotatably mounted therein, and a bearing therebetween; and pluralities of openings in respective predetermined shapes formed in oppositely disposed... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6402610 | Positive shut-off air outlet A positive shut-off air outlet comprises a nozzle having an internal surface with a spherical radius of curvature, a disc mounted within the nozzle having an external surface with a spherical radius of curvature adapted to interface with the internal surf... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6174231 | Air outlet device for a microcomputer CPU Air exit device of a microcomputer central unit, characterized by the fact that it comprises a support (3) to be fixed around the microcomputer housing ventilation air exit opening (2), an orientable guide tube (4, 4A, 4B) linked to the support (3), and a... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6139427 | Ventilation system A ventilation system which provides a ventilating unit which can be installed without structural constraints, and air flow can be controlled effectively by setting the direction of nozzles in various directions and also can reduce the noise from air resis... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6030285 | Device for dissipating heat from a car A device for dissipating heat from a car and having discharge ports the angle of which is adjustable. The device includes a body, an air discharge rotary cylinder having discharge ports, a fan blade shaft, and a securing device. The body is comprised of l... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5876281 | Pulse air jet generator A pulse air jet generator being used for an air shower apparatus. An air flow restricting member, which is so configured as to cross an air flow blown off from an air blowoff nozzle intermittently at part of the rotational locus thereof and to rotate by t... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5810661 | Method and apparatus for controlling the orientation of adjustable air flow direction blades of an air conditioner An air conditioner includes an air outlet for discharging temperature-conditioned air. Horizontal and vertical blades extend across the air outlet and are pivotably adjustable for controlling the up/down and right/left directions of air flow, respectively... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5782290 | Tubular heat exchange system A tubular heat exchange systems is disclosed. An outer tube section, though which a first medium passes, also contains inner coils, through which a second medium passes. The first medium can be drawn into the outer tube at each end of the tube using pumps... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5746651 | Eyeball outlet assembly The outlet assembly (10) includes a housing (14) and a barrel or eyeball (20) moveable therein. The barrel (20) includes directional vanes (22) for redirecting air. A retainer ring (24) interconnects the barrel (20) in the housing and allows rotation of t... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5733189 | Spherical air vent for a motor vehicle An air vent for use in a motor vehicle passenger compartment, and in particular to an air vent with an air grill that can be rotated to a closed position. A housing has a first pivot bearing to which is connected a carrier with a second pivot bearing. An ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5697841 | Air flow register An air flow register comprises a housing which is open at upper and lower ends and comprises a peripheral outwardly projecting flange at the upper end and a skirt portion which depends from the flange, the register further comprising a cowl which is pivot... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5575715 | Ball louver with liner assembly A ball louver assembly for controlling the direction of pressurized air passing through the openings of a ball shaped louver. The ball louver mechanism comprises a ball louver liner, which holds the ball louver and liner inside and between front and rear ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5399119 | Air valve device having flush closing nozzle A ventilation air valve assembly (10) for use in aircraft or similar contexts is provided which may be selectively opened and oriented for directing desired quantities of ventilation air in desired directions. The valve assembly (10) includes a tubular va... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5328152 | Fluid control valve unit A fluid control valve unit particularly suited to be used as an air control valve in an overhead passenger service unit for aircraft, buses, trains and the like. This valve unit includes a non-rotatable and axially movable closure member which moves in re... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5315846 | Cool air circulating apparatus for a refrigerator A refrigerator has freezing and refrigerating compartments arranged above and below one another. A hollow duct extends vertically through said freezing and refrigerating compartments and receives a flow of cool air at its upper end. The duct includes vert... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5295905 | Air nozzle for a directed air flow into a room An air nozzle (1) for directed discharge of air into a room (A) and comprising a nozzle head (2) with an air channel (3) being adjustably provided in a mounting opening (4) in a surface (5), e.g., the wall of a compressed air channel or a compressed air c... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5127876 | Fluid control valve unit An air control valve unit which includes an axially moveable and non-rotating closure member which is responsive to the rotative and non-axial movement of an actuator. The rotative movement of the actuator moves the closure member between a closed positio... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5121675 | Device for supplying air to and if need be evacuating air from a room In a device for aerating and, if necessary, deaerating a space by means of individual nozzles arranged in a casing box (4, 4a), at least one individual nozzle (14) is rigidly mounted in a nozzle grid (5, 5a) arranged so as to swivel about an axis of the c... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5097672 | Spot air-conditioner A blow-off duct is rotatably mounted on an air-conditioner. A human body detection device is provided at the blow-off duct in order to detect the presence of a person to be air-conditioned and then to identify the moving direction thereof. Comfortable loc... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4966069 | Nozzle outlet A nozzle outet for the introduction of warm and/or cold air into a room wherein a plurality of individual nozzles is arranged in an outlet housing. In a preferred embodiment a large number of relatively small individual nozzles are employed. In a further ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4848669 | Fluid flow control nozzles The present invention provides an air flow control nozzle in which a ball, which has air-flow passageways therethrough, is at least partially supported in a housing (or cowl) by an air cushion formed by the pressure of air at the nozzle inlet end, in orde... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4794851 | Nozzle means for an air conditioning installation In a nozzle for an air conditioning installation or the like for ventilating rooms, having a mounting frame with an opening and a nozzle pivotably mounted therein and which has an extension part with a contour substantially closing the opening, the extens... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4716818 | Air distribution device An air outlet having a ball shaped valve member having a central passageway defined therefrom intermediated a convergent entrance and an exit, the transverse area of the entrance being at least 45% greater than the transverse area of the exit. The valve m... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4524679 | Air valve A valve for directing and controlling the flow of pressurized gas comprises a socket and a spheroidal hollow shell mounted in said socket for swivel motion. The shell interiorly forms a spheroidal socket which receives an axially rotatable valve body. The... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4366525 | Air ionizer for rooms A room air ionizer which includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan for drawing air into the housing through the air inlet and for blowing air out of the housing through the air outlet, negative ion-producing electrodes located betwee... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4286419 | Building structure and coupling profile associated therewith U-shaped coupling profiles hold in a building structure a floating ceiling or they constitute a grating to which sound-absorbing components or lighting fittings can be secured. A number of the coupling profiles are, in addition, adapted to supply or condu... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4135440 | Method and apparatus for ventilating or air conditioning occupied rooms A method for ventilating or air conditioning a room or occupied space comprising dividing the air supplied to the room into a principal air volume appropriately fed into the room at various spots to establish the primary or overall climate of the room and... | 01/23/1979 |
| 3988973 | Air outlet An air inlet through which supply air is blown into the room of a building or the like including at least one roller-shaped elongated blowing element, two mutually parallel disposed bearing shells between which the blowing element is mounted and at least ... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3974755 | Air outlet An air outlet through which air is supplied to the room of a building or the like which includes a plurality of blower elements arranged in at least one row, with each element being independently angularly adjustable to supply air within a range of defini... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3942419 | Barrel type air diffuser An air stream projecting device especially suitable for cooling, heating and ventilating large enclosures by providing both horizontal and vertical control of air streams. The device is usually mounted on the side or end of an air duct and serves as an ou... | 03/09/1976 |
