Transmission device of fan

• US 10,458,419 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2017
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Air Cool Industrial Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Air Cool Industrial Company Limited
• Inventors: Wang, Cliff
• Primary Examiner(s): White, Dwayne J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gillenwaters, Jackson N
• Application Number:
  US15/446,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20180252225A1
• Time in Patent Office: 972 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/088 Ceiling fans
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/105 by changing rotor axis direction, e.g. oscillating fans interconnecting rotary motion and oscillating motion F16H
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/52 involving springs
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/53 using gears

Abstract

A transmission device of a fan is provided. A central axis and an eccentric position of the transmission device are connected with a spindle and a connecting rod, respectively. The spindle is connected with a motor through gears. A first casing and a second casing of the transmission device are pivotally connected to each other. An accommodation hole of the second casing is provided with an elastic member and a press member to engage with an engaging recess of the first casing, such that the fan can be swung. When the user applies a force to change the angle of the fan, the press member is pressed by two press portions of the first casing to disengage from the engaging recess, such that the second casing can be turned relative to the first casing to prevent gear slipping or gear jumping of the motor, the gears, and the spindle.

Claims

1. A transmission device of a fan, the fan comprising a motor for swinging the fan back and forth and a connecting rod for swinging the fan back and forth, the motor being connected with a spindle through at least one gear, the spindle being fixedly connected to a central axis of the transmission device, the connecting rod being connected to an eccentric position of the transmission device, enabling the fan to be swung back and forth in a swing direction by the motor, the transmission device comprising:

a first casing, having a first annular surface corresponding to an axial direction of the spindle, the first annular surface of the first casing being provided with a plurality of spaced and raised press portions and an engaging recess formed between every adjacent two of the press portions;

a second casing, pivotally connected to the first casing, the second casing having a second annular surface corresponding to the first annular surface of the first casing, the second annular surface being formed with at least one accommodation hole corresponding to the engaging recess;

at least one elastic member, disposed in the accommodation hole of the second casing; and

at least one press member, disposed in the accommodation hole of the second casing;

wherein when the fan is swung back and forth, the press member is biased by the elastic member so that one end of the press member is exposed out of the accommodation hole to engage with the engaging recess of the first casing, wherein the press member can be disengaged from the engaging recess of the first casing by an applied force from the adjacent two press portions, the applied force is at least equal to a force exerted by a user to change the angle of the fan in the swing direction, wherein the first casing is provided with a first axial hole corresponding to the spindle, the spindle is pivotally connected to the first axial hole, the second casing is provided with a second axial hole corresponding to the spindle, and the spindle is fixed to the second axial hole.

2. The transmission device of a fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first annular surface is disposed on an inner wall of the first casing, one side of the first casing is provided with an opening, the first casing is formed with an accommodation space between the first annular surface and the opening, the second annular surface is disposed on an outer wall of the second casing, and the second casing is disposed in the accommodation space of the first casing.

3. The transmission device of a fan as claimed in claim 2, wherein an inner wall of another side of the first casing is provided with at least two spaced ribs, and the ribs are located between the first casing and the second casing.

4. The transmission device of a fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein an outer wall of one side of the second axial hole is pivotally connected to the first axial hole of the first casing.

5. The transmission device of a fan as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fastener, the fastener being wider than the first axial hole of the first casing to secure the spindle, the fastener being disposed at an outer side of the first casing, and an elastic element being provided between the fastener and the first casing.

6. The transmission device of a fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eccentric position of the first casing is provided with a drive wheel protruding outwardly for connecting the connecting rod.

7. The transmission device of a fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein an outer edge of the engaging recess is provided with a chamfer.

8. The transmission device of a fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein the press member is a sphere.

9. The transmission device of a fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein one end of the elastic member is pressed against a bottom of the accommodation hole, when the fan is swung back and forth, the press member is biased by another end of the elastic member.