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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Nakashima, Tokyo, JP;
Takahide Tadokoro, Tokyo, JP;
Shuhei Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Aoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A blower apparatus includes a propeller fan configured to rotate about a rotational axis, and a bell mouth annularly disposed to surround the propeller fan as seen in a direction of the rotational axis of the propeller fan. The bell mouth includes a flare portion located downstream of the propeller fan The flare portion has at least one first part and at least one second part. The first part has a first inner circumferential surface region. The second part as a second inner circumferential surface region. A first length of the first part inner circumferential surface region in the direction of the rotational axis is greater than a second length of the second part inner circumferential surface region in the direction of the rotational axis.