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US 2015/0147161 A1Published application
Ice deflector for a fan housing
AssigneeLennox Industries Inc.
InventorsCarl T. Crawford, Chris McHugh
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Abstract
In various implementations, a fan system may include a housing and a fan. The fan may reside in an orifice of the housing. The fan system may include a grate disposed proximate a top surface and an ice deflector. The ice deflector may inhibit ice formation on portions of the housing, orifice, and/or fan residing in the orifice.
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An ice deflector for a fan system, the ice deflector comprising:
- a base having one or more sloped portions;
- a ring shaped annular protrusion coupled to the base;
- an opening formed by the annular protrusion;
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- one or more coupling members adapted to couple the ice deflector to at least a portion of a fan system;
- wherein the ice deflector is removably coupleable to the fan system.
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A method comprising:
- disposing an ice deflector proximate a grate of a fan system such that the grate is disposed between the ice deflector and an orifice of the fan system, and wherein the ice deflector comprises:
- a base having one or more sloped portions;
- an annular protrusion;
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- an opening formed by the annular protrusion;
- aligning the opening formed by the annular protrusion with an orifice of the fan system, wherein aligning the opening and the orifice comprises disposing the ice deflector such that a center of the opening is disposed on an axis through a center of the orifice, and wherein the axis is approximately perpendicular to an axis parallel to a top surface of the ice deflector;
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- coupling at least a portion of the ice deflector and at least a portion of the fan system.
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An ice deflector for a fan system comprising:
- a base;
- an annular protrusion coupled to the base;
- and
- an opening formed by the annular protrusion;
- wherein the ice deflector is adapted to be coupled to a fan system and wherein the ice deflector is adapted to inhibit ice formation in at least a portion of the fan system when the ice deflector is coupled to the fan system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.