Patent ID: 6921329
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. A cap for distributing an air flow output by a heating or conditioning unit with forced or natural convection in a vertical direction, the unit having a housing with an upper end and a base and being of the type to be mounted against a vertical wall, the cap comprising a frame with a top provided with a rear portion which is intended to face the vertical wall against which the unit is mounted, a front portion having a substantially rectangular opening, and deflector means located in said opening, the deflector means being angularly displaceable around a longitudinal axis extending parallel to said vertical wall, from a closure position for closing said substantially rectangular opening and an open position, the deflector means having an inner surface which, in said closed position, faces inside the unit, and an opposed outer surface, wherein, in the open position, the deflector means is inclined to the vertical direction of the air flow so that the outer surface of the deflector means is turned towards the wall against which the unit is mounted, whereby a portion of the air flow output from the unit is directed towards the vertical wall.