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US 2003/0198564 A1Published application
Two-piece motor cooling and exhaust diluting blower housing
AssigneeJakel Incorporated
InventorsWilliam Stuart Gatley JR., Rex Allen Rothgangel, Joan Teresa Richter
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Abstract
A two-piece blower housing may be used with a climate control furnace or with a water heater and provides cooling of the motor that rotates the blower fan and also provides dilution and cooling of exhaust gases drawn from the furnace or water heater. The housing is also constructed with one side that is positioned in a single plane that is easily mounted to a flat surface of the furnace or water heater and can be sealed against the surface.
Claims27
A heater blower housing comprising:
- a motor compartment in the heater blower housing;
- a motor contained in the motor compartment;
- a fan compartment in the heater blower housing;
- a fan contained in the fan compartment, the fan being operatively connected to the motor for rotation of the fan by the motor;
- a dilution compartment in the heater blower housing;
- and,
- a flow path through the heater blower housing extending from an exterior environment of the blower housing, through the motor compartment, then through the dilution compartment, then through the fan compartment to the exterior environment of the heater blower housing.
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A heater blower housing comprising:
- a motor compartment in the heater blower housing;
- a motor contained in the motor compartment;
- a fan compartment in the heater blower housing;
- a fan contained in the fan compartment, the fan being operatively connected to the motor for rotation of the fan by the motor;
- a dilution compartment in the heater blower housing;
- and,
- the heater blower housing consisting of two pieces.
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A heater blower housing comprising:
- a motor compartment in the heater blower housing, the motor compartment having a motor compartment wall that encloses an interior of the motor encompartment;
- a motor contained in the motor compartment interior;
- a fan compartment in the heater blower housing, the fan compartment having a fan compartment wall that encloses an interior of the fan compartment;
- a fan contained in the fan compartment, the fan being operatively connected to the motor for rotation of the fan by the motor;
- a dilution compartment in the heater blower housing, the dilution compartment having a dilution compartment wall that encloses an interior of the dilution compartment;
- a circuitry compartment in the heater blower housing, the circuitry compartment having a circuitry compartment wall that encloses an interior of the circuitry compartment;
- motor control circuitry contained in the circuitry compartment interior, the motor control circuitry being operatively connected to the motor to control the motor;
- and,
- the heater blower housing having an open side that is open to the dilution compartment and the circuitry compartment, the open side being positioned in a single plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.