Patent ID: 8118236
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: F24F,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A basement ventilator for use in a building to reduce basement humidity and increase basement air circulation, the basement ventilator comprising: a household inlet duct for receiving and ducting household air of the building; an interior exhaust vent in communication with the household inlet duct for venting the household air into the basement, the household inlet duct and the interior exhaust vent defining an interior exhaust channel; a basement air inlet duct for receiving humid air from a lower region of the basement of the building; an exterior exhaust vent in communication with the basement air inlet duct and the outside of the building for venting the humid air from the basement of the building to the outside, the basement air inlet duct and the exterior exhaust vent defining an exterior exhaust channel; and a fan in direct communication with both the interior exhaust channel and the exterior exhaust channel, wherein the interior exhaust channel communicates with the exterior exhaust channel at the location of the fan.