70 CFM bath ventilation fans with flush mount lights and motor beneath blower wheel
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1. An exhaust fan for ceilings, comprising:
- a housing with a top, sides and bottom with opening, an outlet extending sideways from the housing, the top and bottom adapted to being parallel to a ceiling;
a blower wheel with a central opening mounted inside of the housing, the blower wheel rotating in a horizontal plane parallel to the top of the housing;
a motor having an upper end and a bottom end and sides, the upper end of the motor mounted by a plurality of spaced apart brackets to the top of the housing, the motor being inside of the blower wheel and separated from the blower wheel, the motor for rotating the blower wheel, wherein each of the brackets includes;
a single upper L-shaped flange and a single lower L-shaped flange forming a C shape, each single upper L-shaped flange consisting of a single horizontal leg and a single vertical leg, each single lower L-shaped flange consisting of a single horizontal leg and a single vertical leg, the single vertical leg of the upper L-shaped flange being attached to the single vertical leg of the lower L-shaped flange, with the single horizontal leg of the upper L-shaped flange directly attached to the outer top wall of the housing, and the single horizontal leg of the lower L-shaped flange directly attached to the upper end of the motor; and
a scroll having generally cylindrical sides and a side opening, an open end and an opposite closed end with a generally flat base plate forming the top of the housing, with the cylindrical sides of the scroll surrounding perimeter sides of the blower wheel, the scroll for directing air from the blower wheel through the outlet of the housing.
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems and methods of generating 70 (seventy) CFM (cubic feet per minute) from ventilation fans for bathrooms with flush mount lights and having the motor partially inside and beneath the blower wheel. A one piece or multipiece housing for the bath fan can be attached to joists in the ceiling by a long telescoping mounting bracket, and a short telescoping mounting bracket that are each directly mounted on opposite outer side walls of the housing. A decorative pan about the light can have vents that receive the incoming air into the fan, which is exhausted therefrom by the motor driven blower.
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1. An exhaust fan for ceilings, comprising:
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a housing with a top, sides and bottom with opening, an outlet extending sideways from the housing, the top and bottom adapted to being parallel to a ceiling; a blower wheel with a central opening mounted inside of the housing, the blower wheel rotating in a horizontal plane parallel to the top of the housing; a motor having an upper end and a bottom end and sides, the upper end of the motor mounted by a plurality of spaced apart brackets to the top of the housing, the motor being inside of the blower wheel and separated from the blower wheel, the motor for rotating the blower wheel, wherein each of the brackets includes; a single upper L-shaped flange and a single lower L-shaped flange forming a C shape, each single upper L-shaped flange consisting of a single horizontal leg and a single vertical leg, each single lower L-shaped flange consisting of a single horizontal leg and a single vertical leg, the single vertical leg of the upper L-shaped flange being attached to the single vertical leg of the lower L-shaped flange, with the single horizontal leg of the upper L-shaped flange directly attached to the outer top wall of the housing, and the single horizontal leg of the lower L-shaped flange directly attached to the upper end of the motor; and a scroll having generally cylindrical sides and a side opening, an open end and an opposite closed end with a generally flat base plate forming the top of the housing, with the cylindrical sides of the scroll surrounding perimeter sides of the blower wheel, the scroll for directing air from the blower wheel through the outlet of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of exhausting air from a space through a ceiling mounted fan, comprising the steps of:
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providing a housing having a top, sides, bottom with an opening, and a side exhaust duct extending from the housing; providing a motor having an upper end, a bottom end and sides; mounting the upper end of the motor by brackets to the top of the housing; providing each of the brackets include a single upper L-shaped flange and a single lower L-shaped flange forming a C shape, each single upper L-shaped flange consisting of a single horizontal leg and a single vertical leg, each single lower L-shaped flange consisting of a single horizontal leg and a single vertical leg, the single vertical leg of the upper L-shaped flange being attached to the single vertical leg of the lower L-shaped flange, with the single horizontal leg of the upper L-shaped flange directly attached to the outer top wall of the housing, and the single horizontal leg of the lower L-shaped flange directly attached to the upper end of the motor; mounting a blower wheel to the bottom end of the motor, with the wheel about the motor so that the wheel rotates in a horizontal plane parallel to the top; providing a scroll having generally cylindrical sides and a side opening, an open end and an opposite closed with end with a generally flat base plate forming the top wall of the housing; surrounding perimeter sides of the blower wheel within the generally cylindrical sides of the scroll; and mounting the housing within a ceiling, so that the top and bottom of the housing is parallel to the ceiling. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An exhaust fan comprising:
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a housing having a top, sides, an outlet and bottom with an opening; a motor having an upper end, a bottom end and sides, the upper end of the motor mounted by brackets to the top of the housing, wherein each of the brackets includes; a single upper L-shaped flange and a single lower L-shaped flange forming a C shape, each single upper L-shaped flange consisting of a single horizontal leg and a single vertical leg, each single lower L-shaped flange consisting of a single horizontal leg and a single vertical leg, the single vertical leg of the upper L-shaped flange being attached to the single vertical leg of the lower L-shaped flange, with the single horizontal leg of the upper L-shaped flange directly attached to the outer top wall of the housing, and the single horizontal leg of the lower L-shaped flange directly attached to the upper end of the motor; a blower wheel with an opening mounted inside of the housing, with the motor mounted in the housing, so that a portion of the motor is inside of the blower wheel, wherein the motor runs the blower wheel to rotate in a plane parallel to the top; and a scroll having generally cylindrical sides and a side opening, an open end and an opposite closed end with a generally flat base plate forming the top of the housing, with the cylindrical sides of the scroll surrounding perimeter sides of the blower wheel, the scroll for directing air from the blower wheel through the outlet of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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