Patent ID: 6287191
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing conditioned air from at least one of a heating system and air conditioning system into a room and exhausting stale air from the room, comprising:a rough-in housing having a chamber, an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and a chamber opening, the chamber opening providing an opening into the room;a fan housing mounted in the chamber, the fan housing having an inlet port and an outlet port, the outlet port being operatively coupled to the outlet opening in the rough-in housing;an exhaust fan assembly mounted in the fan housing, the exhaust fan assembly including a fan and a motor for driving the fan; anda faceplate attached to the rough-in housing and covering the chamber opening, the faceplate having a register section and a grille section, the grille section being in fluid communication with the inlet port of the fan housing so that an exhaust passageway is formed within the fan housing and a supply passageway is formed around the fan housing and within the chamber in the rough-in housing, the exhaust passageway defining a stale air flow path between the grille section and the outlet opening in the rough-in housing, the supply passageway defining a conditioned air flow path between the inlet opening in the rough-in housing and the register section.