Patent ID: 6619920
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
A fan blade cover for encasing a fan blade, said fan blade cover having a body formed of a sheet material, the fan blade cover having a longitudinally extending opening in the sheet material, the longitudinally extending opening extending substantially along the length of the fan blade cover, the sheet material terminating at first and second edges at the opening, the first and second edges of the sheet material having a selectively engagable and disengagable attachment at the opening, the engagable and disengagable attachment providing a compliant continuous overlapping joint along the first and second edges of the sheet material whereby the fan blade cover may be snugly fastened around a fan blade and said engagable and disengagable attachment accommodating variations in the width and thickness and lateral shape of the fan blade over a predetermined range.