Patent GB-997196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to blowers
IPC: F04D17/04
Filed: 1961-09-07
Abstract: 997,196. Transverse-flow blowers. FIRTH CLEVELAND Ltd. Sept. 7, 1961 [Sept. 8, 1960], No. 32166/61. Heading F1C. [Also in Divisions F2 and F4] For location with a casing, a transverse-flow blower comprises a bladed cylindrical rotor mounted between two end wall members in a duct formed by the end wall members and two side members which extend the length of the rotor in parallel spaced relation thereto and to each other, and an electric motor secured to one of the end wall members and drivingly connected to the rotor, the blower further comprising electrically insulating elements mounted on the end wall members and projecting therefrom to engage against the interior of the casing and thereby locate the blower therein. Figs. 1 and 2 show a blower comprising walls 3, 4 extending parallel to the rotor 1 between end walls 7, 8 and defining an inlet opening 5 extending around nearly half the rotor circumference. The walls 3, 4 also define an outlet duct 6 on the opposite side of the rotor. An electric driving motor 9 and a switch 10 are attached to the end wall 7. At its end remote from the motor 9, the rotor is journalled on a bearing pin 30, Fig. 4, carried by a cover 28 which, after the rotor has been inserted through a circular opening in the end wall 8 is secured over the opening by means of tags 31. The cover 28 may be made of a flexible material, such as a plastics material, to compensate for misalignment between the motor and rotor bearings. It is dished as shown to permit the rotor to project into the opening with its end disc flush with the end wall 8. The end wall 7 has a circular recess for the same purpose. Lugs 12-15 on each end wall are used for securing the blower to its casing. To insulate the blower electrically and acoustically from the casing, the lugs are enclosed in caps 20 of natural or synthetic rubber, P.V.C., polythene or nylon. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 5, each end wall has three fixing lugs, each provided with a cap 124. An electric heater coil is provided in the outlet duct. A switch 111 may have four positions: (a) motor and heater both off; (b) motor on, heater off; (c) motor and heater both on, the motor being fed through a resistor to run at reduced speed; (d) motor and heater both on, the two elements of the heater being connected in parallel for maximum heat. Overheating is prevented by a thermostat 114 on end wall 102 and a similar thermostat on end wall 101, the thermostats being connected in series in the heater supply line. They are of the type which does not automatically reclose. A further thermostat 116, manually adjustable and of the automatically reclosing type, is located where it is exposed to the intake air current. A recess 117 allows air to flow past the thermostat 116. Alternatively, the thermostat 116 may be located on the wall 103. The motor 107 is cooled by supplementary fan blades 171 formed on the end of the blower rotor 100. Fig. 11 shows a blower casing comprising two parts 160, 161, the latter being swung back, as shown, on a hinge 162 to permit insertion of the blower. Caps such as 165 and 166 covering lugs on the blower end walls bear against the top and bottom walls of the casing to hold the blower in place. Members into which the caps fit may be provided on the casing. The grille bars in the intake opening 168 are at acute angles with each other whereby the two outer channels of the grille subtend an acute angle 169. In an alternative casing, Fig. 9 (not shown), two parallel channels are provided in the bottom wall and after removal of detachable end walls from the casing, the blower is slid into place with its lower locating caps running in the channels.