Ventilation – Having forced recirculation
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-31
2010-12-14
McAllister, Steven B (Department: 3749)
Ventilation
Having forced recirculation
C454S230000, C454S900000, C416S063000, C136S245000, CD13S102000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07850513
ABSTRACT:
Highly efficient solar fans used in portable and built in configurations. A ventilation fan can be used for exhausting air out from underneath roofs, and/or for being portable in use and application. The fan can include optimized airflow blades having a twisted configuration that can move at a rotational speed operation of up to approximately 500 rpm. The approximately 15 inch diameter twisted blades can be premolded on a hub that together form a single molded unit of plastic. They can also be fabricated using metal. The unit can be mounted in an exhaust outlet having a conical diffuser on or adjacent to a roof. Another embodiment allows for portable solar powered fans used anywhere there is a need for ventilation and moving of air. The blades can rotate by a solar powered motor, where the blades and motor can generate up to approximately 1040 cfm while using no more than approximately 16 Watts. Portable fans can be powered by solar panels. One embodiment has solar panels mounted to a handtruck. Another embodiment has solar panels in a carrying case with a handle having leg(s) which can bend downward to different angled positions. The solar panel carrying case and the fan can each have single handles that allows for the portable fan assembly to carried and transported by both hands of a single user.
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Hibbs Bart
Parker Danny
Law Offices of Brian S. Steinberger , P.A.
McAllister Steven B
O'Reilly, III Patrick F.
Steinberger Brian S.
University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc.
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