US 11,953,228 B2
Table fan and method for cleaning a table fan
Sebastien Flesch, Gerstheim (FR); Jeremy Jellimann, Bischheim (FR); and Henri Klein, Riedisheim (FR)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 16/975,735
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/053910
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/166249, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18290015 (EP), filed on Feb. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0408441 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. F24F 13/28 (2006.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); F24C 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 13/28 (2013.01) [B01D 46/0002 (2013.01); F24C 15/2035 (2013.01); F24C 15/2057 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A table fan comprising:
a fan generating a flow of air;
a cleaning device including a circulation system for guiding cleaning liquid in a cleaning circuit;
a filter chamber having a suction opening via which air is suctioned downwards; and
a filter element arranged in the filter chamber and having at least one portion which is located in the cleaning circuit,
wherein the filter chamber includes two housing parts, one of the two housing parts having at least one area which is extendable, said suction opening being formed in the one of the two housing parts.