Air vent

• US 4,183,290 A
• Filed: 04/17/1978
• Issued: 01/15/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Siegenia-Frank KG
• Original Assignee: Siegenia-Frank KG
• Inventors: Kucharczyk, Eckhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Wayner, William E.
• Application Number:
  US05/897,154
• Time in Patent Office: 638 Days
• Field of Search: 236/49, 236/1 R, 98/1 R, 98/40 D, 98/37, 181/30
• US Class Current: 454/256
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/71 responsive to temperature changes, rain, wind or noise
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/422 against vibration or noise
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/74 for controlling air flow rate or air velocity
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/88 Electrical aspects, e.g. circuits
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/24 Means for preventing or suppressing noise
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2011/0002 for admittance of outside air
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2130/40 Noise
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 454/906 Noise inhibiting means

Abstract

Sound-absorbing air vent for rooms having openings that are selectively opened or closed by an electrical motor which is controlled by a sound-sensitive element.

Claims

1. Air vent for rooms where its air vent openings respectively ducts can selectively be opened or closed by electrical drives,

characterized by the fact that a sound sensor (14) such as a microphone and a time-switch relay (15) activated by the microphone contained within a switch arrangement which, on open vent openings, puts the drive (1), not presently under current, during sound increase, immediately into the electrical circuit, first for the closure of the openings and thereafter with delayed action for the opening of the vent openings.

2. Air vent according to claim 1,

characterized by the fact that through repeatedly activating the sound sensor (14), the delay period of the time switch member (15) is extended.

3. Air vent according to claim 2,

characterized by the fact that between the sound sensor (14) and the time switch member (15) a filter switch (18) is provided in the form of a band pass filter or a band rejection filter.

4. Air vent according to claim 3,

characterized by the fact that the time switch member (15) tilts over a relay (16) with exchange contact (17) which, in its rest position puts on opened micro-switch (10) for the drive (1) under current, exclusively with opened vent openings, but in its switch position puts an opened micro-switch (11) for the drive (1) under current only with closed air openings.

5. Air vent according to claim 4,

characterized by the fact that the time switch member (15) consists of a condenser (46) and resistor (48) switched into series at the inlet of the condenser (46) and the one side of the resistor (46) is positioned against one diode (45) on the emitter of a transistor (44) with emitter control, and the other side of the resistor (48) is connected to the base of another transistor (49) with emitter control and its collector current influences the exchange contact relays (16, 17).

6. Air vent according to claim 5,

characterized by the fact that the condensor (46) of the time switch member (15) is connected in parallel to the diode (45) with a resistor (47).

7. Air vent according to claim 6,

characterized by the fact that the collector of the other transistor (49) is connected to the base of a transistor (50) and its collector is connected to the negative contact of the relay (16) and its emitter with the negative pole (23) of a current source (20).

8. Air vent according to claim 7,

characterized by the fact that the base of transistor (44) is connected to a resistor (42) andd two diodes (41 and 43) are connected (on one hand) to the negative polarity (23) of the current source (20) and (on the other hand) with the outlet of a condenser (40) whose inlet is connected the current source (20) over an ohm resistor (39) with the plus polarity (26).

9. Air vent according to claim 8,

characterized by the fact that the inlet of the condenser (40) is connected with the sound sensor (14) furthermore over an amplifier containing two transistors (38 and 34).

10. Air vent according to claim 9,

characterized by the fact that the inlet of the condenser (40) is connected to the emitter of the transistor (38) and its collector is connected directly to the negative outlet (23) of the current source (20) while its base is connected on one hand to a resistor (37) and on the other hand to an adjustable resistor (36), a condenser (35), and another resistor (33) positioned at the positive outlet (26) of the current source (20) and the collector of the transistor (34) is connected between the resistor (33) and the condenser (35) and its emitter is in immediate contact with the negative outlet (23) of the current source (20) and the base on one hand is in connection with the positive outlet (26) of the current source (20) through a resistor (32) and on the other hand is connected to the outlet of a condenser (31) where its inlet is connected to the positive contact of the sound sensor (14).

11. Air vent according to claim 10,

characterized by the fact that the current source (20) has two plus-contact connections (21 and 22) and into each is switched-in one diode (24 or 25) and that the outlet of both diodes (24 and 25) are lead together again to (26) and that beyond the connection (26) between the plus outlet (26) and the minus outlet (23) of the current source, an ohm resistor (27) and a collector (28) is switched-in parallel.

12. Air vent according to claim 11,

characterized by the fact that the drive is an alternate current asynchronmotor (1) driving a crank disk (3, 4) and the shaft (2) carrying the crank disk (3, 4) has a control cam (8, 9) which closes and opens the two micro-switches (10, 11) interchangable by a turn angle of 180°

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