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US 9,151,295 B2Granted
Columnar air moving devices, systems and methods
AssigneeAirius IP Holdings, LLC
InventorRaymond B. Avedon
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Abstract
An air moving device includes a housing member, a rotary fan assembly, and a nozzle, the housing including a plurality of air vents. The air moving device further includes at least one anti-drip structure in the form of a peripheral lip member for inhibiting water from entering the air moving device. The air moving device further includes a baffle member that acts to redirect a volume of air that enters through the plurality of air vents.
Claims20
An air moving device comprising:
- a housing member forming an interior space within the air moving device, the housing member comprising a plurality of air intake openings for directing a volume of air into the interior space;
- a lip member integrally formed with or attached to the housing member, the lip member forming an outer peripheral edge of the air moving device, the lip member flared outwardly away from the housing member so as to form a drip edge along the housing member, the portion of the housing member above the lip member defining a surface which has no through opening;
- a rotary fan assembly mounted within the interior space, the rotary fan assembly comprising an impeller and a plurality of blades for further directing the volume of air;
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- a nozzle communicating with and extending downwardly from the rotary fan assembly, the nozzle comprising a structure for further directing the volume of air out of the air moving device, wherein the plurality of air intake openings is located circumferentially inward from the outer peripheral edge of the air moving device.
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An air moving device comprising:
- a housing member forming an interior space within the air moving device, the housing member comprising a plurality of air intake openings for directing a volume of air into the interior space of the air moving device;
- a baffle member disposed at least partially within the interior space of the air moving device, the baffle member positioned at least partially circumferentially inward from the plurality of air intake openings and connected to the housing member and configured to redirect the volume air within the interior space;
- a rotary fan assembly mounted in the interior space, the rotary fan assembly comprising an impeller, a plurality of blades, and an open upper end, the rotary fan assembly configured to further redirect the volume of air within the interior space;
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- a nozzle communicating with and extending downwardly from the rotary fan assembly, the nozzle comprising a structure for further directing the volume of air out of the air moving device, wherein the baffle member extends below the open upper end of the fan assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.