Assembly for mounting a motor to an insulated wall
OwnerSheldon W. Mandel, Chinmoy Banerjeeinventors
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Abstract
A device for mounting a motor to the wall of a refrigerator whereby the motor is supported on the exterior side of the wall and is provided with a long output shaft which extends through the wall and is supported in a bearing assembly carried by a thermal barrier which maintains stable rotation of the shaft and prevents motor heat from flowing to the bearing assembly.
Claims6
A motor mount assembly for attachment to a wall separating first and second zones and provided with a hole therethrough, which assembly comprises:
- (a) an elongate member having a first end insertable through the hole in the wall for disposition within the first zone;
- (b) attachment means carried by a second end of the elongate member for securing the member to the side of the wall facing the second zone;
- (c) an axial passageway extending longitudinally through the elongate member;
- (d) a motor mounted to the attachment means, the motor including first and second output shafts, the output shafts extending from opposite sides of the motor for rotation about a common axis of rotation;
- (e) a first bearing assembly disposed withint he axial passageway and secured to the elongate member adjacent the first end thereof for rotatably supporting the first output shaft;
- (f) a second bearing assembly carried by the attachment means for rotatably supporting the second output shaft;
- (g) the motor being disposed between the first and second bearing assemblies;
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- (h) the length of the elongate member being such that its first end terminates short of the end of the first output shaft for permitting attachment of a fan blade to the end of the first output shaft.
The assembly of clim 3 wherein the plastic material includes a member selected from the group consisting of a thermol plastic, a thermal setting plastic, a glass-filled polycarbonate plastic and mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.