Patent ID: 8079898
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: F24F,Y02B

Abstract:
1. An air cooling system for cooling a building structure with a living area and an attic area, comprising: a low profile evaporator system adapted to be mounted in a wall adjacent to the living area of the building structure, said evaporator system comprises a housing and an evaporative cooling media disposed therein, wherein said housing having a plurality of sidewalls extending between two opposing sides that are spaced apart by a first distance, said first distance is less than about 11½ inches, wherein each opposing side has perforated openings adapted to permit air to flow through; a fan assembly, said fan assembly comprising an air intake, a motorized fan having air flow capacity of at least 1000 cfm, and an acoustical and thermal insulating duct having an insulating R value of at least 4, said insulating duct interconnecting the motorized fan and the air intake, wherein the insulating duct is at least 4 feet long, wherein the motorized fan is adapted to be mounted in the attic area of the building structure and the air intake is positioned in an opening formed in a horizontal wall separating the attic area and the living area; wherein the fan assembly is adapted to create a negative static pressure in the living area, causing outside ambient air to be drawn through the evaporator system and cooled by the evaporative cooling media; and wherein the fan assembly is adapted to draw the air in the living area up through the air intake and the duct, and to expel said air into the attic area to create a positive static pressure sufficient to cause air in the attic area to be pushed out through vents in the attic area and to substantially inhibit outside air to be drawn into the attic area through the vents.