Blower

• US 6,681,443 B1
• Filed: 10/19/2001
• Issued: 01/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michel J. Bourgeois
• Original Assignee: Michel J. Bourgeois
• Inventors: Bourgeois, Michel J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Till, Terrence R.
• Application Number:
  US10/039,543
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: 153/161, 153/30, 153/401, 153/402, 154/05
• US Class Current: 15/405
• CPC Class Codes: E01H 1/0809 Loosening or dislodging by blowing combined with suction E01H1/0863; with steam E01H1/10; removing snow by blowing E01H5/106; cleaning rails by blowing E01H8/105, E01H8/125; removing fog by blowing E01H13/00; cleaning joints in road construction by blowing E01C23/0906; Drying by means of gas streams by heat only E01H1/08; combined with snow or ice melting E01H5/10, E01H5/106, E01H5/108

Abstract

A blower having an outlet adjustably movable through a path substantially circumscribing an axis is disclosed. The blower may include an outlet formed in a housing which is coaxially aligned with an impeller. The housing and the impeller may rotate independently about the axis. Adjustable rotation of the housing may be controlled by an actuator, such as an electric motor, which is operably connected to the housing. The blower may include a wheel-mounted frame which supports the impeller and the housing. The blower may be mounted to an implement, such as a lawn mower or a tractor.

Claims

1. A blower comprising:

an outlet in fluid communication with an impeller for generating a current of fluid, wherein said outlet is adjustable movable through a path substantially circumscribing a vertical axis, and further including an acutator operably connected to a housing in which said outlet is formed, wherein said actuator controls the adjustable movement of said outlet through said path.

2. The blower of claim 1, wherein said actuator includes an electric motor.

3. A blower comprising:

an outlet in fluid communication with an impeller for generating a current of fluid, wherein said outlet is adjustably movable through a path substantially circumscribing a vertical axis, a housing having said outlet formed therein, wherein said impeller is disposed within said housing, wherein said impeller is coaxially aligned with said housing, said impeller being rotatable independently of said housing about said vertical axis, and a frame supporting said housing and said impeller, said frame including a top section connected to a base by a plurality of legs, said frame being mounted on a plurality of wheels, said top section being connected to a hitch.

4. A blower comprising:

an outlet in fluid communication with an impeller for generating a current of fluid, wherein said outlet is adjustably movable through a path substantially circumscribing a vertical axis, a housing having said outlet formed therein, wherein said impeller is disposed within said housing, wherein said impeller is coaxially aligned with said housing, said impeller being rotatable independently of said housing about said vertical axis, and a base including a roller attached thereto.

5. A blower comprising:

a housing having an outlet formed therein, wherein at least a portion of said housing, including said outlet, is adjustably rotatable about a path substantially circumscribing an axis coaxially aligned with said housing, and an actuator operably connected to said portion of said housing including said outlet, wherein said actuator controls adjustable rotation of said portion and is pneumatically operated.

6. A blower comprising:

a housing having an outlet formed therein, wherein at least a portion of said housing, including said outlet, is adjustably rotatable about a path substantially circumscribing an axis coaxially aligned with said housing, and a frame supporting said housing, wherein said frame is mounted on a plurality of wheels.

7. The blower of claim 6, wherein said frame is connected to a hitch.

8. A blower comprising:

a housing adjustable rotatable about an axis extending therethrough, and

an impeller coaxially aligned with said housing, and

an actuator operably connected to said housing, wherein said actuator controls adjustable rotation of said housing and is pneumatically operated.

9. A blower comprising:

a housing adjustably rotatable about an axis extending therethrough, and

an impeller coaxially aligned with said housing, and

a frame supporting said housing and said impeller, wherein said frame is wheel mounted.

10. A blower comprising:

an impeller rotatable about an axis;

a housing having an outlet formed therein, said housing being adjustably rotatable about said axis;

an actuator operably connected to said housing, wherein said actuator controls adjustable rotation of said housing and is pneumatically operated; and

a frame supporting said impeller and said housing.

11. A blower comprising:

an impeller rotatable about an axis, wherein said impeller is operably connected to a power-take-off shaft of an implement;

a housing having an outlet formed therein, said housing being adjustably rotatable about said axis;

an actuator operably connected to said housing, wherein said actuator controls adjustable rotation of said housing; and

a frame supporting said impeller and said housing.

12. The blower of claim 11, wherein the implement is selected from a tractor and a mower.

13. A blower comprising:

an impeller rotatable about an axis;

a housing having an outlet formed therein, said housing being adjustable rotatable about said axis, and wherein the housing is adjustably rotatable through substantially all of a circle circumscribing said axis;

an actuator operably connected to said housing, wherein said actuator controls adjustable rotation of said housing; and

a frame supporting said impeller and said housing.

14. A blower for moving debris comprising:

an impeller housed in a housing, said impeller being operably connected to a motor, said housing including an inlet and an outlet in flow communication with said impeller, said housing and said impeller being coaxially aligned along an axis, said housing being adjustably rotatable independently of said impeller through substantially all of a circle circumscribing said axis;

an actuator operably connected to said housing, wherein said actuator controls adjustable rotation of said housing about said axis; and

a frame supporting said impeller, said housing and said actuator, said frame including a top section connected to a base by a plurality of legs, said frame being mounted on a plurality of wheels.