Patent ID: 7628686
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. A modular floor terminal basket mounted in a floor with an air plenum below and an occupied space above, wherein the modular floor terminal basket controls flow of conditioned air from the air plenum to the occupied space, and comprising: a. a basket supported by the floor and extending into the air plenum below the floor and having: b. a damper having an edge for engaging the vertically extending columns for movement between an opened position adjacent the bottom of the basket and a closed position adjacent the top of the basket; c. a damper drive for driving the damper between the opened position adjacent the bottom of the basket and the closed position adjacent the top of the basket comprising: wherein the edge of the damper has protrusions that engage the vertically extending columns, wherein the columns define the air inlet including a top of the air inlet, and wherein the protrusions on the edge of the damper extend into the air inlet and, when the damper is in an upper closed position, the protrusions engage the top of the air inlet to shut off the flow of conditioned air from the air plenum to the occupied space.