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EP 0134834 B1 19870304 - CROSS-FLOW FAN

Title (en)

CROSS-FLOW FAN

Publication

EP 0134834 B1 19870304 (DE)

Application

EP 83109296 A 19830920

Priority

EP 83109296 A 19830920

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0134834A1] 1. Crossflow blower with a fan cylinder rotatable in a housing, characterized by the fact that the housing and the fan cylinder are formed by adjacent axially placed sections (2, 3, 4 and 5, 6, 7 respectively) and that the adjacent housing and fan cylinder sections are rigidly or detachably rigidly joined to one another by adapters (8) located in their common division planes.

IPC 1-7

F04D 17/04

IPC 8 full level

F04D 17/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F04D 17/04 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0134834 A1 19850327; EP 0134834 B1 19870304; EP 0134834 B2 19920819; DE 3370059 D1 19870409

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 83109296 A 19830920; DE 3370059 T 19830920