EP0324256A2 - Ventilateurs - Google Patents

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EP0324256A2
EP0324256A2 EP88312092A EP88312092A EP0324256A2 EP 0324256 A2 EP0324256 A2 EP 0324256A2 EP 88312092 A EP88312092 A EP 88312092A EP 88312092 A EP88312092 A EP 88312092A EP 0324256 A2 EP0324256 A2 EP 0324256A2
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Charles John George Green
Peter Norris Yeatman
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Colt International Holdings AG
Colt International Ltd
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Colt International Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB888811793A external-priority patent/GB8811793D0/en
Priority claimed from GB8823596A external-priority patent/GB2208094A/en
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Priority to AT88312092T priority Critical patent/ATE79460T1/de
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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
    • F24F13/00—Details common to, or for air-conditioning, air-humidification, ventilation or use of air currents for screening
    • F24F13/08—Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates
    • F24F13/10—Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates movable, e.g. dampers
    • F24F13/14—Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates movable, e.g. dampers built up of tilting members, e.g. louvre
    • F24F13/15—Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates movable, e.g. dampers built up of tilting members, e.g. louvre with parallel simultaneously tiltable lamellae
    • 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
    • A62C2/248—Operating or controlling mechanisms having non-mechanical actuators pneumatic
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C2/00—Fire prevention or containment
    • A62C2/06—Physical fire-barriers
    • A62C2/12—Hinged dampers
    • A62C2/14—Hinged dampers with two or more blades
    • 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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  • the present invention comprises improvements in ventilators and concerns controllable, fire ventilators which are required to open automatically in response to a fire condition, to vent heat, smoke and/or gases from a building, and to provide selectable day-to-day ventilation upon the operation of suitable controls.
  • Such ventilators customarily employ opening means such as a spring or springs, or weights, normally urging the ventilator to open, and releasable retention means releasable in response to the onset of a fire condition, and normally holding the ventilator closed. In this manner, it is ensured that the ventilator opens automatically in an emergency, i.e. when it is required to act as a fire ventilator.
  • the retention means is most conveniently incorporated into the day-to-day ventilator controls and conventionally takes the form of a fusible link which parts at a predetermined elevated temperature to sever the controls and allow the ventilator to open under the action of its opening spring or springs or its opening weight.
  • the present invention provides a controllable fire ventilator as hereinbefore described having dual day-to-day controls each capable of holding the ventilator closed, one of the controls being operable to move the ventilator from an open to its closed position, and both controls being operable to allow the ventilator to open.
  • the dual controls are arranged in tandem and preferably also, the controls are powered controls, each having its own power source.
  • the ventilator of the present example is of the louvred type comprising a frame 10 defining a ventilation opening 11 controlled by a bank of pivotable louvres 12 movable between a closed position, closing the ventilation opening 11 of the ventilator, and an open position allowing the exhaust of heat, smoke and fumes through the ventilation opening.
  • the ventilator may, however, be a single flap or double flap ventilator in which the flap or flaps are movable between a closed position, closing the ventilation opening, and an open position allowing exhaust of heat, smoke and fumes through the opening.
  • the louvres 12 are each pivoted to the frame 10 as at 14, for opening and closing movement, in unison, by movement of control bars (not shown) under the action of opening springs 13 connected between the frame 10 of the ventilator and a transverse member 16 inter­connecting the control bars.
  • the louvres 12 are pivoted to the control bars, which extend along opposite sides respectively of the bank of louvres, by means of louvre ears (not shown) attached to the louvre ends.
  • control linkages are known or may be devised for moving a bank of louvres in unison, to open and close the louvres and any system is suitable for the purposes of the present example.
  • the essential feature is to have an opening spring or springs connected between the frame and the control linkage at a suitable point or points.
  • the control linkage may incorporate instead of an opening spring or springs, an opening weight, the weight, when released, moving under gravity to open the ventilator.
  • the ventilator is a flap ventilator having one or two flaps
  • the flaps may be arranged to be urged open by springs or weights in any known or convenient fashion.
  • the louvred ventilator example has dual ventilator controls each capable of holding the ventilator closed. These controls are respectively pneumatically and electrically powered controls and in the present example the controls are arranged in tandem such that if the power supply to one control should fail, the remaining control holds the ventilator closed, and vice versa .
  • the pneumatically powered control which could be substituted with an hydraulically powered control or a manual control, takes the form of a pneumatic piston and cylinder unit 20 mounted on the framed 10, the cylinder of which is supplied with compressed air by a supply pipe (not shown) to close the ventilator, the piston then being instroked to move the control linkage member 16 via a control cable 22 connecting the piston rod 21 with the member 16, the cable passing around a pulley 24.
  • an electro-magnetic control 30 comprising an electro-magnetic device 31 mounted on the frame 10 and an electro-magnetic keeper plate 33 attached to the cable 22. So long as the electro-magnetic device 31 remains energised, the keeper plate 33 is retained by the device and the springs 13 are not able to open the ventilator.
  • the ventilator is unable to open so long as compressed air is supplied to the unit 20.
  • the piston and cylinder unit 20 may be used to adjust the ventilator to any desired open position between fully open and closed.
  • the electro-magnetic device 31 is de-energised and may be re-energised once the ventilator has been adjusted to an open position in order to hold the ventilator closed once it has been re-closed by operation of the unit 21.
  • the cable control incorporates a fusible link 35.
  • the unit 20 and the cable 22 may be connected to close the flap or flaps of a single flap or a twin flap ventilator in any convenient manner, the electro-­magnetic control 30 then holding the flaps closed when the flaps are moved to their closed position.
  • an electric motor driven unit could be substituted, the electric motor driven unit being powered e.g. from a battery powered source and the electro-­magnetic device 31 from an A.C. power source or vice versa .
  • Dual day-to-day controls having dual electric circuits both of which must be activated to allow the ventilator to open can be interconnected electrically with an electrically signalling fire detection system and an electrically operated sprinkler system to achieve an earlier response to a requirement for smoke venting whilst avoiding ventilator opening in response to a false alarm arising from the fire detection system alone.
  • the ventilator of the present example may again be of the louvred type as already described.
  • the ventilator may, however, be a single flap or double flap ventilator in which the flap or flaps are movable between a closed position, closing the ventilation opening, and an open position allowing exhaust of heat, smoke and fumes through the opening.
  • an opening spring or springs or an opening weight or weights are provided to open the ventilator.
  • the dual controls illustrated in Fig. 3 are each capable of holding the ventilator closed. These controls are respectively pneumatically and electrically powered controls and in the present example the controls are again arranged in tandem such that if the power supply to one control should fail, the remaining control holds the ventilator closed, and vice versa .
  • the pneumatically powered control takes the form of a pneumatic piston and cylinder unit 120 mounted on the frame of the ventilator, the cylinder 121 of which is supplied with compressed air by a supply pipe 122 to close the ventilator, the piston then being instroked to move a control linkage member connected as at 123 to the piston rod 124.
  • an electro-magnet 30 is provided mounted in, and forming the inner end wall of, the cylinder 121, which is composed of non-magnetically permeable material, a keeper plate 33 being attached to the piston 126. So long as the electro-magnet 30 remains energised, the keeper plate 33 is retained in contact with it by the magnet and the springs are not able to open the ventilator.
  • the ventilator is unable to open so long as compressed air is supplied to the unit 120 through the supply pipe 122.
  • the piston and cylinder unit 120 may be used to adjust the ventilator to any desired open position between fully open and closed.
  • the electro-magnet 30 is de-energised and may be re-energised once the ventilator has been adjusted to an open position in order to hold the ventilator closed once it has been re-closed by operation of the unit 120.
  • the ventilator control linkage member may incorporate a fusible link.
  • a fire switch 140 is incorporated in the power supply to the electro-magnet 30 to enable the ventilator to open when the unit 120 is exhausted of compressed air through the pipe connection 122 by suitable switching of a pneumatic control valve to place the pipe connection 122 in communication with atmosphere, e.g. in response to operation of an electrically signalling fire detection system or an electrically operated sprinkler system.
  • the unit 120 may be connected to close the flap or flaps of a single flap or a twin flap ventilator in any convenient manner, the electromagnet 30 then holding the flaps closed when the flaps are moved to their closed position.
  • the magnet 30 is powered from a 24 Volt battery source.
  • the dual day-to-day controls (not shown) having respectively pneumatic and electric circuits to power the unit 120 and the magnet 30 respectively must both be switched to allow the ventilator to open.
  • the fire switch 140 can be interconnected electrically with the electrically signalling fire detection system to achieve an earlier response to a requirement for smoke venting by automatic operation of the pneumatic control valve in response to operation of the electrically operated sprinkler system whilst avoiding ventilator opening in response to a false alarm arising from the fire detec­tion system alone.
  • Any suitable manually controllable pneumatic valve system may be used to control the supply and exhaust of compressed air to and from the unit 120 to control the day-to-day adjustment of the ventilator.
  • an electric switch in addition to the fire switch 140 would be provided to de-energise and then re-energise the electro-magnet 30 for day-to-day opening of the ventilator, the electro-magnet being re-energised to hold the ventilator closed when the ventilator is returned to its closed position by operation of the unit 120.

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EP88312092A 1988-01-09 1988-12-21 Ventilateurs Expired - Lifetime EP0324256B1 (fr)

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AT88312092T ATE79460T1 (de) 1988-01-09 1988-12-21 Luefter.

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GB8800464 1988-01-09
GB888800464A GB8800464D0 (en) 1988-01-09 1988-01-09 Improvements in ventilators
GB888800574A GB8800574D0 (en) 1988-01-12 1988-01-12 Improvements in ventilators
GB8800574 1988-01-12
GB8811793 1988-05-18
GB888811793A GB8811793D0 (en) 1988-05-18 1988-05-18 Improvements in ventilators
GB8823596A GB2208094A (en) 1988-01-09 1988-10-07 Adjustable ventilator with fire-damper control
GB8823596 1988-10-07

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EP0324256A2 true EP0324256A2 (fr) 1989-07-19
EP0324256A3 EP0324256A3 (en) 1990-07-04
EP0324256B1 EP0324256B1 (fr) 1992-08-12

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FR2721052A1 (fr) * 1994-05-27 1995-12-15 Lig Luftungstechnische Ingenie Installation d'entrée d'air pour bâtiments.
EP1655445A2 (fr) * 2004-11-09 2006-05-10 Comtra Commande d'un système d'aération à volets pivotants avec ouverture d'urgence
WO2014128431A1 (fr) * 2013-02-20 2014-08-28 Orangebox Limited Panneau de plafond
WO2017093951A1 (fr) * 2015-12-02 2017-06-08 Van Biljoen Mark Ventilateur d'incendie et mécanisme de commande de ventilateur
CN107740882A (zh) * 2017-12-01 2018-02-27 泰兴市中远船舶机械有限公司 一种船用手气电动远程遥控防火风阀

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EP0244191A1 (fr) * 1986-04-29 1987-11-04 Colt International Holdings A.G. Ventilateurs

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EP0244191A1 (fr) * 1986-04-29 1987-11-04 Colt International Holdings A.G. Ventilateurs

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FR2666839A1 (fr) * 1990-09-17 1992-03-20 Souchier Fages Sa Systeme de desenfumage pour facades de batiment.
EP0477068A2 (fr) * 1990-09-17 1992-03-25 Souchier Fages Système de désenfumage pour façades de bâtiment
EP0477068A3 (en) * 1990-09-17 1992-07-01 Souchier Fages Exhaust system for building facades
FR2721052A1 (fr) * 1994-05-27 1995-12-15 Lig Luftungstechnische Ingenie Installation d'entrée d'air pour bâtiments.
EP1655445A2 (fr) * 2004-11-09 2006-05-10 Comtra Commande d'un système d'aération à volets pivotants avec ouverture d'urgence
FR2877687A1 (fr) * 2004-11-09 2006-05-12 Comtra Sarl Commande d'un systeme d'aeration a volets pivotants avec ouverture d'urgence
EP1655445A3 (fr) * 2004-11-09 2014-01-08 Comtra Commande d'un système d'aération à volets pivotants avec ouverture d'urgence
GB2526480A (en) * 2013-02-20 2015-11-25 Orangebox Ltd A ceiling panel
WO2014128431A1 (fr) * 2013-02-20 2014-08-28 Orangebox Limited Panneau de plafond
CN105209699A (zh) * 2013-02-20 2015-12-30 奥润博克斯有限公司 顶棚镶板
GB2511053B (en) * 2013-02-20 2017-09-20 Orangebox Ltd A ceiling panel
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GB2526480B (en) * 2013-02-20 2020-04-29 Orangebox Ltd A ceiling panel
AU2019204780B2 (en) * 2013-02-20 2021-04-01 Orangebox Limited A ceiling panel
US11008754B2 (en) 2013-02-20 2021-05-18 Orangebox Limited Ceiling panel
WO2017093951A1 (fr) * 2015-12-02 2017-06-08 Van Biljoen Mark Ventilateur d'incendie et mécanisme de commande de ventilateur
CN107740882A (zh) * 2017-12-01 2018-02-27 泰兴市中远船舶机械有限公司 一种船用手气电动远程遥控防火风阀

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AU2735288A (en) 1989-08-17
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AU607561B2 (en) 1991-03-07
NZ227501A (en) 1991-05-28
DE3873728T2 (de) 1993-02-18

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