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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2002
Albert Philip Van Duren, Chaska, MN (US);
Allen Hamid Ziaimehr, Arden Hills, MN (US);
John Paul Rock, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Scott Douglas Augustine, Bloomington, MN (US);
Gary Rabindranath Maharaj, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Randall Charles Arnold, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Albert Philip Van Duren, Chaska, MN (US);
Allen Hamid Ziaimehr, Arden Hills, MN (US);
John Paul Rock, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Scott Douglas Augustine, Bloomington, MN (US);
Gary Rabindranath Maharaj, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Randall Charles Arnold, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Arizant Healthcare Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
In a convective system that includes a blower to thermally treat and pressurize air, a convective device to receive and convect the thermally-treated pressurized air, and an air hose to conduct a flow of thermally-treated pressurized air from the blower to an inlet port in the convective device, an interface device is provided to control the flow of air at the interface where the inlet port and an end of the air hose operate to conduct the flow of air out of the air hose into the convective device. The interface device is received at the end of the air hose and operates to support the flow of air out of the end when the end and the inlet port are brought together. The interface device operates to stop, inhibit, or restrict the flow of air out of the end when the end and the inlet port are separated.