Ventilation – Means combined with window – With air pump
Reexamination Certificate
1999-01-21
2001-02-27
Joyce, Harold (Department: 3749)
Ventilation
Means combined with window
With air pump
C454S210000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06193602
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to window-mounted air conditioners and more particularly pertains to a new smoke eliminator and air circulator for both removing smoke from a building and circulating air with a unit having an adjustable size.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of window-mounted air conditioners is known in the prior art. More specifically, window-mounted air conditioners heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art window-mounted air conditioners include U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,382,136; 5,190,496; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 345,011; U.S. Pat. No. 5,334,091; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 346,441; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,872,399.
In these respects, the smoke eliminator and air circulator according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of both removing smoke from a building and circulating air with a unit having an adjustable size.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of window-mounted air conditioners now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new smoke eliminator and air circulator construction wherein the same can be utilized for both removing smoke from a building and circulating air with a unit having an adjustable size.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new smoke eliminator and air circulator apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the window-mounted air conditioners mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new smoke eliminator and air circulator window-mounted air conditioners, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing having a pair of halves. Each half is equipped with a top face, a bottom face and a pair of end faces for defining an interior space, an open front face and an open rear face. As shown in
FIGS. 1 & 2
, the housing further includes a length adjuster having a pair of ends coupled to the end faces of the halves of the housing. The length adjuster has a plurality of bellows formed between its ends for allowing the movement of the halves along a single axis. Next provided is an elastomeric sealing strip mounted along a central extent of the top face, the bottom face and outer end face of each of the halves of the housing. The sealing strip serves for affording a seal between a window and a sill of a window frame. With continuing reference to
FIGS. 1 & 2
, a plurality of fan units are each mounted within the interior space of each of the halves in side-by-side relationship along parallel axes. Each fan unit includes a first slide switch mounted on a front edge of the top face of the associated halve of the housing. Ideally, the first slide switch is mounted above the corresponding fan unit. In a first orientation, the switch is adapted for directing air from the open front face to the open rear face. In a second orientation, the switch controls the associated fan unit such that air is directed from the open rear face to the open front face. It should be noted that the open rear face may be selectively closed when not in use. Finally, the flow of air is precluded in a third orientation. Each fan unit further includes a second slide switch adjacent to the first slide switch of the corresponding fan unit. as shown in FIG.
3
. The third slide switch serves for controlling a speed at which the fan unit directs air. Finally, two sets of horizontally oriented vanes are each pivotally mounted between front edges of the end faces of one of the halves of the housing. Each set of vanes includes a lever mounted on the front edge of the outer end face of the corresponding halve of the housing. Such lever is connected to the vanes of the associated set for controlling the flow of air upwardly and downwardly.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new smoke eliminator and air circulator apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the window-mounted air conditioners mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new smoke eliminator and air circulator window-mounted air conditioners, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new smoke eliminator and air circulator which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new smoke eliminator and air circulator which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new smoke eliminator and air circulator which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such smoke eliminator and air circulator economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new smoke eliminator and air circulator which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new smoke eliminator and air circulator for both removing smoke from a building and circulating air with a unit having an adjustable size.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new smoke eliminator and air circulator that includes a housing situated within a window frame. The housing includes a pair of halves each defining an interior space, an open front face and an open rear face. The housing fur
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