Patent ID: 7384242
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
1. An impeller blade, comprising: an elongate impeller blade body including opposing proximal and distal ends, opposing first and second edges extending from the proximal end to the distal end, and opposing upper and lower sides; the impeller blade body defines a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end; the lower side including a major generally concave channel extending from an open end thereof at the distal end of the impeller blade body to a closed end thereof adjacent to the proximal end of the impeller blade body; a bracket receiving face formed in the lower side between the closed end and the proximal end; an end wall formed in the lower side of the impeller blade body at the closed end of the generally concave channel; the end wall resides in an end wall plane; the bracket receiving face resides in a receiving face plane; the end wall plane is substantially perpendicular relative to the receiving face plane; a generally concave surface formed in the lower side of the impeller blade body forms the generally concave channel that extends from the distal end of the impeller blade body to the end wall; the bracket receiving face extends from the proximal end of the impeller blade body to a first edge of the end wall formed in the lower side of the impeller blade body and which is transverse relative to the longitudinal axis of the impeller blade body; the end wall projects toward the generally concave surface from the first edge of the end wall terminating at the generally concave surface with a second edge of the end wall which is transverse relative to the longitudinal axis of the impeller blade body; and the end wall is transverse relative to the longitudinal axis of the impeller blade body and extends from the first edge of the impeller blade body to the second edge of the impeller blade body, the first edge of the end wall extends from the first edge of the impeller blade body to the second edge of the impeller blade body, and the second edge of the end wall extends from the first edge of the impeller blade body to the second edge of the impeller blade body and meets the first edge of the end wall at the first and second edges, respectively, of the impeller blade body to form the closed end in the lower side of the impeller blade body.