Patent ID: 6402612
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: F24F,Y10S

Abstract:
An air handling system for use in a multiple story building in order to supply air to one level of said building, said system comprising:an outlet attenuator adapted for mounting on a floor of said building and including an exterior outlet housing having an air inlet in a top thereof and a lowermost air outlet in at least one vertical side thereof, said air inlet and air outlet being connected by a lower airflow passageway defined by interior walls of said outlet attenuator, said outlet attenuator further including sound absorbing material which is contained in said housing and extends to and is covered by said interior walls; a fan unit mounted above said outlet attenuator and capable of providing downward airflow into said air inlet of the outlet attenuator; and a fan inlet section mounted above said fan unit and extending upwardly therefrom, said inlet section including an exterior inlet housing with a bottom air outlet in a bottom end thereof and an upper airflow passageway that extends downwardly to said bottom air outlet, wherein said bottom air outlet is positioned directly above an airflow inlet of said fan unit.