Self-operated air register damper
First Claim
1. A self-operating damper device controlling and regulating the flow of a heating/cooling medium from a heating/cooling device into individual rooms or spaces, said heating/cooling device being part of a central air conditioning system, said damper device combinationally comprising:
- (a) an enclosure providing housing means and support means for a closure means and transmission means, said enclosure comprising a damper housing having open top and bottom sections, end panels incorporating and having first and second support means, and motor covering means, said enclosure adapted for mounting on external means adjacent to said damper housing;
(b) said closure means providing open and closed conditions within said enclosure, said closure means being comprised of a damper blade having a damper shaft coincident with a longitudinal axis of said damper blade, compressible sealing means bonding to said damper blade, and plate sealing means attaching to one said end panel of said damper housing;
said damper blade with bonded compressible sealing means comprising movable means of said closure means;
said movable means being pivotally mounted in said damper housing and attaching to and rotatable by said transmission means;
(c) said transmission means rotating said movable means pivotally mounted within said enclosure, said transmission means comprising motor means supported on said damper housing, said motor means having a rotatable motor shaft and a cam attaching to said motor shaft, a first and a second pulley having attachment to said motor shaft and said damper shaft respectively, and a continuous belt rotatably connecting said first and second pulleys;
(d) control means operating and controlling said transmission means, said control means comprising;
thermostatic means electrically interlocking relay means to a fuel control means of said heating/cooling device, and said motor means to said relay means and said fuel control means through a two way switch;
said relay means having a relay coil operating first and second contacts and a time delay device connecting to and being controlled by said second contacts, a manual switch having light means interconnecting said transmission means to said fuel control means and relay means through said two-way switch.
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Abstract
A self-operating damper device constructed to be installed in open ended furnace duct boots which terminate in room registers, said device operating in parallel with multiple units as part of a forced air heating and cooling system for the purpose of controlling and regulating the flow of the heating/cooling medium to individual rooms, independently and simultaneously through opening and closing of damper plate. Self-operating damper means include damper housing with rotatable damper plate hving an integral shaft with attached end pulley, said pulley being interconnected with motor means through drive belt which encircles both the damper pulley and motor pulley with drive motor being controlled by switch means operated by rotating cam on motor output shaft, said motor responding to commands of room thermostat which influences both motor means and combustion cycle of combustion means.
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10 Claims
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1. A self-operating damper device controlling and regulating the flow of a heating/cooling medium from a heating/cooling device into individual rooms or spaces, said heating/cooling device being part of a central air conditioning system, said damper device combinationally comprising:
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(a) an enclosure providing housing means and support means for a closure means and transmission means, said enclosure comprising a damper housing having open top and bottom sections, end panels incorporating and having first and second support means, and motor covering means, said enclosure adapted for mounting on external means adjacent to said damper housing; (b) said closure means providing open and closed conditions within said enclosure, said closure means being comprised of a damper blade having a damper shaft coincident with a longitudinal axis of said damper blade, compressible sealing means bonding to said damper blade, and plate sealing means attaching to one said end panel of said damper housing;
said damper blade with bonded compressible sealing means comprising movable means of said closure means;
said movable means being pivotally mounted in said damper housing and attaching to and rotatable by said transmission means;(c) said transmission means rotating said movable means pivotally mounted within said enclosure, said transmission means comprising motor means supported on said damper housing, said motor means having a rotatable motor shaft and a cam attaching to said motor shaft, a first and a second pulley having attachment to said motor shaft and said damper shaft respectively, and a continuous belt rotatably connecting said first and second pulleys; (d) control means operating and controlling said transmission means, said control means comprising;
thermostatic means electrically interlocking relay means to a fuel control means of said heating/cooling device, and said motor means to said relay means and said fuel control means through a two way switch;
said relay means having a relay coil operating first and second contacts and a time delay device connecting to and being controlled by said second contacts, a manual switch having light means interconnecting said transmission means to said fuel control means and relay means through said two-way switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10)
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7. Self operating damper means rotating movable means within a damper housing controlling temperatures in individual rooms or spaces of a dwelling having a central heating/cooling device, said damper means comprising in combination:
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(a) said damper housing, having first and second support means, open top and bottom sections, and enclosing said movable means rotatably connecting to transmission means; (b) said movable means being comprised of a damper blade having a longitudinal damper shaft, compressible sealing means bonded to longitudinal edges of said damper blade, said damper shaft rotatably mounted in said damperhousing and engaging said transmission means; (c) said transmission means, having engagement with said movable means, comprising motor means supported on said damper housing, a cam engaging rotatable shaft of said motor means and operating a two-way switch connecting to a manual switch having light means;
said two-way switch attaching to said damper housing; and
gear means having attachment to said motor shaft and to said damper shaft;(d) control means providing electrical interlocks between components of said control means permitting said transmission means to rotate said movable means between open and closed positions within said damper housing;
said control means comprising said thermostatic means having light means and a first and a second switch position electrically connecting to and energizing said relay means and said fuel control means simultaneously with said motor means;
said motor means having electrical connections to said thermostatic means and said manual switch by means of said two-way switch operating by said cam engaging said motor shaft;
said manual switch having electrical connection to said transmission means for controlling and operating said transmission means and movable means in conjunction with said two-way switch independently of said thermostatic means. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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