Patent ID: 9533179
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A62C,F24F

Claim:
1. A fire damper and ventilating fan assembly, the ventilating fan assembly comprising a ventilating fan, a power cord, a fixture, and the fire damper comprising a shutter and a frame provided with a flange, wherein the frame defines at least two frame openings therethrough, and the frame is further provided with a movable component that is configured to move between a first position and a second position, wherein said movable component comprises a first and second portion, said first portion defines an elongated protruded groove thereon and said second portion defines a planar edge portion; wherein when the movable component is in the first position the power cord is inserted into a first frame opening of said at least two openings, is passed along a passageway constructed between an underside of the elongated protruded groove of the first portion of the moveable component, and then passes through a second frame opening of said at least two openings, such that the power cord passes from a fire damper upstream side to a fire damper downstream side exteriorly of the fire damper, and is capable of providing power to the fixture when the fire damper is in a dosed position, and wherein when the movable component is in the second position, the first and second frame openings are occluded by the second planar edge portion.