EP0525966A1 - Ventilateurs - Google Patents

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EP0525966A1
EP0525966A1 EP92305602A EP92305602A EP0525966A1 EP 0525966 A1 EP0525966 A1 EP 0525966A1 EP 92305602 A EP92305602 A EP 92305602A EP 92305602 A EP92305602 A EP 92305602A EP 0525966 A1 EP0525966 A1 EP 0525966A1
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louvre blade
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Stuart Robertson Steane
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HH Robertson UK Ltd
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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
    • F24F13/082—Grilles, registers or guards
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B7/00—Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows
    • E06B7/02—Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows for providing ventilation, e.g. through double windows; Arrangement of ventilation roses
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B7/00—Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows
    • E06B7/02—Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows for providing ventilation, e.g. through double windows; Arrangement of ventilation roses
    • E06B7/08—Louvre doors, windows or grilles
    • E06B7/082—Louvre doors, windows or grilles with rigid or slidable lamellae

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  • This invention concerns ventilators.
  • Ventilators for buildings comprise louvre blades usually in a fixed parallel relationship.
  • the blades are generally designed to optimise air flow through the ventilator but inhibit ingress of rain.
  • Such blades generally have an angular shape having a vertically depending front section, an inclined middle section and a vertically upstanding rear section.
  • Unfortunately that arrangement has the effect of creating turbulence and accelerating air flow through the ventilator, which air flow carries with it rain through the ventilator.
  • the ability of a ventilator to inhibit rain ingress is commonly referred to as weathering.
  • An object of this invention is to improve ventilators in terms of air flow.
  • a louvre blade for a ventilator having a first air flow impacting surface that is generally convex.
  • a louvre blade of the invention has a convex first section and a concave section second, preferably with a substantially smooth transition therebetween.
  • a third substantially rectilinear section is preferably also provided again with a substantially smooth transition with the preceding section.
  • the first section of the preferred blade preferably increases in thickness from its leading edge.
  • the second section of the preferred blade is preferably of substantially constant thickness.
  • a louvre blade has its leading edge turned over to provide not only a first section having a convex upper surface but also a convex lower surface.
  • Locations for coupling a blade to brackets or holders therefor are preferably provided in the region of transitions between blade sections. Such locations may comprise notches, recesses or projection to fit over or onto said brackets or holders preferably by a clipping action. Alternatively instead of an upper location being in the form of a notch, recess or projection, the upper edge of the blade may be shaped so as to locate into or under a bracket or the like. It is preferred that a lower location permit pivotting movement of a blade fitted thereto for selecting a desired angle of inclination of the blade.
  • the invention further provides a ventilator comprising an array of inclined blades of the invention in spaced parallel relationship.
  • special louvres may be provided for interfitting with wall panels forming a frame for said arrangement.
  • upper and lower louvres will be provided with formations for interfitment with edges formations of those panels.
  • panels have either male or female type edges for mutual interfitment and upper and lower louvres may be provided having the appropriate male or female formations for interfitment with the panel edges.
  • Such special louvres may also interfit with each other for forming a horizontal joint between louvre arrangements.
  • the louvre blades of the invention are primarily intended to be fixed in position in a ventilator with their spacings and angles of inclination chosen to provide desired air flow and weathering, although it is also possible that the blades may be arranged to pivot between open and closed positions for the ventilator.
  • the blades of the invention may also be used as an architectural feature in arrangements on a surface.
  • a curved surface as the first air flow impact surface of a louvre blade of a ventilator has the effect of reducing air speed variation through the ventilator. Turbulence within a ventilator tends to accelerate air flow which in turn causes rain to be carried through a ventilator. Thus reducing air speed variations may reduce the amount of rain carried through a ventilator. At the same time it is believed that efficiency of air flow through the ventilator may be improved. For example, a hole in a wall has an air flow efficiency of about 60%, whereas a ventilator of the prior art type described above may have an efficiency in the range of 39-42%. It is believed that ventilators having louvre blades of the invention may have air flow efficiency in the range of 45 to 50%.
  • a louvre arrangement for a fixed ventilator in which louvre blades 10 are arranged in spaced parallel relationship.
  • the blades 10 are inclined upwardly from outside to inside of a wall structure into which the arrangement is fitted.
  • Each blade 10 is secured at its ends to clips or brackets (not shown) provided for that purpose.
  • Each blade 10 has an upper surface 12 that has three parts, firstly a convex part 14, then a concave part 16; and finally a rectilinear part 18, each part progressing smoothly into the next part.
  • the under surface 20 of each blade 10 corresponds to the upper surface but it should be noted that the first part becomes thicker over its length up to the second part, the second part has a constant thickness and the third part becomes thicker over a short distance before a constant thickness section.
  • upper and lower clip or bracket locations 22 and 24 respectively are provided.
  • the upper location 22 includes a projection 26 normal to the blade.
  • the lower clip location 24 allows the blade to be pivotted to a desired angle of inclination as well as for alignment of abutting blades for fixing
  • the blades are conveniently manufactured by extrusion of aluminium, although it will be appreciated that other materials and methods of manufacture may be feasible.
  • the blade 10 is shaped so as to optimise air flow through the ventilator without increasing ingress of rainfall. As the blade has a gently curving convex surface that is first impacted by air passing through the ventilator, air flow speed is not increased dramatically by such impact, so that less turbulence, which would usually carry rain through the ventilator is created within the ventilator.
  • FIG. 2 of the accompanying drawings an alternative louvre blade 50 is shown.
  • This blade has a first section 52 that turned back on itself to form a leading edge 54 with upper and lower convex surfaces 56 and 58 respectively.
  • the upper convex surface 56 leads into a concave section 60 and finally to a rectilinear section 62, the transitions between each section being relatively smooth.
  • a notch 64 for location of the blade on a bracket therefor (not shown).
  • the other end 66 of the blade is formed as a latch member for locating under a clip of bracket (not shown). Again the blade is pivotable about notch 64 and its other end 66 securable over a range of angles for the blade.
  • Louvre blades 50 will be arranged in similar way to those of Figure 1 in forming a ventilator.
  • a louvre blade 50A is shown that is similar to that of Figure 2. Like parts have been given the same reference numerals for ease of reference. The main difference between the two embodiments is that instead of a notch 64, the blade 50A has a projection 70 with an enlarged circular end 72 that fits into a recess 74 of a bracket 76. Brackets 76 are provided at opposite ends of each blade and are generally in the shape of a right angle triangle. Each bracket 76 has a vertical side 80, a side 82 extending at right angles therefrom and a diagonal side 84 joining ends of sides 80 and 82. From the junction of sides 82 and 84 extends recess member 74.
  • a clip member 78 for receiving the latch member 66 of the blade.
  • To fit a blade 50A to a bracket involves seating louvre blade projection end 72 in the recess 74 and pivotting the blade towards the bracket until the member 66 clips under the clip member 78.
  • FIG. 5 of the accompanying drawings there is shown a vertical section through a louvre arrangements fitted into a wall made up of panels 100.
  • the panels 100 are of a known type comprising spaced inner and outer metal skins 102 and 104 respectively with a plastics foam infill 106 therebetween.
  • Each panel has it upper and lower edges 108 and 110 respectively shaped to overlap and interfit with an adjacent panel.
  • all except the uppermost and lowermost louvres 112 and 114 respectively are the same type (10) as shown on Figure 1.
  • the upper and lower louvres 112 and 114 are specially shaped to cooperate with the aforementioned upper and lower edges of the panels 100.
  • each louvre 10 is mounted onto upper and lower clips 116 and 118 respectively which are secured to mullions 120.
  • the upper clips 116 are inclined upwards from the mullion 120 and have an enlarged end section 122 over which projections 26 of the louvre 10 locate.
  • the lower clips 118, which are also secured to mullions 120 are generally of inverted L-shaped so that one limb 124 lies against the mullion and the other limb 126 extends outwards, where it has a slightly angled ended portion 128 that fits snugly into the corner created above projection 24 of the louvre 10.
  • the upper louvre 112 has a similar shape to a louvre 10 upto the region 22.
  • the louvre 112 has a first straight web 130 that is at an obtuse angle to the lower part of the louvre generally.
  • a second straight web 132 then extends upwards at right angles to the first web.
  • a third web 134 turns back at right angles from the second web and then fourth, fifth and sixth webs 135, 136 and 138 respectively each at right angles to the preceding web form a downwardly opening channel section.
  • a depending web 140 which locates in mullions 120.
  • the channel section of the louvre 112 is designed to fit into the lower edge arrangement 110 of a panel 100 with a gasket 142 interposed.
  • the louvre 112 may also be fixed as indicated at 144 to a supporting framework.
  • the lower louvre 114 has an outer face generally similar to that of a louvre 10. however, the louvre 114 is formed with a depending web 148 just about where the direction of curvature of the louvre changes from convex to concave and with a hollow section part 150 forming with the web 148 a downwardly open channel 152 which is adapted to fit over edge 108 of panel 100 with a gasket 154 interposed. Near the upper inner corner of the part 150 is an upstanding web 156 which locates in mullions 120.

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US5556642A (en) * 1992-07-16 1996-09-17 Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. Method for producing sustained release microsphere preparation
EP0913649A3 (fr) * 1997-10-29 2001-09-19 van Houtte, Freddy Grille de ventilation

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FR1104997A (fr) * 1954-05-21 1955-11-25 Tech Pour L Utilisation Des Al Panneaux-persiennes métalliques pour climat tropical
US2881484A (en) * 1958-03-27 1959-04-14 Edward C Hallock Interlocking brace for louver blades
FR2256306A1 (en) * 1973-12-28 1975-07-25 Martin Lucien Method of retaining fixed venetial blind slats - uses side members easily detached for slat replacement
EP0260973A2 (fr) * 1986-09-18 1988-03-23 Norsk Hydro A/S Grille d'aération ressemblant à une persienne
DE8910919U1 (de) * 1989-09-13 1989-10-26 Schmidlin AG, Affoltern Wetterschutzgitter für in Gebäude-Außenmauern mündende Kanäle

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR1104997A (fr) * 1954-05-21 1955-11-25 Tech Pour L Utilisation Des Al Panneaux-persiennes métalliques pour climat tropical
US2881484A (en) * 1958-03-27 1959-04-14 Edward C Hallock Interlocking brace for louver blades
FR2256306A1 (en) * 1973-12-28 1975-07-25 Martin Lucien Method of retaining fixed venetial blind slats - uses side members easily detached for slat replacement
EP0260973A2 (fr) * 1986-09-18 1988-03-23 Norsk Hydro A/S Grille d'aération ressemblant à une persienne
DE8910919U1 (de) * 1989-09-13 1989-10-26 Schmidlin AG, Affoltern Wetterschutzgitter für in Gebäude-Außenmauern mündende Kanäle

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5556642A (en) * 1992-07-16 1996-09-17 Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. Method for producing sustained release microsphere preparation
EP0913649A3 (fr) * 1997-10-29 2001-09-19 van Houtte, Freddy Grille de ventilation

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