Side channel blower
US4456423A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 24, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF04D23/008
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A side channel blower, especially for use as a combustion air blower in vehicle heaters, with a blower housing comprising at least one side channel, into which one intake opening and one exhaust opening terminate, as well as with a blower wheel disposed in the immediate vicinity of the side channel and provided with a plurality of blades. In order to reduce the noise emission of the blower, at least that edge of the intake opening, which lies to the rear in the rotational direction of the blower wheel, is made elastic.
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