Air circulation device

• US 4,856,968 A
• Filed: 02/02/1988
• Issued: 08/15/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Joseph M. Armbruster
• Original Assignee: Joseph M. Armbruster
• Inventors: Armbruster, Joseph M.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/151,606
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• Field of Search: 417/313, 417/360, 417/423 R, 417/423 K, 417/423 L, 417/423 T, 415/126, 415/148, 415/150, 415/121 R, 248/181, 248/481, D15/9
• US Class Current: 417/360
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/08 the working fluid being air, e.g. for ventilation
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/601 specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps

Abstract

An air circulation device and more particularly an air circulation device having a dome shaped housing enclosing all moving components of an air blower which incorporates a squirrel cage impeller in a casing provided with an air inlet and discharge. A supporting structure enables adjustment of the dome shaped housing for discharging air in a desired direction. The air blower discharge communicates with and is connected with a peripherally extending outlet in the housing in the form of a plurality of slots with a transition member sealingly connected to the blower discharge and air outlet. The housing also includes an air inlet with a removable filter so that inlet air completely surrounds the blower in the housing. The upper portion of the housing may be provided with an illumination device and several embodiments of the housing and support structure are disclosed.

Claims

1. An air circulation device comprising a hollow housing, an air blower mounted in said housing and including an impeller and an impeller casing having an air inlet and outlet, said hollow housing including an air inlet and air outlet with the air outlet from the casing being connected to the air outlet in the housing for discharging pressurized air from the housing, the inlet for the hollow housing being spaced from the casing to enable inlet air to completely enclose the blower for entry into the air inlet of the impeller casing and means adjustably supporting said hollow housing, said hollow housing including a curved external surface with the air inlet being defined by a slot extending around a substantial portion of the curved surface of the housing, said air inlet for the housing being formed by a downwardly opening arcuate slot along a portion of the hollow housing opposite the air outlet, said hollow housing being substantially spherical in configuration, said supporting means for the housing including an annular member engaging and supporting the lower surface portion of the hollow housing and enabling the hollow housing to be pivoted about a vertical axis and a horizontal axis to direct the air outlet in a desired direction.

2. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein said annular member is in the form of a generally cylindrical ring having a diameter less than the diameter of the spherical housing and a pair of diametrically opposed supporting members connected to opposite sides of the ring and terminating in substantially flat lower ends for engaging a supporting surface.

3. The structure as defined in claim 2 wherein the portion of the hollow housing above the air outlet and air inlet includes an insert capable of transmitting light, and an illumination means interiorly of the housing to provide a light at the upper end portion of the housing.

4. The structure as defined in claim 3 wherein said air inlet is formed by an upper portion of the housing projecting laterally beyond a lower portion in spaced relation thereto to form an arcuate inlet, filter means in the air inlet for filtering air entering the interior of the housing.

5. The structure as defined in claim 4 wherein said blower casing outlet is spaced from the housing outlet with a peripheral transition member being connected to the casing outlet and interior of the housing peripherally of the air outlet in sealed relation thereto for discharge of pressurized air from the air outlet in the housing.

6. An air circulation device comprising a hollow housing, an air blower mounted in said housing and including an impeller and an impeller casing having an air inlet and outlet, said hollow housing including an air inlet and air outlet with the air outlet from the casing being connected to the air outlet in the housing for discharging pressurized air from the housing, the inlet for the hollow housing being spaced from the casing to enable inlet air to completely enclose the blower for entry into the air inlet of the impeller casing and means adjustably supporting said hollow housing, said hollow housing including a curved external surface with the air inlet being defined by a slot extending around a substantial portion of the curved surface of the housing, said air inlet for the housing being formed by a downwardly opening arcuate slot along a portion of the hollow housing opposite the air outlet, said housing being substantially egg shaped with the major axis thereof extending vertically, said supporting means for the housing including a supporting base having a concave top wall supportingly engaging the bottom curved end surface of the housing, means connecting the lower end of the housing to the base to enable pivotal movement about a transverse axis and pivotal movement about a vertical axis for varying the orientation of the air outlet in the housing.

7. The structure as defined in claim 6 wherein said air outlet in the housing is defined by a plurality of generally parallel slots extending arcuately and horizontally around a substantial portion of the periphery of the housing adjacent the vertical central portion thereof, said air blower casing outlet being connected to the air outlet in the housing by a transition member connected sealingly and peripherally to the air outlet for the casing and the interior of the housing peripherally of the air outlet for the housing.

8. The structure as defined in claim 7 wherein said air inlet for the housing is provided by a projecting portion of the housing being spaced from a lower interior portion of the housing to form an arcuate intake slot facing downwardly toward the supporting base, filter means in the air inlet slot for filtering air entering the housing.

9. The structure as defined in claim 8 wherein the upper end portion of the housing includes a portion capable of transmitting light, an illumination means positioned interiorly of the upper end portion of the housing to form a light.

10. An air circulation device comprising a hollow housing, an air blower mounted in said housing and including an impeller and an impeller casing having an air inlet and outlet, said hollow housing including an air inlet and air outlet with the air outlet from the casing being connected to the air outlet in the housing for discharging pressurized air from the housing, the inlet for the hollow housing being spaced from the casing to enable inlet air to completely enclose the blower for entry into the air inlet of the impeller casing and means adjustably supporting said hollow housing, said hollow housing including a curved external surface with the air inlet being defined by a slot extending around a substantial portion of the curved surface of the housing, said air inlet for the housing being formed by a downwardly opening arcuate slot along a portion of the hollow housing opposite the air outlet, said supporting means for the housing including a pedestal-type support engaging a bottom curved surface of the housing to enable the housing to be adjusted about a vertical and transverse axis to orient the housing and the air outlet to a desired position.