Patent ID: 8529203
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: F04D,F04F

Abstract:
1. A fan assembly for creating an air current, the fan assembly comprising a nozzle mounted on a base, the base comprising an outer casing, the outer casing comprising a plurality of air inlets, a plurality of angularly spaced supports located within the outer casing, an impeller housing mounted on the angularly spaced supports, the impeller housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the impeller housing, a motor located within the impeller housing for driving the impeller to create an air flow through the impeller housing, a diffuser located within the impeller housing and downstream of the impeller, and a flexible sealing member for inhibiting the flow of air from the air outlet of the impeller housing to the air inlet of the impeller housing along a path extending between the impeller housing and the outer casing, the nozzle comprising an interior passage for receiving the air flow from the air outlet of the impeller housing and a mouth through which the air flow is emitted from the fan assembly, the nozzle defining an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth.