Patent · US Expired

Fan

US5788568A · kind A · utility

23Cited by
4References
8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 20, 1996
Grant dateAug 4, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D25/166
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fan comprising: blowing units, each including a squarely hollow casing, an electric motor incorporated into the casing and an axial impeller coupled to the motor for generating an air flow from an inlet toward nozzles; the casing having one end opened to form the inlet and the opposite end opened to form the nozzles; and a guide which projects into the casing to arrange the nozzles in a parallel pattern, in a slit shape and in rows; wherein the blowing units are coupled together at adjacent sides thereof to be arranged in a row, each unit has the inlet provided with a bellmouth which surrounds impeller, and a space between each bellmouth and each casing is separated from an air flow path with the air flow generated by the impeller passing therethrough.

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