FIELD OF THE INVENTIONDisclosed herein is an electric fan, particularly an electric fan capable to modify angle of air supply.
BACKGROUNDAt present, general electric fans in the market have the oscillating function achieved by an oscillating motor for driving its upper shell. The common electric fans only rotate at a fixed angle. It is inconvenient that the angle of air supply cannot be modified as people's requirement.
Therefore there remains a need in the art for an electric fan capable of modifying the angle of air supply as desired.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONDisclosed herein is an electric fan capable of modifying angle of air supply.
In one embodiment, an electric fan can comprise: an oscillating motor configured to drive an upper shell to rotate; a fan motor connected with blades of the electric fan; a control unit mounted with the oscillating motor configured to modify an oscillating angle of the electric fan by changing an interval of positive and negative rotation of the oscillating motor; a control panel connected with the control unit configured to operate the electric fan; and a transformer unit configured to connect supply power to the control unit, the oscillating motor, the control panel, and the fan motor.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSRefer now to the figures, which are exemplary, not limiting, and wherein like elements are number alike.
FIG. 1 is a wiring diagram for one embodiment of an electric fan.
FIG. 2 is a circuit schematic diagram for one embodiment of an electric fan.
FIG. 3 is a logic diagram of one embodiment of controlling angle of air supply of an electric fan.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTIONAn electric fan capable to modify angle of air supply can comprise an oscillating motor for driving upper shell to rotate and a fan motor connecting with blades of the electric fan. The fan can also comprise: a control unit connected with the oscillating motor, a control panel connected with the control unit, and a transformer unit connected with power. The control unit can control the interval of positive and negative rotation angle of the oscillating motor for modifying the oscillating angle of the electric fan. The control panel can provide functions of operating the electric fan. The transformer unit can be responsible for supplying power to the control unit, the oscillating motor, the control panel, and the fan motor.
The oscillating motor can be a kind of single-phase motor having a capacitor connected between the positive and negative windings, wherein the positive and negative windings are both provided with a public output terminal L. The control unit can have two output terminals: a first-output terminal DJ1 connected with the input terminal N of positive winding provided with the oscillating motor, a second-output terminal DJ2 connected with the input terminal N of negative winding provided with the oscillating motor. Moreover, the control unit can control the alternate output of the first-output terminal DJ1 and second output terminal DJ2.
The advantageous effect of the present fan includes being able to adjust the angle of air supply by controlling the interval of positive and negative rotation of oscillating motor. Therefore, providing the advantage of obtaining conveniently different angle of air supply and flexible usage.
In reference toFIG. 1, an electric fan capable to modify angle of air supply comprises an oscillatingmotor1 for driving upper shell to rotate and afan motor5 connecting with blades of the electric fan. The electric fan also comprises: acontrol unit2 connected with the oscillatingmotor1, acontrol panel3 connected with thecontrol unit2 and atransformer unit4 that can be connected with a power supply. Thecontrol unit2 controls the interval of positive and negative rotation angle of the oscillatingmotor1 for modifying the oscillating angle of the electric fan, thecontrol panel3 provides functions of operating the electric fan, and thetransformer unit4 is responsible for supplying power to thecontrol unit2, the oscillatingmotor1, the oscillatingcontrol panel3, and thefan motor5.
In some embodiments, the oscillatingmotor1 can be single-phase motor comprising a capacitor connected between the positive and negative windings, wherein the positive and negative windings are both provided with a public output terminal L. Thecontrol unit2 can have output terminals (e.g., two output terminals): a first-output terminal DJ1 connected with the input terminal N of positive winding provided with the oscillatingmotor1, and a second-output terminal DJ2 connected with the input terminal N of negative winding provided with the oscillatingmotor1.
The control unit is configured to control the alternate output of the first-output terminal DJ1 and second-output terminal DJ2. Therefore, modifying the output of the first-output terminal DJ1 or the second-output terminal DJ2, more specifically, modifying the wiring of positive and negative windings, can alternate positive and negative rotation of the oscillatingmotor1. The output of the first-output terminal DJ1 leads oscillatingmotor1 to rotate in a positive direction through positive winding. On the contrary, the output of the second-output terminal DJ2 leads oscillatingmotor1 to rotate in negative direction through negative winding. Thus, by controlling the interval of positive and negative rotation of the oscillatingmotor1, the oscillating interval and angle can be controlled. The more interval of positive and negative rotation is set, the more oscillating angle is obtained; on the other hand, the less interval of positive and negative rotation is set, the less oscillating angle is obtained. Applying this method, the fan can be operated conveniently and utilized effectively.
As an optimal solution, thecontrol unit2 connects withfan motor5 through its high speed output terminal HIGH and low speed output terminal LOW. Applying this connection method, the electric fan can generate strong or weak wind by changing high speed output or low speed output of thefan motor5.
Thecontrol panel3 comprises: aTIMER button31, anOSC button32 and/or an ON/SP/OFF button33, all of which connect with thecontrol unit2. TheTIMER button31 is used to control the working time, theOSC button32 controls oscillating mode of the electric fan, and the ON/SP/OFF button33 determines power (on or off) and the volume of air supply.
When in use, theTIMER button31 is responsible for timing and the time can be set at, for example, one hour, two hours, or four hours; theOSC button32 turns on or off the oscillating function of the electric fan and controls the oscillating angle of the electric fan; the ON/SP/OFF button33 is responsible for power (on or off) and controlling the speed of thefan motor5 to change the volume of air supply.
Referring toFIG. 2, the positive and negative rotation of the oscillating motor1 (seeFIG. 1) can be controlled by all kinds of circuits. An optimal solution is achieved by an integrated circuit (IC), e.g., SN8P2501A/B, provided with thecontrol unit2.
The specific pin conducting of the IC SN8P2501A/B is as follows:
- pin VDD is connected with transformer unit82;
- pin VSS is connected with earth (ground);
- pin P0.0/INT0 is connected with the first output terminal DJ1;
- pin XOUT/P1.2 is connected with the second output terminal DJ2;
- pin P1.0 is connected with the output terminals HIGH;
- pin XIN/P1.3 is connected with the output terminals LOW;
- pin P2.3 is connected with theTIMER button31;
- pin 2.4 is connected with the ON/SP/OFF button33; and
- pin 2.5 is connected with theOSC button32.
For easy use, the fan can be equipped with all kinds of status indicator lights to indicate corresponding working status. For example,control panel3 can be equipped with a Speed Status Indicator Light34, an OscillatingMode Indicator Light35, an OscillatingRange Indicator Light36, and/or aTimer Indicator Light37. More specifically, indicator lights can be connected with each circuit which has a switch. If the switches work properly, corresponding indicator light(s) can light as expected.
Referring toFIG. 3, oscillating (OS) module in the IC SN8P2501A/B can be set to control the oscillatingmotor1. The working procedure is as: the output interval between the first-output terminal DJ1 and the second-output terminal DJ2 is represented as T. If the output generated by the first-output terminal DJ1 and the second-output terminal DJ2 switches continuously, the oscillatingmotor1 rotates in positive and negative direction according to corresponding output. If T is set as one second, it can achieve better effect.
For example, the cycle T of rotation can be, for example, set as four seconds, six seconds, and/or eight seconds, by the IC SN8P2501A/B; theOSC button32 in thecontrol panel3 is adjusted at the same time, the oscillatingmotor1 is able to achieve the desired oscillating angle, e.g., an angle of 60 degree, 90 degree, and/or 120 degree.
An electric fan capable to modify angle of air supply can comprise an oscillating motor which drives upper shell to rotate, and a fan motor which connects to the blades of the electric fan. The electric fan can also comprise: a control unit which connects with the oscillating motor to determine the oscillating angle of the electric fan, a control panel which connects the control unit for operating the electric fan, and a transformer unit which connects power and supply power to each unit. The fan is capable to modify angle of air supply by controlling the interval of positive and negative rotation of the oscillating motor. The presently provided is a method of modifying the positive and negative rotation of oscillating motor to conveniently supply air in different angles.
It is understood that the invention herein disclosed has been described by means of specific embodiments and the invention is not to be limited to the details given here. Therefore, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims.