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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1994
Robert C Stadjuhar, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Cecil S Renfro, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A thermally-protected display includes at least one display panel, a cover panel, a manifold and a blower mechanism. The display panel has a front panel surface and a rear panel surface and supports at least one signal element on the front panel surface. The cover panel is disposed in a spaced-apart relationship forwardly of the front panel surface to form a plenum chamber therebetween. The manifold is in fluid communication with the plenum chamber. The blower mechanism is in fluid communication with the manifold and supplies an airflow to the plenum chamber. The airflow enters an air inlet disposed at one end of the display panel and into the plenum chamber so that the airflow moves across the display panel and the signal element between the front panel surface and the cover panel thereby anticipating heat therefrom before the airflow exits the plenum chamber through an exhaust outlet disposed at an opposite end of the display panel. The thermally-protected display may include a housing structure for mounting the manifold and the display panel to form an enclosed interior whereby the rear surface of the display panel faces the interior.