Fan assembly
First Claim
1. A portable tower fan comprising an impeller located within an impeller housing, a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow which is exhausted from the impeller housing in a substantially vertical direction, and a vertically oriented, elongate casing comprising an interior passage for receiving the air flow, a mouth shaped to emit the air flow, and an opening through which air from outside the fan is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth, wherein a plurality of sealing members are located within the mouth to inhibit the emission of air form respective sections of the interior passage and to define a plurality of spaced apart outlets therebetween, and wherein each outlet is located along a respective elongate side of the casing.
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Abstract
A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a base having an air inlet and an air outlet, the base housing an impeller and a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow passing from the air inlet to the air outlet. The fan assembly further includes a vertically oriented, elongate annular nozzle including an interior passage having an air inlet for receiving the air flow from the base and a mouth for emitting the air flow, the nozzle defining an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth.
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- 1. A portable tower fan comprising an impeller located within an impeller housing, a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow which is exhausted from the impeller housing in a substantially vertical direction, and a vertically oriented, elongate casing comprising an interior passage for receiving the air flow, a mouth shaped to emit the air flow, and an opening through which air from outside the fan is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth, wherein a plurality of sealing members are located within the mouth to inhibit the emission of air form respective sections of the interior passage and to define a plurality of spaced apart outlets therebetween, and wherein each outlet is located along a respective elongate side of the casing.
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