Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Louvered panel
Patent
1996-03-11
1998-07-21
Coggins, Wynn Wood
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Louvered panel
52198, 52199, 52209, 454277, 454279, 454283, 454358, E06B 708, F24F 1308
Patent
active
057820511
ABSTRACT:
The instant invention is a water resistant louver characterized by an aesthetically pleasing two piece front louver frame affixed to a posteriorally positioned aluminum mesh screen in turn affixed to a spacer frame behind it that encompasses a plurality of horizontally parallel deflector slats affixed to a face plate affixed to the frontal portion of a rear louver frame attached to the screen and front frame via a plurality of fastening screws with all frames and the screen affixed to a positively sloped bottom sill plate, the top side of which is metallically lined to accept water deflected from the slots and a drip cap within the rear louver frame located just behind the lowest of such slats and thereby permit deflected water to run through two identical notches cut into the rear portion of the frontal frame to the outside of the frontal portion of the front frame via two slits in the frontal portion contiguous each with each notch and each of which slits is positioned laterally to a centrally positioned beveled overlay within the frontal portion protected anteriorly by a metallic cover and serving to accept a plurality of fanned blades within the frontal portion and behind which overlay and affixed thereto just anterior to the meshscreen there is a metallic water repellant plate.
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Coggins Wynn Wood
Kang Timothy B.
Welch, Esq. John J.
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