«2 United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7,625,417 B2
Yang (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 1, 2009
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(75) Inventor: Kuo-tsiang Yang, Hsincha (TW) ieseinta iiaont cmeae aaa
(73) Assignee: Industrial Technology Research 6514324 BL* 22003 Chapman 9067
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0) Foreign Application Priority Data ee vee ae
May 4.2006 (TW) _ 95207600
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BOID WS? (200601) (Contiaved)
(2) US.C 5/7, 55/18; Sa
‘55/488; $5480; 55/501; S5/S21
(58) Fleld of Classification Search 55/418,
‘5/440, 442,443, 444, 445,446, 462,464,
55/465, 486, 487, 488, 89, 499, $01, 385.1
SS/385.2, 521, 484
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Primary Exaniner—Dvane Seth
Assistant Evaminer—Robert A Clemente
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Bireh, Stewart, Kolasch &
Birch, LLP
on ABSTRACT
A filter screcn stracture includes a filter sercen having. air
vents distributed thereon, and one or more layers of imped-
‘ance material attached to the filter seroen to increase an
‘impedance of the filter screen and reduce the speed of air
‘lowing through te filter sereea. Through proper attachnes
of the impedance material to the filter sereen in predeter
‘mined manners, the speed of air flown through the filter
sorcen may be eflectvely adjusted to thereby regulate the
Volume oFair Nowa through the filter sereen.
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FILTER SCREEN STRUCTURE,
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
‘The present invention relates toa fier sereen, andl more
particularly toa filler sercen structure capable of regulating
the volume of sir passing therethrough,
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
lease refer to PIG. 1 that i a perspective view ofa con=
ventional iter sereen structure 10 formed from a comugated
fier sereen 11 having a plurality of air vents 12 evenly