ENTRAINMENT AIR FLOW CONTROL AND FILTRATION DEVICES
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Abstract
Devices and systems are provided, that entrain ambient air within a primary stream of pressurised air, for use in a variety of applications including aircraft, buildings and other stationary structures. The ambient air is drawn through an air treatment such a filter before entrainment within the primary stream. The combined streams are then delivered to a ventilation system, an air curtain or other suitable recipient of treated, thermally conditioned air. The systems include air curtain systems and ventilation systems for aircraft and other vehicles.
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64 Claims
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1-39. -39. (canceled)
- 40. An air treatment apparatus for connection to a source of pressurized air, comprising a housing, a mix chamber within said housing having open first and second opposed ends, a nozzle with one or more jet or orifice outlets configured to discharge a pressurized primary stream of air from said source into the first end of said mix chamber, at least one air entrainment chamber in fluid communication with the first end of said mix chamber, said entrainment chamber having an inlet to admit ambient air and air treatment means within said entrainment chamber, wherein said mix chamber is configured to entrain ambient air from said entrainment chamber as a secondary stream within said primary stream and discharge an air stream comprising said primary and secondary streams from said second end.
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