Class 415/224 - Casing with nonradial flow runner (e.g., circumferential flow, etc.)

Subclass of Class 415 - Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps
Definition: Device wherein the means comprises a casing* and
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 04/17/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8157520	Fan, airfoil and vehicle propulsion systems Vehicle propulsion systems and methods of propulsion are disclosed, as well as embodiments of fans and airfoils, technology that in some applications of the invention can provide both lift and thrust, and propulsion via cross flow fan, manifold and a plurality of ai...	04/17/2012
7416385	Housing for a centrifugal fan, pump, or turbine A housing for a blower, fan or pump or turbine, the housing adapted to be associated with a rotor adapted in use to cooperate with fluid flowing through the housing wherein the housing comprises a shroud for guiding the fluid moving in association with the rotor, th...	08/26/2008
7329095	Blower capable of reducing secondary flow A blower capable of reducing secondary flow comprises a frame and a wheel blade part. The wheel blade part is mounted in the frame. The wheel blade part is composed of a hub and a plurality of blades surrounding the hub. The frame is composed of a base and an upper ...	02/12/2008
7255532	Bi-directional blowers for cooling computers A heat dissipating device includes a motor, a rotary unit, and a housing for receiving the motor and the rotary unit. The rotary unit includes a hub mounted to the motor and blades extending from the hub. The housing defines a hot air inlet, a hot air outlet, a cold...	08/14/2007
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
7220101	Centrifugal fan and fan frame thereof A centrifugal fan, comprising a frame and a first guide portion. The frame comprises a bottom portion and a curved wall connected thereto. The curved wall comprises an airflow inlet. The first guide portion disposed along the curved wall at the bottom portion compri...	05/22/2007
7217086	Cooling fluid pump A cooling fluid pump includes a casing having a cylindrical pump chamber inside and an outer surface, the pump chamber having an inner surface, an impeller mounted rotatably inside the pump chamber and having a number of pump vanes, the impeller further having an ax...	05/15/2007
7201565	Fan blade set for cooling fan A fan blade set (10) for a cooling fan includes a hub (12) having a first wall and a second wall extending from the first wall. First blades (14) extend radially from the second wall. Second blades (16) formed on the first wall extend fro...	04/10/2007
7189051	Wind power plant A wind power plant includes four main elements: a foundation (29), at least one supporting structure (21), a carrying construction (23) having a vertical axis (25) and being rotatable around the vertical axis, and at least one rotor (4...	03/13/2007
7168920	Fan base case A fan case base, which is for being mounted with a fan wheel having a hub and a plurality of fan blades surrounding the hub, includes a base support, a frame and a plurality of engaging parts. The base support is attached with the fan wheel. The frame is disposed ar...	01/30/2007
7118323	Vertical tower fan A portable, vertical tower fan capable of generating a vertically oriented exhaust air stream that conforms better to a user at an elevation above a support surface. The device includes an vertically elongated housing, an air blower assembly located within the elong...	10/10/2006
6923618	Rotary motor A turbine engine that includes a housing having a circular cavity of an inlet and an outlet that provide fluid communication to and from the circular cavity. A rotor having a circular body and least one sealing fin extending from the circular body to the cavity wall...	08/02/2005
6860720	Rotary drive used in conjunction with a mechanical and self-energizing coupling system A wind power system includes a rotary drive, used in conjunction with a mechanical and self-energizing coupling system. The rotary drive can be used as a wind power system in all areas. The electromagnetic coupling system can be used in all industrial areas, in all ...	03/01/2005
6443693	Fuel Pump A fuel pump for a motor vehicle has an outlet duct leading to an internal combustion engine and a connection leading to an ejector, and two delivery chambers which are separate from one another. The delivery chambers are concentric so that one surrounds t...	09/03/2002
6309179	Hydro turbine A hydro turbine has a housing with a cylindrical chamber and opposed end walls with laterally spaced smaller rectangular inlets and laterally spaced larger rectangular outlets formed in upper and lower portions of the chamber side wall in horizontally opp...	10/30/2001
6261051	Fan duct combination unit A modified cross flow fan 10, intake duct 25 and exhaust duct 26 combination has the intake duct 25 spanning 160°-180° of the anterior circumference of the fan 10. The location of the upper surface 27 adjacent fan 10 is determined by a substantially inc...	07/17/2001
6186739	Support for a cooling fan The invention is about an improved support for a cooling fan. The support has a seat for receiving a fan. A plurality of L-shaped arms are securely formed and substantially extend out from the seat, and provided with a first portion parallel to the seat a...	02/13/2001
6109863	Submersible appartus for generating electricity and associated method A fully submersible apparatus for generating electricity from liquid flow as in an ocean or river current. A buoyant structure is fully submersible and has at least one pair of counter-rotating side-by-side motors with a plurality of angularly spaced radi...	08/29/2000
5878509	Baffled wood drying kiln and process A wood drying kiln and airflow controlling process is described in which the kiln includes an structure with a charge receiving chamber, and a door accessible opening to allow passage of a charge of lumber for drying. Circulating fans in the structure pro...	03/09/1999
4929152	Method and apparatus for maintaining a mixture of products at a certain temperature When maintaining a flow of a mixture of products consisting of a liquid of low to medium viscosity incorporating solid particles at a certain temperature and for a certain period of time the mixture remains for some time in a vessel of a substantially cyl...	05/29/1990
4867764	Convertible air cleaner fan A convertible air cleaner comprising an elongated enclosure forming an internal cavity. A first opening is at one end of the enclosure and a second opening is at an opposed end of the enclosure and with the openings oriented substantially at 180° from ea...	09/19/1989
4818176	Burst guard ring for turbo-engine housings A burst guard ring for stopping and retaining blade fragments thrown from a failing rotor of a turbine engine includes an outer fiber belt of a highly elastic material, preferably aramid fibers in a silicone rubber matrix surrounding the engine housing. C...	04/04/1989
4816213	Thermal distortion isolation system for turbine blade rings In a nuclear or fossil steam turbine, a novel arrangement of structural elements is utilized to support a stationary blade ring, that is normally supported on a radial wall of a turbine inner casing, on an upstream separate blade ring. Thus, the stationar...	03/28/1989
4722660	Centrifugal pump with a nutating impeller The present invention is a centrifugal pump with a nutating impeller characterized in having a flow guide wall defining an annular space in a conical casing by projecting into the casing from the center of a circular end face of the casing. The flow guide...	02/02/1988
4589820	Structures for solar wind buildings The present invention is directed to improved apparatus for incorporation in buildings and structures particularly useful in converting the energy of the wind to other usable energy forms. A rotor comprising a plurality of successively longer wind wheels ...	05/20/1986
4522560	Liquid-ring compressor for gases In a liquid-ring rotary compressor, a control disc has, ahead of a sickle-shaped pressure or outlet slot, a multiplicity of spaced radial slots with width and shape conforming to the width and profile of the impeller blades. One such disc is usable for di...	06/11/1985
4488055	Fluid pipe generator A fluid motor consisting essentially of a housing mounted on a water pipe and containing a vaned disc which functions as a paddle wheel whereby fluid moving through the conduit engages the vanes driving the disc and an output shaft associated therewith wh...	12/11/1984
4305214	In-line centrifugal pump A ladder pump for use with a hydraulic dredge to increase the main pump efficiency comprises a casing and a vaned impeller located in the casing and mounted for rotation about a normally horizontal axis transverse to the ladder. The casing has an inlet an...	12/15/1981
4296602	Apparatus for extracting energy from water waves Apparatus for extracting energy from water waves includes an elongate water wheel mounted rotatably so that at least a portion of the wheel is above the level of the water, and a ramp extending substantially the length of the wheel to shield the wave side...	10/27/1981
4295788	Turbine wheel and nozzle arrangement The arrangement comprises a turbine wheel having semicircular buckets milled into the periphery thereof and a steam or gas-discharging nozzle operatively associated therewith, according to prior art practices, in which an improved, efficiency-enhancing ra...	10/20/1981
4284386	High pressure pump A high pressure pump including a cylindrical rotor carried within a cylindrical cavity provided in a housing. Inlet and outlet ports are provided for transporting fluid to and from the cavity. A plurality of circumferentially spaced concave semicircular c...	08/18/1981
4269565	Turbine wheel A turbine wheel for a low-speed, single-stage turbine is constructed with a large number of blades which extend radially outward in planes normal to the axis of rotation of the wheel, each blade having a relatively sharp leading edge and a thicker body po...	05/26/1981
4219307	Arrangement in axial fans, compressors, turbines, pumps or the like This invention is related to an arrangement in fans, compressors, turbines, pumps or the like, comprising at least one wheel, which is provided with vanes and through which a fluid is intended to pass at least partially in an essentially axial direction, ...	08/26/1980
3973867	Radial flow type pump A pump of the type having a centrifugal auxiliary guide wheel with a circumferential transfer passage means about the periphery of the auxiliary centrifugal guide wheel for supplying fluid to a main propeller in a radial outward flow path substantially th...	08/10/1976
3951567	Side channel compressor This disclosure relates to a side channel compressor comprising a housing defining a fluid conveying chamber, the fluid conveying chamber being of a curved configuration, a compressor wheel, means mounting the compressor wheel for rotation about an axis, ...	04/20/1976

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Class 415/224 - Casing with nonradial flow runner (e.g., circumferential flow, etc.)