CN1369649A - Serial fan - Google Patents
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The present invention has opened a serial type fan which is easy to assemble, combined in firm and effectively to decrease interference between the fans. The said fan includes a fan frame, several moving blade parts connected in series within fan frame along axial direction of the serial type fan and the said several moving blade parts includes the first moving blade part and the second moving blade part, the first beairng part being connected in said fan frame to be used for adapting the first moving blade part and the second bearing part being connected with the first bearing part in separatable manner to be used for adapting the second moving blade part.
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The present invention relates to a kind of serial fan, relate in particular to a kind of easily assembledly and, can effectively reduce the serial fan of the phase mutual interference between a plurality of fans simultaneously in conjunction with firmly.
Because axial flow fan has characteristic simple in structure, with low cost and that air quantity is bigger, thus extensively used as various sinks, as the radiation fan in the computer system.
Be generally the fault of avoiding because of axial flow fan and cause operation interrupted, can on former sink, series connection one overlap standby fan usually, interrupt causing overheated suffering damage because of fan running to avoid system or device.
And so-called tandem fan is with two designs of fan by structure and circuit of self contained function separately, it can and be stored in the independent fan frame, and become the fan of a monomer.As shown in Figure 1, traditional tandem fan is respectively motor 11 and movable vane portion 12 to be assembled in the first fan frame 13 successively, another motor 14 and another movable vane portion 15 are assembled in the second fan frame 16 in regular turn, two fans assemble respectively finish after, by screw two fans are given combination again, this design is comparatively complicated and need more time of cost and higher creation cost in assembling.
In addition, in existing tandem fan product, generally be that two independent fans simply are together in series, therefore must regard it as two independently fans.Simultaneously, after two simple series connection of fan, its blast may not necessarily produce the effect of addition, reduces running efficiency each other because this series connection may increase impedance each other.For example, as shown in Figure 1, when air-flow through a plurality of ribs 131 in two fan frames 13,16 and 161 o'clock, not only can not strengthen blast, can produce flow-disturbing on the contrary, make the radiating efficiency of fan reduce.Therefore, as desire minimizing interference each other, the distance between two tandem fans certainly will be elongated.Yet under the installing space condition of limited, this mode is also infeasible.
So, how to design a kind of institute and take up space for a short time, assembling is simple, fast and convenient, and the serial fan that effectively reduces phase mutual interference between two fans, then is the emphasis that the present invention develops.
It is a kind of easily assembled and in conjunction with firm serial fan that main purpose of the present invention is to provide.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of serial fan that can effectively reduce phase mutual interference between fan.
Serial fan provided by the present invention comprises a fan frame; A plurality of movable vane portion comprises one first movable vane portion and one second movable vane portion, is serially connected with in the described fan frame along the axle direction of described serial fan; One is used to accept first placing part of the first movable vane portion, is connected in the described fan frame; And one in order to accept second placing part of the second movable vane portion, is connected with described first placing part in separable mode.
Described serial fan also comprises a plurality of motors, and each motor places between each movable vane portion and each placing part, rotates in order to drive described movable vane portion, and the number of wherein said motor is corresponding to the number of described movable vane portion.
According to one embodiment of present invention, wherein, described first placing part has a bottom, and from the extended hollow circuit cylinder of the bottom center of described first placing part, described first movable vane portion and described motor socket are thereon.In addition, the bottom of described first placing part also has a flange, and described second placing part has a bottom, has the iner ledge that extends outward around it, the external diameter of described iner ledge is slightly less than the flange internal diameter of described first placing part, and described first placing part and described second placing part socket-connect by described flange and described iner ledge and combine.
According to another embodiment of the invention, wherein, the bottom of described first placing part has a plurality of buckling grooves, and the bottom of described second placing part has a plurality of grabs, its position is corresponding to the position of a plurality of buckling grooves of described first placing part, when described second placing part was socketed on described first placing part, described first placing part and described second placing part tightly were fastened togather by the interlock of described buckling groove and described grab.Certainly, the first above-mentioned placing part and the structure of second placing part can be exchanged, and can reach identical effect equally.
According to another embodiment of the invention, wherein, described second placing part has a hollow circuit cylinder that extends from the bottom center of described second placing part, and described second movable vane portion and described motor socket are thereon.Described second placing part can by plastic cement, metal or to be used for the material of specific use made.
According to another embodiment of the invention, wherein, described serial fan also comprises a barrier, place between described first placing part and the described motor, or place between described second placing part and the described motor, perhaps place between described first placing part and described second placing part, to avoid between the two adjacent motors because of the too approaching phenomenon of magnetic field phase mutual interference that produces.Described barrier can be made by any material with magnetic field isolation features, a preferably sheet metal, and more preferably a rubberized fabric that contains metal ingredient directly is pasted on the bottom of described first placing part or described second placing part.
According to another embodiment of the invention, wherein, described first placing part is connected with described fan frame by a plurality of ribs or guide vane.Described first placing part, described a plurality of ribs or guide vane and described fan frame be unitary moulding preferably, and can by plastic cement, metal or to be used for the material of specific use made.
Preferably, described first placing part is connected with described fan frame by a plurality of guide vanes, described a plurality of guide vane is arranged radially in described fan frame, and the flabellum shape of its shape and described first movable vane portion or the described second movable vane portion is roughly the same, the blast of serial fan is strengthened, to improve the radiating efficiency of described serial fan.
In addition, the described first movable vane portion can be identical or inequality with flabellum number, flabellum angle of inclination, rotating speed and the sense of rotation of the described second movable vane portion.Need adjust according to practical application.
Preferably, serial fan of the present invention is an axial flow fan.Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the present invention is explained in further detail.Wherein:
Fig. 1 is a kind of decomposing schematic representation of traditional tandem fan.
Fig. 2 is the decomposing schematic representation of first preferred embodiment of serial fan of the present invention.
Fig. 3 A is the last parallax stereogram of second placing part in the serial fan of the present invention.
Fig. 3 B is the following parallax stereogram of second placing part in the serial fan of the present invention.
Fig. 4 A combines preceding front view for first placing part in the serial fan of the present invention with second placing part.
Fig. 4 B is the longitudinal section enlarged view of B part among Fig. 4 A.
Fig. 4 C is first placing part in the serial fan of the present invention and front view after second placing part combines.
Fig. 4 D is the longitudinal section enlarged view of B part among Fig. 4 C.
Fig. 4 E be connected with second placing part for first placing part in first preferred embodiment of serial fan of the present invention and respectively in the socket motor and movable vane portion afterwards along the longitudinal section enlarged view of Fig. 4 A center line A-A.
Fig. 5 is the decomposing schematic representation of second preferred embodiment of serial fan of the present invention.
Fig. 6 for the first placing part cover in second preferred embodiment of serial fan of the present invention connect barrier, motor and movable vane portion second placing part also in the socket motor and movable vane portion and with central longitudinal profile after first placing part is connected.
As shown in Figure 2, serial fan provided by the present invention comprises a fan frame 21, two movable vane portions 26,28, two motors 25,27, one first placing part 22 and one second placing parts 24.
Described first placing part 22 connects by a plurality of guide vanes 23 and is fixed in the described fan frame 21, described a plurality of guide vane 23 is arranged radially in described fan frame, and the flabellum shape of its shape and described first movable vane portion or the described second movable vane portion is roughly the same, help to strengthen the blast of fan like this, thereby improve the radiating efficiency of serial fan.Described first placing part, a plurality of guide vane and fan frame can be combined by the unitary moulding mode, and employed material can be plastic cement, metal or the material that is used for specific use.Described first placing part 22 has a bottom, and from the extended hollow circuit cylinder 221 of described bottom center, in order to socket motor 25 and the described first movable vane portion 26 successively.
Now, see also Fig. 3 A or Fig. 3 B, its be respectively second placing part in the serial fan of the present invention on look and parallax stereogram down.Described second placing part 24 has a bottom, and from described bottom an extended hollow circuit cylinder 242 shown in Fig. 3 A or Fig. 3 B, in order to socket motor 27 and the described second movable vane portion 28 successively.The bottom of described second placing part has a plurality of grabs 241, and the bottom of described first placing part 22 has a plurality of buckling grooves 222, and its position is corresponding to the position of a plurality of grabs 241 of described second placing part, shown in Fig. 4 A or Fig. 4 B.When described second placing part 24 is socketed on described first placing part 22 and rotate described second placing part 24 (along the sense of rotation shown in Fig. 4 A), described first placing part 22 can tightly combine by the mutual interlock of described buckling groove 222 and described grab 241 with described second placing part 24, shown in Fig. 4 C or Fig. 4 D.Described second placing part can by plastic cement, metal or to be used for the material of specific use made.
In addition, the bottom of described first placing part 22 has a flange 223, and the bottom periphery of described second placing part 24 has the iner ledge 243 that extends outward, the external diameter of described iner ledge 243 is slightly less than the internal diameter of the flange 223 of described first placing part, make the mutual fit in bottom of described first placing part and described second placing part link together, shown in Fig. 4 E, the combination of these two kinds of structures can also prevent the vibration on the axial vertical direction with serial fan.
During assembling, to be used to order about motor 25 and the described first movable vane portion 26 that the first movable vane portion rotates earlier and be socketed on described first placing part 22 successively, and after described second placing part 24 is sticked on described first placing part 22, to be used to order about the motor 27 that the second movable vane portion rotates again and be socketed on described second placing part 22 successively with the described second movable vane portion 28, make and win movable vane portion 26 and the second movable vane portion 28 in the described fan frame 21 of axially being serially connected with of described serial fan, thereby finish the assembling of serial fan.
Because of described second placing part 24 is to be connected with described first placing part 22 in separable mode, so only the bottom of described second placing part 24 need be socketed on the bottom of described first placing part 22 during the assembling fan, rotate described second placing part 24 again, first placing part 22 tightly can be combined with described second placing part 24, and need not use screw or other parts, therefore simpler and rapid than traditional tandem fan on assembling, and can save the cost of screw or other parts and shorten the time of assembling.
Figure 5 shows that another embodiment of serial fan provided by the present invention.Described serial fan is except also comprising a barrier, its structure and the foregoing description are roughly the same, because the tape of former and later two motors and flabellum distance is shorter, for between the motor of avoiding two fans because of too near producing the phenomenon of magnetic field phase mutual interference, so in the middle of two motors, add a barrier 39, the magnetic field energy of two motors isolated mutually.Described barrier 39 can place between described first placing part 32 and the described motor 35, or places between described second placing part 34 and the described motor 37, perhaps places between described first placing part and described second placing part.Described barrier can to have the material of isolating the magnetic field function made by any, adopt a sheet metal preferable, more preferably adopt a rubberized fabric that contains metal ingredient, with its be cut into the roughly the same shape and size in the bottom of placing part after, directly be pasted on the bottom (on the relative wherein surface in surface that hollow circuit cylinder is arranged or two placing parts bottom) of described first placing part or described second placing part, as shown in Figure 6.From Fig. 6, it can also be seen that the first placing part cover connect motor and movable vane portion in barrier, motor and movable vane portion and the second placing part socket and with each relative positions after first placing part is connected.
Described above comprehensive, the invention provides a kind of easily assembledly and in conjunction with firm serial fan, it not only can save the cost of screw or other parts, also can shorten the time of assembling, to increase economic efficiency.In addition, for producing the phenomenon of magnetic field phase mutual interference because of too approaching between the motor of avoiding two fans, serial fan of the present invention also has a barrier, places in the middle of two motors, thereby effectively reduces by two phase mutual interference between the motor magnetic field.
The above is preferred embodiment of the present invention, should not be used for limiting the scope that the present invention is contained.Flabellum number, flabellum angle of inclination, rotating speed, sense of rotation as for described first movable vane portion and the described second movable vane portion can be identical or different, can and should be used for adjusting at the needs of reality, to reach the purpose of the radiating efficiency that improves described serial fan.And the structure of first placing part and second placing part is also interchangeable, can reach the effect identical with first embodiment equally.Therefore, retouching that those of ordinary skill in the art is done in not breaking away from spiritual scope of the present invention and the variation that is equal to are replaced, all should be within protection scope of the present invention.
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1. serial fan comprises:
One fan frame;
A plurality of movable vane portion is serially connected with in the described fan frame along the axial direction of described serial fan, and described a plurality of movable vane portion comprises one first movable vane portion and one second movable vane portion;
One is used to accept first placing part of the described first movable vane portion, and described first placing part is connected in the described fan frame; And
One is used to accept second placing part of the described second movable vane portion, and described second placing part is connected with described first placing part in separable mode.
2. serial fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein said serial fan also comprises a plurality of motors, each motor places respectively between each movable vane portion and each placing part.
3. serial fan as claimed in claim 2, the number of wherein said motor is corresponding to the number of a plurality of movable vane portion.
4. serial fan as claimed in claim 2, wherein said first placing part has a bottom, and from the extended hollow circuit cylinder of the bottom center of described first placing part, described first movable vane portion and described motor socket are thereon.
5. serial fan as claimed in claim 4, the bottom of wherein said first placing part has a flange; Described second placing part has a bottom, has the iner ledge that extends outward around it, the external diameter of described iner ledge is slightly less than the internal diameter of the flange of described first placing part, and described first placing part and described second placing part connect together mutually by described flange and described iner ledge.
6. as claim 4 or 5 described serial fans, the bottom of wherein said first placing part has a plurality of buckling grooves, the bottom of described second placing part has a plurality of grabs, its position is corresponding with the position of a plurality of buckling grooves of described first placing part, make that described first placing part and described second placing part can tightly combine by the mutual interlock of described buckling groove and described grab when described second placing part is socketed on described first placing part.
7. serial fan as claimed in claim 4, has the iner ledge that extends outward around the bottom of wherein said first placing part, described second placing part has a bottom, has a flange on it, described flange internal diameter is slightly larger than the external diameter of the iner ledge of described first placing part, and described first placing part and described second placing part connect together by described flange and described iner ledge.
8. as claim 4 or 7 described serial fans, the bottom of wherein said first placing part has a plurality of grabs, the bottom of described second placing part has a plurality of buckling grooves, its position is corresponding with the position of a plurality of grabs of described first placing part, when described second placing part was socketed on described first placing part, described first placing part and described second placing part can tightly combine by the mutual interlock of described buckling groove and described grab.
9. serial fan as claimed in claim 2, wherein said second placing part has a bottom, and from the extended hollow circuit cylinder of the bottom center of described second placing part, described second movable vane portion and described motor socket are thereon.
10. serial fan as claimed in claim 9, wherein said second placing part are by plastic cement, metal or to be used for the material of specific use made.
11. serial fan as claimed in claim 2, wherein said serial fan also comprises a barrier, places between described first placing part and the described motor, to avoid between the two adjacent motors because of the too approaching phenomenon of magnetic field phase mutual interference that produces.
12. serial fan as claimed in claim 2, wherein said serial fan also comprises a barrier, places between described second placing part and the described motor, to avoid between the two adjacent motors because of the too approaching phenomenon of magnetic field phase mutual interference that produces.
13. serial fan as claimed in claim 2, wherein said serial fan also comprises a barrier, places between described first placing part and described second placing part, to avoid between the two adjacent motors because of the too approaching phenomenon of magnetic field phase mutual interference that produces.
14. as claim 11 any described serial fan to the claim 13, wherein said barrier can be made of the material with magnetic field isolation features.
15. serial fan as claimed in claim 14, wherein said barrier are a sheet metal.
16. serial fan as claimed in claim 14, wherein said barrier are one to contain the rubberized fabric of metal ingredient, directly are pasted on the bottom of described first placing part or described second placing part.
17. serial fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first placing part is connected with described fan frame by a plurality of ribs.
18. serial fan as claimed in claim 17, wherein said first placing part, described a plurality of ribs and described fan frame are an integral body.
19. as claim 17 or 18 described serial fans, wherein said first placing part, described a plurality of ribs and described fan frame are by plastic cement, metal or to be used for the material of specific use made.
20. serial fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first placing part is connected with described fan frame by a plurality of guide vanes.
21. serial fan as claimed in claim 20, wherein said first placing part, described a plurality of guide vanes and described fan frame are an integral body.
22. as claim 20 or 21 described serial fans, wherein said first placing part, described a plurality of guide vanes and described fan frame are by plastic cement, metal or to be used for the material of specific use made.
23. serial fan as claimed in claim 20, wherein said a plurality of guide vanes are arranged radially in described fan frame, and the flabellum shape of its shape and described first movable vane portion or the described second movable vane portion is roughly the same.
24. serial fan as claimed in claim 1, the flabellum number of wherein said first movable vane portion and the described second movable vane portion can be identical or different.
25. serial fan as claimed in claim 1, the flabellum angle of inclination of wherein said first movable vane portion and the described second movable vane portion can be identical or different.
26. serial fan as claimed in claim 1, the rotating speed of wherein said first movable vane portion and the described second movable vane portion can be identical or different.
27. serial fan as claimed in claim 1, the sense of rotation of wherein said first movable vane portion and the described second movable vane portion can be identical or different.
28. serial fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein said serial fan are an axial flow fan.
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