Patent ID: 6561759
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
A blower (10) with an electric motor (52) whose drive shaft (40) supports a radial impeller (30) having a blower housing (14), wherein a common end wall (20) is provided between a housing (16) for a sound damper (12) and the blower housing (14), wherein said common end wall (20) has an inlet opening (24) through which air is aspirated and which is adjoined by the sound damper (12) whose housing (16) is fastened to the blower housing (14) with fastening elements, characterized in that the housing (16) of the sound damper (12) constitutes the common end wall (20) of the blower housing (14) and defines a chamber (28) for the impeller (30), wherein the common end wall of the housing (16) is constituted by a disk (20), wherein said disk is clamped between the sound damper (12) and the blower housing (14), wherein the disk (20) is stamped out of sheet metal and has a funnel-shaped inlet opening (24) in the center, with a collar (26) formed onto it, where said collar protrudes into the chamber (28) for the impeller (30).