Blower housing motor mount adapter and gaskets
First Claim
1. A motor mount adapter for a blower housing, said blower housing having motor mounts, comprising:
- a pair of rigid adapter members;
each of said adapter members having a gasket mounting surface; and
each of said adapter members configured to couple to a motor mount of the blower housing to hold the adapter member in place against the motor mount during use.
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Abstract
A motor mount adapter is disclosed which allows a blower housing to firmly hold a blower motor having a different size and shape than the blower motor originally designed to fit on the motor mounts and gaskets of the blower housing. The motor mount adapter has an outside surface which is shaped to mate with the surface of the motor mounts of the blower housing. If the motor mount surface has positioning holes, the outside surface of the motor mount adapter has projections which fit within the positioning holes to hold the motor mount firmly in place. The inside surface of the motor mount adapter holds gaskets which separate the blower motor from the motor mount adapter. When assembled, the blower motor of the blower assembly is supported solely by the gaskets on the motor mount adapter.
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18 Claims
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1. A motor mount adapter for a blower housing, said blower housing having motor mounts, comprising:
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a pair of rigid adapter members; each of said adapter members having a gasket mounting surface; and each of said adapter members configured to couple to a motor mount of the blower housing to hold the adapter member in place against the motor mount during use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A motor mount adapter for a blower comprising in combination:
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a first housing member having a motor mount; a second housing member having a motor mount, said second housing member configured to couple to the first housing member to form a blower housing; a first adapter member having a gasket mounting surface, said first adapter member configured to couple to the motor mount of said first housing member; a second adapter member having a gasket mounting surface, said second adapter member configured to couple to the motor mount of said second housing member; gaskets positionable on the gasket mounting surfaces of the first and second adapter members; a motor configured to be placed between the gaskets during use; and a blower wheel configured to couple to a shaft of the motor. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of positioning a blower motor in a blower housing wherein the blower motor is of a different size than the blower motor for which the blower housing was designed to hold comprising:
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attaching a blower wheel to a shaft of the blower motor; placing a gasket on a gasket mounting surface of a first motor mount adapter; placing a gasket on a gasket mounting surface of a second motor mount adapter; placing the first motor mount adapter on a motor mount of a first housing member of the blower housing; placing the blower motor on the gasket positioned on the gasket mounting surface of the first motor mount adapter; placing the second motor mount adapter on a motor mount of a top housing member of the blower housing; and attaching the second housing member to the first housing member so that the motor is positioned between the gaskets on the gasket mounting surfaces of the first and second motor mount adapters. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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