Mestek, Inc.

James R Hill

Robert J Bomhoff

Fireplace grill insert for cooking

A rotating blade damper for an air handling system, the damper having a perimetrical frame and a blade or a plurality of blades each of which is rotatable with respect to the frame between a flow permitting position and a flow blocking position. Each blade is biased toward its flow blocking position but is normally retained in its flow permitting position, for example, by a fusible link. A stop and lock mechanism is provided to stop each blade in a predetermined open or flow permitting position and to securely lock or latch each blade in its closed or flow blocking position. The stop and lock mechanism includes a disc segment which is carried by a blade rod, at a location outside of the damper frame, and a slide plate which is positioned between the damper frame and the disc segment. The slide plate is slidable with respect to the damper frame and the blade rod between a first position, corresponding to the open position of the blade, in which its movement is blocked by engagement with an arcuate portion of the disc segment, and a second position, corresponding to the closed position of the blade, in which it engages a stop surface at the trailing edge of the disc segment to mechanically block its return to a position corresponding to the open position of the blade.

Rotating blade damper with blade lock and stop mechanism

A damper for an air handling system in which the blade or blades are normally positioned to permit air to flow through the damper by a pneumatic cylinder which, when pneumatically actuated, overcomes the force of a spring within the pneumatic cylinder which would otherwise position the blade or blades to close the damper to air flow. The pneumatic cylinder normally receives air through a primary outlet of a three-way valve, the three-way valve also having a vent outlet and a valve member which is movable to permit pneumatic flow either from a source of pneumatic fluid through the primary outlet or from the pneumatic cylinder back through the three-way valve for venting through the vent outlet. The valve member is biased to permit pneumatic flow only through the vent outlet, but it has a portion which extends beyond the valve body and which is restrained by a mechanism that includes a fusible link to restrain the movement of the valve member so that it normally only permits pneumatic flow through the primary outlet. In the event of a fire or other condition of excessive temperature the fusible link will fail, the valve member will move to its venting position, and the spring within the pneumatic cylinder will close the damper to air flow.

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Toledo, OH, United States of America

James R Hill