Author: claimsbot

1. A method for separating particulate matter from a fluid in which the particulate matter is suspended, the method comprising:
feeding a fluid containing particulate matter into a chamber of a vessel through an inlet, the chamber being at least partially bounded by a peripheral wall and the chamber also communicating with a first outlet and a second outlet;
rotating the vessel about a rotational axis extending through the vessel such that at least a portion of the particulate matter settles out of the fluid and against at least a portion of the peripheral wall of the vessel;
disturbing at least a portion of the particulate matter settled against the peripheral wall so that at least a portion of the particulate matter settled against the peripheral wall is resuspended within the fluid;
removing at least a portion of the fluid having the resuspended particulate matter therein from the vessel through the first outlet; and
removing through the second outlet of the vessel the fluid from which the particulate material has settled out.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the act of disturbing at least a portion of the particulate matter settled against the peripheral wall comprises delivering a stream of a removal fluid into the rotating vessel at or adjacent to the peripheral wall.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the removal fluid comprises a liquid.
4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising closing the second outlet during removal of the fluid through the first outlet.
5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising closing the first outlet and the second outlet for a time period between removing the fluid through the first outlet and removing the fluid through the second outlet.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the act of feeding includes introducing a heavy fluid component and a light fluid component into the chamber of the vessel.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the act of removing at least a portion of the fluid having the resuspended particulate matter therein comprises removing the fluid having the resuspended particulate matter therein through an extraction tube having an opening to receive the fluid at or adjacent to the peripheral wall, the extraction tube bounding or communicating with the first outlet.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the act of disturbing at least a portion of the particulate matter comprises delivering a removal fluid to the vessel through a supply duct formed in the extraction tube, the fluid having the resuspended particulate matter therein being removed through a removal duct in the extraction tube.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein one of the supply duct and removal duct is disposed within the other.
10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the act of disturbing at least a portion of the particulate matter comprising delivering a removal fluid to the vessel through the extraction tube.
11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising pressurizing the fluid within the chamber in a range between about 15 psi to about 600 psi.
12. The method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of spaced apart fins are disposed within the chamber of the vessel, the fins bounding a plurality of fluid channels that extend between the inlet and the second outlet, the fluid being fed into the chamber of the vessel such that at least a portion of the fluid passes through the fluid channels.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein a disc outwardly projects from toward the rotational axis to toward the peripheral wall, the disc intersecting with each of the plurality of fins, the fluid being fed into the chamber such that fluid is forced to travel around an outer perimeter of the disc.
14. The method according to claim 12, wherein a disc outwardly projects from toward the rotational axis to toward the peripheral wall, the disc intersecting with each of the plurality of fins and the disc having a plurality of openings extending therethrough, the fluid being fed into the chamber such that at least a portion of fluid passes through the openings in the disc.
15. The method according to claim 12, wherein an opening is formed in each fin such that an annular fluid equalizing channel provides fluid communication between each of the areas bounded by the fins, the fluid being fed into the chamber of the vessel such that at least a portion of the fluid travels within the fluid equalizing channel.
16. The method according to claim 1, wherein the inlet and at least one of the first outlet and the second outlet encircles the rotational axis or has the rotational axis extending therethrough.
17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the act of disturbing at least a portion of the particulate matter comprises delivering a removal fluid to the vessel through a supply duct and wherein the act of removing at least a portion of the fluid having the resuspended particulate matter therein comprises removing the fluid having the resuspended particulate matter therein through a removal duct.
18. The method according to claim 1, wherein the chamber also communicates with a third outlet and a fourth outlet.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method of generating a modular one-way function in a device and thereby producing a random-value stream for use in a device that can benefit from a random-value stream, comprising:
a) providing a plurality of edit modules each configured to transform values;
b) indexing the plurality of edit modules;
c) providing an instruction stream, wherein the instruction stream includes a random-value stream resulting from a one-way function;
d) providing a value stream, including a series of values;
e) selecting a value from the value stream, thereby generating a selected value;
f) selecting, by use of a computing device, one of the plurality of edit modules according to a logical association between an instruction stream value and the index;
g) transforming the selected value to a transformed value by operation of the selected edit module;
h) repeating steps e), f) and g) thereby generating a random-value stream.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of edit modules includes a function and associated seed vector and further comprising the step of incrementing the seed vector when the function is utilized to transform the selected value.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of edit modules includes only functions and associated seed vectors and further comprises the step of incrementing each associated seed vector when each function is utilized to transform the selected value.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of indexing includes assigning each of the plurality of edit modules a memory cell addressed according to a domain value wherein any given domain value maps to all possible range values.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction stream is an output of steps a) through f) performed by a different module.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the edit modules comprises performance of steps a) through f) by a different module.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of restricting the selectable edit modules to a smaller subset of the total pool of available edit modules.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of restricting includes randomly selecting a limited number of edit modules thereby generating a subset and generating data sufficient to limit selection of edit modules to those of the subset.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising repeating step f) to select a second edit module and transforming the transformed value by operation of the second edit module thereby forming a multi-transformed value by operation of stacked edit modules.
10. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of using a device to generate a random-value stream, the instructions comprising the steps of:
a) providing a plurality of edit modules each configured to transform values;
b) indexing the plurality of edit modules;
c) providing an instruction stream, wherein the instruction stream includes a random-value stream resulting from a one-way function;
d) providing a value stream, including a series of values;
e) selecting a value from the value stream, thereby generating a selected value;
f) selecting, by use of a computing device, one of the plurality of edit modules according to a logical association between an instruction stream value and the index;
g) transforming the selected value to a transformed value by operation of the selected edit module;
h) repeating steps e), f) and g) thereby generating a random-value stream.
11. The medium of claim 10, wherein the plurality of edit modules includes a function and associated seed vector and further comprising the step of incrementing the seed vector when the function is utilized to transform a value.
12. The medium of claim 10, wherein the plurality of edit modules includes only functions and associated seed vectors and further comprises the step of incrementing each associated seed vector when each function is utilized to transform a value.
13. The medium of claim 10, wherein the step of indexing includes assigning each of the plurality of edit modules a memory cell addressed according to a domain value wherein any given domain value maps to all possible range values.
14. The medium of claim 10, wherein the instruction stream is an output of steps a) through f) performed by a different module.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein one of the edit modules comprises performance of steps a) through f) by a different module.
16. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of restricting the selectable edit modules to a smaller subset of the total pool of available edit modules.
17. The medium of claim 16, wherein the step of restricting includes randomly selecting a limited number of edit modules thereby generating a subset and generating data sufficient to limit selection of edit modules to those of the subset.
18. The medium of claim 10, further comprising repeating step f) to select a second edit module and transforming the transformed value by operation of the second edit module thereby forming a multi-transformed value by operation of stacked edit modules.
19. A random value generation system configured to automatically generate a stream of random values usable by a device that may benefit from such, the system comprising:
a) a plurality of indexed edit modules each configured to transform values;
b) an instruction stream module configured to provide a random-value stream resulting from a one-way function;
c) a value stream module configured to provide a series of values;
d) a computing device in communication with each of the plurality of indexed edit modules, the instruction stream module, and the value stream module and configured to select one of the plurality of indexed edit modules according to a logical association between a value of the instruction stream and the index and instruct the edit module to transform a selected value of the value stream module.

1. A data management apparatus comprising:
a processor, wherein the processor comprises:
an element determination portion to determine respectively a plurality of data stored beforehand, as element data;
an ordinal rank determination portion to determine ordinal ranks of determined plurality of said element data, wherein the ordinal rank determines an order in which identification information of the element data are displayed; and
a combined data generation portion to generate and store combined data for a user in an electronic memory, which combined data includes a plurality of pieces of link information specifying at least part of each of said determined plurality of element data and defines an ordinal rank of each of said plurality of pieces of the link information in accordance with said determined ordinal ranks;
a duplicating portion to duplicate the at least part of each of said determined plurality of element data that is specified in the combined data before the at least part of each of said determined plurality of element data that is specified in the combined data is changed without a permission from the user.
2. The data management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said combined data generation portion generates combined data further including user identification information for identifying a user, and said data management apparatus further comprising a change notification portion, when a change instruction to change any of plurality of said element data is accepted, to read said combined data including said link information specifying at least part of said instructed element data as a target to be changed and give a notification to a user identified by said user identification information included in the read combined data.
3. The data management apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a second change portion to generate new element data by copying said element data before change and changing data identification information included in the link information included in read said combined data to data identification information for identifying said new element data, in a case where permission by the user receiving said notification is not accepted.
4. The data management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an output portion to read and output a part specified by said link information from plurality of said element data, according to said ordinal rank defined in said combined data, when said combined data is designated.
5. The data management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of plurality of said element data is associated with related information including a print condition, and said output portion includes a reading portion to read all of the related information associated with all of said element data specified by the link information included in designated said combined data, a general setting acceptance portion to accept a setting of a print condition that can be set for designated said combined data as a whole, a related information generation portion to generate new related information including a print condition included in each of read all said related information and set said print condition, and an association portion to associate generated said new related information with designated said combined data.
6. The data management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said related information includes definition information defining whether a print condition is valid or invalid, said data management apparatus further comprising an individual setting acceptance portion to accept a setting of a new print condition for said element data which is associated with said related information including definition information defining invalid, of read said related information.
7. The data management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of plurality of said element data is associated with related information including a print condition, said related information includes definition information defining whether a print condition is valid or invalid, and said output portion includes a reading portion to read all of said related information associated with all of said element data specified by the link information included in said combined data, a general setting acceptance portion to accept a setting of a print condition common to all of parts specified by said link information included in said combined data, in a case where all of read said related information include definition information defining invalid, a related information generation portion to generate related information including set said print condition, and an association portion to associate generated said related information with generated said combined data.
8. The data management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said link information includes a file name and location information indicating a location in a file.
9. A data management apparatus comprising:
a processor, wherein the processor comprises:
an element determination portion to determine respectively a plurality of data stored beforehand, as element data;
an ordinal rank determination portion to determine ordinal ranks of determined plurality of said element data;
a combined data generation portion to generate and store combined data in an electronic memory, which combined data includes a plurality of pieces of link information specifying at least part of each of said determined plurality of element data and defines an ordinal rank of each of said plurality of pieces of the link information in accordance with said determined ordinal ranks;
wherein said combined data generation portion generates combined data further including user identification information for identifying a user, and said data management apparatus further comprising a change notification portion, when a change instruction to change any of plurality of said element data is accepted, to read said combined data including said link information specifying at least part of said instructed element data as a target to be changed and give a notification to a user identified by said user identification information included in the read combined data; and

a first change portion to change said element data as a target to be processed, according to said change instruction, on condition that permission by the user receiving said notification is accepted.
10. A data management method comprising the steps of:
determining a plurality of data stored beforehand, as element data;
determining ordinal ranks of determined plurality of said element data, wherein the ordinal rank determines an order in which identification information of the element data are displayed;
generating combined data for a user which includes link information for specifying at least part of each of determined plurality of said element data and defines an ordinal rank of the link information;
storing said combined data; and
reading and outputting a part specified by said link information from plurality of said element data, according to an ordinal rank defined by said combined data, when stored said combined data is designated;
duplicating the at least part of each of said determined plurality of element data that is specified in the combined data before the at least part of each of said determined plurality of element data that is specified in the combined data is changed without a permission from the user.
11. The data management method according to claim 10, wherein
in said step of generating combined data, combined data further including user identification information for identifying a user is generated, said data management method further comprising the step of reading said combined data including said link information specifying at least part of said element data as a target to be changed, and giving a notification to a user identified by said user identification information included in the read combined data, when a change instruction to change any of plurality of said element data is accepted.
12. The data management method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of generating new element data by copying said element data before change and changing data identification information included in the link information included in read said combined data to data identification information for identifying said new element data, in a case where permission by the user receiving said notification is not accepted.
13. The data management method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of reading and outputting a part specified by said link information from plurality of said element data, according to said ordinal rank defined in said combined data, when said combined data is designated.
14. The data management method according to claim 13, wherein each of plurality of said element data is associated with related information including a print condition, and said step of outputting includes the steps of reading all of the related information associated with all of said element data specified by the link information included in designated said combined data, accepting a setting of a print condition that can be set for designated said combined data as a whole, generating new related information including a print condition included in each of read all said related information and set said print condition, and associating generated said new related information with designated said combined data.
15. The data management method according to claim 14, wherein said related information includes definition information defining whether a print condition is valid or invalid, said data management method further comprising the step of accepting a setting of a new print condition for said element data which is associated with said related information including definition information defining invalid, of read said related information.
16. The data management method according to claim 13, wherein each of plurality of said element data is associated with related information including a print condition, said related information includes definition information defining whether a print condition is valid or invalid, and said step of outputting includes the steps of reading all of said related information associated with all of said element data specified by the link information included in said combined data, accepting a setting of a print condition common to all of parts specified by said link information included in said combined data, in a case where all of read said related information include definition information defining invalid, generating related information including set said print condition, and associating generated said related information with generated said combined data.
17. The data management method according to claim 10, wherein said link information includes a file name and location information indicating a location in a file.
18. The data management method according to claim 10, further comprising:
changing the combined data to update link information to the duplicated at least part of each of said determined plurality of element data when said determined plurality of element data is changed without a permission from the user.
19. A data management method comprising the steps of:
determining a plurality of data stored beforehand, as element data;
determining ordinal ranks of determined plurality of said element data;
generating combined data which includes link information for specifying at least part of each of determined plurality of said element data and defines an ordinal rank of the link information;
storing said combined data;
reading and outputting a part specified by said link information from plurality of said element data, according to an ordinal rank defined by said combined data, when stored said combined data is designated;
wherein in said step of generating combined data, combined data further including user identification information for identifying a user is generated, said data management method further comprising the step of reading said combined data including said link information specifying at least part of said element data as a target to be changed, and giving a notification to a user identified by said user identification information included in the read combined data, when a change instruction to change any of plurality of said element data is accepted; and
further comprising the step of changing said element data as a target to be processed, according to said change instruction, on condition that permission by the user receiving said notification is accepted.
20. A nontransitory computer readable medium encoded with a data management program causing a computer to perform the steps of:
determining a plurality of data stored beforehand, as element data;
determining ordinal ranks of determined plurality of said element data, wherein the ordinal rank determines an order in which identification information of the element data are displayed;
generating combined data for a user which includes link information for specifying at least part of each of determined plurality of said element data and defines an ordinal rank of the link information;
storing said combined data; and
reading and outputting a part specified by said link information from plurality of said element data, according to an ordinal rank defined by said combined data, when stored said combined data is designated;
duplicating the at least part of each of said determined plurality of element data that is specified in the combined data before the at least part of each of said determined plurality of element data that is specified in the combined data is changed without a permission from the user.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An air-blowing unit comprising:
a unit including an irreversible fan, an air inlet port, and an air discharge port;
a first blower-side duct, one end of which is connected to said air inlet port;
a second blower-side duct, one end of which is connected to said air discharge port;
a first air opening-side duct including a first air opening at one end thereof, said first air opening leading to a space external the air-blowing unit;
a second air opening-side duct including a second air opening at one end thereof, said second air opening leading to said external space; and
an air passage switching device disposed between the other end of said blower-side ducts and the other end of said air opening-side ducts, said air passage switching device being adapted to switch an air passage connection between said blower-side ducts and said air opening-side ducts.
2. The air-blowing unit of claim 1, wherein the air passage switching device is adapted to switch between at least two modes, and wherein,
when said air passage switching device is switched to a first mode, the other end of said first blower-side duct is connected to the other end of said first air opening-side duct through said air passage switching device, and the other end of said second blower-side duct is connected to the other end of said second air opening-side duct through said air passage switching device, and
when said air passage switching device is switched to a second mode, the other end of said first blower-side duct is connected to the other end of said second air opening-side duct through said air passage switching device, and the other end of said second blower-side duct is connected to the other end of said first air opening-side duct through said air passage switching device.
3. The air-blowing unit according to claim 1, wherein said air passage switching device includes a first flexible duct and a second flexible duct, one end of said first flexible duct being fixed to the other end of said first blower-side duct and one end of said second flexible duct being fixed to the other end of said second blower-side duct, wherein said air passage switching device further includes a movable member, adapted to move the positions of the other end of said first flexible duct and the other end of said second flexible duct, and wherein,
when said air passage switching device is switched to said first mode, said movable member moves to the position where the other end of said first flexible duct is matched with the other end of said first air opening-side duct, and the other end of said second flexible duct is matched with the other end of said second air opening-side duct, and
when said air passage switching device is switched to said second mode, said movable member moves to the position where the other end of said first flexible duct is matched with the other end of said second air opening-side duct, and the other end of said second flexible duct is matched with the other end of said first air opening-side duct.
4. The air-blowing unit according to claim 2, wherein:
said air passage switching device includes a first flexible duct and a second flexible duct, one end of said first flexible duct being fixed to the other end of said first blower-side duct and one end of said second flexible duct being fixed to the other end of said second blower-side duct, wherein said air passage switching device further includes a movable member, adapted to move the positions of the other end of said first flexible duct and the other end of said second flexible duct, and wherein,
when said air passage switching device is switched to said first mode, said movable member moves to the position where the other end of said first flexible duct is matched with the other end of said first air opening-side duct, and the other end of said second flexible duct is matched with the other end of said second air opening-side duct, and
when said air passage switching device is switched to said second mode, said movable member moves to the position where the other end of said first flexible duct is matched with the other end of said second air opening-side duct, and the other end of said second flexible duct is matched with the other end of said first air opening-side duct.
5. The air-blowing unit according to claim 3, wherein
said movable member is a switching member rotatable by a rotating device in such a manner that the other end of said first flexible duct and the other end of said second flexible duct rotate respectively with said switching member, said switching member including a first penetration aperture and a second penetration aperture, said first penetration aperture and said second penetration aperture passing completely through to the other side of said switching plate respectively, wherein the other end of said first flexible duct is fixed to said first penetration aperture, and the other end of said second flexible duct is fixed to said second penetration aperture, and wherein said switching member is adapted to rotate on the surface of the other end of said first air opening-side duct and on the surface of the other end of said second air opening-side duct.
6. The air-blowing unit according to claim 4, wherein said movable member is a switching member rotatable by a rotating device in such a manner that the other end of said first flexible duct and the other end of said second flexible duct rotate respectively with said switching member, said switching member including a first penetration aperture and a second penetration aperture, said first penetration aperture and said second penetration aperture passing completely through to the other side of said switching plate respectively, wherein the other end of said first flexible duct is fixed to said first penetration aperture, and the other end of said second flexible duct is fixed to said second penetration aperture, and wherein said switching member is adapted to rotate on the surface of the other end of said first air opening-side duct and on the surface of the other end of said second air opening-side duct.
7. The air-blowing unit according to claim 1, wherein
said air passage switching device includes a first flexible duct and a second flexible duct, one end of said first flexible duct being fixed to the other end of said first air opening-side duct and one end of said second flexible duct being fixed to the other end of said second air opening-side duct, wherein said air passage switching device further includes a movable member, adapted to move the positions of the other end of said first flexible duct and the other end of said second flexible duct, and wherein
when said air passage switching device is switched to said first mode, said movable member moves to the position where the other end of said first flexible duct is matched with the other end of said first blower-side duct, and the other end of said second flexible duct is matched with the other end of said second blower-side duct, and
when said air passage switching device is switched to said second mode, said movable member moves to the position where the other end of said first flexible duct is matched with the other end of said second blower-side duct, and the other end of said second flexible duct is matched with the other end of said first blower-side duct.
8. The air-blowing unit according to claim 2, wherein said air passage switching device includes a first flexible duct and a second flexible duct, one end of said first flexible duct being fixed to the other end of said first air opening-side duct, one end of said second flexible duct being fixed to the other end of said second air opening-side duct, wherein said air passage switching device further includes a movable member, adapted to move the positions of the other end of said first flexible duct and the other end of said second flexible duct, and wherein,
when said air passage switching device is switched to said first mode, said movable member moves to the position where the other end of said first flexible duct is matched with the other end of said first blower-side duct, and the other end of said second flexible duct is matched with the other end of said second blower-side duct, and
when said air passage switching device is switched to said second mode, said movable member moves to the position where the other end of said first flexible duct is matched with the other end of said second blower-side duct, and the other end of said second flexible duct is matched with the other end of said first blower-side duct.
9. The air-blowing unit according to claim 7, wherein
said movable member is a switching member, rotatable by a rotating device in such a manner that the other end of said first flexible duct and the other end of said second flexible duct rotate respectively with said switching member, wherein said switching member includes a first penetration aperture and a second penetration aperture, said first penetration aperture and said second penetration aperture pass completely through to the other side of said switching plate respectively, wherein the other end of said first flexible duct is fixed to said first penetration aperture, and the other end of said second flexible duct is fixed to said second penetration aperture, and wherein said switching member is adapted to rotate on the surface of the other end of said first blower- side duct and on the surface of the other end of said second blower-side duct.
10. The air-blowing unit according to claim 8, wherein
said movable member is a switching member, rotatable by a rotating device in such a manner that the other end of said first flexible duct and the other end of said second flexible duct rotate respectively with said switching member, wherein said switching member includes a first penetration aperture and a second penetration aperture, said first penetration aperture and second penetration aperture pass completely through to the other side of said switching plate respectively, wherein the other end of said first flexible duct is fixed to said first penetration aperture, and the other end of said second flexible duct is fixed to said second penetration aperture, and wherein said switching member is rotatable on the surface of the other end of said first blower-side duct and on the surface of the other end of said second blower-side duct.
11. The air-blowing unit according to claim 2, wherein said air passage switching device includes a first rotary duct portion and a second rotary duct portion, wherein said first rotary duct portion includes two air paths passing completely through to the other side of said switching plate respectively, wherein said second rotary duct portion includes two air paths passing completely through to the other side of said switching plate respectively, wherein said first rotary duct portion and said second rotary duct portion are respectively rotatable by a rotating device in such a manner that said first rotary duct portion is disposed between said blower-side ducts and said air opening-side ducts in said first mode, and said second rotary duct portion is disposed between said blower-side ducts and said air opening-side ducts in said second mode, wherein said two air paths of said first rotary duct portion are arranged in such a manner that said first blower-side duct is coupled to said first air opening-side duct through one air path, and second blower-side duct is coupled to said second air opening-side duct through the other air path, and wherein said two air paths of said second rotary duct portion are arranged in such a manner that said first blower-side duct is coupled to said second air opening-side duct through one air path, and second blower-side duct is coupled to said first air opening-side duct through the other air path.
12. The air-blowing unit according to claim 11, wherein said two air paths of said first rotary duct portion are arranged in such a manner that said two air paths are parallel to each other, and wherein said two air paths of said second rotary duct portion are arranged in such a manner that said two air paths cross each other.
13. The air-blowing unit according to claim 1, further comprising an air-conditioning unit including at least one heat exchanger.
14. The air-blowing unit according to claim 2, further comprising an air-conditioning unit including at least one heat exchanger.
15. The air-blowing unit according to claim 1, wherein said air-blowing unit is disposed in a door body of a vehicle.
16. The air-blowing unit according to claim 2, wherein said air-blowing unit is disposed in a door body of a vehicle.
17. The air-blowing unit according to claim 13, wherein said air-blowing unit is disposed in a door body of a vehicle.
18. The air-blowing unit according to claim 14, wherein said air-blowing unit is disposed in a door body of a vehicle.
19. The air-blowing unit according to claim 15, wherein said first air opening is disposed at an upper portion of said door body, and said second air opening is at a lower portion of said door body.
20. The air-blowing unit according to claim 16, wherein said first air opening is disposed at an upper portion of said door body, and said second air opening is at a lower portion of said door body.
21. The air-blowing unit according to claim 17, wherein said first air opening is disposed at an upper portion of said door body, and said second air opening is at a lower portion of said door body.
22. The air-blowing unit according to claim 18, wherein said first air opening is disposed at an upper portion of said door body, and said second air opening is at a lower portion of said door body.
23. The air-blowing unit according to claim 13, wherein the air-conditioning unit includes a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger.
24. The air-blowing unit according to claim 17, wherein the air-conditioning unit includes a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger.
25. The air-blowing unit according to claim 21, wherein the air-conditioning unit includes a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger.
26. The air-blowing unit according to claim 14, wherein the air-conditioning unit includes a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger.
27. The air-blowing unit according to claim 18, wherein the air-conditioning unit includes a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger.
28. The air-blowing unit according to claim 22, wherein the air-conditioning unit includes a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger.
29. The air-blowing unit according to claim 1, wherein said air-conditioning unit is disposed outside said door body.
30. The air-blowing unit according to claim 29, wherein said air-conditioning unit is disposed at a position behind a rear seat of said vehicle.
31. The air-blowing unit according to claim 29, wherein said blower unit is disposed outside said door body.
32. The air-blowing unit according to claim 31, wherein said blower unit is disposed at a position behind a rear seat of said vehicle.
33. An air-blowing unit comprising:
an irreversible fan;
at least one duct upstream of the irreversible fan and at least one duct downstream of the irreversible fan; and
a device, adapted to change a direction of airflow in at least a portion of each of the at least two ducts.
34. An air-blowing unit comprising:
an irreversible fan;
at least one duct upstream of the irreversible fan and at least one duct downstream of the irreversible fan; and
means for changing a direction of airflow in at least a portion of each of the at least two ducts.
35. An air-blowing unit for mounting inside a vehicle door, comprising:
at least one duct upstream of the irreversible fan and at least one duct downstream of the irreversible fan;
a device, adapted to switch a direction of airflow in at least a portion of each of the at least two ducts; and
an air-conditioning unit, wherein in a cooling mode, air is sucked through at least one of the two ducts from a space external to the blower unit, cooled, and discharged relatively upward towards a window of the vehicle door, and wherein in a heating mode, air is sucked from a vicinity proximate the window, heated, and discharged relatively downward into the external space.
36. The air-blowing unit of claim 35, further comprising an irreversible fan.
37. The air-blowing unit of claim 35, wherein, in a cooling mode, the air discharged relatively upward towards a window of the vehicle door acts like an air curtain to reduce an amount of sunlight through the window.
38. The air-blowing unit of claim 37, further comprising an irreversible fan.
39. An air-blowing unit for mounting inside a vehicle door, comprising:
at least one duct upstream of the irreversible fan and at least one duct downstream of the irreversible fan;
means for switching a direction of airflow in at least a portion of each of the at least two ducts; and
means for cooling and heating air, wherein in a cooling mode, air is sucked through at least one of the two ducts from a space external to the blower unit, cooled, and discharged relatively upward towards a window of the vehicle door, and wherein in a heating mode, air is sucked from a vicinity proximate the window, heated, and discharged relatively downward into the external space.
40. The air-blowing unit of claim 39, further comprising an irreversible fan.
41. The air-blowing unit of claim 39, wherein, in a cooling mode, the air discharged relatively upward towards a window of the vehicle door acts like an air curtain to reduce an amount of sunlight through the window.
42. The air-blowing unit of claim 41, further comprising an irreversible fan.