Abstract: A humidifier obtains, based on detection values of a first and second temperature and humidity sensors, the amount of humidification, the amount of water evaporated by a humidifying material per preset time, controls the amount of water supplied by a water supply unit per the preset time to be smaller than a specific value when the amount of humidification obtained at the present time is increased compared to the amount of humidification obtained at the previous time, and controls the amount of water supplied by the water supply unit per the preset time to be equal to or greater than the specific value when the amount of humidification obtained at the present time is decreased compared to the amount of humidification obtained at the previous time or when the amount of humidification obtained at the present time is equal to the amount of humidification obtained at the previous time.

Abstract: An interlocking gutter system with perforations in the visor allows for the maximum amount of water drainage while blocking debris from entering the gutter. The gutter trough has an increasing radius as it approaches the downspout, to increase the capacity for carrying water. In the event that debris does enter the gutter, the interlocking mechanism can be disengaged, thereby allowing the gutter trough to drop away from the visor, dumping accumulated debris with minimal effort. The perforations in the visor can be patterned and sized in order to block the most common debris encountered in that installation. The gutter may allow water to enter the trough via a coanda slot in addition to perforations in the visor. The gutter system may have multiple troughs to further assist in draining a maximum amount of water. In the event of a clog, the system is emptied using an endcap.

Abstract: An adjustable width barricade includes a frameless, flexible, washable, aesthetically attractive, and generally-rectangular barrier that mounts between banisters of a stairwell. The adjustable width barricade does not require drilling into the stairwell banisters and is removeably mountable without damaging either the structural integrity or decorative finish of wooden banisters, balusters, rails, or posts. Multiple strap-like fasteners attach the barrier to stairway banisters or posts, including posts having vertically varying diameters and configurations, that are non-parallel relative to each other, that are non-perpendicular relative to the flooring surface, or that are otherwise asymmetrical. A plurality of rigid, structural support members are inserted into vertical channels in the barrier that maintain the height of the barrier when installed.

Abstract: A screened area water passageway comprising a passageway frame, with the passageway frame having an open bottom. There is included a long side mounting strip coupled to the passageway frame. There is also a a passageway door frame coupled to the passageway frame. The passageway door frame has a Z-shaped facade coupled thereto so as to make the door frame more aesthetically pleasing.

Abstract: A water restrictor adapted to control water diversion from one or more channels in a lower member of a fenestration unit, such as a prehung sliding door or window.

Abstract: A door assembly including a vertically moving door to permit and prohibit access through an opening which has a top, a bottom defined by a floor, and at least two sides, the door assembly. The assembly having a door body having upper and lower portions, and being mounted proximate the opening such that the lower end portion being proximate the floor when the door is in the closed position. A protective body is configured in connection with the door so as to be moveable between a first position under at least a portion of the door body lower portion when the door is in at least a partially open position and a second storage position. The protective body having at least one debris collecting surface, and opposing ends, the protective body being configured such that debris collected on the debris collecting surface will be urged toward one of the opposed ends.

Abstract: A screened area water passageway comprising a passageway frame, with the passageway frame having an open bottom. There is included a long side mounting strip coupled to the passageway frame. There is also a passageway door frame coupled to the passageway frame.

Abstract: A structure for awnings and arbours, comprising a supporting frame, provided with respective front columns, which are designed to support guide beams for a covering canopy and for at least one movable crosspiece, which is in turn associated with an end flap of the covering canopy. At least one collection duct for rainwater being provided with at least one sealing element, in order to prevent the penetration of water, and is also provided with at least one outlet for draining the water, which extends externally from the duct and is substantially faced towards at least one respective hole, which is defined in at least one respective tubular body, which is substantially vertical and is associated with a corresponding front column. The outlet is substantially accommodated within the hole when the crosspiece is in the configuration of maximum advancement towards the front columns and the covering canopy is completely extended.

Abstract: A bow system is provided for coupling between a pair of arm members of an awning structure in a mounting region located beneath an area corresponding to a leading portion of an awning sheet thereof. A bow member of the bow system is aligned generally parallel to a lead member of the awning structure and is configured to flex upwardly to elevate a portion of the awning sheet when the awning is in a deployed configuration to prevent the accumulation of water or debris thereon. The bow member may automatically flex as the awning structure moves from a retracted configuration toward the deployed configuration. Other prop devices and methods of preventing the accumulation of water or debris on awning structures using bow systems and other prop devices are also provided.

Abstract: An example of a door with a pliable curtain includes various washdown features that make the door particularly suitable for use in food and drug related environments that demand cleanliness. To prevent product contamination, such as bacteria and other microorganisms, some examples of the door include a curtain storage track with a spiral groove machined in a unitary block of plastic, a ventilated side frame with a removable curtain guide track and a removable seal, and various curtain seams that not only join multiple sheets of the curtain together but also promote and strategically direct liquid runoff to avoid creating water-holding surfaces and to prevent liquid from dripping on products passing through the doorway.

Abstract: A corrosion resistant intruder screen has a frame including elongate frame members (3) with a mesh (4) clamped to frame members (3). The frame members (3) each have a first holding channel (50) formed therein and a clamping portion (6) spaced from the first holding channel (50). Clamping members (7) co-act with fastening means (8) to clamp the mesh (4) between the clamping members (7) and the clamping portions (6) with leveraged clamping action. The screen includes covers (54) which are configured to be clipped to the frame members (3) and which each have a second holding channel (60) formed therein. The screen further includes a sealing assembly comprising first sealing members (51) and second sealing members (61).

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a partition system includes a flexible partition expandable along at least its length and its height, at least one support element associated with the partition, and a fluid delivery system associated with the partition and configured to deliver a fluid to a space adjacent to the partition.

Abstract: A high-speed door assembly has a shaft or drum having a longitudinal axis which is configured so that the longitudinal axis is parallel with a wall to which the door assembly is mounted. A flexible door panel is attached to the shaft or drum so as to be capable of being wound and unwound about the drum for selectively permitting and prohibiting access through an opening in the wall to which the door assembly is mounted, the door panel being wound on the shaft or drum in an orientation such that the door panel defines at least one vertical plane when unwound from the shaft or drum, the vertical plane being spaced further from the wall to which the door assembly is mounted than the longitudinal axis of the shaft or drum.

Abstract: A door structure, said structure for use particularly, although not necessarily exclusively, to selectively close an opening between a first environment which is at a temperature which is lower than the temperature of the environment on the opposing side of the opening. The door is provided with a structure so as to define a cavity therein into which air is caused to flow. The door has formations and a structure so as to encourage uniform air flow through the cavity and hence prevent or minimise the creation of condensation and/or frost on the door structure.

Abstract: A secure ventilation assembly for multi-panel retractable garage doors is provided. The ventilation assembly is comprised of a plurality of panels operably mounted to the multi-panel retractable garage door and movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The plurality of panels includes C-channel shaped frames sized to receive a soft wire mesh and a security barrier adjacent to the soft wire mesh for preventing debris and unwanted insects or rodents from entering the interior of the garage while still allowing air to flow into and out of the garage. The ventilation assembly may include a cooling system having a water absorbent breathable material that allows air to pass through and enter the interior of the garage. The material cools the air as the air evaporates water molecules from the material. As a result, cool air enters the interior of the garage cooling down the temperature of the interior.

Abstract: An awning includes at least one fabric panel having a water drip hole therethrough with a breakaway water valve/window for release of accumulated rainwater therethrough. One or more gutters may be provided and disposed beneath the awning drip holes for conducting water to an outside perimeter of the awning. The breakaway water valve/window includes a flap hingeably attached to the fabric awning under the drip hole along an edge portion thereof and a pressure sensitive release or joiner is disposed between the fabric awning and another edge portion of the flap.

Abstract: A head rod molding and awning system adapted to be mounted above or below the roof line. The head rod molding member comprises an elongated member having an upper edge and an opposite lower edge along its length. A guideway is provided on the front side of the elongated molding member between the upper and lower edges. A forwardly disposed overhanging lip is provided along the upper edge and a channel, preferably substantially cylindrical, is running along the lower edge, the channel have having a slot along the length of the channel.

Abstract: A fire protection apparatus includes a plurality of bladders that are substantially filled with a non-flammable liquid via a manifold that is coupled to a source of non-flammable liquid and includes one or more nozzles that discharge the non-flammable liquid into each of the plurality of bladders. In one specific embodiment, the apparatus is initially in a substantially collapsed state at or near a ceiling. When fire or smoke is detected, the non-flammable liquid flows into the manifold. As the plurality of bladders begin to fill with non-flammable liquid, the weight of the filling bladders causes the fire protection apparatus to deploy, spanning from ceiling to floor. The bladders may include one or more discharge orifices that allow the non-flammable liquid to flow out of the bladder and down the exterior of the bladder once the bladder is filled to the level of its discharge orifices.

Abstract: In a joint arm awning with a cover, in particular a box-mounted awning, comprising a fabric roll shaft for the among fabric to be rolled up and a drop-out section which is joined to free ends of extendible joint arms and inside of which the free outer edge of the awning fabric is fixed, it is provided that a first gutter is formed along the outer edge of the awning fabric inside the drop-out section; and that an upwardly open second gutter is formed in the vicinity of the upper edge of the drop-out section; and that water can flow from the upper gutter into the lower gutter.

Abstract: An awning assembly adapted to automatically lower an edge of a canopy under a predetermined weight collected on the canopy to remove some of the collected weight from the canopy and thereafter return the canopy to its original position. The awning assembly includes an arm assemblies comprising a vertically extending base arm secured at the wall, a bottom arm having a first end pivotally connected to the base arm, an extended arm having a first end pivotally connected to the bottom arm and a second end supporting the awning arm, and a top arm having a first end pivotally connected to the extended arm. Another arrangement for the arm assemblies includes a rafter arm having an inner end pivotally connected to the wall and an outer end pivotally connected to the a support arm, the support arm has an outer end connected to and supporting the awning arm and an inner end removably connected to the wall.

Abstract: A roll-up overhead door assembly which is selectively moved up and down to open and close an opening and which is guided along sides of the opening by columns, the door having an open position, a closed position and a cleaning position. The door includes a drum positioned proximate the top of the opening, a flexible door panel connected to the drum and a drip guard. The door panel is attached to the drum such that when the door assembly is in an open position the door panel is wound around the drum. The drip guard partially surrounds the drum and is positioned and sized to catch residue falling from the drum or door panel overhead. The door panel is sized such that in the closed position the door panel is connected to a point on the drum so that the panel does not significantly overlap the drum. The door further includes columns on opposed sides of the opening and surrounding the guides.

Abstract: A window unit (14) has an extruded frame (12) and a moveable window panel (4). The frame (12) has a channel (24) for mounting the window panel therein and a cavity (36) disposed outwardly of the channel (24). The frame (12) further has first and second throughbores (60, 69) for facilitating communication between the channel and the cavity, wherein the first throughbore (60) is disposed at a level below the second throughbore (69). A third throughbore (64) is provided for facilitating communication between the cavity (36) and an external environment. A first weeper (8) is mounted in the first throughbore (60), including a flapper valve (62) characterized by open and closed positions, wherein the flapper valve (62) assumes the open position upon urging by fluid pressure in the channel (24). The frame (12) may also include a second weeper (10) mounted in the third throughbore (64) wherein the first and second weepers (8, 10) can be configured to be an internal weeper (8) or an external weeper (10).

Abstract: A curtain consists of a web of temperature resistant material that forms a web surface and that may be unwound from a coil that is arranged on a coil core. The curtain web has lateral edge regions on either side of the web so as to be separated by the curtain web's width and upper and lower end edge region. The curtain web includes a first outer web layer, and inner layer of fibrous material that extends over a predetermined length and that forms two opposed surfaces, one of which is adjacent to the first outer web layer. The curtain web also includes a second outer layer that is adjacent to the other surface of the inner layer. The curtain arrangement further includes a supply for a liquid fire retardant that extends with in the region of the upper end edge region and over the width of the curtain so as to supply the liquid to the fibrous material.

Abstract: A roll-up overhead door assembly which is selectively moved up and down to open and close an opening and which is guided along sides of the opening by columns, the door having an open position, a closed position and a cleaning position. The door includes a drum positioned proximate the top of the opening. The door panel is attached to the drum such that when the door assembly is in an open position the door panel is wound around the drum. The drip guard partially surrounds the drum and is positioned and sized to catch residue falling from the drum or door panel overhead. The door panel is sized such that in the closed position the door panel is connected to a point on the drum so that the panel does not significantly overlap the drum.

Abstract: A water diversion channel for the joint between door sections of a sectional door. The water diversion channel is formed in the leading face of the tongue portion of the tongue and groove of the joint. The leading face of the tongue is formed with a slight undercut so as to provide the water diversion channel with a triangular cross section.

Abstract: The present invention is a novel and unique double window apparatus with insect/solar screens designed for many applications such as residential office buildings and schools. The present invention has three important features which are as follows: first, the double window apparatus has insect/solar screens between the exterior and interior windows; secondly, a pressure chamber is created between the exterior and interior windows and the pressure chamber reduces water entry; and third, the window contains perforated screen tracks covering the fiberglass which serve to reduce the noise transmission inside the building structure. The present invention is utilized as a solar energy admitting device for rejecting or accepting the sun's energy.

Abstract: A cover assembly for an automobile has a case and a rotary shaft mounted within the case. The case can form an integral component of the automobile bumper and can be either curved or straight. The rotary shaft onto which a cover is rotated can also be straight or curved. The cover assembly includes an operating mechanism which features an assembly for curving the rotary shaft and devices for extending or shortening the rotary shaft. The operating mechanism also includes a bearing assembly that provides the shaft with freedom of movement in a vertical direction and in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. A cap is pivotably supported to the case and the cover assembly includes a locking device for securing the cap in place. The cover has a main sheet and an auxiliary sheet, with the auxiliary sheet designed for securement with the locking device such that the main sheet can cover above and below the case.

Abstract: An awning cover assembly for use in protecting an awning installed on recreational vehicles and mobile homes or the like is provided, wherein a first end of said awning is attached to a vertical mounting surface and a second end of said awning is connected to an extendable arm of an awning bracket supported on said vertical mounting surface by an awning bracket holder, the improvement wherein said awning cover assembly comprises:an elongated hood member including open rear and bottom portions, protective top and front portions, and opposing protective side portions extending rearwardly and downwardly from said front and top portions, respectively;mounting mechanism pivotally attached to the rear of said top portion of said hood member, said mounting mechanism permitting said hood member to be rotated upwardly and rearwardly upon mounting of said hood member on said vertical mounting surface, anda connector which cooperatively engages in fixed position both an upper portion of said awning bracket holder and sa

Abstract: An all season window includes a rectilinear peripherally extending pane mounting frame. Three panes of transparent material are secured sealingly within the frame in parallel spaced relationship and extend vertically. A solar heat ray absorbent material is contained within the frame. In one preferred form of the invention the middle of the three panes comprises the solar heat ray absorbent material and a discrete amount of heat absorbent liquid is included within the frame. A pump and associated motor is provided for pumping the heat absorbent liquid between a first location in which it fills the region between the outer and intermediate panes and a second location in which the liquid fills the region between the inner and intermediate panes.

Abstract: A low cost drainage arrangement is described for closure frames which arrangement does not increase the overall size of the frames. Between the inner and exterior track recesses a passageway is provided to prevent the accumulation of water in the inner recess. The outer recess has at least one slot adjacent to the side of the frame and laterally displaced from the passageway. An exterior panel frame member for a screening panel or the like covers and shields the exterior portion of the passageway for free drainage during adverse weather conditions.