# US 11,029,043 B2 · Compact fan and air conditioner assembly

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- Number: US 11,029,043 B2
- Document ID: US11029043B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/460,328
- Filed: 2019-07-02
- Published: 2020-04-09
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-10-03
- Applicants: Peter Whittington
- Inventors: Peter Whittington
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029043B2

## CPC

- F24F 1/0029: Axial fans
- F04D 25/088: {Ceiling fans}
- F04D 29/388: {characterised by construction}
- F04D 29/582: {specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F24F 1/0047: mounted in the ceiling or at the ceiling
- F24F 2221/14: mounted on the ceiling
- F24F 2221/18: combined with domestic apparatus
- F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02)
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)

## Abstract

A compact fan and air conditioner assembly includes an air conditioner mounted stationary below a ceiling of a room. The air conditioner produces a quantity of cold air. A fan receives the cold air from the air conditioner. The fan has a housing mounted stationary below the air conditioner and blades rotating about the housing. The fan blades have channels receiving the cold air from the air conditioner and slots formed in the blades for receiving the cold air from the channels and distributing the cold air into the environment as the fan blades rotate. A split fan and air conditioner assembly includes a floor stand on which the air conditioner and the fan are mounted. A split fan and air conditioner assembly having a ceiling fan unit separate from a compressor unit and a portable air conditioner assembly having a rotatable head unit, are also provided.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A split fan and air conditioner assembly, comprising:
a compressor unit; and
a ceiling fan unit being separate from said compressor unit and being configured to be mounted in a stationary manner below a ceiling of a room, said ceiling fan unit including an evaporator core communicating with said compressor unit in an air conditioning circuit for producing a quantity of cold air, and said ceiling fan unit having a hub being an air distribution chamber and fan blades configured to rotate about said hub;
said ceiling fan unit including a lower enclosure covering said hub and a resilient barrier with bristles preventing cool air from escaping from said hub;
said fan blades having channels receiving said quantity of cold air and said fan blades having vents communicating with said channels for distributing said quantity of cold into the environment as said fan blades rotate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said ceiling fan unit includes an impeller connected to said fan blades, a motor, an upper shaft interconnecting said motor and said impeller and permitting said motor to rotate said fan blades, a shaft enclosure and a lower shaft disposed in said shaft enclosure below said upper shaft, said lower shaft being connected to said hub and spinning freely.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said ceiling fan unit includes an inlet for receiving ambient air, evaporator tubing and evaporator fins disposed in said evaporator core and permitting refrigerant to be fed through said evaporator core, and a filter cover being removable for cleaning said evaporator fins.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said fan blades are angled downward allowing air to fall and distribute cooled air.