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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dale Stewart, Aurora, MO (US);
William S Gatley, Cassville, MO (US);
Assignee:
Fasco Industries, Inc., Chesterfield, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4152141 ; 415203 ; 403334 ;
Abstract
A blower housing body is disclosed comprising a housing body and housing cover. The housing body and housing cover are provided with mating surfaces that provide the ability to releasably lock the housing cover to the housing body to allow ease of disassembly for basic maintenance and re-assembly for continued use. The locking mechanism is accomplished by a ridge formed on the top of a side wall of the housing body and a corresponding channel in the housing cover.