Room ventilating device

• US 4,257,319 A
• Filed: 05/04/1978
• Issued: 03/24/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Siegenia-Frank KG (Siegenia-Aubi KG)
• Original Assignee: Siegenia-Frank KG (Siegenia-Aubi KG)
• Inventors: Kucharczyk, Eckhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Makay, Albert J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BENNETT, HENRY A
• Application Number:
  US05/902,854
• Time in Patent Office: 1,055 Days
• Field of Search: 98/33 R, 98/37, 98/40 VT, 98/42, 236/49, 251/134, 49/2, 49/31, 181/224, 181/218, 73/23
• US Class Current: 454/256
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/0001 for ventilation F24F11/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/70 Carbon dioxide
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/70 Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating

Abstract

Ventilating device for rooms having air passage apertures and closure means movable by an electric drive between an open position and a closed position, a noxious gas sensor and electrical control means responsive to the gas sensor for operating the electric drive so that the closure means is moved to the open position when the gas sensor senses noxious gas concentration in the room above a predetermined level.

Claims

1. Ventilating device for rooms having air passage apertures and closure means slidable between a closed position in which it is effective to block the apertures and an open position in which the apertures are unblocked, said ventilating device comprising:

(a) an electric drive for reciprocating the closure means between said open and closed positions,

(b) an electric supply main,

(c) a noxious gas sensor for producing an electrical signal when the noxious gas concentration in the room to be ventilated reaches a predetermined level,

(d) a first switch connected to the electrical drive,

(e) a second switch connected to the electrical drive,

(f) a cam operatively connected to the electric drive for simultaneous movement with said electric drive, said cam being effective to close the first switch and open the second switch when the closure means is at the closed position and during movement of the closure means to the open position, and being effective to open the first switch and close the second switch when the closure means is at the open position and during movement of the closure means to the closed position,

(g) a primary relay connected to the noxious gas sensor for receiving said electrical signal, said relay having an inactive state in the absence of said electrical signal and an active state when receiving said electrical signal, said relay having a contact which is effective to connect the first switch to the electric supply main only when the relay is in said inactive state and effective to connect the second switch to the electrical supply main only when the relay is in said active state, whereby said apertures will be unblocked when the noxious gas concentration in the room reaches said predetermined level and blocked when the noxious gas concentration in the room is below said predetermined level,

(h) a sound sensor for producing a second electrical signal when the environmental sound reaches a predetermined volume, and

(i) electrical circuitry operatively connected to said primary relay and first and second switches and responsive to said second electrical signal for shifting said closure means from said open position to said closed position for a predetermined time period.

2. Ventilating device as recited in claim 1, wherein the electric device has a rotating shaft and the cam comprises a disc mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith, said disc having a first surface for alternately opening said first and second switches and a second surface for alternately closing said first and second switches.

3. Ventilating device as recited in claim 1, wherein the electrical circuitry comprises:

(a) an electrical connecting line which is connected to said electric supply main through said contact when the primary relay is in said active condition,

(b) a secondary relay having a normally inactive state and an active state and including a contact which is effective to connect the first switch to said electrical connecting line when the secondary relay is in the inactive state and effective to connect the second switch to said electrical connecting line when the secondary relay is in the active state,

(c) a normally inactive time switch assembly connected to the sound sensor for receiving said second electrical signal and becoming activated for said predetermined time period upon receiving said second electrical signal, said time switch assembly being connected to the secondary relay for changing said secondary relay from its normally inactive state to its active state while said time switch is activated so that said first switch will be disconnected from said electrical supply main and said second switch will be connected to said electrical supply main when the primary relay is in the active state and the closure means is in the open position, whereby the closure means will be shifted to the closed position for said predetermined period.

4. Ventilating device as recited in claim 1, wherein said noxious gas sensor includes an amplifier circuit for increasing the voltage of said electrical signal.