Patent ID: 6425739
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
An in-line centrifugal fan comprising:a housing having an inlet and an outlet spaced apart and substantially coaxial one to another; a motorized centrifugal-type impeller mounted centrally within said housing substantially coaxially between said inlet and said outlet; a plurality of spaced air flow redirecting vanes each having an inner distal edge and connected at an outer proximal edge thereof to, and radially extending inwardly from, an inner surface of said housing toward, but not to, a radially outermost perimeter of said impeller to define a uniform clearance gap between said perimeter and said distal edges, said gap being sized in radial dimension to be no greater than a minimal amount sufficient to avoid contact between said distal edges and said perimeter; a distal portion of each said vane having an arcuately concaved shape when viewed from said outlet along a longitudinal axis of said housing; only a distal edge of each said vane positively oriented facing toward said outlet at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of said housing; each said vane distal portion is oriented facing into airflow emanating radially outwardly from, and substantially tangent to, said periphery.