GB2525876A

GB2525876A - Fan Radiator G M

Info

Publication number: GB2525876A
Application number: GB1408014.7A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Francis Gateley; Carol Helen Mckay
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2014-05-06
Filing date: 2014-05-06
Publication date: 2015-11-11
Also published as: GB201408014D0

Abstract

A forced air conduction device may be connected to a central heating radiator (not shown) via a water inlet 10 or water outlet to said radiator. Water is pumped through the device in the direction 9 and drives an impeller 4 located in a housing 3. Side plates 1 and 8 and gaskets 2 and 7 seal the device. A ferro magnetic coupling 6 is used to drive a corresponding coupling 10 mounted externally to the housing. The coupling forms part of fan 11 which forces air over the surface of an associate radiator. A cowling 12 guides the air flow. Figure 4 discloses the assembled device.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Fan radiator (GM) This invention relates to a fan moved using a small part of the wasted energy contained in the water circuit of the heating.

When a house is warmed up through by conventional heating, it takes a long time to do it, taking into account the heat in this cases is transferred just by conduction and natural convection if the radiator is close to a window. This can mean two drawbacks: High gas bill, and low thermal comfort.

To overcome this, the present invention proposes a system to spread the heat more quickly moving the air by forced convection as it can be seen in figures land 2, using a fan that is powered by transforming a small part of the energy from the water flow into mechanical energy of rotation, to do this a internal driving rotating piece is connected by contactless magnets with the fan.

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The use of this system will make sure that the gas bill is drastically lower and the members of the family feels the improvement of the thermal comfort.

The lack of electrical supply means the complete elimination of the electric shock risk, enabling that this device can be placed in any room including bathrooms.

The use of magnets allows there not to have physical connection between the driven fan and the internal driving wheel, making feasible the complete elimination of the risk of leakage.

This harmless and simple device has a low rotation speed and requires a negligible attractive force between magnets, avoiding noise and ensuring no reductions of pressure at the water circuit and no damage at a11 in case of catching a finger because the driven fan will stop instantaneously, making unnecessary a pratective grid, but it might be laid in any case.

Due to the friendly working conditions of the device, low rotating speed, low working temperature, relatively wide ducts section size compared with the normal particles of rust from the water which can get stuck, this device can be considered eternal with practically no maintenance.

Detailed description

The system is made up of the different parts shown in figure 3, all of them are going to be described according the places the water flow is going through, the piece number 1 has to tasks, the first one allows the water to get in through the duct and the second one is to hold the shaft on which will spin the inner rotating piece, the pieces number 2 and fare normal gaskets made of rubber plumbing that connect the three structural pieces 1,3,8, the piece number 3 is intended for making the water to go upwards and downwards so that the water push the blades of the inner rotating piece and makes it to turn, thus makes the magnet 6 to turn as well, and due to the attraction force between magnets it moves the magnet 10 moving the fan, the piece number 8 receives the water from piece number 7 and allows it to get out of the system and enter into the radiator. The fan 11 leans on two slots one of them performed in the piece numbers and the second one on the fan housing 12, the fan housing allows the system to aim the air flow.

Depending on the radiator model different adaptors might be used to connect the water pipes and the inlet of the system 1, the outlet of the systemS and the inlet of the radiator, and the outlet of the radiator and the water pipes might be necessary.

The structural part, (pieces 1,3,8), and the gaskets are joined with the fan housing using four screws and nuts.

A general aspect of the system can be seen in figure 4.

An example of the invention will now be described by referring to the accompanying drawings: * Figure 1 shows: 1. A conventional radiator.

2. The slow heat flow coming out of it.

* Figure 2 shows: 1. A radiator with the system installed on top of it.

2. The original flow.

3. The system.

4. The direction of the massive heat flow coming out of it.

* Figure 3 shows the system disassembled: 1. Right external piece and the Internal rotating Piece Shaft.

2. Gasket.

3. Middle piece.

4. Internal Rotating Piece.

5. Rotating direction of the internal rotating piece.

6. Internal magnet and magnet holder.

7. Gasket.

8. l.eft external Piece 9. Water flow 10. External magnet and magnet holder.

11. Fan and rotating direction of the fan.

12. Fan housing Figure 4 shows the system assembled 1. Right external piece and the I:nternal rotating Piece Shaft.

2. Gasket.

3. Middle piece.

4. Gasket.

5. Left external Piece 6. Detail of the connection between structural pieces and the housing 7. Nuts and bolts 8. Fan housing 9. Fan.

10. inlet water thread and outlet water thread

Claims

Claims 1 A system to spread the heat more quickly moving the air by forced convection as it can be seen in figures 1 and 2, using a fan that is powered by transforming a small part of the energy from the water flow into mechanical energy of rotation, to do this a internal driving rotating piece is connected by contactiess magnets with the fan.
2 A system according to claim 1, in which the system has a structural part, a part that transform the energy from the water flow into mechanical energy of rotation, a fan for moving the air, afan housing for aiming the airflow.
3 A system according to claim 2, in which a structural part is made up of three pieces, joined using two gaskets, the first piece is intended for allowing the water to get in through a duct and has a shaft, the second structural part is mechanized inside to allow the water to pass through and change its direction, the third structural part is intended for allowing the water to get out the system and enter in the radiator and is intended also for allowing one extreme of the fan to lean on one slot that this structural part has in It.
4 A system according to claim 2, in which the part that transform the energy from the water flow into mechanical energy of rotation is made up, according with the figure 3, of a hollow shaft, blades at both extremes of the shaft, a magnet holder in between to blades on one of the extremes, and a magnet. The blades pushed by the water will produce the rotation motion in this part that will rotate around the shaft of the first part of the structural part, the magnet will produce the attraction force.
A system according to claim 2, in which the fan is moved by the attraction force between the magnet placed on the inner rotating part and the one placed on one extreme of the fan. The fan then will move the air.
6 A system according to claim 2, in which the fan housing allows one extreme of the fan to lean on one slot that this fan housing has In it. The fan housing has the proper shape intended to aim the air flow.
7 A system according to claim 1, in which the structural part and the fan housing are joined by two bolts placed in the upper part that pass through two holes in the structural parts and the fan housing and two nuts, the structural part is also joined itself in the lower part with two bolts that pass through two holes and two nuts.
8 A system according to claim 1, In which the system might have different adaptors to connect the inlet system with the water pipes, the outlet of the system with the inlet of the radiator, and the outlet of the radiator with water pipes.