EP0953774A1 - Ventilateur avec une surface des pales agrandie - Google Patents
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- EP0953774A1 EP0953774A1 EP98108110A EP98108110A EP0953774A1 EP 0953774 A1 EP0953774 A1 EP 0953774A1 EP 98108110 A EP98108110 A EP 98108110A EP 98108110 A EP98108110 A EP 98108110A EP 0953774 A1 EP0953774 A1 EP 0953774A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F04D29/26—Rotors specially for elastic fluids
- F04D29/32—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for axial flow pumps
- F04D29/325—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for axial flow pumps for axial flow fans
- F04D29/326—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for axial flow pumps for axial flow fans comprising a rotating shroud
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D19/00—Axial-flow pumps
- F04D19/02—Multi-stage pumps
- F04D19/022—Multi-stage pumps with concentric rows of vanes
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
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- F04D25/00—Pumping installations or systems
- F04D25/16—Combinations of two or more pumps ; Producing two or more separate gas flows
- F04D25/166—Combinations of two or more pumps ; Producing two or more separate gas flows using fans
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- the present invention relates to fan assemblies of the type used for moving air for purposes of cooling, and more particularly, to fan assemblies of the type including annular hubs.
- the present invention is adapted for use with fan assemblies of various construction types (e.g., including stamped steel blades, etc.), it is especially adapted for use with plastic fans in which the entire fan assembly is formed (e.g., by injection molding) as a single, integral part, and will be described in connection therewith.
- plastic fans in which the entire fan assembly is formed (e.g., by injection molding) as a single, integral part, and will be described in connection therewith.
- Such a fan assembly is illustrated and described in U.S. Patent No. 5,226,783, incorporated herein by reference.
- a fan assembly adapted to be driven by an input drive, the fan assembly comprising an annular hub adapted to be fixed to rotate with the input drive.
- the fan assembly further comprises a plurality of fan blades.
- the improved fan assembly is characterized by the plurality of fan blades comprising a plurality of inner fan blades fixed relative to the annular hub and extending radially outward therefrom.
- An annular ring member is disposed about the plurality of inner fan blades and is fixed to the radially outer extent thereof.
- the plurality of fan blades further comprises a plurality of outer fan blades fixed relative to the annular ring member and extending radially outward therefrom.
- the plurality of inner fan blades is less in number than the plurality of outer fan blades.
- the annular ring member comprises an inner ring member
- the fan assembly further comprises an annular outer ring member disposed about the plurality of outer fan blades and fixed to the radially outer extent thereof.
- the plurality of outer fan blades is equal to twice the number of the plurality of inner fan blades.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a front plan view of a fan assembly, generally designated 11, made in accordance with the present invention.
- the fan assembly includes a stamped sheet metal spider 13, of the type which is now well known to those skilled in the art, forms no part of the present invention, and will not be described further herein.
- the metal spider 13 is typically attached, as by a plurality of bolts (not shown) to an input drive, such as the output or body B of a viscous fan drive, generally designated V, whereby input drive torque is transmitted from a vehicle engine (not shown), by means of a shaft S, through the viscous fan drive V to the spider 13 of the fan assembly 11.
- the fan assembly 11 of the present invention is illustrated in conjunction with a stamped metal spider, the invention is not so limited, and the input drive could be transmitted to the fan assembly 11 by a variety of other arrangements.
- the viscous fan drive V could include a portion formed integrally with either the body B or the cover (not identified herein), and extending radially outward beyond the nominal diameter of the viscous fan drive V, with the fan assembly 11 being directly formed (such as by molding) about the outer extent of this radial portion.
- the fan assembly 11 includes an annular hub 15 which, in the subject embodiment, is molded with the radially outer extent of the spider 13 disposed in the mold cavity, as is now conventional.
- each of the inner blades 17 includes a leading edge 19 and a trailing edge 21.
- annular ring member 23 is disposed to be concentric with the annular hub 15, and each of the inner blades 17 terminates at the inside diameter of the ring member 23.
- the annular ring member 23 is simply a cylindrical, relatively thin (in the radial direction) member. It is preferred that the entire fan assembly 11 be formed as a single, molded part, with the radially outer extent of the inner blades 17 merely "flowing" or blending into the inside diameter of the annular ring member 23.
- the fan assembly 11 could comprise steel stampings, in which case it would be necessary to braze or solder or weld the fan blades to the annular hub and to the middle and outer ring members 23 and 31.
- the essence of the present invention is the configuration of the fan, rather than the materials involved or the method of fabrication.
- Attached to the outside diameter of the annular ring member 23 is a plurality of outer fan blades 25, and in the subject embodiment, there are ten of the outer blades 25, i.e., twice the number of inner fan blades 17.
- the number of outer blades 25 it should be understood that it is not an essential feature of the present invention for the number of outer blades 25 to be twice the number of inner blades 17. What is essential to the present invention is simply that there be more of the outer blades 25 than there are of the inner blades 17, thereby increasing the blade area (and air flow, cooling efficiency, etc.), compared to the blade area which would exist if the five inner blades 17 merely extended to the full diameter of the fan assembly 11, as in the prior art.
- Each of the outer fan blades 25 includes a leading edge 27 and a trailing edge 29.
- annular outer ring member 31 Disposed about the outer fan blades 25, and attached to the radially outer extent thereof, is an annular outer ring member 31, the construction and function of which are now generally well known in the art. It should be understood that the outer ring member 31 is not an essential feature of the present invention, but is included in the subject embodiment for the same reasons (e.g., airflow efficiency) that such rings are included in many fans in commercial production now.
- the inner fan blades 17 and the outer fan blades 25 have the same blade profile and blade pitch, although the present invention is not so limited. There may be various applications where it would be desirable to provide, one particular blade profile and/or pitch for the inner blades 17, and a substantially different blade profile and/or pitch for the outer blades 25, and it is an important aspect of the present invention that this sort of"tailoring" of the blades can now be accomplished with the present invention.
- each of the inner fan blades 17 is "aligned" with one of the outer fan blades 25, such that it appears to be one continuous fan blade. If the fan assembly were to be fabricated from metal stampings, it is quite possible that each of the inner blades and its corresponding outer blade would comprise a single blade passing through an opening in the middle ring member, thus reducing the total number of parts and the amount of brazing, etc.
- the invention is not limited to each of the inner blades being aligned with one of the outer blades, especially if the number of outer blades 25 is something other than twice the number of inner blades 17. Also, in FIG.
- the middle ring 23 is about half-way between the hub 15 and the outer ring 31, such that the radial lengths of the inner blades 17 and the outer blades 25 is about equal.
- Such a dimensional relationship is not essential to the invention, however, and those skilled in the art will recognize that the radial location of the middle ring 23, and the relative numbers of inner and outer blades 17 and 25, may be selected to maximize the fan performance, for a given fan outside diameter.
- FIG. 3 there is illustrated an alternative embodiment of the present invention in which the middle ring member is not simply a relatively thin, cylindrical member.
- an annular ring member 33 which is generally cylindrical, and adjacent thereto is a conical ring member 35.
- the outer fan blades 25 extend radially from the conical ring member 35, and terminate at the outer ring member 31 in the same manner as described in connection with FIG. 2.
- Disposed between the ring members 33 and 35 there are preferably a plurality of reinforcing ribs 37.
- each set of blades will include more blades than the set of blades disposed immediately radially inward therefrom.
- each set of blades can have a different pitch and profile than the blades in any of the other sets.
- a primary object of the invention is to substantially increase fan solidity. Therefore, in addition to having the middle ring 23, with the inner blades 17 and the outer blades 25, wherein there are more of the outer blades 25, it is also an important aspect of the present invention to arrange the blades to achieve the objective of increased fan solidity. As may best be seen in FIG. 1, although the inner blades 17 have a slight circumferential space in between each adjacent pair of blades, the solidity within the area covered by the inner blades 17 is still somewhat greater than 50%, i.e., the blades 17 visually cover more than 50% of the total area between the hub 15 and the ring 23.
- the outer blades 27 are arranged close enough to each other that the solidity is substantially greater than 50%, and is perhaps as much as 70% or 75%. Therefore, one important aspect of the present invention is the recognition that the arrangement illustrated and described herein can be used to optimize or nearly optimize the fan solidity, for any given overall geometry and blade configuration.
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EP98108110A EP0953774A1 (fr) | 1998-04-01 | 1998-05-04 | Ventilateur avec une surface des pales agrandie |
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WO2005085648A1 (fr) | 2004-02-25 | 2005-09-15 | Sanchez Sanchez Felix | Rotor a structure en nid d'abeille circulaire |
US7244103B2 (en) | 2003-07-09 | 2007-07-17 | Felix Sanchez Sanchez | Windmill rotor comprising multiple separate wind channels |
EP2469101A1 (fr) * | 2009-06-28 | 2012-06-27 | Balmuda Inc. | Ventilateur axial |
CN105258227A (zh) * | 2015-11-16 | 2016-01-20 | 珠海格力电器股份有限公司 | 双风叶送风系统及空调 |
CN106704228A (zh) * | 2017-02-27 | 2017-05-24 | 梁耀文 | 一种低噪音冷却塔通风装置 |
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GB460781A (en) * | 1935-08-06 | 1937-02-04 | William Wycliffe Spooner | Improvements in or relating to fans, rotors, and the like |
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US2790596A (en) * | 1953-08-06 | 1957-04-30 | Leo M Stirling | Dual fan construction |
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US5226783A (en) | 1990-07-30 | 1993-07-13 | Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. | Axial flow fan with centrifugal elements |
US5358832A (en) | 1992-10-21 | 1994-10-25 | Ilford Limited | Fixing bath |
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US5454695A (en) * | 1994-07-05 | 1995-10-03 | Ford Motor Company | High output engine cooling fan |
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GB460781A (en) * | 1935-08-06 | 1937-02-04 | William Wycliffe Spooner | Improvements in or relating to fans, rotors, and the like |
DE884682C (de) * | 1950-02-04 | 1953-07-30 | William Wycliffe Spooner | Axialgeblaese |
US2790596A (en) * | 1953-08-06 | 1957-04-30 | Leo M Stirling | Dual fan construction |
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US4569631A (en) | 1984-08-06 | 1986-02-11 | Airflow Research And Manufacturing Corp. | High strength fan |
DE8801750U1 (fr) * | 1988-02-11 | 1989-06-08 | Robert Bosch Gmbh, 7000 Stuttgart, De | |
US5226783A (en) | 1990-07-30 | 1993-07-13 | Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. | Axial flow fan with centrifugal elements |
US5358832A (en) | 1992-10-21 | 1994-10-25 | Ilford Limited | Fixing bath |
DE9403217U1 (de) * | 1994-02-26 | 1995-06-29 | Behr Gmbh & Co | Axiallüfter |
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US7244103B2 (en) | 2003-07-09 | 2007-07-17 | Felix Sanchez Sanchez | Windmill rotor comprising multiple separate wind channels |
CN100419256C (zh) * | 2003-07-09 | 2008-09-17 | 费利克斯·桑切斯·桑切斯 | 圆形蜂窝式转子 |
WO2005085648A1 (fr) | 2004-02-25 | 2005-09-15 | Sanchez Sanchez Felix | Rotor a structure en nid d'abeille circulaire |
CN1842656B (zh) * | 2004-02-25 | 2010-05-12 | 费利克斯·桑切斯·桑切斯 | 圆形蜂窝转子 |
AU2010267210B2 (en) * | 2009-06-28 | 2015-11-05 | Balmuda Inc. | Axial fan |
EP2469101A4 (fr) * | 2009-06-28 | 2013-05-01 | Balmuda Inc | Ventilateur axial |
EP2469101A1 (fr) * | 2009-06-28 | 2012-06-27 | Balmuda Inc. | Ventilateur axial |
CN105258227A (zh) * | 2015-11-16 | 2016-01-20 | 珠海格力电器股份有限公司 | 双风叶送风系统及空调 |
CN105258227B (zh) * | 2015-11-16 | 2018-02-27 | 珠海格力电器股份有限公司 | 双风叶送风系统及空调 |
CN106930974A (zh) * | 2016-01-27 | 2017-07-07 | 广东美的环境电器制造有限公司 | 风轮及家用电器 |
CN106930974B (zh) * | 2016-01-27 | 2023-02-17 | 广东美的环境电器制造有限公司 | 风轮及家用电器 |
CN106762823A (zh) * | 2016-12-28 | 2017-05-31 | 东莞市卓奇电子科技有限公司 | 多流道轴流风聚焦叶轮 |
CN106704228A (zh) * | 2017-02-27 | 2017-05-24 | 梁耀文 | 一种低噪音冷却塔通风装置 |
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