WO2001083033A1 - Ventilator grills - Google Patents
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- WO2001083033A1 WO2001083033A1 PCT/GB2001/001812 GB0101812W WO0183033A1 WO 2001083033 A1 WO2001083033 A1 WO 2001083033A1 GB 0101812 W GB0101812 W GB 0101812W WO 0183033 A1 WO0183033 A1 WO 0183033A1
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- grill
- front panel
- ventilator
- intumescent material
- lands
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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
- A62C2/065—Physical fire-barriers having as the main closure device materials, whose characteristics undergo an irreversible change under high temperatures, e.g. intumescent
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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
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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
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- This invention relates to ventilator grills and more especially to ventilator grills which operate automatically to prevent the passage of smoke through an opening in a wall or panel.
- Ventilator grills which include suitably positioned layers or pieces of intumescent material which expand under the action of heat to close the grill openings to provide a smoke and/or fireproof barrier are well known. Examples of such ventilator grills are disclosed in GB-A-2334675 and GB-A-2272836.
- a disadvantage of many such grills is an inability to prevent the flow of smoke and/or flames for more than a limited period of time, for example thirty minutes. On many occasions, this period of time is insufficient to provide efficient vacation of people from an area of a building subjected to smoke and flames.
- One important criterion for determining the fire and/or smoke worthiness of a ventilator grill is the period of time during which the integrity of the mass of intumesced material is maintained.
- the accumulated mass of intumescent material behind a grill tends to fracture in the presence of fire after a period of about 30 minutes. As openings appear in the intumescent material, so flames and smoke pass from one side of the grill to the other to the detriment of the safety of personnel within the building.
- the present invention sets out to provide a ventilation grill including intumescent material which operates to prevent the flow of smoke and/or flames for a significantly increased period of time, typically in excess of two hours.
- a ventilator grill comprising a front panel formed with a plurality of elongate ventilation openings and a rear panel formed over its entire surface with a plurality of discrete openings, and intumescent material applied to lands between the ventilation openings of the front panel.
- the intumescent material may be applied to all or only some of the lands.
- the intumescent material may be bonded to the lands by means of, for example, an adhesive, or may comprise a coating applied to the lands by a spray or brush.
- the rear panel comprises a sheet of metallic wire mesh. In an alternative embodiment, the rear panel comprises a perforated metal plate.
- the front and rear panels of the grill may be interconnected by any conventional means.
- the front and rear panels may be positioned one to each side of a housing .
- a centrally mounted extraction fan may be positioned within the housing and between the front and rear panels.
- the wire mesh or perforated plate is typically retained behind a rim or lip formed around the adjoining surface of the housing.
- the mesh or perforated plate is typically produced from steel or aluminium.
- the invention provides a ventilator grill which includes a front panel formed with a plurality of elongate ventilation openings and a rear panel comprising a wire mesh sheet or a perforated plate, the inner face of the front panel being at least partially covered or coated with an intumescent material which, when subjected to elevated temperatures, intumesces and rapidly expands completely to close off the openings of the front panel, the intumescent mass being retained in place by the presence of the rear panel.
- FIG. 1 is a rear view of a front panel of a ventilator grill in accordance with the invention
- Figure 2 is a plan view of a rear panel of a ventilator in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 3 is a section in side view of an alternative ventilator grill in accordance with the invention.
- the ventilator grill has a front panel 1 typically of steel or aluminium which is formed with a plurality of elongate opemngs 2 through which air can normally pass through a wall in which the grill is located.
- a piece of intumescent material 3 Positioned along the upper or lower margins of the lands between each ventilation opening is a piece of intumescent material 3.
- These intumescent pieces contain a material (e.g. graphite) which expands rapidly in the presence of heat to entirely close the ventilation openings 2.
- the intumescent pieces 3 may extend along the entire length of each ventilation opening 2 or a part thereof. Indeed, these pieces 3 may be positioned in a variety of ways, the criterion being that at elevated temperatures they rapidly expand completely to cover the entire rear face of the panel.
- intumescent material in the manner illustrated in Figure 1 is known.
- One problem with known ventilator grills is that the intumesced material quickly loses its integrity and becomes detached from the ventilator face thereby enabling smoke and flames to pass through the ventilator grill to an otherwise unaffected area.
- the grill includes a rear panel 5 as shown in Figure 2 formed of a steel or aluminium wire mesh 6.
- the rear panel is connected by any conventional means to the front panel 1.
- the rear panel 5 is normally spaced from the rear face of the front panel 1 by the thickness of the wall in which the ventilator grill is located.
- the mesh 6 operates to retain the expanded intumesced material in place thereby maintaining the effectiveness of the grill as a smoke and fire protector for a significantly increased period of time. Tests have shown that grills in accordance with the invention are able to resist the passage of smoke or flames for periods in excess of two hours.
- the front panel 1 is extended rearwardly to define a casing 7 within which is mounted an extractor fan 9.
- the entire casing 7 is filled with intumesced material in the event of a fire.
- the grill In operation, during normal use air flows from one side of the grill to the other through the openings 2 and the mesh 6.
- the grill is conventionally mounted within a wall or panel with the front and rear panels flush with the surfaces of the wall in which it is mounted or set inwardly from these surfaces.
- the resulting elevated temperature causes the intumescent pieces 3 to expand rapidly to cover entirely the rear face of the front panel and close off the openings 3. Ultimately, the entire space between the front and rear panels 1, 5 is filled. Smoke and/or flame is therefore prevented from passing through the grill.
- the mesh 6 of the rear panel 5 holds the intumesced material in place thereby ensuring that the integrity of the intumesced mass is retained. This integrity retention significantly increases the fire and smoke worthiness of the grill. As mentioned previously, tests have shown that the integrity of the intumesced mass and therefore the fire and smoke effectiveness of the grill exceeds two hours.
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Priority Applications (2)
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AU48634/01A AU4863401A (en) | 2000-05-04 | 2001-04-23 | Ventilator grills |
EP01921666A EP1278575A1 (en) | 2000-05-04 | 2001-04-23 | Ventilator grills |
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GB0010661.7 | 2000-05-04 | ||
GB0010661A GB2361868B (en) | 2000-05-04 | 2000-05-04 | Ventilator grills |
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WO2001083033A1 true WO2001083033A1 (en) | 2001-11-08 |
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PCT/GB2001/001812 WO2001083033A1 (en) | 2000-05-04 | 2001-04-23 | Ventilator grills |
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EP (1) | EP1278575A1 (en) |
CN (1) | CN1243583C (en) |
AU (1) | AU4863401A (en) |
GB (1) | GB2361868B (en) |
WO (1) | WO2001083033A1 (en) |
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GB2013215A (en) * | 1977-12-23 | 1979-08-08 | Statni Vyzkumny Ustav Material | Intumescent Composition |
GB2159051A (en) * | 1981-07-23 | 1985-11-27 | Dixon International Ltd | Panel device for a ventilation opening |
GB2272836A (en) | 1992-07-23 | 1994-06-01 | Environmental Seals Ltd | A smoke barrier |
GB2281859A (en) * | 1993-09-15 | 1995-03-22 | Dufaylite Dev Ltd | Intumescent fire seal |
GB2291474A (en) * | 1994-07-16 | 1996-01-24 | Environmental Seals Ltd | A fire proofed extractor fan housing |
WO1999022107A1 (en) * | 1997-10-27 | 1999-05-06 | Lorient Polyproducts Limited | An intumescent strip assembly |
GB2331923A (en) * | 1996-05-09 | 1999-06-09 | Environmental Seals Ltd | Roof cover for thatching |
GB2334675A (en) | 1998-02-25 | 1999-09-01 | Laurence Keith Kovacs | Intumescent ventilator |
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GB2107182B (en) * | 1981-07-23 | 1985-08-21 | Dixon International Ltd | Panel device for a ventilation opening |
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- 2001-04-23 AU AU48634/01A patent/AU4863401A/en not_active Abandoned
- 2001-04-23 WO PCT/GB2001/001812 patent/WO2001083033A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2013215A (en) * | 1977-12-23 | 1979-08-08 | Statni Vyzkumny Ustav Material | Intumescent Composition |
GB2159051A (en) * | 1981-07-23 | 1985-11-27 | Dixon International Ltd | Panel device for a ventilation opening |
GB2272836A (en) | 1992-07-23 | 1994-06-01 | Environmental Seals Ltd | A smoke barrier |
GB2281859A (en) * | 1993-09-15 | 1995-03-22 | Dufaylite Dev Ltd | Intumescent fire seal |
GB2291474A (en) * | 1994-07-16 | 1996-01-24 | Environmental Seals Ltd | A fire proofed extractor fan housing |
GB2331923A (en) * | 1996-05-09 | 1999-06-09 | Environmental Seals Ltd | Roof cover for thatching |
WO1999022107A1 (en) * | 1997-10-27 | 1999-05-06 | Lorient Polyproducts Limited | An intumescent strip assembly |
GB2334675A (en) | 1998-02-25 | 1999-09-01 | Laurence Keith Kovacs | Intumescent ventilator |
Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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ES2245174A1 (en) * | 2003-04-28 | 2005-12-16 | Shcako Metallwarenfabrik Ferdinand Schad Kg | Intumescent joint for fire resistant damper for ventilation or air conditioning conduits and like, is thermally expanded in event of fire to establish hermetic seal between damper and associated conduit |
WO2010140893A1 (en) * | 2009-06-02 | 2010-12-09 | Securo As | Method for fire blocking in a ventilation device and a fireblocking ventilation device |
FR3122098A1 (en) * | 2021-04-26 | 2022-10-28 | Speedinnov | Vehicle interior fire barrier |
EP4082841A1 (en) * | 2021-04-26 | 2022-11-02 | SpeedInnov | Fireproof partition for the inside of a vehicle |
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CN1427732A (en) | 2003-07-02 |
GB0010661D0 (en) | 2000-06-28 |
AU4863401A (en) | 2001-11-12 |
EP1278575A1 (en) | 2003-01-29 |
CN1243583C (en) | 2006-03-01 |
GB2361868B (en) | 2003-07-02 |
GB2361868A (en) | 2001-11-07 |
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