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Axial flow fan

US5996685A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 3, 1995
Grant dateDec 7, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/386
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An axial flow fan has a hub with a longitudinal axis of rotation and an outer periphery for the hub. Several blades are secured at their root regions to the hub's outer periphery. Each of the blades has a medial line that is tangential to a respective hub radius at the hub's outer periphery.

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