Abstract: Radial fan has tapered tongue geometry, impeller with impeller blades extending in radial direction about axis of rotation, and volute casing accommodating impeller rotatable about axis of rotation. Impeller blades each have a radially outward end edge, and end edges directly adjacent in circumferential direction that span an imaginary surface therebetween. Volute casing has outlet port for radially ejecting a fluid flow by impeller that is delimited in circumferential direction about axis of rotation by a tongue. At transition to a spiraled casing part of volute casing, the tongue has radially inward inner edge with two sections transitioning into one another via an extremum at a transition point. At least one section is inclined relative to axis of rotation and/or relative to radially outward end edges of impeller blades and intersects with at least one radially outward end edge and adjacent lateral surface up to its center in radial direction.

Abstract: Provided are a fan assembly and a vacuum cleaner having same. The fan assembly includes a housing, an impeller assembly, and a driving member. At least part of the impeller assembly is accommodated in the housing. The impeller assembly includes a plurality of impellers connected in series in an airflow flowing direction of the fan assembly. The driving member is configured to drive the plurality of impellers to rotate.

Abstract: A cast structural element of a pump, filter or compressor is disclosed with wear resistant layer comprising in situ produced composite material based on alloys, especially cast iron based alloys, reinforced with tungsten carbide in the form of crystals and/or particles, characterized by the microstructure of the composite material within the layer comprising faceted crystals and/or faceted particles tungsten carbide that provide uniform macroscopic and microscopic distribution, wherein the crystals and/or particles of tungsten carbide include irregular and/or round and/or oval nano and/or micro-areas filled with alloy based on metal. A method of producing the cast structural element in the form of a pump, filter or compressor is also disclosed.

Abstract: This air-conditioning device (10) for a vehicle comprises a flow path width adjustment portion (14) that is provided at an inlet portion (11BA) of a ventilation flow path (11B) so as to be connected to the inner surface (31a) of a first side wall (31), the flow path width adjustment portion (14) having an upper end connected to a fan mounting portion (35), extending downward, and being located between a third wall (33) and a nose portion (37) in the (Y) direction. The nose portion (37) has an inclined portion (37A) that is inclined with respect to the third wall (33) such that the width of the inlet portion (11BA) increases in the (Z) direction from the inlet to the outlet of the inlet portion (11BA) of the ventilation flow path (11B). In the (Z) direction, the flow path width adjustment portion (14) is formed so as to narrow the width of the inlet portion (11BA) of the ventilation flow path (11B) in the (Y) direction.

Abstract: A wear element for a slurry pump. At least a portion of the wear element produces a magnetic field for attracting magnetic particles in a slurry processed by the slurry pump. The wear element includes a magnet arranged to generate a protective wear layer on a surface of the wear element. The slurry pump includes a pump housing and a wear element within the pump housing. At least a portion of the wear element produces a magnetic field for attracting magnetic particles present in a slurry processed by the slurry pump. A protective wear layer is formed in a slurry pump by arranging a wear element in a housing of the slurry pump. At least a portion of the wear element produces a magnetic field. A slurry including magnetic particles is pumped through the slurry pump and the magnetic particles are attracted by the magnetic field to create the protective wear layer.

Abstract: A fan assembly (1) for an extractor hood to be used in a kitchen over a hob includes a body or casing (2) and an impeller (22) driven by an electric motor (20), with the casing having an internal cavity (4) which is bounded by a wall (3) and suitable to contain the impeller and the electric motor. The impeller (22) is located in the cavity (4) in such a manner as to define, with the wall of cavity, a spiral duct (25) for the vapours taken into the cavity, with the duct opening into a terminal outlet (5) and the casing (2) being open (at 8, 9) on opposite sides (6, 7) to favour the entry of vapours at the level of the impeller (22). The wall (3) of the casing includes a plurality of transversal portions having radii or radial configurations which differ from one another.

Abstract: An HVAC blower assembly includes a scroll housing, which includes an annular scroll channel provided by an outer ring wall and an inner ring wall extending from a scroll housing wall. A blower wheel is disposed within the scroll housing. The blower wheel includes an inlet end and an opposite end axially spaced from an inlet end with respect to an axis of rotation of the blower wheel. The blower wheel includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades, and a channel at the inlet end having a radially inner annular wall and a radially outer annular wall. A plurality of circumferentially spaced ribs are within the channel. The radially outer annular wall is radially between the outer ring wall and the inner ring wall, and the inner ring wall is radially between the radially inner annular wall and the radially outer annular wall.

Abstract: A grinder pump comprising a volute housing and a cutting assembly including a cutter plate comprised of a mounting flange and a cutting disc. The volute housing has a mounting shoulder that is joined to the mounting flange of the cutter plate. The mounting flange includes a mounting surface joined to the mounting shoulder of the volute housing. The mounting flange is comprised of an outer side wall, an inner region, and an inner side wall. The cutting disc is bounded by an inner surface, an outer surface, and a lateral side wall, and includes an outer region contiguous with the inner region of the mounting flange. The inner surface of the cutting disc and the inner side wall of the mounting flange form a cylindrical recess in the cutter plate.

Abstract: An impeller for a pump for conveying wastewater is proposed, includes a shroud to be rotated about an axis of rotation defining an axial direction, and a blade to convey the wastewater. The blade includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, a suction side and an upper rim. The blade extends from the shroud in the axial direction to the upper rim and extends in a circumferential direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The suction side is the radially inner surface of the blade and the pressure side is the radially outer surface of the blade. The blade includes a closed passage extending inside the blade. The passage has an inlet at the pressure side and an outlet at the suction side of the blade.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus (1) includes a cooling fan (5) configured to generate an airflow that cools a part mounted on a circuit board (50), a flow passage wall (34) defining a flow passage of the airflow fed from the cooling fan (5), and a dust collecting chamber Ds configured to capture dust in the airflow and store the captured dust, the dust collecting chamber Ds being provided to the flow passage wall (34). According to this, the amount of the dust fed to air supply targets such as a heat sink and a power supply unit together with air can be reduced.

Abstract: A volute for a pump featuring a volute or casing having a pump inlet for receiving a fluid being pumped, a pump discharge for providing the fluid, and a volute or casing vane forming double volutes therein. The volute has an upper cutwater farthest from the pump discharge defining an upper cutwater throat area and an end of passage for the upper cutwater, and also has a lower cutwater closest to the pump discharge defining a lower cutwater throat and a corresponding end of passage for the lower cutwater. The upper cutwater throat area is dimensioned to be greater than and not equal to the lower cutwater throat area so the upper cutwater throat area and the lower cutwater throat area provide substantially equal flow velocity at both the upper cutwater and the lower cutwater in response to an angular sweep of the fluid being pumped.

Abstract: A blower fan includes a hub, a plurality of blades and a ring. The blades are arranged along and extend outwardly from an outer periphery of the hub. The ring is shaped in a circular ring form and couples a distal end portion of each blade. The distal end portion of each blade has a separation limiting structure that limits separation of a flow of air from the blade. Each blade has a shape that directs a flow direction of the air passing through the blade to the separation limiting structure of an adjacent blade which is an adjacent one of the plurality of blades located on a rear side of the blade in a fan rotational direction.

Abstract: A scroll casing has a scroll portion, a discharge portion provided with a discharge port, and a tongue portion. An extended plate has, in a cross section obtained by cutting in a thickness direction, a change point, at which an enlargement ratio of an area of the cross section is enlarged so as to be larger on a downstream side than that on an upstream side due to a change of inclination. In the extended plate, an angle ?1, and an angle ?2 satisfy a relationship of either 0??2<?1 or 0<?2??1. A distance L1 and a distance L2 satisfy a relationship of L2<L1.

Abstract: Aspect of the disclosure provides a method of pumping a liquid material. The method may include pumping the liquid material by rotating an impeller attached to a shaft assembly. The pump includes the impeller, the shaft assembly, and a pump chamber. The method includes controlling the minimum pressure of the liquid material in the pump chamber to be above a threshold pressure by controlling a pressure of a gas that is supplied to the pump chamber. The shaft assembly includes a first shaft and a second shaft that are separated by a gap and are physically coupled by a coupling component.

Abstract: A pipe diffuser is configured to be positioned on an outer periphery of a compressor impeller of a centrifugal compressor, wherein the pipe diffuser defines a plurality of diffuser passages arranged along a circumferential direction, and each diffuser passage includes a throat extending at an angle to a radial direction and having a substantially circular cross section, a tapered section connected to a downstream end of the throat and having a progressively increasing cross sectional area toward a radially outer end thereof, and a curved section connected to a downstream end of the tapered section is curved into an axial direction, the pipe diffuser further defining through holes communicating with respective tapered sections at one ends thereof and an annular communication passage communicating with other ends of the through holes.

Abstract: An immersion pump (1) for conveying a fluid, preferably industrial or waste water, includes a drive unit (2) which extends along a rotational axis (x) and which is connected to a pump unit (3), wherein the pump unit (3) includes a pump casing (3.1) and a pump impeller (3.2), wherein the pump casing (3.1) includes a pump chamber (3.1.1) in which the pump impeller (3.2) is arranged rotatably about the rotational axis (x) and at least one inlet opening (3.1.2) for the fluid includes a pump chamber (3.1.1) in which the pump impeller (3.2) is arranged rotatably about the rotational axis (x) and includes at least one inlet opening (3.1.2) for the fluid and an outlet chamber (3.1.3) which is fluidically connected to the pump chamber (3.1.1) and has at least two outlet openings (3.1.4) through which the fluid can be pumped out.

Abstract: Integrally geared centrifugal compressor systems are described that include eccentric cartridges that house bearings and seals to maintain rotor concentricity for a variety of pinons integrated in a fixed gearbox design to provide multiple impeller speeds with a single gearbox design. In an aspect, a system includes, but is not limited to, a pinion configured to be rotated by a bull gear about a rotational axis; a rotor coupled to the pinion; and an eccentric cartridge configured to house a bearing assembly through which the rotor extends to support rotation of the rotor, the eccentric cartridge having an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface is eccentric relative to the outer surface to align the rotational axis with a center axis of the bearing assembly.

Abstract: An entryway system includes a divided volute turbocharger having variable turbine geometry (VTG). The turbocharger includes a turbine housing, first and second volutes separated by a wall having a first and second tongue, and a turbine housing outlet. The system also includes a turbine wheel disposed in the turbine housing and a vane ring disposed in the turbine housing between the turbine wheel and the volutes. The system includes design modifications of one or more of the VTG components and/or locations of such components to manipulate the aerodynamic forces and/or subsequent mechanical loads in the VTG mechanism of the entryway system to mitigate VTG component wear during normal usage.

Abstract: A hair care appliance is provided. The hair care appliance includes a handle and a body coupled to the handle via a rotational hinge joint. The body can be movable via the rotational hinge joint between a straight configuration in which the body is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the handle and a bent configuration in which the body extends along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. A fluid flow path extends between an inlet in the handle and an outlet in the body. The hair care appliance can be operated with minimal loss of fluid flow in either the straight configuration and the bent configuration. The hair care appliance includes a fan assembly in the handle and a heater assembly in the body that are positioned to create a balanced center of mass of the hair care appliance when operated by a user.

Abstract: A fan with increased heat-removing ability and reduced noise in operation includes a hub, a baffle, a first blade layer, and a second blade layer. The first blade layer includes a plurality of first blades, and the second blade layer includes a plurality of second blades. An orthogonal projection of each of the plurality of first blades on the baffle is located between orthogonal projections of adjacent two of the plurality of second blades on the baffle. A length of the plurality of first blades is greater or less than a length of the plurality of second blades to avoid any resonance. An electronic device including the fan is also disclosed.

Abstract: A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine or fuel cell includes a compressor having a liquid-cooled backplate through which a liquid coolant is circulated. The backplate reduces compressor outlet temperature, thereby reducing the cooling load on the intercooler for the engine, and enabling a reduction in charge air temperature entering the engine air inlet manifold. The compressor can include a serial two-stage compressor, in which case the backplate serves as a divider between the two impellers. In another variation, a turboexpander is combined on the same shaft with a single-stage compressor having the liquid-cooled backplate. Pressurized air from the compressor drives the turbine wheel of the turboexpander, expanding and reducing the temperature of the air before being fed to the engine.

Abstract: An indoor unit for an air conditioner in which the water level of a steam generator is linked with the water level of a supply chamber for supplying water to the steam generator, and a supply floater, which is lowered or raised according to the water level of the supply chamber, opens and closes a supply flow channel for supplying water to the supply chamber. The indoor unit for an air conditioner can control the water supply through the level of water stored in the steam generator.

Abstract: Various devices, systems, and methods are described herein that provide bi-directional, and even multi-directional airflow within fan systems. These fan systems can be utilized by devices such as datacenter switches to change from one direction of airflow (such as port side inlet) to another direction (such as port side exhaust). This can be done manually by having a multi-directional fan housed within an enclosure that provides access through a hatch door. The multi-directional fan can be removed and reoriented to a second direction, thus providing airflow with the same quality and pressure in multiple directions. Fan changes can also be automated through one or more interlocking rotational gears coupled to the fans within a housing, such that rotating one gear will rotate each of the fans within the housing, thus changing the direction of the airflow. By doing this, only one fan is needed to provide airflow in multiple directions.

Abstract: A fan includes an inlet part disposed to form a fan inlet, a base disposed to form, together with the inlet part, a fan outlet, and a blade. The blade extends from the base to the inlet part, and includes a first guide surface having an inclination toward an outside of the fan in a radial direction of the fan which changes in a direction from the inlet part toward the base, and a second guide surface having an inclination toward the outside of the fan in the radial direction which changes in a direction from the base toward the inlet part.

Abstract: A blower includes a base, a motor attached to the base, a first impeller to be rotated by the motor, and a second impeller to be rotated by the motor and independent of the first impeller. The base includes an annular cover that covers at least a portion of the motor, a support that extends from an upper end of the cover, and a bottom extending inward from a lower end of the cover and to which the stator is fixed. The bottom includes a shaft hole to accommodate a shaft. The first impeller and the second impeller are fixed to an upper portion and a lower portion of a rotor, respectively. At least one of the first impeller and the second impeller is fixed to the shaft.

Abstract: An electric submersible pump (100) includes a casing (11) and a closed impeller (4), and the casing includes a suction flow-path portion (14) that faces the closed impeller, has a suction port protruding in a convex shape and is formed integrally with the casing.

Abstract: A centrifugal blower includes a blower base, multiple blades fastened to the blower base, a hub integrated to a central portion of the blower base, and a top shroud to provide surrounding coverage to the multiple blades. The centrifugal blower is housed within an evaporator. The centrifugal blower may operate at operating speeds that are lower than those of typical or currently known implementations while generating an airflow that meets or even exceeds those of the typical or currently known implementations.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided which includes an engine; an electric motor; a drivetrain driven by the engine and the electric motor, the drivetrain including a rotatable shaft; a generator which is attached to the rotatable shaft, and which generates electrical energy in response to the rotation of the shaft; an energy recovery system; and an electrical energy storage system.

Abstract: A charger may include: a casing including an air inlet and an air outlet; an inner wall extending from an inner surface of the casing and defining an accommodating space between the inner surface of the casing and the inner wall; and a centrifugal fan including an air feed port and disposed in the accommodating space. The air outlet may be disposed to face the air feed port. The air inlet may be disposed closer to the centrifugal fan than the inner wall is. In a direction of a rotation axis of the centrifugal fan, a width between the inner wall and the centrifugal fan may be less than or equal to 150% of a width of the centrifugal fan.

Abstract: “There is disclosed an excavation apparatus (5), such as an underwater excavation apparatus, having means for producing, in use, at least one vortex, spiral or turbulent flow in a laminar flow of fluid, e.g. water. The excavation apparatus (5) comprises a rotor (10) having a rotor rotation axis (A), wherein, in use, flow of fluid past or across the rotor (10) is at a first angle (?) from the axis of rotation (A). The excavation apparatus (5) comprises the rotor (5) and means or an arrangement for dampening reactive torque on the apparatus (5) caused by rotation of the rotor (10), in use. The turbulent flow is provided within, such as within a (transverse) cross-section, of the laminar flow.

Abstract: An inflator includes a housing, an impeller, and an airflow guide. The housing includes a intake port and a outlet port. A volute is defined between the first and outlet ports. The impeller is coupled to the housing and is in airflow communication with the volute. The impeller generates an airflow through the volute. The airflow guide is disposed in the housing and includes an air intake portion. A cutwater is monolithically formed with the air intake portion. The air intake portion is disposed flush with a portion of the volute and defines the first and port and a passageway extending from the intake port along an airflow axis. The cutwater extends from the air intake portion and is disposed between the passageway and the outlet port adjacent a circumferential edge of the impeller.

Abstract: A portable blowing device includes a body and fans arranged in the body. Air channels are arranged in the body and extend in the length direction of the body to allow airflow to pass through. Wind shields are arranged in the air channels, and a periphery of the wind shield is closely connected with a side wall of the air channel so that a sub-air channel is formed between the wind shield and the side wall of the air channel. Air outlets are formed in the side wall for communicating with outside and the sub-air channel, and airflow generated by the fan can enter the sub-air channel and then exits the air outlets. Because of the reduced volume of the sub-air channel, the airflow is concentrated after entering the sub-air channel, and airflow exiting the air outlets is strengthened, so that the cooling effect and the user experience are improved.

Abstract: An air-flow channel structure of an air pump, a micro air pump, a waterproof air pump, and an inflatable product are provided. The air-flow channel structure of the air pump includes an air chamber. The air inlet of the air chamber communicates with an axial-direction air inlet of the centrifugal impeller arranged inside the air chamber. The air chamber is formed with an air-guiding wall inside that gradually expands in a spiral shape around an axis of the centrifugal impeller. An air-guiding channel is formed between the air-guiding wall and the centrifugal impeller. A tangent air outlet is provided at the tail end of the air-guiding channel. The micro air pump is configured with the air-flow channel structure of air pump. The waterproof air pump includes a waterproof exterior shell and the micro air pump removably connected to the waterproof exterior shell inside.

Abstract: A centrifugal air blower includes a fan; and a scroll casing. The scroll casing includes: a sidewall covering the fan from an axial direction of a rotation axis, the sidewall having a suction opening for sucking air; a discharge opening; a tongue portion for guiding the airflow to the discharge opening; a peripheral wall surrounding the fan from a radial direction of the rotation axis; and a bell mouth formed along the suction opening of the sidewall. The bell mouth includes upstream and downstream ends, with the upstream end being an end portion on an upstream side in a direction of flow of the air passing through the suction opening, and the downstream end being an end portion on a downstream side in the direction of flow of the air.

Abstract: A turbine wheel according to at least one embodiment is a turbine wheel connected to a rotational shaft and configured to rotate about an axis and includes: a hub having a hub surface oblique to the axis in a cross-section along the axis; and a plurality of blades disposed on the hub surface. The turbine wheel includes a plurality of passages each of which is formed between two adjacent blades of the plurality of blades, and a relationship of Aen/Aave>1.01 is satisfied, where Aen is an area of a throat portion of a throat enlarged passage which is at least one of the plurality of passages, and Aave is an average area of throat portions of the plurality of passages.

Abstract: A fairing and a fan device are provided according to the present disclosure. The fairing includes a fairing body which is arranged at a fan air vent, the fairing body has a fairing area, which is annular and is located at a periphery of a geometric center of the fairing body, and the fairing area is provided with a fairing through hole. In the fairing according to the present disclosure, the fairing body has the fairing area, the fairing area is provided with the fairing through hole, and the fairing body is configured to arranged at the fan air vent, so that the airflow is faired through the fairing through hole, the fairing area is annular and is located at the periphery of the geometric center of the fairing body, so that the fairing body has no fairing through hole at its geometric center.

Abstract: A compressor housing includes: when an intake side in an axial direction of the centrifugal compressor is defined as a front side, and a side opposite to the intake side in the axial direction is defined as a rear side, a shroud surface including a surface facing a tip of an impeller blade of the impeller with a predetermined gap; a front-side inner peripheral surface formed on the front side of the shroud surface in the axial direction and positioned on an outer side in a radial direction than a front end of the shroud surface; and plurality of grooves formed in the front-side inner peripheral surface at intervals in a circumferential direction wherein each of the plurality of grooves includes: an inclined portion whose depth gradually increases toward a rotation direction of the impeller; and a stepped portion formed at a downstream end of the inclined portion in the rotation direction.

Abstract: Washing apparatus and methods used to process additively fabricated (e.g., 3D printed) parts are described herein. The apparatus and methods may be used to wash uncured liquid resin from the parts. The washing apparatus may include two or more containers for storing respective solvents and may be fluidly connected to a vessel in which the additively fabricated parts are placed. One or more pumps and one or more valves may be controlled to introduce a first solvent from one of the containers into the vessel to wash the part in a first wash cycle and then the valve(s) may be re-configured to introduce a second solvent from another container into the vessel to wash the part in a second wash cycle. Advantageously, the parts may remain in the same vessel while being washed with both solvents in succession.

Abstract: A blower of an HVAC system includes an air inlet, an air outlet, a blower wheel with blades, a motor operable to cause the blower wheel to rotate, and a blower housing within which the blower wheel is positioned. The blower housing includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and a connecting panel. The top panel and the bottom panel are connected to the connecting panel. The top panel includes a curved edge extending from a bottom edge of the connecting panel to a top edge of the connecting panel. An expansion angle of the curved edge of the top panel changes as a function of position along the curved edge of the top panel. The bottom panel may have a shape corresponding to a mirror image to that of the top panel.

Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes: an impeller having a back plate; and a scroll casing including a peripheral wall having a volute shape, a first side wall facing a virtual extension of the back plate and an inner end portion of the volute shape of the scroll casing, an expanded portion, and a first edge end portion being an end of a first edge defining the discharge port, of the first side wall, are arranged in a named order in the rotation direction, the first edge end portion being farther from the rotation shaft than an other end of the first edge and distance L1?distance LM>distance LS is satisfied where LS is a distance between the first side wall at the inner end portion of the volute shape and the virtual extension of the back plate, LM is a distance between the first side wall at the expanded portion and the virtual extension of the back plate, the expanded portion being a portion at which the distance between the first side wall and the virtual extension of the back plate is larger than LS, and L1 is a

Abstract: A downhole gas separator fluid mover assembly comprising a fluid mover having an inlet and an outlet, a separation device, a separation chamber, and a flow path separator located downstream of the fluid mover. The fluid mover comprising a centrifugal pump stage with an impeller and a diffuser moves production fluid comprising a high viscosity fluid portion and a gas portion to the separation device. The separation device produces a fluid motion that separates the gas phase from the liquid phase in response to the flow rate of production fluid from the fluid mover. A portion of the high viscosity fluid passes through the gas phase discharge port in response to the over-supply of high viscosity fluid to the liquid discharge port in response to the flow rate of the production fluid through the fluid mover.

Abstract: A control system for operating a heater includes a controller configured to determine an operational power level based on a measured performance characteristic of the heater, a power set-point, and a power control algorithm, determine a bake-out power level based on a measured leakage current at the heater, a leakage current threshold, and a moisture control algorithm, and select a power level to be applied to the heater. The selected power level is the lower power level from among the operational power level and the bake-out power level.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide an air intake bypass recirculation structure with adjustable air entraining amount and controllable broadband noise which includes main body of the air intake bypass recirculation structure and an air entraining amount adjusting structure. In some examples, an air intake bypass recirculation cavity is formed in the main body of the air intake bypass recirculation structure. An air inlet of an air intake pipe and an air outlet of the air intake pipe are formed in two ends of the main body of the air intake bypass recirculation structure respectively. An airflow inlet of the air intake bypass recirculation structure and an airflow outlet of the air intake bypass recirculation structure are formed in the inner side of the main body of the air intake bypass recirculation structure. The air entraining amount adjusting structure is arranged in the air intake bypass recirculation cavity.

Abstract: A respiration therapy appliance having a fan for generating a respiratory air flow for carrying out respiration therapy. The fan comprises at least one rotatable fan impeller having a plurality of blade elements which are arranged on a support disk. The blade elements and/or the support disk have at least one cutout.

Abstract: An air pump assembly for an inflatable product may include a housing, a cover coupled to the housing, and a rotatable assembly supported by the housing. The rotatable assembly may include a pump housing having first and second air vents, an impeller positioned within the pump housing, a motor operatively coupled to the impeller, and a rotary disc positioned between the pump housing and a vent hole of the housing. The rotatable assembly may be rotatable to a first position wherein air flows from the first air vent of the pump housing to the second air vent of the pump housing and through the vent hole in the housing into an interior of the inflatable product and a second position wherein air flows from the interior of the inflatable product through the vent hole in the housing into the first air vent and then to the second air vent.

Abstract: A cooling system for an information handling system in a portable chassis comprises a fan housing containing two counterrotating impellers, wherein the axes of rotation of the two impellers are aligned with an axis of orientation relative to a rear surface of the portable chassis. By changing the angle of the axis of orientation, impellers with larger diameters may be positioned in the same fan area for increased volumetric airflow. The shape of the fan housing, the diameter of each impeller and the angle of the axis of orientation may be selected to direct and distribute a greater volumetric airflow for improved cooling of components in the portable chassis.

Abstract: A scroll structure of a centrifugal compressor according to an embodiment is a scroll structure of a centrifugal compressor having a scroll passage formed in spiral shape, comprising: a tongue portion separating the scroll passage from an outlet passage connected to the downstream side of the scroll passage at the most downstream position of the scroll passage in a passage connecting portion where a winding start portion and a winding end portion of the scroll passage intersect; and a ridge portion protruding from an inner peripheral surface of the scroll passage on the axially downstream side of the centrifugal compressor toward the axially upstream side of the centrifugal compressor, with a protruding height toward the axially upstream side gradually increasing toward the tongue portion from a starting position that is located upstream from the tongue portion in the scroll passage.

Abstract: A centrifugal fan and an air conditioning apparatus are provided. The centrifugal fan includes a top plate, a baseplate, a motor, a flow guiding cover, and a plurality of blades. A motor mounting hole is disposed at a central position of the baseplate, and the motor has a motor housing. The motor housing is mounted on the motor mounting hole and is fastened to the baseplate, and the motor at least partially extends between the baseplate and top plate. The blades are fastened between the top plate and the baseplate, and the plurality of blades are disposed around the motor. The flow guiding cover is sheathed on an outer peripheral side of the motor housing, and is detachably mounted on the baseplate.

Abstract: A walk-behind floor microscrubber apparatus. The microscrubber includes as main subassemblies an upright handle assembly pivotally connected to a base assembly. The handle assembly includes components for recovering a cleaning solution applied to the floor during cleaning operations. The base assembly houses electrically powered motors for driving scrubbing brushes, and a clean solution reservoir. Spent cleaning solution applied to the floor is sucked to a recovery tank on the handle assembly. The microscrubber has features for avoiding vacuum motor flooding, including a specially-shaped recovery tank. Chambers in the recovery tank capture used cleaning solution when the handle assembly is tilted, thereby reducing the likelihood of solution travelling back to the vacuum motor. The microscrubber also has an exoskeleton reserve tank in the handle assembly.

Abstract: A blower assembly includes a blower shelf having a first support channel. The blower shelf includes a guide bracket coupled to the blower shelf to form a second support channel. A blower housing having a flange is configured to extend into the first support channel and the second support channel. The blower assembly includes a control mounting panel configured to couple to the blower housing and having a tab extending therefrom. The flange of the blower housing is configured to engage with the first support channel and the second support channel during transition of the blower housing along a first direction and into an installed configuration of the blower housing and during transition of the blower housing along a second direction, opposite the first direction, and into an uninstalled configuration of the blower housing. The tab abuts the guide bracket in the installed configuration.