Plural, In-series Jets Patents (Class 454/40)
  • Patent number: 8157626
    Abstract: A system includes a substantially sealed, substantially airtight cabinet sized for housing a vertical array of heat-producing units, the cabinet having an exterior shell and the system including an interior divider wall disposed inside the cabinet, the shell and divider wall providing an equipment chamber adapted to support the array such that the array cooperates with the shell and divider wall in use to define a first plenum, the first plenum having a first inlet defined by the divider wall for receiving a flow of cooling gas and having a first outlet defined by a plurality of openings through the array whereby the first plenum communicates with the openings in use to exhaust substantially all of the flow of cooling fluid through the openings and hence through the array, wherein the divider wall is configured to allow the first inlet to admit the gas to the first plenum in a substantially horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventor: Tony Day
  • Publication number: 20080200108
    Abstract: A nozzle for an exhaust fan that has a primary, central aperture for exhaust. Arranged around the periphery of the central aperture is a plurality of side apertures. The nozzle fits over the fan outlet. A stack may extend upwardly from the central aperture. Exhaust exiting the side apertures induces a flow of ambient air, especially when a windband encircles the nozzle. The ambient air increases the volume of exhaust exiting the windband.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventor: Minel Kupferberg
  • Patent number: 7077739
    Abstract: The high velocity and high dilution exhaust system uses a centrifugal fan provided with a tapered nozzle. The nozzle compresses the airstream exiting the fan to increase back pressure and velocity. The air flow from the fan enters a stack having a venturi further increasing the velocity and decreasing the pressure. The decrease in pressure causes a suction, allowing the introduction of ambient air to mix with and dilute the output of the fan. The total discharge from the exhaust stack has a high velocity resulting in a plume height and effective height of the exhaust before dispersion occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Inventors: Minel Kupferberg, Marc Robitaille
  • Patent number: 7018287
    Abstract: The high velocity and high dilution exhaust system uses a centrifugal fan provided with a tapered nozzle. The nozzle compresses the airstream exiting the fan to increase back pressure and velocity. The air flow from the fan enters a stack having a venturi further increasing the velocity and decreasing the pressure. The decrease in pressure causes a suction, allowing the introduction of ambient air to mix with and dilute the output of the fan. The total discharge from the exhaust stack has a high velocity resulting in a plume height and effective height of the exhaust before dispersion occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Inventors: Minel Kupferberg, Marc Robitaille
  • Patent number: 6926600
    Abstract: A cap for a flue opening of a chimney in order to enhance draw of smoke and in order to protect from entry of animals and debris. The device includes sidewalls fabricated from flat sheet metal and a top attached to the sidewalls from fasteners. A plurality of louver openings are provided in the sidewalls in order to draw air. A plurality of exit vent openings in the sidewalls above the louver openings are at least equal to a cross-sectional area of the flue opening. An inner frame and mounting assembly includes a mechanism to both anchor the device to the chimney flue and to level the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: European Copper, LLC
    Inventor: John G. Arnold, Jr.