Abstract: A damper system includes a damper housing configured to flow air, a damper blade disposed in the damper housing and having an orifice, the damper blade being rotatable in the damper housing between a closed position and an open position. The orifice is configured to allow air to flow through the damper blade while the damper blade is in the closed position. An auto-balancing damper is disposed in the damper housing apart from the damper blade, and the auto-balancing damper is configured to regulate a flow of the air through the damper housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner. The disclosed air conditioner comprises: a main discharge port formed in a housing so as to discharge air introduced through a first inlet; a first guide discharge port configured to discharge a portion of air introduced through a second inlet such that the portion of the air introduced through the second inlet is mixed with the air discharged from the main discharge port; a second guide discharge port configured to discharge another portion of the air introduced through the second inlet such that the another portion of the air introduced through the second inlet is mixed with the air discharged from the main discharge port; and a distribution device configured to adjust the flow rate of the air discharged through the first guide discharge port and the second guide discharge port.

Abstract: A vehicle system includes: at least one of: a particulate matter sensor configured to measure an amount of particulate within a passenger cabin of a vehicle; and a volatile organic compounds (VOC) sensor configured to measure an amount of VOCs within the passenger cabin of the vehicle; and a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system including a blower; a blower control module configured to: operate the blower in a first direction and blow air into the passenger cabin of the vehicle; and based on at least one of the amount of particulate and the amount of VOCs within the passenger cabin of the vehicle, selectively operate the blower in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, thereby blowing air from within the passenger cabin out through the HVAC system.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide an air conditioner provided with a water dripping prevention means which does not visually stand out, but rather improves outer appearance quality. [Solution] A dotted embossed pattern including a plurality of projections is formed along a panel opening forming an air outlet in a decorative panel. The projections have gaps (preferably 2.0 mm) therebetween such that condensation generated on a panel surface of the decorative panel can flow along the panel surface.

Abstract: A fire pit includes a top plate, upright poles, side plates, and limiting members. The top plate has a central through hole and connecting parts on its lower surface. An upper end face of each upright pole is rotably connected to a corresponding one of the connecting parts in a snap-on manner. Each upright pole has mounting grooves its sides. The mounting grooves extend downwardly along an axial direction of the upright pole and pass a lower end face of the upright pole. Two ends of each side plate are insertedly connected to the mounting grooves of corresponding two of the upright poles from lower ends of the corresponding upright poles. The limiting members are movably connected to lower end portions of the sides of the respective upright poles for limiting and preventing the side plates from falling out of the mounting grooves of the upright poles.

Abstract: A method for allowing opening of a first door pane with respect to a second door pane of a multi-pane door assembly of an oven appliance includes receiving, via a controller, one or more safety conditions relating to the oven appliance. The method also includes determining, via the controller, whether the one or more safety conditions correspond to one or more predetermined safety conditions. Further, the method includes allowing, via the controller, opening of the first door pane with respect to the second door pane of the multi-pane door assembly to provide access to a space between the first and second door panes only upon satisfaction of the one or more safety conditions corresponding to the one or more predetermined safety conditions.

Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative devices, systems, and vehicles for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) functions for an area remote from an HVAC system. In an illustrative embodiment, a device includes a seat having a first section of duct having a first end, a second section of duct couplable to the first section of duct, and a third section of duct couplable to the first section of duct. The second section of duct connects at a first end to an air supply source and at a second end to the first end of the first section of duct. The third section of duct includes an exhaust vent configured to direct air received from the air supply source in a direction aft of the seat.

Abstract: Disclosed are a ventilation apparatus and an air conditioner including the same. The air conditioner includes a main body including a heat exchanger and a blower fan blowing indoor air to pass through the heat exchanger, and a ventilation apparatus mounted on the main body to ventilate a room, the ventilation apparatus includes a case configured to accommodate a ventilation fan, a ventilation pipe including an inlet tube mounted on an outdoor air inlet of a building and an extension tube connecting a flow path of the case and the inlet tube and detachably connected to the inlet tube, and a ventilation filter installed in the ventilation pipe through a connection portion between the inlet tube and the extension tube to filter out foreign substances in air.

Abstract: An air discharge device includes an air discharge unit for discharging an air flow. The air discharge unit includes at least one main hole from which an air flow is blown out as a working air flow, and a separation structure configured to separate a central portion of a thickness of a velocity boundary layer of the working air flow from a center line of the main hole at a downstream side of the main hole.

Abstract: A soffit vent for venting air from an interior of a house having a soffit includes a housing having a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion is coupled to the rear portion and forms an interior volume and a length. The rear portion has an air inlet for coupling to an air source and an outlet for coupling to the front portion. The front portion has a body having an inlet for coupling to the outlet of the rear portion, an outlet port, a length that permits the body to be positioned under a soffit. The outlet port of the front portion is shaped to be positioned adjacent to an outer edge of a soffit, but not under a soffit of a house.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus has an airflow direction deflector having a shaft located in a second airflow passage extending from a heat exchanger to an air outlet of an outer panel, the shaft being connected to a vane, and an airflow speed reducer provided between the heat exchanger and the shaft in the second airflow passage. The airflow speed reducer is spaced apart from a first airflow passage wall located between a first airflow passage extending from an air inlet of the outer panel to the heat exchanger and the second airflow passage. The airflow moves between the airflow speed reducer and the shaft at an airflow speed slower than the airflow speed thereof between the heat exchanger and the airflow speed reducer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an interior air quality monitoring and ventilation control method and system for a train.

Abstract: A home appliance includes a body and a door. The body includes a chamber. The door is configured to open and close the chamber. The door includes an upper flange forming an upper surface of the door. The door also includes a side flange forming a side surface of the door. The door further includes a support flange formed by being bent at an upper end of the side flange. The support flange includes a support portion that is configured to come in contact with the upper flange and a bending portion connecting the side flange to the support portion. The upper flange is arranged on the support portion such that one end of the upper flange is located on an upper portion of the bending portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air cleaner with an improved locking structure. The air cleaner includes a cabinet, a panel having a plurality of holes for discharging air to the front of the cabinet and detachably mounted on the cabinet, and a locking device to detachably connect the cabinet and the panel, wherein the locking device includes a first locking member disposed on the panel, and a second locking member disposed in the cabinet to lock or unlock the first locking member by being rotated by pressing of the first locking member.

Abstract: A system for thermally conditioning and moving a fluid includes a thermoelectric device to convert electrical energy into thermal energy and produce a temperature change in response to an electrical current being applied thereto. The thermoelectric device can include a main-side and a waste side. A fluid moving device can produce a fluid flow that is in thermal communication with the thermoelectric device so that the thermal energy generated by the thermoelectric device is transferred to or from the fluid flow. A flow control valve selectively can direct the fluid flow along a main-side fluid flow path and/or a waste side fluid flow path.

Abstract: An air vent (1) for a vehicle, including a housing (2) whose housing wall delimits an air duct (3), at least one air-guiding slat (5) in the air duct (3) which is pivotable or rotatable relative to the housing wall about an axis of rotation (6), or a slat pack (4) in the air duct (3) having a multiplicity of air-guiding slats (5), each of them being pivotable or rotatable relative to the housing wall about one axis of rotation (6), such that the air duct (3) is subdivided into a multiplicity of sub-ducts (7), and at least one lateral blocking element (8) which is displaceable, pivotable or rotatable relative to the at least one air-guiding slat (5) or the air-guiding slats (5) of the slat pack (4) and to the housing wall for the purpose of blocking a sub-duct (7) formed between the at least one air-guiding slat (5) or an outer air-guiding slat (5) of the slat pack (4) and the housing wall.

Abstract: An air outlet duct structure, an air outlet panel and a patio type air conditioner indoor unit are provided. The air outlet duct structure includes a first air duct wall and a second air duct wall arranged oppositely. An air outlet passage is formed between the first air duct wall and the second air duct wall. The first air duct wall includes a plurality of concave curved surfaces connected along an airflow direction, wherein curvature radii of the plurality of concave curved surfaces decrease sequentially along the airflow direction.

Abstract: A fluid discharge device is for discharging a fluid includes a duct defining a fluid flow passage and having an opening at a downstream end of the fluid flow passage. The fluid discharge device includes a grill portion disposed in the fluid flow passage to adjust a flow direction of the fluid blown from the opening. The grill portion includes at least an adjustment fin rotatably arranged in the fluid flow passage, and is provided with an auxiliary flow passage that guides a part of the fluid flowing through the fluid flow passage to the opening as an auxiliary flow. The auxiliary flow passage is configured together with the adjustment fin to adjust a flow direction of the auxiliary flow discharged from the auxiliary flow passage to be aligned with the flow direction of the fluid flowing through the fluid flow passage.

Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit includes a body including an air outlet, an outer air deflector arranged at the air outlet and configured to open and close the air outlet, and an inner air deflector arranged at an inner side of the outer air deflector. The outer air deflector includes a plurality of first vent holes penetrating the outer air deflector in a thickness direction of the outer air deflector. The inner air deflector includes a plurality of second vent holes penetrating the inner air deflector in a thickness direction of the inner air deflector.

Abstract: A cab for a construction machine includes; an operator seat including a seat base and a backrest; a control box disposed along a lateral side of the operator seat; an air conditioner main body for cooling air; and a duct disposed behind the operator sea for guiding a cooling air generated in the air conditioner main body. The duct has a blowing port provided at such a position as to allow the cooling air to flow frontward along at least one of a lateral side of the seat base and a lateral side of a lower portion of the backrest and along an inner surface of the control box.