Air distributor valve

• US 3,099,949 A
• Filed: 02/19/1962
• Issued: 08/06/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles A. Davidson
• Original Assignee: Charles A. Davidson
• Inventors: Davidson, Charles A.
• Application Number:
  US04/174,071
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• US Class Current: 454/304
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/065 formed as cylindrical or spherical bodies which are rotatable

Claims

1. AN AIR DISTRIBUTOR VALVE COMPRISING A HOUSING, A CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER FORMED IN SAID HOUSING, INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHAMBER, SAID INLET OPENING BEING SPACED FROM SAID OUTLET OPENING BY A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY FACING CHAMBER WALL PORTIONS, VALVE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE DIRECTION AND VOLUME OF AIR DISCHARGED THROUGH SAID OUTLET OPENING COMPRISING A VALVE MEMBER INCLUDING AN ARCUATE SIDE SLIDABLY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID CHAMBER WALL PORTIONS AND HAVING AN AREA NOT IN EXCESS OF ONE OF SAID WALL PORTIONS BUT SUFFICIENT TO COVER ONE OF SAID INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS, SAID VALVE MEMBER FURTHER INCLUDING AN OPPOSITELY DIRECTED AIR DEFLECTING SIDE EXTENDING BETWEEN THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID ARCUATE SIDE, THE MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF SAID VALVE MEMBER ACROSS SAID SIDES IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CHAMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE CHAMBER DIAMETER, AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID VALVE MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT ON THE AXIS OF SAID CHAMBER WHEREBY SAID VALVE MEMBER CAN BE SELECTIVELY MOVED BETWEEN POSITIONS IN WHICH THE AIR DEFLECTING SIDE THEREOF LIES IN SPACED RELATION WITH EITHER OF SAID CHAMBER WALL PORTIONS AND IN WHICH THE ARCUATE SIDE THEREOF COVERS ONE OF SAID INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS.