US4724747A
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Ventilator housing with a protective screen
Assignee: Ebm Papst Mulfingen GmbH and Co KGaA and Co KG
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Filing: 1986-05-07
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Granted: 1988-02-16
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Expires: 2006-05-07
Abstract
Abstract A ventilator housing with at least one protective screen for covering a ventilator positioned in a housing, whereby through-hole borings for fastening the protective screen with fastening elements are provided in the walls of the housing. The fastening elements are formed as pin-shaped fastening studs, which can be inserted into the through-hole borings of the housing walls, and which have, on their peripheral surfaces, tongue-like springy counter-hooks which are directed in the direction opposed to the direction of insertion of the stud, being angularly to the longitudinal axis of the stud, so that after insertion of the studs into the borings, at least one counter-hook engages the housing wall under prestressing.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerhard Sturm
- 👤 Horst Voss
- 👤 Jurgen Zilling
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 09:11
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16B; F16B13/00; F16B13/02; F04; F04D; F04D29/00; F04D29/70; F04D29/701; F04D29/703; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/21; Y10T74/2193
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
245 words
A ventilator housing provided with at least one protective screen for covering a ventilator positioned in said housing, with through-hole borings being provided in walls of said housing for fastening said protective screen by means of fastening elements, comprising: said fastening elements being pin-shaped fastening studs for inserting into said through-hole borings of said housing walls; peripheral surfaces of said studs including tongue-like springy counter-hooks oriented in a direction opposite to insertion direction of said studs; said counter-hooks being angularly disposed to longitudinal axis of each associated one of said studs; at least one of said counter-hooks on each of said studs engaging behind said housing wall after insertion of said studs into said through-hole borings; and means provided on said protective screen for prestressing said studs so that said protective screen is fastened to said housing in a non-looseable arrangement to avoid vibrations thereof; said means including a supporting edge provided on an inner side of said protective screen facing said housing for engagement with said housing walls to provide a spacing between said housing walls and said inner side of said protective screen in areas of said studs prior to said studs being prestressed; and said screen area being springily moved against said housing walls by said studs so that said screen areas tend to spring elastically back when said one of said counter-hooks on each of said studs is engaged behind said housing walls to thereby provide said prestressing of said studs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
245 words
A ventilator housing provided with at least one protective screen for covering a ventilator positioned in said housing, with through-hole borings being provided in walls of said housing for fastening said protective screen by means of fastening elements, comprising: said fastening elements being pin-shaped fastening studs for inserting into said through-hole borings of said housing walls; peripheral surfaces of said studs including tongue-like springy counter-hooks oriented in a direction opposite to insertion direction of said studs; said counter-hooks being angularly disposed to longitudinal axis of each associated one of said studs; at least one of said counter-hooks on each of said studs engaging behind said housing wall after insertion of said studs into said through-hole borings; and means provided on said protective screen for prestressing said studs so that said protective screen is fastened to said housing in a non-looseable arrangement to avoid vibrations thereof; said means including a supporting edge provided on an inner side of said protective screen facing said housing for engagement with said housing walls to provide a spacing between said housing walls and said inner side of said protective screen in areas of said studs prior to said studs being prestressed; and said screen area being springily moved against said housing walls by said studs so that said screen areas tend to spring elastically back when said one of said counter-hooks on each of said studs is engaged behind said housing walls to thereby provide said prestressing of said studs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 1, wherein said supporting edge on said inner side of said protective screen is annular.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 1, wherein said screen areas are corner areas of said protective screen.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 3, wherein each of said corner areas is at a slight angle to a plane of said supporting edge on said inner side of said protective screen.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 1, wherein said studs provide a single piece construction with said protective screen.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 1, wherein said studs each have a head and a shaft, each head being engaged in a through-hole boring provided in said protective screen with each shaft extending out from said screen boring respectively.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 6, wherein said heads of said studs are constructed as counter-sinks, and said through-hole borings of said protective screen are provided with corresponding counter-sinkings.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 1, wherein said counter-hooks of each stud are positioned in at least one row running parallel to said longitudinal axis of each stud.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 8, wherein said counter-hooks of each stud are positioned in an overlapping arrangement with one another in said row.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 8, wherein two rows of counter-hooks, which lie diametrically opposed to one another, are provided on each stud.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 10, wherein each of said studs has centering attachment means in areas of said peripheral surface lying between said two rows of counter-hooks.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 8, wherein four rows of counter-hooks, which are positionly displaced by 90° to one another, are provided on each stud.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
68 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 10, wherein said counter-hooks of said two diametrically opposing rows on each stud are positioned so that one row is displaced with respect to the other row, in such a manner in the direction of said longitudinal axis, that a counter-hook of one row and a gap between two counter hooks of the other row lie diametrically opposed to one another.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 1, wherein said protective screen has a quadratical construction, said protective screen being provided with one fastening stud in each corner area.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
A ventilator housing in accordance with claim 1, wherein said fastening studs are plastic.
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