Fan

• US 5,788,568 A
• Filed: 08/20/1996
• Issued: 08/04/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Kato, Yasuhiro, Suzuki, Shinichiro, Ito, deceased, Yutaka, Matsuzawa, Hisayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Joyce, Harold
• Assistant Examiner(s): BOLES, DEREK
• Application Number:
  US08/699,864
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 454/188, 454/338, 454/906, 454/192, 415/119
• US Class Current: 454/188
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/166 using fans

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.

Claims

1. A fan, comprising:

blowing units, each of said blowing units including a square-shaped 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 of said casing toward an outlet of said casing;

said casing having a first open end forming the inlet and a second open end opposite to the first open end wherein the second open end is provided with nozzles; and

a guide which projects into the casing to arrange the nozzles in a parallel pattern, in a slit shape and in rows;

said blowing units coupled together at adjacent sides thereof to form a row of blowing units;

wherein each of said blowing units has the inlet provided with a bellmouth which surrounds the axial impeller; and

means for blocking a space between each bellmouth and each casing to thereby block an air flow path through the space and separate the space from the air flow generated by the axial impeller.

2. The fan according to claim 1, wherein each bellmouth has an inlet end a periphery of which is closed by a flange formed therewith in a one-piece construction, and

said means for blocking including a closure plate closing an outer peripheral portion of the bellmouth, whereby the space between each bellmouth and each casing is separated from the air flow generated by the axial impeller.

3. The fan according to claim 1, wherein each bellmouth has an inlet end a periphery of which is closed by a flange formed therewith in a one-piece construction, and

said means for blocking including a lightweight filling material for filling the space between each bellmouth and each casing, whereby the space between the bellmouth and the casing is separated from the air flow generated by the axial impeller.

4. The fan according to claim 1, said means for blocking including flanges provided at an inlet end and an outlet end of each bellmouth, the flanges projecting in a radial direction, whereby the flanges separate the space between each bellmouth and each casing from the air flow generated by the axial impeller.

5. The fan according to claim 1, wherein said coupled blowing units are housed in a housing, and

wherein blowing units which are located at both outermost ends of the coupled blowing units each have a supporting arm provided thereon,

the supporting arm including rotational adjusting means coupled at a central portion thereof on an outermost surface of said blowing unit, whereby the coupled blowing units can be selectively rotated around the rotational adjusting means as a whole.

6. The fan according to claim 5, wherein the supporting arm has a position setting arm formed therewith in a one-piece construction to extend downward therefrom, and the position setting arm has a lower end selectively bolted onto the housing to fix the coupled blowing units in a desired angular position.

7. The fan according to claim 1, wherein blowing units which are located at both outermost ends of said coupled blowing units have a relative discharge air speed which is higher than that of the remaining blowing units.

8. The fan according to claim 1, wherein blowing units which are located at both outermost ends of said coupled blowing units are located at a lower position in a discharging direction than the remaining blowing units.