This application is based upon and claims the priority of PCT patent application No. PCT/CN2019/107369 filed on Sep. 23, 2019 which claims priority to the Chinese patent application No. 2018111330677 filed on Sep. 27, 2018 and the Chinese patent application No. 2018215875476 filed on Sep. 27, 2018, the entire content of all of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
The present disclosure relates to the field of illumination, and more particularly, relates to a hidden fan and a fan lamp.
When a hidden fan rotates, fan blades can unfold automatically and drive air to flow. When the hidden fan does not rotate, the fan blades can fold automatically. The hidden fan has a plurality of fan blades. The plurality of fan blades are required to move synchronously. In the prior art, coordination of a sun wheel and a planet wheel is generally adopted for synchronous driving the fan blades, or a link mechanism is adopted for driving the fan blades, so that the structure of the hidden fan is relatively complicated, and a large number of parts are used, which easily increases the load on a turntable, resulting in the decrease of the energy efficiency of the hidden fan, and meanwhile, the overall cost is increased. Moreover, because of a large number of parts, the hidden fan is not easy to assemble, and the assembling precision may be poor.
The present disclosure provides a hidden fan and a fan lamp.
According to a first aspect, the present disclosure provides a hidden fan. The hidden fan may include a turntable assembly and a plurality of fan blade assemblies arranged at the turntable assembly, the turntable assembly has a turntable and a limit wheel configured to rotate relative to the turntable, the turntable has a plurality of fan blade fixing portions, and the plurality of fan blade fixing portions are annularly arranged around a center of the turntable, at least one of the fan blade assemblies has a fan blade and a return elastic component, the fan blade has a fixed portion and a linkage portion arranged at a side of the fixed portion, the fixed portion is arranged at the corresponding fan blade fixing portion, the linkage portion is connected with the limit wheel, the return elastic component is arranged between the fixed portion and the fan blade fixing portion, and two ends of the return elastic component are respectively connected with the fixed portion and the fan blade fixing portion.
According to a second aspect, the present disclosure provides a fan lamp. The fan lamp may include the hidden fan. The hidden fan may include a turntable assembly and a plurality of fan blade assemblies arranged at the turntable assembly, the turntable assembly has a turntable and a limit wheel configured to rotate relative to the turntable, the turntable has a plurality of fan blade fixing portions, and the plurality of fan blade fixing portions are annularly arranged around a center of the turntable, at least one of the fan blade assemblies has a fan blade and a return elastic component, the fan blade has a fixed portion and a linkage portion arranged at a side of the fixed portion, the fixed portion is arranged at the corresponding fan blade fixing portion, the linkage portion is connected with the limit wheel, the return elastic component is arranged between the fixed portion and the fan blade fixing portion, and two ends of the return elastic component are respectively connected with the fixed portion and the fan blade fixing portion. The hidden fan may include a fan disc and the turntable assembly is arranged on the fan disc. The fan lamp may include a drive motor, a mounting assembly and a lamp, the drive motor is connected with the fan disc and the turntable, an end of the mounting assembly is covered on the drive motor, and the lamp is arranged on the fan disc and is opposite to the hidden fan.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the present disclosure.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate examples consistent with the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
Reference will now be made in detail to examples, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The following description refers to the accompanying drawings in which the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise represented. The implementations set forth in the following description of examples do not represent all implementations consistent with the disclosure. Instead, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with aspects related to the disclosure as recited in the appended claims.
The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular examples only and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. As used in the present disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It shall also be understood that the term “and/or” used herein is intended to signify and include any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
It shall be understood that, although the terms “first,” “second,” “third,” etc. may be used herein to describe various information, the information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one category of information from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, first information may be termed as second information; and similarly, second information may also be termed as first information. As used herein, the term “if” may be understood to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to a judgment” depending on the context.
The present disclosure provides a hidden fan and a fan lamp to improve energy efficiency of the hidden fan is decreased, the overall cost is increased, the assembling of the hidden fan is difficult and the assembling precision is poor because of the increase of load on a turntable caused by excessive number of parts.
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The limit wheel 102 is sleeved on the connection bump 1013 of the drive portion 1011 and can rotate relative to the drive portion 1011. The limit wheel 102 has a plurality of limit grooves 1021. The plurality of limit grooves 1021 are annularly arranged around the center of the drive portion 1011 of the turntable 101 and surround a peripheral edge of the drive portion 1011. Each limit groove 1021 is a linear groove. An extension direction of each limit groove passes through the center of the drive portion 1011 of the turntable 101. The plurality of limit grooves 1021 are equally spaced apart from each other. The plurality of limit grooves 1021 respectively correspond to the plurality of fan blade fixing portions 1012. The number of the fan blade fixing portions 1012 is the same as that of the limit grooves 1021. In the present example, each fan blade fixing portion 1012 is located at a side of the corresponding limit groove 1021. The fan blade fixing portions 1012 of the present example are fixing grooves 1015, a fixing hole 1016 is at the center of the fixing groove 1015, and a bottom edge of the fixing groove has an arc fixing groove 1017.
A mounting opening 1022 is at the center of the limit wheel 102, a side wall of the mounting opening 1022 has a limit flange 1023, and the limit flange 1023 has a plurality of notches 1024. A side surface of the connection bump 1013 of the drive portion 1011 has a plurality of positioning blocks 1018 that are equally spaced apart from each other. A space is between each positioning block 1018 and the surface, with the drive portion 1011, of the turntable 101. The space is greater than or equal to a thickness of the limit flange 1023. When the limit wheel 102 is sleeved on the drive portion 1011, the mounting opening 1022 of the limit wheel 102 is sleeved on the connection bump 1013 of the drive portion 1011, and in this case, the plurality of notches 1024 of the limit flange 1023 of the limit wheel 102 correspond to the plurality of positioning blocks 1018 of the connection bump 1013, so that the limit flange 1023 of the limit wheel 102 can successfully penetrate through an end, with the plurality of positioning blocks 1018, of the connection bump 1013. After the limit flange 1023 of the limit wheel 102 enters the space between the positioning blocks 1018 and the surface, with the drive portion 1011, of the turntable 101, the limit wheel 102 rotates by an angle to enable the limit flange 1023 to correspond to the positioning blocks 1018, so as to prevent the limit wheel 102 from separating from the drive portion 1011.
A material of the turntable assembly 10 of the present example is plastic cement. The number of the parts of the turntable assembly of the present example is reduced to two, so that not only is the number of the parts of the turntable assembly 10 of the existing hidden fan reduced, and is the convenience in assembling increased, but also the rotating resistance of the turntable assembly 10 of the present example during the operation is smaller than the rotating resistance of the turntable assembly of the existing hidden fan and relatively decreases by 30%.
The plurality of fan blade assemblies 11 are respectively arranged at the fan blade fixing portions 1012. Each fan blade assembly 11 includes a fan blade 111, a return elastic component 112 and a fixed component 113. The return elastic component 112 may be, for example, a spring or another type of flexible elastic object. An end of the fan blade 111 has a fixed portion 1111 and a linkage portion 1112 connected to a side of the fixed portion 1111. In the case that the fan blade 111 is arranged at the corresponding fan blade fixing portion 1012, the fixed portion 1111 of the fan blade 111 is arranged in the fixing groove 1015 of the corresponding fan blade fixing portion 1012, and the return elastic component 112 is arranged between the fixed portion 1111 and the fixing groove 1015, an end of the return elastic component 112 is fixed at the fixed portion 1111, and the other end is fixed in the arc fixing groove 1017. The return elastic component 112 of the present example uses a torsional spring. The fixed component 113 penetrates through the fixed portion 1111 and is fixed in the fixing hole 1016 of the turntable 101 so as to fix the fan blade assembly 11 on the fan blade fixing portion 1012. The linkage portion 1112 of the fan blade 111 is connected with the corresponding limit groove 1021.
The fixed portion 1111 of the ban blade 111 has a groove 1113, a first hollow fixed column 1114 and a second hollow fixed column 1115. The groove 1113 is arranged on an outer surface of the fan blade 111, and the bottom of the groove 1113 has a through hole 1116. The first hollow fixed column 1114 is arranged on an inner surface of the fan blade 111 and corresponds to the groove 1113. The second hollow fixed column 1115 is arranged on the inner surface of the fan blade 111 and located in the first hollow fixed column 1114. A central axe of the first hollow fixed column 1114 and a central axe of the second hollow fixed column 1115 penetrate through the center of the through hole 1116. An outer diameter of a cross section of the first hollow fixed column 1114 is smaller than a diameter of the fixing groove 1015, and an inner diameter of the cross section of the first hollow fixed column 1114 is greater than an outer diameter of the return elastic component 112. An outer diameter of the cross section of the second hollow fixed column 1115 is smaller than the inner diameter of the return elastic component 112. In the case that the fixed portion 1111 is arranged in the fixing groove 1015, the return elastic component 112 is located between the first hollow fixed column 1114 and the second hollow fixed column 1115, and an end of the return elastic component 112 is fixed at the second hollow fixed column 1115. The fixed component 113 passes through the through hole 1116 of the groove 1113 and the second hollow fixed column 1115 so as to fix the fan blade 111 on the turntable 101. An inner side wall of the second hollow fixed column 1115 of the present example is additionally provided with a bearing 1117. The bearing 1117 is integral with the fan blade 111 by insert molding. The inner surface of the bearing 1117 has a tooth portion to improve the connection property with the second hollow fixed column 1115 of the fan blade 111. When the fixed component 113 fixes the fixed portion 1111 of the fan blade 111 onto the turntable 101, the fixed component 113 passes through the through hole 1116 of the groove 1113 and the bearing 1117. The bearing 1117 can reduce the friction between the fixed component 113 and the fixed portion 1111 of the fan blade 111 when the fan blade 111 rotates, so that the fan blade 111 can rotate smoothly.
In the present example, the linkage portion 1112 has a linkage column 1118. The linkage column 1118 is arranged in the limit groove 1021, so that the linkage portion 1112 is connected with the corresponding limit groove 1021. In the present example, an end, which is arranged in the limit groove 1021, of the linkage column 1118 has a positioning convex portion 1119. A diameter of the positioning convex part 1119 is greater than a width of the limit groove 1021. When the linkage column 1118 is arranged in the limit groove 1021, the positioning convex portion 1119 passes through the limit groove 1021 and abuts the bottom surface of the limit groove 1021 so as to prevent the linkage column 1118 from separating from the limit groove 1021. When the linkage column 1118 in the present example works, the linkage column 1118 is located at an end, away from the drive portion 1011, of the limit groove 1021, an end, close to the drive portion 1011, of the limit groove 1021 in the present example has a mounting hole 1025, and an aperture of the mounting hole 1025 is greater than or equal to the diameter of the positioning convex portion 1119. When the linkage column 1118 is to be arranged in the limit groove 1021, the positioning convex portion 1119 enters from the mounting hole 1022, the linkage column 1118 moves from an end, close to the drive portion 1011, of the limit groove 1021 to an end, away from the drive portion 1011, of the limit groove 1021 along the limit groove 1021 so as to complete the assembling of the linkage column 1118.
The surface of the fan blade 111 in the present example is an arc surface. A surface of an end, with the fixed portion 1111, of the fan blade 111 is lower than a surface of an end, opposite to the fixed portion 1111, of the fan blade 111. The surface of an end may be, for example, a top surface or bottom surface of the blade. When the hidden fan 1 folds, the surface of the end, opposite to the fixed portion 1111, of the fan blade 111 is superimposed on the end of the surface, with the fixed portion 1111, of the adjacent fan blade 111. When the hidden fan 1 folds, the limit groove 1021 is located at a right side of the fixed portion 1111 of the fan blade 111. When the hidden fan 1 in the present example works, the drive portion 1011 of the turntable 101 is driven by the drive source, and the drive portion 1011 drives the turntable 101 to rotate clockwise.
The number of the parts of the fan blade assembly 11 in the present example is less than that of the parts of the fan blade assembly of the existing hidden fan, so that the assembling is easy, and the assembling precision is greatly improved.
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In conclusion, the present disclosure provides the hidden fan and the fan lamp. By reducing the number of the parts of each assembly, the number of the parts of the hidden fan is less than the number of the parts of the existing hidden fan, so that the structure of the hidden fan is simplified, and the load on the turntable assembly of the hidden fan is reduced, thereby achieving a purpose of increasing the energy efficiency and decreasing the cost. Furthermore, the assembling is convenient and the assembling precision is increased.
The present disclosure may include dedicated hardware implementations such as application specific integrated circuits, programmable logic arrays and other hardware devices. The hardware implementations can be constructed to implement one or more of the methods described herein. Examples that may include the apparatus and systems of various implementations can broadly include a variety of electronic and computing systems. One or more examples described herein may implement functions using two or more specific interconnected hardware modules or devices with related control and data signals that can be communicated between and through the modules, or as portions of an application-specific integrated circuit. Accordingly, the system disclosed may encompass software, firmware, and hardware implementations. The terms “module,” “sub-module,” “circuit,” “sub-circuit,” “circuitry,” “sub-circuitry,” “unit,” or “sub-unit” may include memory (shared, dedicated, or group) that stores code or instructions that can be executed by one or more processors. The module refers herein may include one or more circuit with or without stored code or instructions. The module or circuit may include one or more components that are connected.
It should be noted that terms in the present disclosure such as “include”, “contain” or any other variations thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, a method, an article, or an apparatus including a series of components does not include only those components but also other components not expressly listed, or also includes the intrinsic components of the process, the method, the article, or the apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the sentence “including an” do not exclude the presence of other same components in the process, the method, the article the or apparatus including the component.
The examples of the present disclosure are described above in combination with the accompanying drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited to the above specific examples. The above examples are only illustrative and not restrictive. Various forms could be made by those ordinary skilled in the art without departing from the purpose of the present disclosure and the protection scope claimed by the claims under the inspiration of the present disclosure should fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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