US 12,497,970 B2Granted

Tower crossflow fan with orientable supports

AssigneeVornado Air, LLC

InventorsGlen Wesley Ediger, Byron Loibl, Gregory Pease, Brian M. Cartwright, Cooper Phillips

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Abstract

A tower fan is provided that includes a fan body having a double cross fan blower centered in the body of the fan with a motor positioned between the fan blowers. The tower fan is capable of being oriented in both the horizontal and vertical directions. The fan body may further include first and second ends and at least two supports. At least a first support is coupled to the first end of the fan body and a second support is removably coupled to the least second end of the fan body. The first and second ends of the fan body each have a groove for each receiving at least one of the two support members where each groove extends around the fan body. The supports may be removably coupled to the fan body or one of the at least two supports may be permanently coupled to the fan body.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A fan configured to be oriented in both the horizontal and vertical directions, the fan comprising:

a fan body having a central portion and first and second end, the fan body further including a first series of openings and second series of opening positioned in alignment with one another on opposing sides of the central portion of the fan body;
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the fan body further including a housing having internal support members located in the central portion of the housing;
a motor mounted on the internal support members located in the central portion of the housing;
a first and second blower, each in operable communication with the motor such that the blowers are driven by the motor, where the first blower is positioned on one side the motor within the fan body and in alignment with the first series of openings to blow air out of the first series of openings when driven by the motor, and the second blower positioned on the other side of the motor within the fan body opposing the first blower and in alignment with the second series of openings to blow air out of the second series of openings when driven by the motor;
configurable supports configured to be positioned on the first and second end of the fan body to be supported in a horizontal position and also being configured to be positioned on the first end of the body to allow the fan to be supported in the vertical position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/737,651Filed 7 Jun 2024 · continuation
Priority: 31 May 2021
Published: US 2025/0012284 A19 Jan 2025
Granted: 16 Dec 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

F04D 17/04
Having non-centrifugal stages, e.g. centripetal: of transverse-flow type
F04D 25/08
Units comprising pumps and their driving means: the working fluid being air, e.g. for ventilation
F04D 25/166
Combinations of two or more pumps ; Producing two or more separate gas flows: using fans
F04D 29/522
For axial pumps: especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps

Family

Application63/195,156Us provisional application · filed 31 May 2021
Application17/829,122Parent of this continuation · filed 31 May 2022
US 2025/0012284 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Jan 2025
US 12,006,940 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2022/0381250 A1Published application
US 12,497,970 B2This patent

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