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OwnerGlenn C. Simon, Douglas L. Davies +1inventors
InventorsGlenn C. Simon, Douglas L. Davies, Philip D. Langley
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A combination airflow straightener and finger guard straightens airflow and minimize the chance of fingers or other objects coming into contact with rotating blades of a fan, and includes a plurality of vanes that extend radially outward from a hub to an outer frame of the combination airflow straightener and finger guard. Each vane can be considered as having three portions. The first portion is closest to the fan and is parallel to the airflow leaving the fan. The second portion is farthest from the fan and is aligned with the axis of rotation of the fan (or some other desired exhaust vector). The third portion is curved to link the first portion to the second portion to straighten the airflow to the desired exhaust vector, with the space between each pair of vanes forming a plenum that straightens the airflow by removing the rotational components from the airflow.
A combination airflow straightener and finger guard having a fan side and an exhaust side, for use with a fan, comprising:
An assembly comprising:
An assembly comprising:
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