EP0181787B1 - Elektromechanisches Überwachungssystem für Feuerklappen und Verfahren zu dessen Gebrauch - Google Patents
Elektromechanisches Überwachungssystem für Feuerklappen und Verfahren zu dessen Gebrauch Download PDFInfo
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- EP0181787B1 EP0181787B1 EP85308334A EP85308334A EP0181787B1 EP 0181787 B1 EP0181787 B1 EP 0181787B1 EP 85308334 A EP85308334 A EP 85308334A EP 85308334 A EP85308334 A EP 85308334A EP 0181787 B1 EP0181787 B1 EP 0181787B1
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- ventilator
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
- A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
- A62C2/00—Fire prevention or containment
- A62C2/06—Physical fire-barriers
- A62C2/24—Operating or controlling mechanisms
- A62C2/246—Operating or controlling mechanisms having non-mechanical actuators
- A62C2/247—Operating or controlling mechanisms having non-mechanical actuators electric
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
- F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
- F24F11/70—Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof
- F24F11/72—Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure
- F24F11/74—Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure for controlling air flow rate or air velocity
- F24F11/76—Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure for controlling air flow rate or air velocity by means responsive to temperature, e.g. bimetal springs
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
- F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
- F24F11/30—Control or safety arrangements for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
- F24F11/32—Responding to malfunctions or emergencies
- F24F11/33—Responding to malfunctions or emergencies to fire, excessive heat or smoke
- F24F11/34—Responding to malfunctions or emergencies to fire, excessive heat or smoke by opening air passages
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
- F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
- F24F11/30—Control or safety arrangements for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
- F24F11/32—Responding to malfunctions or emergencies
- F24F11/33—Responding to malfunctions or emergencies to fire, excessive heat or smoke
- F24F11/35—Responding to malfunctions or emergencies to fire, excessive heat or smoke by closing air passages
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- the present invention relates to ventilators and concerns electro-mechanical controls for ventilators and methods of employing same.
- the emergency action of the mechanism is based on a fusible link member keeping a complicated force transmitting lever mechanism together in its normal condition and breaking a connection between parts thereof in an emergency, thereby permitting an existing energising means (helical spring) immediately to force the damper to its closed position.
- energising means helical spring
- a ventilator has an electro-mechanical control mechanism comprising actuating means operable to open and close the ventilator via a force transmitting member formed in two sections which are normally retained telescoped one with respect to the other by an electromagnetic device mounted on one of the sections and an electromagnetic keeper plate mounted on the other of the sections, energising means being provided pulling or pushing on the distal end of the force transmitting member in the direction to extend the member, so as to open or close the ventilator.
- a rotary actuator may be driven to swing a control arm through a predetermined angle about an axis of rotation to impart a predetermined movement to the distal end of a connecting rod pivoted to the arm, thereby to perform the opening and closing movement of the ventilator.
- the connecting rod when the electromagnetic device is de-energised under the control of a first control system, the connecting rod is extended by the pushing or pulling means to perform the opening or closing movement.
- the same function may be performed under the control of a second control system by rotating the control arm.
- operation of the rotary actuator following upon extension of the connecting rod rotates the control arm to re-unite the electromagnetic device and the keeper plate so that upon re-energisation of the electromagnetic device and reverse rotation of the control arm by the rotary actuator the ventilator is re-set to its original condition.
- a linear actuator is operable to impart a predetermined movement to a rod, for example, a piston rod of the actuator, the distal end of which is connected to perform the opening and closing movement of the ventilator.
- the ventilator responds to de-energisation of the electromagnetic device and is re-set by operation of the linear actuator in the same manner as the first described arrangement in accordance with the invention.
- the present invention has been developed for the control of a ventilator to provide for both ordinary day-to-day ventilation and for emergency fire ventilation purposes.
- the electromagnetic device may be de-energised automatically in response to a fire condition detected for example by a smoke or pressure detector of a fire ventilation system to fully open the ventilator. Operation of the rotary or the linear actuator using the day-to-day management system then reinstates the automatic fire ventilation system or permits it to be installed upon energisation of the electromagnetic device.
- a control arm 1 is rotatable by a reversible electric motor 19 for controlling day-to-day opening and closing of a louvred ventilator (not shown) the louvres of which are hingeably connected to a control bar 7 of the ventilator which is bodily movable in opposite directions 9 respectively to open and close the ventilator louvres in unison and in the direction to open the louvres by means of a spring 8.
- Louvred ventilators are commonly controlled by means of such a control bar and biased for spring opening and the control bar 7 is the member to be moved by the ventilator control now being described.
- the control arm 1 operates a connecting rod 10 which is pivoted as at 11 to the arm.
- the distal end 12 of the connecting rod is pivoted to the control bar of the ventilator.
- the connecting rod 10 is in two sections 4 and 5.
- Section 4 is formed as a tube and section 5 as a rod.
- the rod 5 slides in the tube 4.
- the rod 5 is normally retained telescoped within the tube 4 by an energised electromagnetic device 3 mounted on the tube 4 and an electromagnetic keeper plate 6 mounted on the rod 5.
- An electrical lead 2 connects with the electromagnetic device, the lead - 2 being connected in with an automatic fire ventilation energising opening system.
- the control arm 1 is rotatable by the electric motor under the control of the day-to-day ventilation management system from its position in which the control is in the setting A shown in full line and the ventilator louvres are in a closed position to its position in which the control is in the setting B shown in broken line, to allow the ventilator louvres to be opened under the action of spring force tending to open the ventilator louvres.
- the control arm 1 is rotatable by the electric motor from its B setting to its A setting under the control of the day-to-day management system to close the ventilator louvres against the action of the opening spring.
- the arm In the A setting of the control arm 1, the arm is in a "dead centre" position with respect to the connecting rod 10 and the spring forces tending to open the ventilator are not operable to rotate the motor. The system is, therefore, locked when the ventilator is in its closed condition.
- a pneumatic cylinder 20 has its piston rod 21 formed in two sections corresponding to the sections 4 and 5 mounting the parts 3 and 6. Operation of the pneumatic cylinder is under the control of the day-to-day management system to open and close the ventilator. De-energisation of the device 3 under the control of the automatic fire ventilation system permits the ventilator to open fully if it is not already fully open. The keeper plate 6 then assumes its chain dotted position shown in Fig. 2. Operation of the pneumatic cylinder 20 and re-energisation of the device 3 re-sets the automatic fire ventilation system.
- the pneumatic cylinder may be double acting or single acting, air under pressure being supplied to the cylinder at least to close the ventilator.
- the invention is not restricted to louvred ventilators but may be applied to the opening and closing; testing and re-setting of ventilators and ventilating systems particularly fire ventilating systems employing any kind of openable and closable ventilators.
- the ventilators may be ducted ventilators in the form of dampers and may be required to close rather than to open in response to a fire condition being detected.
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- Electrically Driven Valve-Operating Means (AREA)
- Air-Conditioning For Vehicles (AREA)
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Priority Applications (1)
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AT85308334T ATE45885T1 (de) | 1984-11-16 | 1985-11-15 | Elektromechanisches ueberwachungssystem fuer feuerklappen und verfahren zu dessen gebrauch. |
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GB8429010 | 1984-11-16 | ||
GB848429010A GB8429010D0 (en) | 1984-11-16 | 1984-11-16 | Controls |
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EP0181787A2 EP0181787A2 (de) | 1986-05-21 |
EP0181787A3 EP0181787A3 (en) | 1987-03-04 |
EP0181787B1 true EP0181787B1 (de) | 1989-08-30 |
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EP85308334A Expired EP0181787B1 (de) | 1984-11-16 | 1985-11-15 | Elektromechanisches Überwachungssystem für Feuerklappen und Verfahren zu dessen Gebrauch |
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EP (1) | EP0181787B1 (de) |
AT (1) | ATE45885T1 (de) |
AU (1) | AU578762B2 (de) |
DE (1) | DE3572596D1 (de) |
GB (2) | GB8429010D0 (de) |
NZ (1) | NZ214205A (de) |
ZA (1) | ZA858735B (de) |
Families Citing this family (3)
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AU597453B2 (en) * | 1986-12-16 | 1990-05-31 | Colt International Limited | Electric motor driven linear actuator with electro-magnetic release |
GB8630050D0 (en) * | 1986-12-16 | 1987-01-28 | Colt Int Ltd | Electro-mechanical controls for ventilators |
DE3876885D1 (de) * | 1987-07-23 | 1993-02-04 | Aumayr Gmbh & Co Leopold | Brandschutzeinrichtung fuer luftleitungen. |
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JPS4637074Y1 (de) * | 1969-06-06 | 1971-12-21 | ||
AU436907B2 (en) * | 1970-10-20 | 1973-06-15 | William Wantland Frederick | Improvements in and relating to releasing means |
DK129320B (da) * | 1973-07-09 | 1974-09-30 | Dansk Ind Syndikat | Apparat til adskillelse af magnetiserbart støbegods fra støbeforme af sand eller lignende materiale. |
GB1599041A (en) * | 1978-05-08 | 1981-09-30 | Kg Smoke Dispersal Ltd | Fire safety systems |
DE8222097U1 (de) * | 1982-08-04 | 1985-12-12 | Geze Gmbh, 7250 Leonberg | Beschlag für Rauch- und Wärmeabzüge |
FR2535379B1 (fr) * | 1982-11-02 | 1986-01-24 | Allouche Claude | Treuil pour ouvrants divers servant a l'evacuation de fumees et a l'aeration |
DE3409359A1 (de) * | 1984-03-14 | 1985-09-19 | Luitpold Dipl.-Ing. 8000 München Kutzner | Brandschutzklappen-anordnung |
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- 1984-11-16 GB GB848429010A patent/GB8429010D0/en active Pending
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- 1985-11-14 ZA ZA858735A patent/ZA858735B/xx unknown
- 1985-11-14 AU AU49914/85A patent/AU578762B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1985-11-15 AT AT85308334T patent/ATE45885T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1985-11-15 NZ NZ214205A patent/NZ214205A/xx unknown
- 1985-11-15 DE DE8585308334T patent/DE3572596D1/de not_active Expired
- 1985-11-15 GB GB08528182A patent/GB2167552B/en not_active Expired
- 1985-11-15 EP EP85308334A patent/EP0181787B1/de not_active Expired
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Publication number | Publication date |
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DE3572596D1 (en) | 1989-10-05 |
ATE45885T1 (de) | 1989-09-15 |
ZA858735B (en) | 1986-07-30 |
GB8528182D0 (en) | 1985-12-18 |
GB2167552A (en) | 1986-05-29 |
AU578762B2 (en) | 1988-11-03 |
EP0181787A3 (en) | 1987-03-04 |
GB8429010D0 (en) | 1984-12-27 |
NZ214205A (en) | 1989-02-24 |
EP0181787A2 (de) | 1986-05-21 |
GB2167552B (en) | 1988-09-28 |
AU4991485A (en) | 1986-05-22 |
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