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Swamp cooler blower fan hole cover

  • US 9,091,455 B1
  • Filed: 10/12/2011
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A swamp cooler blower fan hole cover used to prevent heat loss from a residential or commercial building and through a fan hole in a swamp cooler blower fan housing during winter months and when a swamp cooler isn'"'"'t in operation, the fan hole cover designed to completely cover the fan hole, the fan hole cover comprising:

  • a thin sheet, flexible, cover member, the cover member annular in shape, the cover member is adapted for and dimensioned to cover the fan hole in a side of the blower fan housing;

    a center hole, the center hole disposed in a center portion of the cover member, the center hole adapted for receipt around a blower fan drive shaft mounted inside the swamp cooler blower fan housing;

    center hole tabs formed by radial slits disposed around a circumference of the center hole, the center hole tabs adapted for receipt against a portion of the blower fan drive shaft when the center hole is received around the drive shaft;

    a vertical radius cut extending downwardly from the center hole to a periphery of the cover member;

    a pair of parallel, vertical, foldable drive shaft fold tabs with folds formed as live hinges positioned parallel to the radius cut and each drive shaft fold tab having an edge formed by the radius cut, when in an unfolded position, the drive shaft fold tabs having sides disposed next to the radius cut, and when in a folded position, the drive shaft fold tabs provide a space therebetween adapted for receiving the drive shaft therethrough and next to the center hole and center hold tabs, a top portion of the drive shaft fold tabs having center hole tabs thereon;

    a pair of parallel, vertical, foldable side tabs, the foldable side tabs formed along the periphery of the cover member and on opposite sides of the cover member, whereby when the side tabs are folded next to a portion of the cover member, the side tabs adapted for receipt with the cover member under shaft bearing support arms attached to a side of the fan hole, whereby when the side tabs are unfolded, the cover member is received under the shaft bearing support arms and next to the fan hole for completing the covering of the fan hole; and

    wherein the fan hole cover is made from a material selected from the group consisting of sheet metal, cardboard and plastic.

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