Axially Movable Or Sliding Patents (Class 454/334)
  • Patent number: 5249602
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for controlling the flow of gaseous and liquid media, particularly air, comprising of a housing, a number of movable closing members shutting off in closed position the internal cross-sectional area of said housing and an actuating mechanism connected to said movable closing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Inventors: Laszlo Sandor, Zoltan Szalay
  • Patent number: 5194040
    Abstract: A slot ventilator (1) comprises an elongate facing strip (7) which is movable on parallel-motion links (12) between a closed position in which it seals a slot (4) in a backing member (3), and a forward, open position. The parallel-motion links (12) are pivotally secured at one end of a rearwardly-extending rib (8) at the rear of the facing strip (7), and at the other end to a pair of parallel rearwardly-extending mounting flanges (5) behind the backing member (3). When the facing strip (7) is in the closed position, the pivotal connection (13) between the link (12) and the flanges (5) is accommodated within a cutout portion (18) of the rib (8), so enabling the overall depth of the ventilator to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Inventor: Arthur Stoney
  • Patent number: 5145460
    Abstract: A gasket assembly for use with a ventilation control apparatus in a building ventilation system in a building. The building ventilation system includes inlet and outlet vents and a fan. A plurality of generally narrow continuous openings are formed in a ceiling portion of the building for introducing a ventilating air flow from a first chamber into a second chamber of the building. Air flow through each opening is selectively controlled by a movable baffle device for regulating air flow through the opening into the building. The movable baffle devices are positioned over a ventilation subject, for example a livestock cage, to cooperatively create a desired ventilating air flow pattern in combination with neighboring movable baffle devices. The gasket assembly is employed with the movable baffle device to provide an extremely uniform yet suitably fresh minimum air flow through the building. The gasket assembly includes a dam portion and a curtain portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: CTB, Inc.
    Inventor: William M. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5095948
    Abstract: A device for simultaneously adjusting at least two pivoted elements, in particular valves used for air distribution in a vehicle heating or air-conditioning system, has an operating unit with a control disc which is connected to a rotary knob and a control groove which is closed upon itself and into which at least two levers engage which are pivotably accommodated by the operating unit and whose pivoting movements are transmitted to the pivoted elements. Simple tolerance compensation and installation without subsequent setting work is possible when each lever has a separate pivot bearing. The pivoting movements, occurring when the control groove is followed, of the bearing pin of each lever, with a universal-joint arrangement in between which leads away essentially in the axial direction of the bearing pins and permits length compensation, are transmitted from the operating unit to pivoted levers mounted on the heating box side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Klaus Arold, Otto Player