US 12,234,837 B2
Fan assembly
Steven Eduard Peet, Bristol (GB); Neil Andrew Stewart, Swindon (GB); Robert James Fryer, Swindon (GB); Adam Daniel Jouques, Swindon (GB); Victoria Anne Dorothy Gibson-Robinson, Gloucester (GB); Harriet Rebecca White, Bristol (GB); Stephen Andrew Baker, Swindon (GB); Thomas Greer Duvall, Bristol (GB); and Jack David Collins, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury (GB)
Filed by Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire (GB)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/235,284.
Application 18/235,284 is a continuation of application No. 17/287,925, granted, now 11,767,859, previously published as PCT/GB2019/052832, filed on Oct. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1817849 (GB), filed on Nov. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392611 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F04D 29/56 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01); F24F 8/108 (2021.01); F24F 8/158 (2021.01)
CPC F04D 29/563 (2013.01) [F04D 19/002 (2013.01); F24F 8/108 (2021.01); F24F 8/158 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fan assembly comprising:
a fan body;
a motor-driven impeller contained within the fan body and arranged to generate an air flow;
a nozzle comprising a base member that is arranged to contact the fan body when the nozzle is mounted on the fan body, a nozzle body having an air inlet arranged to receive the airflow from the fan body and one or more air outlets arranged to emit the airflow from the fan assembly;
a nozzle retaining mechanism for releasably retaining the nozzle on the fan body; and
a rotation mechanism for rotating the nozzle body relative to the fan body, the nozzle rotation mechanism comprising a rotation motor arranged to drive a drive member and a driven member that is arranged to be driven by the drive member to rotate around a rotation axis, wherein the nozzle body comprises the driven member and the fan body comprises the rotation motor and the drive member, and wherein the nozzle body comprises a plurality of runners that are arranged to retain the base member whilst allowing the base member to rotate relative to the nozzle body.