Ceiling fan
AssigneeHunter Fan Company
InventorJeffrey Butler Cunnane
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Abstract
A ceiling fan or ceiling fan includes a body defining an interior passage having an inlet and an outlet provided on the body. The inlet, outlet, and interior passage can be annular. An impeller is mounted within the interior passage and driven by a motor mounted within the body to draw a volume of air through the interior passage from the inlet to the outlet. A deflector is provided within the body and extending through the outlet including an upper angled surface and a lower angled surface to direct the air in a generally upward or generally downward direction, respectively.
Claims20
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a body defining an interior passage having an inlet and an outlet provided on the body;
- a motor located within the body;
- an impeller located within the body and rotatably driven by the motor to draw a volume of air through the interior passage from the inlet to the outlet;
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- a deflector coupled to the body with an upper angled surface and a lower angled surface, separate from the upper angled surface, each of the upper angled surface and lower angled surface diverging relative to the other and arranged at the outlet, such that the volume of air exhausted from the outlet can be selectively directed in an upward direction by the upper angled surface or in a downward direction by the lower angled surface.
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a motor housing including an annular interior passage extending from an annular inlet to an annular outlet, with the annular outlet including a first angled edge spaced from a second angled edge by a peripheral gap;
- a downrod for suspending the motor housing from a structure;
- a motor provided within the motor housing;
- an impeller provided within the interior passage for moving a volume of air from the inlet to the outlet;
- a deflector extending through the peripheral gap including an upper angled surface and a lower angled surface, with the upper angled surface shaped complementary to the first angled edge of the annular outlet and with the lower angled surface shaped complementary to the second angled edge;
- wherein the deflector directs air exhausting from the outlet in a generally upward direction when the deflector is in a first position with the lower angled surface confronting the second angled edge and wherein the deflector directs air exhausting from the outlet in a generally downward direction when the deflector is in a second position with the upper angled surface confronting the first angled edge.
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a motor housing body including an annular inlet and an annular outlet;
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- a deflector positioned at and partially defining the outlet, with the deflector including an upper angled surface and a lower angled surface, separate from the upper angled surface, each of the upper angled surface and lower angled surface diverging relative to the other;
- wherein the deflector is movable between a first position and a second position, where the deflector directs air exhausting from the outlet in a generally downward direction along the lower angled surface in the first position, and where the deflector directs air exhausting from the outlet in a generally upward direction along the upper angled surface in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.