Fan device, household appliance and method for cooling a motor of a fan device

The fan device has housing (3) with air inlet (4) and air outlet (5), fan wheel (11), and motor (6). A space is formed axially between fan wheel and the rear wall (7), and an annular gap (17) communicates with air outlet in air-leading connection. A negative pressure is generated in the space in fre...

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Main Authors METZ, DANIEL, MEINHARDT, GERT, SCHLOTMANN, PETER
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 23.12.2015
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Summary:The fan device has housing (3) with air inlet (4) and air outlet (5), fan wheel (11), and motor (6). A space is formed axially between fan wheel and the rear wall (7), and an annular gap (17) communicates with air outlet in air-leading connection. A negative pressure is generated in the space in free-blowing operation of the fan assembly (2). An opening (21) is formed in the rear wall through which air (24) flows to the space to cool the motor. An independent claim is included for method for cooling motor of fan device.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20120195045