Turbo fan and air conditioning apparatus

• US 8,834,121 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2010
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Ikeda, Takashi, Tadokoro, Takahide, Takagi, Masahiko, Kurihara, Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Ninh H
• Application Number:
  US13/319,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20120063899A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,645 Days
• Field of Search: 416/186.R, 416/243, 416/241.R, 416/223.B
• US Class Current: 416/186.R
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/088 Ceiling fans
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/242 Geometry, shape
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/245 for special effects
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/281 for fans or blowers
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/282 the leading edge of each vane being substantially parallel to the rotation axis
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/30 Vanes
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/667 by influencing the flow pattern, e.g. suppression of turbulence
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2240/303 related to the leading edge of a rotor blade
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2240/304 related to the trailing edge of a rotor blade

Abstract

A blade front edge of a turbo fan has, between a main-plate-side blade front edge and a shroud-side blade front edge, a projecting blade front edge which distances away from a blade rear edge (located in a rotation direction A) as it furthers away from a main plate, which curves to a position away from a rotation center, and, in a range close to the main plate, a main-plate-side front-edge skirt portion which distances away from the blade rear edge and inclines away from the rotation center as it becomes closer to the main plate. On the other hand, a main-plate-side blade rear edge, which is a range close to the main plate of the blade rear edge, is substantially perpendicular to the main plate and a shroud-side blade rear edge, which is a range close to a shroud, is inclined so as to gradually distance away from the blade front edge (behind in the rotation direction A) as it furthers away from the main plate.

Claims

1. A turbo fan comprising:

a disk-shaped main plate provided with a rotation center at the center and a projecting boss formed in the vicinity of the rotation center;

a cylindrical shroud arranged opposite to the main plate and provided with a diameter expanded portion whose inner diameter becomes more expanded, the closer it becomes to the main plate; and

a plurality of blades with one end and the other end joined to the main plate and the shroud respectively;

wherein

a blade rear edge of each blade is located on a virtual cylinder formed by an outer periphery of the main plate and an outer periphery of the shroud,

a blade front edge of each blade is located closer to the rotation center than the blade rear edge of the blade, and a virtual line which connects the blade rear edge and the blade front edge is inclined with respect to a radial line of the main plate from the rotation center, wherein

a blade outer face, which is a face away from the rotation center of the blade, is formed on a projecting face projecting in a direction away from the rotation center, wherein

the blade front edge is divided into a main-plate-side blade front edge close to the main plate, a shroud-side blade front edge close to the shroud, and a projecting blade front edge formed between the main-plate-side blade front edge and the shroud-side blade front edge, wherein

in a range of the main-plate-side blade front edge close to the main plate, a main-plate-side front-edge skirt portion is formed to distance away from the blade rear edge and incline away from the rotation center the closer it becomes to the main plate, wherein

in a range farther away from the main plate than the main-plate-side front-edge skirt portion, a main-plate-side front-edge vertical portion perpendicular to the main plate is formed, wherein

in a range farther away from the main plate than the main-plate-side front-edge vertical portion, with respect to the main-plate-side front-edge vertical portion, a main-plate-side front edge inclined portion is formed to distance away from the blade rear edge and incline away from the rotation center the farther it becomes to the main plate, wherein

a range closer to the main plate than a projecting front-edge end point of the projecting blade front edge continuing from the main-plate-side front edge inclined portion distances away from the blade rear edge and distances away from the rotation center the farther it becomes to the main plate, and wherein

a range farther away from the main plate than the projecting front edge end point of the projecting blade front edge continuing to the shroud-side blade front edge becomes closer to the blade rear edge and is distanced away from the rotation center the farther it becomes to the main plate.

2. The turbo fan of claim 1, wherein

a warp angle formed in a range away from the main plate by a perpendicular warp line, which is a center line between a blade outer face and a blade inner face formed by a plain perpendicular to the main plate, and a perpendicular line perpendicular to the main plate becomes gradually large, the more it is away from the blade rear edge.

3. The turbo fan of claim 1, wherein

the blade rear edge is divided into a main-plate-side blade rear edge close to the main plate and a shroud-side blade rear edge close to the shroud, the main-plate-side blade rear edge is substantially perpendicular to the main plate, and

the shroud-side blade rear edge is inclined so as to gradually distance away from the blade front edge, the more it is away from the main plate.

4. The turbo fan of claim 3, wherein

on plan view, an angle formed by a radial line that connects a main-plate-side rear edge end point, which is an intersection between the main-plate-side blade rear edge and the main plate, and the rotation center and a radial line that connects a shroud-side rear edge end point, which is an intersection between the shroud-side blade rear edge and the shroud, and the rotation center is 5°

to 10°

.

5. The turbo fan of claim 1, wherein

an angle formed by a horizontal chord line of the blade in the main-plate-side front-edge vertical portion and a horizontal chord line of the blade at the projecting front-edge end point is 0°

to 10°

.

6. The turbo fan of claim 1, wherein the blade has a hollow structure with a cavity with an opening formed by penetrating the main plate, and a distance between the blade outer face and the blade inner face becomes smaller as it furthers away from the main plate.

7. The turbo fan of claim 1, wherein

a blade interval between a blade outer face of the one blade and a blade inner face of the other blade adjacent to the one blade in a range close to the main plate of the blade rear edge is smaller than the blade interval between the blade outer face of the one blade and the blade inner face of the other blade adjacent to the one blade in a range away from the main plate of the blade rear edge.

8. An air conditioning apparatus comprising:

a main body in which an inlet and an outlet of air are formed on one face;

the turbo fan of claim 1, communicating with the inlet and arranged in the main body; and

air conditioning means arranged between the turbo fan and the outlet.