Patent ID: 8430730

Claim:
A mixing apparatus configured and dimensioned for use in an aircraft air-conditioning system, the mixing apparatus comprising a first supply line for fresh air from the air-conditioning system, a second supply line for returned air from a first area of the aircraft, a discharge line for supplying mixed air into the first area of the aircraft and a discharge line for supplying fresh air into a second area of the aircraft, wherein the mixing apparatus further comprises a plurality of first and second pockets which are arranged above one another in an area of flow cross-section wherein the first pockets have an unobstructed cross-section to conduct a first portion of the fresh air from the air-conditioning system from the first supply line for fresh air from the air-conditioning system into the discharge line for the supply of mixed air into the first area of the air craft and each of the second pockets has a single diagonal partition wall to divert both a second portion of the fresh air from the air-conditioning system into the discharge line for the supply of fresh air into the second area of the aircraft as well as returned air from the first area of the air craft into the discharge line for the supply of mixed air in the first area of the aircraft, wherein a first surface of the partition wall diverts the second portion of the fresh air and a second surface opposite the first surface of the partition wall diverts the return air.