Patent ID: 8714937

Claim:
A bladeless fan assembly for creating an air current, the fan assembly comprising: a device for creating an air flow; a nozzle comprising an inner casing section, an outer casing section extending about the inner casing section, an interior passage located between the outer casing section and the inner casing section for receiving the air flow, and a mouth for emitting the air flow, the inner casing section extending about an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth, the inner casing section comprising a curved lower section, a curved upper section, and two side sections extending between the lower section and the upper section, each side section being located on a respective side of the opening; and a plurality of heaters, each of the plurality of heaters being located at least partially within the nozzle and adjacent a respective side section of the inner casing section.