Cooler-cum-blower assembly for internal combustion engines

A water cooler-cum-blower unit for water-cooled internal combustion engines, in particular for automotive engines, comprising a housing having a front wall, a back wall and a peripheral wall, a partition located between and parallel to the front wall and the back wall, the partition subdividing the housing into first and second adjoining chambers and having a central circular aperture, an axial blower arranged centrally in said housing and having an impeller provided in said aperture of the partition, said first chamber being located in front of the blower impeller and forming a substantially disc-shaped air-intake shaft connecting an air-intake opening provided in said front wall of the housing with said central aperture of the partition, said second chamber being located behind the blower impeller and forming a substantially disc-shaped air outlet shaft connecting the central aperture of the partition with an air-outlet opening provided in the peripheral wall of the housing, both said disc-shaped air intake and air outlet shafts providing means for effecting a non-axial flow path, both said chambers being lined with sound-absorbing coatings, a water-cooler located in the area of said air-outlet opening and forming at least part of the peripheral wall of the housing.