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An outlet for conditioned air has a plurality of interconnected modules establishing its side walls which support a closed bottom and by which the outlet is connected to a mounting frame. Each module has a supporting frame consisting of upper and lower side members and end members, each a length of

An outlet for conditioned air has a plurality of interconnected modules establishing its side walls which support a closed bottom and by which the outlet is connected to a mounting frame. Each module has a supporting frame consisting of upper and lower side members and end members, each a length of an extrusion providing an outer wall and an inwardly disposed wall. Means are provided to interconnect the frames to each other vertically or laterally in the same plane or at right angles in a manner providing air tight seals. Each module also includes a series of air deflection and dampering units, each unit having a pair of dampers and a pivot connecting them to the inwardly disposed walls of the upper and lower side members of the frame close to the outer edges thereof and which also have friction strips in engagement with the dampers to pervent the accidental displacement of the units or their dampers from set positions and the pivots also interconnect the inwardly disposed walls of the upper and lower members to hold the friction strips in substantially uniform contact with the top and bottom edges of the dampers. Each module or planar assemblies thereof may be used with frames formed from the same extrusions as wall registers and the modules may include filters or grille work in lieu of air deflection and dampering units.

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A module for use as a part of an outlet for conditioned air and to support, be supported by, or connected to another part of said outlet, said other part having a spline, said module comprising a frame including upper and lower side members and end members, said members having their ends mitered and

A module for use as a part of an outlet for conditioned air and to support, be supported by, or connected to another part of said outlet, said other part having a spline, said module comprising a frame including upper and lower side members and end members, said members having their ends mitered and abutting, means interconnecting said ends, air affecting means supported by the frame side members, each member an appropriate length of an extrusion including a side wall and a supporting wall extending at right angles thereto adjacent the edge thereof that is the inner edge of the frame, said extrusion also having a splineway the entrance of which extends lengthwise of the outer surface of the side wall adjacent its other edge, the splineway extending inwardly towards the supporting wall with its inner end substantially at a right angle relative to the entrance, the outer surface of the splineway having at the entrance a bearing and the inner surface thereof a shoulder, the entrance and the shoulder at least partly in a plane parallel to said side wall whereby with the spline of said other part of a cross sectional shape generally similar to that of the splineway and dimensioned to be freely slidable lengthwise therein, said other part and said frame are connectable with one angularly displaced relative to the other, with the spline entered in a splineway entrance and the one turned relative to the other with the bearing as the pivot to bring said part and said frame into their desired relationship and to seat the spline fully in said splineway. An outlet for a port in a duct for conditioned air, said outlet including a mounting frame and an air diffuser, means connecting said diffuser to said frame, said diffuser including walls and means interconnecting said walls in a predetermined angular relationship and establishing the corners of the diffuser, each of said walls including at least one module, each module comprising a frame including upper and lower side members and end members, said members having their ends mitered and interconnected in an abutting relationship, each member an appropriate length of an extrusion including a side wall and a supporting wall extending at right angles thereto adjacent an edge thereof and constituting the inner margin of the frame, means interconnecting the abutting ends of said members, air affecting means supported by at least one frame, said extrusion also having a splineway with an entrance extending lengthwise of its outer surface adjacent its other edge and extending inwardly towards the supporting wall with its inner end substantially at right angles to the entrance, the outer surface of the splineway defining a bearing at the entrance and the inner surface thereof defining a shoulder, the bearing and the shoulder at least partly in a plane parallel to said side wall, each corner establishing means including a predetermined length of an extrusion having sides disposed to establish said predetermined angular relationship, each side including a marginal spline portion extending from end-to-end thereof and approximately of the shape of said splineways and a fit therein and dimensioned for entry therein through the ends thereof, said spline portions entered in the splineways of the proximate end frame members and extending from end-to-end thereof, means holding the module connectors from escaping from the splineways in which their spline portions have been entered, and said frame including depending spline portions that are substantially identical to the first named spline portions, said last named spline portions entered within the splineways of the appropriate ones of the frame establishing members of the modules and thereby connect the diffuser to the mountinG frame. An outlet for a port in a duct for conditioned air, said outlet including a mounting frame and an air diffuser in the form of a register, said diffuser including at least one module comprising a frame including upper and lower side members and end members, said members having their ends mitered and interconnected in an abutting relationship, each member an appropriate length of an extrusion including a side wall and a supporting wall extending at right angles thereto adjacent an edge thereof and constituting the inner margin of the frame, means interconnecting the abutting ends of said members, air affecting means supported by each frame, said extrusion also having a splineway with an entrance extending lengthwise of its outer surface adjacent its other edge and extending inwardly towards the supporting wall with its inner end substantially at right angles to the entrance, the outer surface of the splineway defining a bearing at the entrance and the inner surface thereof defining a shoulder, the bearing and the shoulder at least partly in a plane parallel to to said wall, and means connecting the margins of the diffuser to the mounting frame and including spline portions of substantially the size and shape of the splineways of the frame members that define the margins of the diffuser and entered therein.