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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Kenji Hirohata, Koto-ku, JP;
Katsumi Hisano, Matsudo, JP;
Kenji Ooki, Yokohama, JP;
Hideo Kitamura, Yokohama, JP;
Tomonao Takamatsu, Nerima-ku, JP;
Takahiro Omori, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Hirohata, Koto-ku, JP;
Katsumi Hisano, Matsudo, JP;
Kenji Ooki, Yokohama, JP;
Hideo Kitamura, Yokohama, JP;
Tomonao Takamatsu, Nerima-ku, JP;
Takahiro Omori, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cooling device including: a fan configured to rotate and produce airflow; a fan case accommodating the fan, the fan case having an outlet for discharging the airflow produced by the fan; a heat exchanger having an inlet disposed to oppose the outlet of the fan case, the inlet being configured to take in the airflow discharged from the outlet; a wire disposed between the heat exchanger and the fan case to stretch along an end face of the inlet of the heat exchanger, the wire having a first end being fixed to a fulcrum and a second end; and a wire driving mechanism configured to swing the wire about the fulcrum to scrape the end face of the inlet of the heat exchanger by the wire.