Air-guiding casing of a ventilation fan

• US 9,746,196 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine, Ind. Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine, Ind. Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Su, Chia-Hung, Lin, Cheng-Wei, Huang, Ho-Min, Kuo, Chi-Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): Kershteyn, Igor
• Application Number:
  US14/525,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20150184878A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,036 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/14 and having shutters, e.g. automatically closed when not in use
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/4226 Fan casings
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/626 Mounting or removal of fans
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 7/007 with forced flow using ducting systems F24F7/06

Abstract

An air-guiding casing of a ventilation fan includes a main body and an air-guiding tube. The main body forms a compartment and includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet and the outlet are in communication with the compartment. A first engaging portion is arranged on a part of an edge of the outlet and on one side of the main body. The air-guiding tube has an engaging end and an outlet end opposite to the engaging end. A second engaging portion is arranged on the engaging end. The first and second engaging portions are engaged with each other.

Claims

1. An air-guiding casing of a ventilation fan, comprising:

a main body including a base plate and a plurality of side plates arranged at an outer periphery of the base plate, with the base plate and the plurality of side plates together defining a compartment, with the main body further including an inlet in communication with the compartment, with the main body further including an outlet in one of the plurality of side plates, with the outlet being in communication with the compartment, with two opposing wings respectively disposed on two opposite edges of the outlet, with each of the two opposing wings including at least one engaging hole, wherein the two opposing wings are spaced from each other by a first distance in a first direction; and

an air-guiding tube including an engaging end and an outlet end opposite to the engaging end, with two opposing guiding plates disposed on the engaging end of the air-guiding tube, with each of the two opposing guiding plates including at least one hook removably engaged with the at least one engaging hole of one of the two opposing wings, wherein the two opposing guiding plates are spaced from each other by a second distance in the first direction, wherein the second distance is slightly larger than the first distance, wherein the two opposing guiding plates of the air-guiding tube are forcibly engaged between the two opposing wings of the main body, and wherein the two opposing wings of the main body securely clamp the air-guiding tube.

2. The air-guiding casing of the ventilation fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein two opposing positioning plates are arranged on another two opposite edges of the outlet, and wherein the two opposing positioning plates are located between the two opposing wings to position the air-guiding tube.

3. The air-guiding casing of the ventilation fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rotatable dustproof plate is arranged in the air-guiding tube.

4. The air-guiding casing of the ventilation fan as claimed in claim 1, with the at least one engaging hole of each of the two opposing wings including two engaging holes spaced from each other and arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, with the at least one hook of each of the two opposing guiding plates including two hooks, with each of the two opposing guiding plates including two pairs of slots spaced from each other in the second direction, with each of the two pairs of the slots defining a resilient section therebetween, with one of the two hooks formed on an outer surface of each resilient section and extending outwardly of a corresponding one of the two opposing guiding plates, with the two hooks of each of the two opposing guiding plates arranged in the second direction, with the two hooks of each of the two opposing guiding plates of the air-guiding tube respectively and removably engaged with the two engaging holes of one of the two opposing wings of the main body, and with each of the two opposing guiding plates of the air-guiding tube having an outer surface abutting against an inner surface of one of the two opposing wings of the main body.

5. The air-guiding casing of the ventilation fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one hooks of the two opposing guiding plates extend away from each other.