Ceiling-inserted fan
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorDaisuke Kanematsu
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Abstract
A ceiling-inserted fan includes a case having an air inlet on a bottom surface of the case and an air outlet on a side surface of the case, an adapter plate having a rectangular opening and forming at least part of the side surface of the case, a duct-connecting adapter protruding outward the adapter plate and an air-sending part for directing air from the air inlet to the air outlet. The duct-connecting adapter is separated from the adapter plate and includes a sealing section that contacts with a peripheral section of the rectangular opening inside the case and a locking section that contacts with the peripheral section of the rectangular opening outside the case. The sealing section and the locking section removably holds the peripheral section.
Claims7
A ceiling-inserted fan comprising:
- a case having an air inlet on a bottom surface of the case and an air outlet on a side surface of the case;
- an adapter plate having a rectangular opening and forming at least part of the side surface of the case;
- a duct-connecting adapter protruding from the adapter plate outward the case;
- and
- an air-sending part for directing air from the air inlet to the air outlet,
- wherein the duct-connecting adapter is separated from the adapter plate,
- the duct-connecting adapter includes
- a sealing section that contacts with a peripheral section of the rectangular opening, the sealing section being located in the case, and
- a locking section that contacts with the peripheral section, the locking section being located outside of the case, and
- the peripheral section is removably attached to the duct-connecting adapter by the sealing section and the locking section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.