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Blowing apparatus, suction panel therefor and straightening guide therefor

US5620370A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1994
Grant dateApr 15, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/663
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A blowing apparatus includes a suction passage having a suction chamber enclosed by rigid body surfaces, suction ports opening toward the suction chamber for sucking air from outside, and a fan suction port serving as a suction port for a blower, the suction ports, the suction chamber, and the fan suction port being arranged in nonlinear form. In such blowing apparatus, a doughnut-like straightening guide is arranged on an opening edge on the suction chamber side of the fan suction port. The straightening guide has a projection toward the suction chamber, an appropriate thickness in the radial direction, and a guide passage matching the fan suction port in the middle thereof.

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