Heating and ventilation fan for bathroom

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9347464-B2
Application number	US-201113574737-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2011
Priority date	Mar 15, 2010
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

A heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom comprises an ventilation fan frame, a scroll casing provided with fan blades and a motor, an air passage-switching plate, and a heater; characterized in that: an air leakage-preventing structure is provided between an air outlet of the scroll casing and the air passage. The advantage of the present invention is that a desired air amount can be ensured and a noise can be reduced while guaranteeing a gap required for smooth rotation of the air passage-switching plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom, comprising a ventilation fan frame, a scroll casing provided with fan blades and a motor, an air passage-switching plate provided downstream of an air outlet of the scroll casing and configured to switch air passages directed in at least two directions, and a heater;
an air leakage-preventing structure is provided at the air outlet of the scroll casing to direct the air to an inside of the air passage-switching plate;
wherein the air leakage-preventing structure comprises a protrusion piece configured to protrude from the air outlet of the scroll casing to the inside of the air passage-switching plate, and the air passage-switching plate has a rotation piece configured to overlap with an outer side of the protrusion piece,
wherein an air passage wall forming an air passage extends from the air outlet of the scroll casing, and a gap for receiving the rotation piece of the air passage-switching plate is formed between the protrusion piece and the air passage wall of the air passage downstream of the air outlet of the scroll casing.

2. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 1 , characterized in that: the protrusion piece is provided at the periphery of the whole air outlet of the scroll casing.

3. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 1 , characterized in that: the protrusion piece is protruded from a position higher than the position at which a rotation shaft, passing across the air outlet of the scroll casing, of the air passage-switching plate is located.

4. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 1 , characterized in that: the protrusion piece is protruded from a position lower than the position at which a rotation shaft, passing across the air outlet of the scroll casing, of the air passage-switching plate is located.

5. A heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom, comprising a ventilation fan frame, a scroll casing providing with fan blades and a motor, an air passage-switching plate provided downstream of an air outlet of the scroll casing and configured to switch air passages directed in at least two directions, and a heater;
an air leakage-preventing structure is provided at the air outlet of the scroll casing to direct the air to an inside of the air passage-switching plate;
wherein the air leakage-preventing structure comprises a protrusion piece configured to protrude from the air outlet of the scroll casing to the inside of the air passage-switching plate, and the air passage-switching plate has a rotation piece configured to overlap with an outer side of the protrusion piece,
wherein the heating and ventilation fan further comprises a control unit for controlling the motor, the heater, and the air passage-switching plate and a sensor for detecting the position of the air passage-switching plate and sending a signal to the control unit.

6. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 5 , characterized in that: the sensor comprises a first body-side sensing element provided on the side face of the air passage wall of the scroll casing and a first air passage switching plate-side sensed element provided outside of the rotation piece of the air passage-switching plate and provided at a position corresponding to the position of the first body-side sensing element.

7. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 6 , characterized in that: the first body-side sensing element is provided to correspond to movable limit points of the first air passage switching plate-side sensed elements moved along with the air passage-switching plate.

8. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 5 , characterized in that: the sensor comprises a second body-side sensing element provided on a top portion of the air passage wall of the scroll casing and a second air passage switching plate-side sensed element provided outside of the rotation piece of the air passage-switching plate and located at a position corresponding to the position of the second body-side sensing element.

9. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 5 , characterized in that: the sensor comprises a third body-side sensing element provided on a bottom portion of the air passage wall of the scroll casing and a third air passage switching plate-side sensed element provided outside of a rotation piece of the air passage-switching plate and located at a position corresponding to the position of the third body-side sensing element.

10. A heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom, comprising a ventilation fan frame, a scroll casing provided with fan blades and a motor, an air passage-switching plate provided downstream of an air outlet of the scroll casing and configured to switch air passages directed in at least two directions, and a heater;
an air leakage-preventing structure is provided at the air outlet of the scroll casing to direct the air to an inside of the air passage-switching plate, and the air leakage-preventing structure comprises protruding structures provided on the air passage-switching plate and on an air passage wall forming the air passage and operable to be engaged with each other.

11. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 10 , characterized in that: the protruding structures comprise protrusions provided on the left and right sides of the air passage-switching plate and of the air passage wall, respectively, and the protrusions on the air passage-switching plate and the protrusions on the air passage wall can be engaged with each other.

12. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 10 , characterized in that: the protrusions of the air passage-switching plate comprise a first air passage-switching plate protrusion and a second air passage-switching plate protrusion provided on side plates of the air passage-switching plate adjoining the air passage wall, respectively, and the protrusions of the air passage wall comprise a first air passage wall protrusion provided at the middle of the air passage wall.

13. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 10 , characterized in that: the protrusions of the air passage-switching plate comprise a third air passage-switching plate protrusion and a fourth air passage-switching plate protrusion provided on a front end portion and a rear end portion of the air passage-switching plate adjoining the air passage wall, respectively, and the protrusions of the air passage wall comprise a second air passage wall protrusion provided at the middle of the air passage wall on the air outlet side.

14. The heating and ventilation fan for bathroom according to claim 13 , characterized in that: a third air passage wall protrusion is provided on a top surface side of the air passage wall, and the lowest point of the third air passage-switching plate protrusion is higher than the lowest point of the third air passage wall protrusion.

15. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 10 , characterized in that: the heating and ventilation fan further comprises a control unit for controlling the motor, the heater, and the air passage-switching plate and a sensor for detecting the position of the air passage-switching plate and sending a signal to the control unit.

16. The heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom according to claim 15 , characterized in that: the sensor comprises a first body-side sensing element provided on the side face of the air passage wall of the scroll casing and a fi

Assignees

• Weng Yefan
• Tian Liang
• Yuan Hongjian
• Jin Shuang
• Ishikawa Makoto
• Arai Takuya
• Panasonic Eco Sys Guangdong Co
• Panasonic Corp

Inventors

• Weng Yefan
• Tian Liang
• Yuan Hongjian
• Jin Shuang
• Ishikawa Makoto
• Arai Takuya

Classifications

• F24F2221/34

  Heater, e.g. gas burner, electric air heater · CPC title

• F04D29/5826 Primary

  Cooling at least part of the working fluid in a heat exchanger · CPC title

• F04D27/009

  by bleeding, by passing or recycling fluid · CPC title

• F24F7/007

  with forced flow (using ducting systems F24F7/06) · CPC title

• F24F2013/205

  Mounting a ventilator fan therein · CPC title