SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING AN INFLATABLE AIR DUCT

• US 20190323724A1
• Filed: 11/18/2016
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bosman Van Zaal B.V. (Green Innovators BV)
• Original Assignee: Bosman Van Zaal B.V. (Green Innovators BV)
• Inventors: CASTELIJN, Carolus Albertus Maria, MANTJE, Frederick Jan
• Granted Patent: US 11,002,463 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/02 partly surrounding the pipes, cables or protective tubing bands or chains F16L3/14
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/14 Hangers in the form of bands or chains
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/02 Ducting arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/0218 Flexible soft ducts, e.g. ducts made of permeable textiles
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/0254 characterised by their mounting means, e.g. supports
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/25 Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor

Abstract

Suspension system for supporting an inflatable air duct comprising at least one support bracket arranged to support the inflatable air duct, said at least one support bracket being suspendable, wherein said at least one support bracket includes a first bracket component arranged to support a first side of the inflatable air duct, and a second bracket component arranged to support a second opposite side of the inflatable air duct, wherein a first end of each of said first and second bracket components comprises a plurality of bends such as to provide at least one holding point to prevent said first and second bracket components from rotating in opposite direction towards each other around an axis in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the inflatable air duct.

Claims

1. Suspension system for supporting an inflatable air duct comprising at least one support bracket arranged to support the inflatable air duct, said at least one support bracket being suspendable, wherein said at least one support bracket includes a first bracket component arranged to support a first side of the inflatable air duct, and a second bracket component arranged to support a second opposite side of the inflatable air duct, wherein a first end of each of said first and second bracket components comprises a plurality of bends such as to provide at least one holding point to prevent said first and second bracket components from rotating in opposite direction towards each other around an axis in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the inflatable air duct.

2. Suspension system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one holding point is a contact point between a bended first end of said first bracket component and a bended first end of said second bracket component.

3. Suspension system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one holding point is a contact point between a bended first end of said first and/or second bracket component and at least one suspension structure, on which said at least one support bracket is suspendable.

4. Suspension system according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of bends in the first end of each of said first and second bracket components provide at least two additional holding points to prevent said support bracket from rotating around a substantially vertical axis.

5. Suspension system according to claim 4, wherein said at least two additional holding points are contact points between a bended first end of at least one of said two bracket components and two opposing lateral sides of at least one suspension structure, on which said at least one support bracket is suspendable, wherein said contact points are spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of said suspension line.

6. Suspension system according to claim 1, wherein a second end of each of said first and second bracket components is substantially arcuate defining a curvature of the inflatable air duct in cross-section.

7. Suspension system according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of bends in the first end of each of said first and second bracket components provide at least one suspension bend arranged such that said first and second bracket component are suspendable on a suspension structure.

8. Suspension system according to claim 7, wherein said at least one suspension bend is substantially U-shaped.

9. Suspension system according to claim 7, wherein the bended first end of the first bracket component and/or the bended first end of the second bracket component comprise at least two suspension bends, wherein said at least two suspension bends are spaced apart along said suspension structure.

10. Suspension system according to claim 9, wherein the at least two suspension bends of the bended first end of the first bracket component are more spaced-apart than the at least two suspension bends of the bended first end of the second bracket component, such that the at least two suspension bends of said second bracket component are located in between the at least two suspension bends of said first bracket component when suspended on said suspension structure.

11. Suspension system according to claim 10, wherein said at least one holding point is a contact point between a bended first end of said second bracket component and a link between a first suspension bend and a second suspension bend of the first bracket component.

12. Suspension system according to claim 1, wherein the bended first end of the first bracket component comprises a U-shaped holding bend arranged to receive the bended first end of the second bracket component.

13. Suspension system according to claim 1, wherein the bended first end of the first and/or second bracket component comprises at least one spiral winding.

14. Suspension system according to claim 1, wherein the first bracket component and the second bracket component have substantially the same shape.

15. Suspension assembly for supporting an inflatable air duct comprising a suspension system according to claim 1, further including at least one suspension structure on which said suspension system is suspendable.

16. Suspension assembly according to claim 15, wherein said suspension structure is a suspension line arranged to be in parallel with a longitudinal direction of said inflatable air duct.

17. Suspension assembly according to claim 15, wherein said at least one suspension structure, preferably a plurality of suspension lines, is arranged to be transverse to a longitudinal direction of said inflatable air duct.

18. Air duct assembly comprising

an inflatable air duct including spaced apart openings for blowing air from the duct through said openings;

a suspension system for supporting said inflatable air duct according to claim 1.

19. Air duct system comprising

an inflatable air duct including spaced apart openings for blowing air from the duct through said openings;

a suspension system for supporting said inflatable air duct according to claim 1;

at least one suspension structure on which said inflatable air duct is suspendable via said suspension system.

20. Method of mounting a support bracket of a suspension system according to claim 1 to an inflatable air duct comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart pairs of insert openings, as well as a plurality of air openings, wherein a second end of a first bracket component is introduced through one of a pair of insert openings into the inflatable air duct to support a first side of the inflatable air duct, while a first end of said first bracket component protrudes from the inflatable air duct, and wherein a second end of a second bracket component is introduced through the other of said pair of openings into the inflatable air duct to support a second opposite side of the inflatable air duct, while a first end of said second bracket component protrudes from said inflatable air duct.