Abstract: Apparatus for attenuating a sound level comprising an enclosure having an inlet and an outlet, where an exhaust flow director is positioned within the enclosure and fluidly coupled to the inlet and the outlet. The exhaust flow director comprises a plurality of overlapping vanes that directs the exhaust flow to attenuate the level of the sound produced by the exhaust.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 2020
Date of Patent:
October 3, 2023
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
Abstract: A fan assembly is adjustable between two suction modes by alternating the position of the fan assembly on a flat surface, such as a table top. The fan assembly has two separate suction openings, one smaller than the other, which are selectively sealed by the flat surface. The suction openings are bounded by planar edges of an air guide that protrudes outward from a fan casing of the assembly. In one position, a first suction opening is unobstructed by the flat surface while the second suction opening is either partially obstructed or substantially sealed by the flat surface. In another position, the second suction opening is unobstructed by the flat surface while the first suction opening is substantially sealed by the flat surface.
Abstract: A multi-use clean air fan and fan motor mount assembly comprising a bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector, a fan motor mount, motor mount supports, a fan motor and a fan, the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector having a long outer wall, and a short inner wall, the fan motor mount suspended within the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector by motor mount supports fastened between the outer wall of the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector and the fan motor mount, an aperture defining a central opening in the top of the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector, the fan and fan motor having a common longitudinal axis with the longitudinal axis of the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector, the fan having a series of vanes extending outwardly from the central longitudinal axis of the fan, the inside of the long outer wall of the bifurcated conical inlet and blown air deflector surrounding more than half of the longitudinal heig