Mounting bracket for blower assembly

Claim 1

A BLOWER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BLOWER WHEEL, A HOUSING FOR SAID WHEEL HAVING AT LEAST ONE INLET OPENING AT AN END THEREOF FOR SAID WHEEL, A MOTOR LOCATED IN THE INLET OPENING AND OF SMALLER DIAMETER THAN SAID INLET TO PROVIDE AN ANNULAR AIR INLET PASSAGE THAT SURROUNDS THE MOTOR, SAID MOTOR HAVING A DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDING WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE WHEEL TO FORM THE SUPPORT THEREOF, A MOUNTING BRACKET FOR SAID MOTOR INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED END CUPS AND A SERIES OF RADIALLY SPACED SUPPORTING ARMS JOINING THE END CUPS TOGETHER, WHERE EACH ARM COMPRISES A PAIR OF L-SHAPED CHANNEL MEMBERS WHICH HAVE OVERLAPPING PORTIONS THAT TELESCOPE ONE WITHIN THE OTHER IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AXIAL ADJUSTABILITY, WHERE BOTH CHANNEL MEMBERS OF EACH ARM ARE FASTENED TO ONE OF THE END CUPS RESPECTIVELY, AND FASTENING MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE MATING CHANNEL MEMBERS OF EACH ARM TO EACH OTHER, EACH END OF THE MOTOR HAVING A BOSS PORTION, AN ANNULAR SLEEVE OF RESILIENT MATERIAL SEATED IN EACH END CUP AND ENCIRCLING THE ADJACENT BOSS PORTION OF THE MOTOR, EACH END CUP HAVING A ROUGHENED INNER SURFACE, THE CHANNEL MEMBERS BEING FASTENED TOGETHER IN A MANNER TO PLACE THE RESILIENT SLEEVES IN COMPRESSION AND THEREBY PREVENT THE MOTOR FROM TURNING WITH RESPECT TO THE MOUNTING BRACKET, AND EACH SUPPORTING ARM INCLUDING AN ANGULAR MOUNTING EAR THAT IS TANGENTIAL TO THE MOUTH OF THE BLOWER INLET OPENING AT A POINT OF ATTACHMENT THERETO, AND FASTENING MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE MOUNTING EARS FOR HOLDING THE MOUNTING BRACKET TO THE BLOWER HOUSING.