US 11,994,147 B2
Blower
Jaehyuk Jung, Seoul (KR); Kidong Kim, Seoul (KR); Seokho Choi, Seoul (KR); Hyungho Park, Seoul (KR); Hoojin Kim, Seoul (KR); Haein Jung, Seoul (KR); Changhoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Yongmin Kim, Seoul (KR); and Chiyoung Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/222,673.
Application 18/222,673 is a continuation of application No. 17/191,873, filed on Mar. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,754,090.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0026973 (KR), filed on Mar. 4, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0057727 (KR), filed on May 14, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0066278 (KR), filed on Jun. 2, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0066279 (KR), filed on Jun. 2, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0066280 (KR), filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358251 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F04D 29/40 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 29/403 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blower comprising:
a lower body including a suction hole;
a first tower disposed above the lower body, and including a first slit discharging an air;
a second tower disposed above the lower body, spaced apart from the first tower in lateral direction, and including a second slit discharging air;
a blowing space formed between the first tower and the second tower, and the air discharged from the first slit and the second slit flows, and
wherein the first tower includes a first boundary surface facing the blowing space and in which the first slit is disposed,
wherein the second tower includes a second boundary surface facing the blowing space and in which the second slit is disposed,
wherein the first boundary surface and the second boundary surface are formed convexly toward each other, and a shortest distance point where a distance between the first boundary surface and the second boundary surface is shortest is formed at a central part in front-rear direction,
wherein each of the first and second slits is disposed near a rear end of the first and second boundary surfaces, and an opening direction of the first and second slits are facing each other, and
wherein the first and second slits are spaced backward from the shortest distance point.