(19)
(11) EP 3 153 783 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
07.06.2017 Bulletin 2017/23

(43) Date of publication:
12.04.2017 Bulletin 2017/15

(21) Application number: 15188533.2

(22) Date of filing: 06.10.2015
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F24F 1/00(2011.01)
F24F 13/20(2006.01)
 F24F 1/38(2011.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA

(71) Applicants:
  • Daikin Europe N.V.
    8400 Oostende (BE)
  • DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-8323 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Baetens, Frans
    8400 Oostende (BE)
  • Pirmez, Pieter
    8400 Oostende (BE)
  • Vanooteghem, Jan
    8400 Oostende (BE)

(74) Representative: Hoffmann Eitle 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

 
Remarks:
Amended claims in accordance with Rule 137(2) EPC.
 


(54) FAN PLATE FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE


(57) A plate for an air conditioning device, the plate being a fan plate for supporting one or more fans or a bell mouth plate having a hole for permitting air to pass therethrough to an adjacent fan, the plate comprising:
a first region including a hole for permitting air to pass the fan;
a second region being a heat transfer inhibiting region comprising a plurality of perforations and a plurality of bridges separating the perforations, the heat transfer inhibiting region substantially surrounding the first region;
and a third region for attachment of the plate to a housing of the air conditioning device;
wherein the second region is located between the first region and the third region, the second region being configured to inhibit the transfer of heat between the first region and the third region. Where the plate is a fan plate for supporting a fan, the first region is configured to be attached to the fan.