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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364411 | Fan impeller and fan motor Small, high-performance centrifugal fan for cooling portable electronic devices. The centrifugal fan motor employs a cantilever-type impeller constituted by an impeller blade unit that includes a lower endwall portion at axial one end, having a wall surface for brea... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357617 | Fan including a plurality of spaced fan bodies A fan including a plurality of spaced fan bodies that rotate in a substantially cylindrical cavity having inlet and outlet openings for tangential intake and discharge of the fluid, the fan bodies comprising substantially disc-shaped bodies that extend in a substant... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7318703 | Impeller for a pump An impeller for a pump, particularly for a cooling water pump of an internal combustion engine, includes a hub (11), a cover disc (14) which is disposed on the intake side and is provided with a central opening (15) for sucking in a conveyed med... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7281898 | Blowing apparatus for refrigerators Disclosed herein is a blowing apparatus for refrigerators. The blowing apparatus includes a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan comprises a hub plate connected to a shaft of the motor, a plurality of blades attached to the hub plate in the radial direction of the h... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7247001 | Impeller An impeller (1) according to the present invention has a disk-like main plate (10), a blade (20) joined to the main plate, and a side plate (30) having a suction port. A boss hole (12) is formed in a central portion of the main pla... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241114 | Rotor for a centrifugal pump The invention relates to a rotor having at least three blades disposed between a front cover plate and a rear cover plate, the art of the suction edge of at least one blade, in the top view of the inlet side of the pumping medium, following a sinusoidal path with a ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7223075 | Turbine wheel for driving rapidly rotating tools A turbine wheel for driving rapidly rotating tools, in the form of a circular disk or ring, configured for mounting so as to be rotatable about an axis. Disposed thereon in circular formation are turbine blades having axially parallel front and back faces curved in ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7195451 | Radial out-flowing rotary ram-in compressor A radial out-flowing rotary ram-in compressor for use in gas turbine engines and the like, having a plurality of vanes attached to discs, with the opposing parts of each two adjacent vanes defining a feeding channel in-between. In operation, working gases are rammed... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7179050 | Radial fan The invention relates to a radial fan with a casing and in it an axially placed wheel, wherein the casing has an axially placed air inlet, an exhaust (5), a bottom section (6) with a bottom reference surface (7) arranged orthogonally to the axis... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179057 | Velocity profile impeller vane In accordance with the present invention, an impeller for use in a centrifugal pump has at least one vane the radially outer terminal end of which is configured to produce a flow velocity profile that controls and reduces the wear caused by slurry fluid being expell... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165942 | Fan impeller with integrated grease separation, especially for cooking appliance The disclosure relates to a fan impeller including a base plate and a plurality of fan impeller blades fixed to the plate. The fan impeller blades are positioned in an essentially vertical manner on the base plate and have a substantially radial arrangement, each fa... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7147433 | Profiled blades for turbocharger turbines, compressors, and the like A rotor and an apparatus including a rotor are provided. For example, the apparatus can be a turbine or compressor having a housing in which the rotor rotates while gas is circulated therethrough. The rotor has a plurality of radially extending blades, and each blad... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144217 | Molten metal pump particle passage system A molten metal pump system which includes a particle relief passageway between the vanes on the impeller and the pump base, the particle relief passageway being a predetermined size to allow particles of a predetermined size to pass between the plurality of vanes an... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7125226 | Impeller for radial-flow heat dissipating fan An impeller for a radial-flow heat dissipating fan includes a hub and a plurality of blades surrounding the hub. The blades are connected to a circumference of the hub to allow joint rotation of the hub and the blades. More than one blade include an air inlet side e... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121799 | Turbofan and mold manufacturing the same A mold to mold an integral turbofan having a rotating plate joined to a drive motor, an outer ring concentrically disposed outside of the rotating plate with a spacing therebetween, a plurality of blades radially arranged on a front face of the rotating plate and in... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114925 | Impeller vane configuration for a centrifugal pump A pump impeller for use in industrial pumps of the centrifugal type is disclosed in which the vanes of the pump impeller are particularly configured to maintain pumping efficiency as the vane wears over continuous use or operation of the pump. The impeller vane is c... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7048499 | In-line centrifugal fan An inline centrifugal mixed flow fan (20) includes an axially extending intake conduit (22). An inlet cone (28) is disposed at an intake end (24). An impeller (30) is disposed downstream of the inlet cone and includes a centrally d... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044720 | Fan motor A fan motor with an increased amount of air drawn in toward fan blades so as to obtain a desirable airflow characteristic. A fan motor includes a rotor and a plurality of fan blades provided radially therefrom. Each fan blade is provided with an air intake part on a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6981843 | Axial-flow fan structure An improved axial-flow fan structure is disclosed and claimed, which includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The hub has a top surface and a side surface around which the plurality of blades is mounted. A lateral air intake region is formed above the top surface o... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6976828 | Centrifugal wheel A centrifugal compressor wheel including a metal hub (2) for connecting to a drive shaft (3), an inlet plate (4) and an outlet plate (5) fixed to the metal hub (2), and a plurality of blades (7), each blade having a beginnin... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974305 | Roto-dynamic fluidic systems An apparatus and method for generating cavitation in fluids is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing for receiving a rotor, which is driven by a motive force. Multiple embodiments of the rotors are disclosed including, but not limited to, centrally feed, centr... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6887046 | Coolant pump, mainly for automotive use An impeller pump with thermostatically adjustable guide vanes is suitable for use as an automotive coolant pump. The pump is driven by a constant speed electric motor, and flow variation is controlled by varying the orientation of the vanes. Orientation of the vanes... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6881035 | Draft inducer having single piece metal impeller and improved housing A furnace blower assembly having a single piece impeller formed from a stamped metal material. The impeller of the blower assembly is formed from a single piece of metal material and includes a plurality of individual impeller blades each having a blade portion bent... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6877955 | Mixed flow turbine and mixed flow turbine rotor blade A mixed flow turbine includes a hub attached to a rotation axis and a plurality of rotor blades. Each of the plurality of rotor blades is attached to the hub in a radial direction, and the hub is rotated based on fluid supplied to a rotation region of the plurality ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6808018 | Heat circulation apparatus A heat circulation apparatus includes a housing that has a perimeter wall for defining an interior space. The interior space includes an intake port and an exhaust port. The housing is designed for positioning under the steam radiator. A fan member is rotatably coup... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6769876 | Centrifugal ventilator fan A centrifugal ventilator fan, which has improved fan performance and lower noise. A first outlet angle, on an upstream end of the fan, is less than a second outlet angle. Additionally, the first outlet angle is equal to zero degrees or greater and five degrees or le... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6755615 | High efficiency one-piece centrifugal blower The arrangement features a centrifugal impeller that exhibits relatively high operating efficiency and high pressure capability, and can be easily constructed as a single piece. The arrangement is useful where relatively high operating efficiency and low cost constr... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6752597 | Duplex shear force rotor A single or multi-stage centrifugal pump or mixer duplex shear force rotor. The rotor is circular and consists of two non-parallel shrouds with inner, opposing faces. The driven shroud contains a center opening. The rotor has an open, unobstructed entrance section w... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6742989 | Structures of turbine scroll and blades The improvements are made in the turbine scroll and the turbine blades. The scroll structure for the radial turbines is characterized by the foregoing scroll having a scroll width ratio between the width in the radial direction (ΔR) and the width in the direction o... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6739835 | Blade part in turbofan A blade part in a turbofan includes a hub coupled with a rotating axis of a driving part, a plurality of blades arranged radially at a circumferential part of the hub, and a shroud coupled with a plurality of the blades and arranged so as to confront the hub wherein... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6712582 | Centrifugal fan A centrifugal fan mounted in a laptop computer is assembled to include a casing having an intake opening and a horn-shaped outlet opening for increasing the air outflow, an impeller rotatably mounted in the casing with a reduced diameter and bared inner space for in... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6695584 | Turbo fan A turbo fan comprises: a hub coupled to a rotational shaft of a driving device; a plurality of blades installed on an outer circumference of the hub in a radial direction; and a shroud connected to the plurality of blades on opposite side of the hub cente... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6685433 | Turbofan for window-type air conditioner A turbofan for a window-type air conditioner which includes a hub, seven to eleven blades located at a predetermined separation from the hub and gradually narrowed in their width toward the hub; and a shroud attached to the blades in opposition to the hub... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6663347 | Cast titanium compressor wheel A compressor wheel is re-designed to permit die inserts (20), which occupy the air passage and define the blades (4, 5) during a process of forming a wax pattern (21) of a compressor wheel, to be pulled without being impeded by the blades. This modified b... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6659723 | Fan for an engine driven generator A fan blade configuration for use with a fan in an engine driven generator is disclosed. The invention includes a plurality of fan blade segments fixed to a hub at one end of a rotary shaft. Upon transmission of a driving force to the rotary shaft, the fa... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6638020 | Spiral fluted wheel for a water pump A spiral fluted wheel has a top plate, a bottom plate and multiple spiral impellers. The spiral impellers are sandwiched between the top plate and the bottom plate to combine the top plate and the bottom plate together. Each spiral impeller has two wedges... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634855 | Impeller and fan incorporating same An impeller having an axis about which the impeller is rotatable in a working direction of rotation A, with a plurality of aerofoil blades spaced from and arranged about the axis; the inwardly axis-facing surface of each blade defines a longer fluid flow ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6632071 | Blower impeller and method of lofting their blade shapes A blower impeller employing curved radial blades defining an arc chord of 60 degrees, which circulate the air entering the circulation section to tangentially force the same through an exhaust section, wherein the multiple, overlapping, blades are of a mo... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6609300 | Pump impeller and method A pump impeller which is modified so as to achieve selected operating performance parameters. The impeller includes a front shroud and a rear shroud, the shrouds being spaced apart so as to form a plurality of passageways therebetween which are separated ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6568905 | Fan wheel structure for a blower fan A fan wheel structure comprises an annular wall, a central shaft extending along a central axis of the annular wall, an annular bottom plate extending outward from a bottom of the annular wall, and plural blades provided on the bottom plate. A joint area ... | 05/27/2003 |
