Patent ID: 6497256
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: F24F,F25D,Y10S

Abstract:
A panel for use in an air handling duct substantially defining an interior space for conducting air along an enclosed flow path and an exterior, said panel includinga peripheral wall having a top edge and a bottom edge, said peripheral wall including an upper channel opening to the top edge of said wall and a lower channel opening to the bottom edge of said wall, said channel extending along substantially the entire length of said wall, said wall further including an upper groove opening to the top edge of said wall and a lower groove opening to the bottom edge of said wall, a top cover and a bottom cover, each cover having a periphery and an associated skirt extending about the periphery thereof and the skirt of the top cover being contained within the upper channel of said wall and the skirt of the bottom cover being contained within the lower channel of said wall to establish an enclosed cavity within the panel; and a substantially L-shaped bar, a first leg of which is contained within the lower groove of said wall, and a second leg of which possesses a deformable bulbous section adapted to compressively, sealingly abut another portion of the air handling duct such that air is substantially prohibited from passing between the interior space within said air handling duct and the exterior of the air handling duct.