Fan and water heater provided with the same, and impeller and water heater provided with the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9933185-B2
Application number	US-201514619644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2015
Priority date	Feb 24, 2014
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A fan includes: an impeller including a main plate having a first plane, a plurality of first blades each formed the first plane, and a shroud formed integrally with the plurality of first blades; a fan case; a drive source; and a rotation shaft. The first blades each include a linearly protruding region that is linearly increased in height from an outer circumferential side to an inner circumferential side, and a curvedly protruding region that is curvedly increased in height from the outer circumferential side to the inner circumferential side, the height extending in a direction in which each first blade protrudes. The linearly protruding region is welded to the main plate. Accordingly, a highly durable fan can be implemented that allows sufficient durability to be maintained even under a high temperature environment or an acid environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An impeller comprising:
a main plate formed in a disc shape and having a first plane and a second plane on a side opposite to said first plane;
a plurality of first blades each welded to said first plane of said main plate so as to extend from an inner circumferential side to an outer circumferential side of said first plane and protrude from said first plane;
a shroud covering said plurality of first blades; and
a plurality of second blades each formed so as to extend from an inner circumferential side to an outer circumferential side of said second plane and protrude from said second plane,
said main plate and said plurality of second blades being integrally molded by a resin containing a fibrous filler,
said second blades each having at least one of a configuration in which each said second blade extends so as to cross a radial direction of said main plate and a configuration in which each said second blade is separated by a slit into an inner blade member located on the inner circumferential side and an outer blade member located on the outer circumferential side.

2. The impeller according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of each said second blade is formed in a curved line in plan view as seen from a direction orthogonal to said second plane of said main plate.

3. The impeller according to claim 1 , wherein each said second blade has an S-shape in plan view as seen from a direction orthogonal to said second plane of said main plate.

4. The impeller according to claim 1 , wherein
each said second blade is configured to be separated by said slit into said inner blade member located on the inner circumferential side and said outer blade member located on the outer circumferential side, and
a third blade extending from the inner circumferential side to the outer circumferential side of said second plane is provided between said outer blade members adjacent to each other.

5. The impeller according to claim 1 , wherein
a positioning protrusion is provided at an end of each said first blade on a side opposite to said shroud,
a positioning hole is provided in said second plane of said main plate between said second blades adjacent to each other, and
said protrusion is fitted in said hole.

6. The impeller according to claim 1 , wherein
a boss portion protruding from said first plane is provided in a center portion of said main plate,
a bearing hole penetrating from said first plane toward said second plane is provided in a center portion of said boss portion,
said boss portion is formed so as to be continuously increased in size from an end portion of said boss portion toward said first plane, and
a thinned portion is provided in said boss portion on the second plane side.

Assignees

• Noritz Corp

Inventors

• Kameyama Shuji
• Fukunishi Keigo
• Nomura Mitsuo
• Takata Masaaki
• Yoshida Yukio
• Takewaka Tadashi

Classifications

• F04D29/023

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• F23L17/005

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• F05D2230/232

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• F04D29/30

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• F05D2300/43

  Synthetic polymers, e.g. plastics; Rubber · CPC title