Patent ID: 8430624
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: F04D,F04F

Abstract:
1. A fan assembly for creating an air current, the fan assembly comprising: a base comprising an outer casing having a side wall comprising at least one air inlet, the outer casing housing an impeller housing comprising an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the impeller housing, a motor for driving the impeller about an axis to create an air flow through the impeller housing, and a silencing member located beneath the air inlet of the impeller housing and spaced therefrom along said axis by a distance in the range from 5 mm to 60 mm; and a nozzle mounted on the base, 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 wherein the nozzle extends about a nozzle axis to define an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth.