Blower

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12140336-B2
Application number	US-202017768993-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2020
Priority date	Oct 18, 2019
Publication date	Nov 12, 2024
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024

Abstract

A blower is disclosed. The blower includes a fan configured to generate flow of air, a lower body providing an internal space in which the fan is installed, and having a suction hole through which air passes, an upper body positioned over the lower body and providing an internal space in which air discharged from the fan flows, a damper positioned behind the upper body, and a discharge port formed between an end of the upper body and an end of the damper, in which the upper body includes an opening formed at a rear end of the upper body and communicating with the internal space of the upper body, and the damper opens and closes the discharge port while moving in a front-rear direction behind the opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A blower comprising:
a fan configured to generate flow of air;
a lower body providing an internal space in which the fan is installed, and having a suction hole through which air passes;
an upper body positioned over the lower body, providing an internal space in which air discharged from the fan flows, and including first and second upper bodies having rear ends spaced apart from each other such that an opening is formed therebetween, and the opening communicates with the internal space of the upper body;
a damper positioned behind the upper body and including
a plate that extends front-rear direction such that the plate divides the opening into first and second openings,
a first guide that extends in left-front direction from a rear end of the plate. and
a second guide that extends in right-front direction from the rear end of the plate;

a first discharge port formed between the rear end of the first upper body and a front end of the first guide;
a second discharge port formed between the rear end of the second upper body and a front end of the second guide,
wherein the damper opens and closes the first and second discharge ports while moving in a front-rear direction behind the opening.

2. The blower of claim 1 , wherein
a front-rear length of the upper body is larger than a left-right width of the upper body,
the first upper body has an outer surface that is convex to the left, and
the second upper body has an outer surface that is convex to the right.

3. The blower of claim 1 , further comprising a separation wall disposed in the internal space of the upper body and dividing the internal space of the upper body into a first space positioned at the left of the separation wall and a second space positioned at the right of the separation wall,
wherein the plate defines a boundary between the first space and the second space in cooperation with the separation wall, and is coupled to the separation wall to be movable in the front-rear direction.

4. The blower of claim 3 , further comprising a moving assembly coupled to the separation wall and the plate between the separation wall and the plate,
wherein
the moving assembly further includes:
a motor configured to provide rotational force;
a pinion connected to a rotary shaft of the motor; and
a rack extending forward from a front end of the plate and engaged with the pinion, and

the separation wall further includes a slot formed through the separation wall in the front-rear direction and having the rack inserted to be movable in the front-rear direction therein.

5. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the first guide and the second guide close the first discharge port and the second discharge port by coming in contact with the rear ends of the first upper body and the second upper body, respectively, or open the first discharge port and the second discharge port by separating rearward from the rear ends of the first upper body and the second upper body, respectively.

6. The blower of claim 5 , wherein a motor can adjust the degrees that the first guide and the second guide are spaced rearward apart from the rear ends of the first upper body and the second upper body, respectively.

7. A blower, comprising:
a fan configured to generate flow of air;
a lower body providing an internal space in which the fan is installed, and having a suction hole through which air passes;
an upper body positioned over the lower body, providing an internal space in which air discharged from the fan flows, and the upper body includes first and second upper bodies having rear ends spaced apart from each other such that forming an opening therebetween which is communicating with the internal space of the upper body;
a damper positioned behind the upper body, and including a body positioned behind the opening and forming a rear surface of the damper, a first guide elongated at an angle left and forward from a left end of the body, and a second guide elongated at an angle right and forward from a right end of the body;
a first discharge port formed between the first guide and the first upper body; and
a second discharge port formed between the second guide and the second upper body,
wherein the damper opens and closes the first and second discharge ports while moving in a front-rear direction behind the opening.

8. The blower of claim 7 , wherein the first guide covers a portion of the first upper body, and
the second guide covers a portion of the second upper body.

9. The blower of claim 7 , further comprising a splinter disposed between the opening and the body,
wherein the splinter further includes:
a first inclined surface facing the rear end of the first upper body and formed at an angle with respect to a front surface of the body; and
a second inclined surface facing the rear end of the second upper body and formed at an angle with respect to a front surface of the body, and
a gap between the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface in a left-right direction increases rearward.

10. The blower of claim 9 , further comprising a moving assembly installed in the internal space of the upper body and coupled to the damper,
wherein the moving assembly further includes:
a motor configured to provide rotational force;
a pinion connected to a rotary shaft of the motor; and
a rack elongated in the front-rear direction and engaged with the pinion, and
the rack is movably or rotatably coupled to the first guide or the second guide.

11. The blower of claim 10 , wherein
the rack further includes a slot formed through the rack in the left-right direction and elongated in the front-rear direction, and
the blower further includes a slider protruding toward the slot from an inner surface of the first upper body or an inner surface of the second upper body, and inserted in the slot to be movable in the front-rear direction.

12. The blower of claim 10 ,
wherein the moving assembly further includes a first moving assembly and a second moving assembly that are spaced apart from each other in the up-down direction,
wherein the first moving assembly further includes:
a first pin provided at a rear end of a rack of the first moving assembly; and
a first link fixed to an inner surface of the first guide or an inner surface of the second guide and having the first pin coupled thereto to be movable in a direction crossing the front-rear direction, and

wherein the second moving assembly further includes:
a second pin provided at a rear end of a rack of the second moving assembly; and
a second link fixed to an inner surface of the first guide or an inner surface of the second guide and having the second pin rotatably coupled thereto.

13. The blower of claim 12 , wherein
the first link further includes a first link hole formed through the first link in the left-right direction, elongated forward and upward, and having the first pin movably inserted therein, and
the second link includes:
a second link; and
a second link groove in which the second pin is rotatably inserted.

14. The blower of claim 12 , wherein
the rack of the first moving assembly is engaged with a pinion of the first moving assembly under the pinion of the first moving assembly, and
the rack of the second moving assembly is engaged with a pinion of the second moving assembly over the pinion of the second moving assembly.

15. The blower of claim 12 , wherein a rotation speed of a motor of the first moving assembly can be synchronized with or controlled to be different from a rotation speed of a motor of the second moving assembly.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Kidong
• Kim Jaehyeon
• Choi Seokho
• Lee Changhoon
• Jung Jaehyuk
• Jang Hosik
• Baek Seungho
• Jung Haein
• Park Kibbum

Classifications

• F24F13/072

  of elongated shape, e.g. between ceiling panels · CPC title

• F04D29/668

  damping or preventing mechanical vibrations · CPC title

• F04D29/462

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F04D17/00

  Radial-flow pumps, e.g. centrifugal pumps; Helico-centrifugal pumps (F04D21/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F04D25/14

  and having shutters, e.g. automatically closed when not in use · CPC title