Solar powered ventilator

• US 4,899,645 A
• Filed: 06/03/1988
• Issued: 02/13/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intersolar Limited
• Original Assignee: Intersolar Limited
• Inventors: Callaghan, John K., Pidgeon, Simon, Wolfe, Philip R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Joyce, Harold
• Application Number:
  US07/202,351
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 98/2, 98/2.02, 98/2.12, 98/2.13, 98/2.18, 98/94.1, 98/900
• US Class Current: 454/131
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00428 electric
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00464 The ventilator being of the axial type
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/267 Openings in or near to vehicle windows pivoting side windows B60J1/14; wind deflectors associated with windows for ventilating B60J1/20
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/02 for providing ventilation, e.g. through double windows; Arrangement of ventilation roses airflow control members per se F24F13/08
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 7/013 using wall or window fans, displacing air through the wall or window
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/88 Optimized components or subsystems, e.g. lighting, actively controlled glasses
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 136/291 Applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 454/90 Ventilator using solar power

Abstract

A solar ventilator (1) is fittable to an edge (2) having first and second sides corresponding to first and second regions. The edge can be of a barrier, e.g. of a movable window of a motor vehicle or of a building. The ventilator has a suspension (5) for suspending the ventilator from the edge so that the ventilator will be adjacent the first region. The ventilator has a housing (4) having inlet and outlet portions (11,12) for enabling air to be transferred therebetween from a region to the other region. A fan (13) is comprised by the housing so as to enable the transfer of air. A solar generator (15) drives the fan. The ventilator may be arranged for direct or indirect reception of solar radiation.

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