CN101240805A - Mounting system for supporting a ceiling fan assembly - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract
A ceiling fan mounting system ( 10 ) is disclosed which includes an upper pre-mounted assembly ( 12 ) and a lower hanging assembly ( 13 ). The upper pre-mounted assembly includes a mounting plate ( 14 ) with a peripheral flange ( 16 ) having threaded mounting holes ( 17 ) therein. The upper assembly also includes a hanger ( 21 ) coupled to the mounting plate and having a stepped ball holding flange ( 23 ) with a beveled interior facing surface ( 24 ). The lower hanging assembly includes a downrod ( 29 ) coupled to a ball joint ( 31 ) and a canopy ( 32 ). The ball joint is configured to be received within the hanger ball holding flange and has a series of deformable ridges ( 33 ). The ridges are adapted to be worn or deform easily to provide a better fit between the ball joint and the hanger ball holding flange.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of installation system that is used to support ceiling fan assembly.
Background technique
Ceiling fan has become the assistant tool of more and more popularizing that is used for producing air-flow in commercial and the residential architecture.Though be extensive use of ceiling fan, the installation of ceiling fan and stability subsequently still have problems between the spreadable life.
For conventional installation system, the weight of ceiling fan assembly that comprises ceiling-fan motor, motor housing, suspension rod, blade and blade iron (blade iron) is by mounting bracket or cap support.These mounting brackets or cover cap comprise the channel opening that has that extends to its center from its outward edge usually, and it is suitable for accepting the top of the suspension rod that stops with spherical joint usually with clamping.
When using the carriage installation system, there is the groove mounting bracket directly or indirectly to be installed to ceiling board, the installed position that is connected with the expection of current source at ceiling fan assembly.Suspension rod has been positioned in the channel opening, and wherein spherical joint has been positioned at channel opening top, makes that suspension rod can be along there being channel opening to slide into the center of mounting bracket, and then reduces so that sphere is placed on the mounting bracket.Therefore, the weight of ceiling fan assembly is supported by mounting bracket by spherical joint.Then ceiling fan assembly is wired to the power line in the ceiling board.In the whole process of the installation of ceiling fan assembly and wiring, cover cap relies on the ceiling-fan motor shell or the top, and its middle hanger extends through the central opening of cover cap.After wiring is finished, manually make cover cap raise and be installed to mounting bracket and make it not in sight to hide mounting bracket and electric wire along suspension rod.
When using the cover cap installation system, with the previous mode mode of describing with reference to mounting bracket much at one, cover cap directly or indirectly is installed to ceiling board, at the installed position of ceiling fan assembly and current source.Then suspension rod is placed on having in the channel opening of cover cap, and makes it slide into the center that is suitable for accepting with the cover cap of clamping suspension rod spherical joint.Therefore, the weight of ceiling fan assembly by spherical joint by cap support.Passing has a channel opening construction in the cover cap, and installation personnel is wired to electric wire in the ceiling board with ceiling fan assembly.Capping then is installed to cover described opening and to form complete cover cap.
Yet these conventional installation systems may comprise the gap between spherical joint and mounting bracket, and described gap can cause ceiling fan to rock.These gaps may be to produce owing to the shape of spherical joint and mounting bracket or cover cap or the fine difference between the size.
Therefore find out, still need a kind of installation system of spherical joint and mounting bracket or cover cap being combined together in mode preferably realized.Therefore, the present invention is primarily aimed at provides a kind of like this installation system.
Summary of the invention
In a preferred form of the invention, provide a kind of ceiling fan assembly that is used for to have the type of motor, motor housing, a plurality of blade and suspension rod to support to surface-supported installation system.Described installation system comprises: mounting plate, and it is configured to be installed to stayed surface; Suspension bracket, it is coupled to described mounting plate and has the admittance flange; And spherical joint, it is coupled to an end of suspension rod.Described spherical joint is configured to be received in suspension bracket and admits in the flange.Spherical joint has outer surface, and described outer surface has and is configured to a plurality of deformable ridges of admitting flange to contact with suspension bracket.For this configuration, the distortion of described ridge is admitted at spherical joint and suspension bracket and is produced stronger cooperating between the flange.
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Fig. 1 is the exploded view that embodies the ceiling fan installation system of principle of the present invention with preferred form.
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of spherical part of the installation system of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the partial cross-sectional view of the installation system of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the side view with the spherical part of the installation system of another preferred form displaying.
Fig. 5 is the perspective view with the spherical part of the installation system of another preferred form displaying.
Fig. 6 is the side view of the installation system in another preferred form of the present invention.
Embodiment
Next referring to accompanying drawing, show installation system 10 and conventional ceiling fan assembly 11 with preferred form of the present invention among Fig. 1,, show installation system 10 with magnification ratio for the clearness of explaining.Installation system 10 comprises preassembled assembly parts 12 and the following assembly parts 13 that hangs gone up.The preassembled assembly parts 12 of going up comprises the inside and has the mounting plate 14 of annular array of mounting groove 15 and peripheral edge or the flange 16 that the inside has threaded mounting hole 17.Last assembly parts 12 also comprises installs screw 18, and its size and shape are through designing to pass mounting groove 15 and to enter among the ceiling board C.
In use, by mounting plate 14 being installed to ceiling board C the preassembled assembly parts 12 of going up is installed.Screw 18 is installed is extended through the flight 15 in the mounting plate 14 and screw 18 is screwed to ceiling board, ceiling board joist or is installed in the electric box or analog of ceiling structure by making, mounting plate is installed to ceiling board.
As shown in Figure 3, then by spherical joint 31 being positioned in the spherical holding flange 23 of suspension bracket, suspension assembly parts 13 is folded down from the preassembled assembly parts 12 of going up.Ceiling fan assembly 11 is the not shown electric wire that is associated with motor in particular, then is wired to the electric wire in the ceiling board.It should be noted that installation personnel can not promote ceiling fan assembly 11 or keep the described line of coupling under the situation of relative position of ceiling fan assembly 11.
Then, cover cap 32 is elevated to the position that is in mounting plate 14 belows substantially and is adjacent to mounting plate 14 along suspension rod 29.Under the situation in threaded screw 37 is installed in the threaded screw hole 17 of mounting plate flange 16, the rising cover cap makes the head of screw 37 pass the major part of groove mounting hole 38.The cover cap that then turns clockwise makes the head of screw 37 be positioned in the narrower part of mounting hole 38 and tightens to prevent that cover cap from dropping.Cover cap and mounting plate also can comprise circular mounting hole 49 and corresponding screw 50, thereby it prevents that further cover cap is rotated counterclockwise and breaks away from mounting plate.
In ceiling fan operation period, microvibration and other motion cause spherical joint 31 to move with respect to the spherical holding flange 23 of suspension bracket.The weight of this motion and fan itself causes 33 wearing and tearing of V-arrangement ridge or the distortion of spherical joint.Term used herein " deformable " is intended to represent wearing and tearing, compression or the physics deflection of ridge.This distortion of ridge 33 causes spherical joint 31 to fit snugly in the holding flange 23, even proofreaies and correct some the tolerance difference between this type of object.The ridge of preferred embodiment estimates and can wear and tear about 0.01 inch that its median ridge broadens and causes its wearing and tearing to reduce.So, spherical joint ridge 33 allows better cooperation the between spherical joints and the holding flange, and this is improvements over the prior art, and in the prior art, variation therebetween can cause cooperating relevant problem between the smooth surface of spherical joint and its reception part.
Next referring to Fig. 4, it shows the installation system with spherical joint 60 with another preferred form of the present invention.Herein, spherical joint 60 has ridge 61 directed on the cardinal principle substantially horizontal, forms contrast with previously described vertical orientation.Horizontal ridge is out of shape as described previously like that.Vertical and the level of term is intended to represent the general orientation direction.
Next referring to Fig. 5, show installation system with spherical joint 70 with another preferred form of the present invention., be different from previously described vertical orientation elongation herein, spherical joint 70 has the ridge that forms thrust or pad regions 71.Liner is out of shape as described previously like that.Ridge is herein also topped and is not had sharp-pointed crestal line or summit.
Should be appreciated that suspension bracket can be configured to directly be installed to stayed surface, and does not need independent mounting plate.
The notion that should also be clear that the deformable ridge can be incorporated into also wherein that spherical joint 81 resides in the flange that has the inclined-plane or the installation system 80 in the spherical receiver 82 of cover cap 83, and promptly wherein spherical joint is coupled to cover cap but not in the system of suspension bracket, as shown in Figure 6.So, cover cap can be by reference as suspension bracket.
Therefore find out that a kind of installation system that is used to support ceiling fan assembly now is provided, and it has compensated the tolerance difference between spherical joint and the spherical joint holding flange.Should be appreciated that, under situation about not breaking away from, can make many modifications certain preferred embodiment described herein as the described the spirit and scope of the present invention of appended claims.
Claims (12)
1. a ceiling fan assembly that is used for having the type of motor, motor housing, a plurality of blade and suspension rod supports to surface-supported installation system, and described installation system comprises:
Mounting plate, it is configured to be installed to stayed surface;
Suspension bracket, it is coupled to described mounting plate, and described suspension bracket has spherical joint and admits flange, and
Spherical joint, it is coupled to an end of described suspension rod, described spherical joint is configured to be received within described suspension bracket spherical joint and admits in the flange, described spherical joint has outer surface, described outer surface has and is configured to a plurality of deformable ridges of admitting flange to contact with described suspension bracket spherical joint
Whereby, the described distortion of described ridge is admitted at described spherical joint and described spherical joint and is produced stronger cooperating between the flange.
2. installation system according to claim 1, wherein said ridge perpendicular alignmnet.
3. installation system according to claim 1, wherein said ridge horizontal alighnment.
4. installation system according to claim 1, wherein said ridge are the thrust districts.
5. a ceiling fan assembly that is used for having the type of motor, motor housing, a plurality of blade and suspension rod supports to surface-supported installation system, and described installation system comprises:
Suspension bracket, it is suitable for being coupled to stayed surface, and described suspension bracket has spherical joint and admits opening, and
Spherical joint, it is coupled to an end of described suspension rod, described spherical joint is configured to be received within described suspension bracket spherical joint and admits in the opening, described spherical joint has outer surface, described outer surface has and is configured to a plurality of deformable ridges of admitting opening to contact with described suspension bracket spherical joint
Whereby, the described distortion of described ridge produces between described spherical joint and the spherical admittance of described suspension bracket opening and cooperates preferably.
6. installation system according to claim 5, wherein said ridge perpendicular alignmnet.
7. installation system according to claim 5, wherein said ridge horizontal alighnment.
8. installation system according to claim 5, wherein said ridge are the thrust districts.
9. installation system that is used to support ceiling fan, it comprises:
Last assembly parts, it is installed to stayed surface and is coupled to down assembly parts, the described assembly parts of going up comprises the reel cage that has to internal surface, described assembly parts down comprises the spherical joint of an end that is coupled to suspension rod, described spherical joint is configured to be received within the described reel cage, described spherical joint has outer surface, described outer surface has and is configured to a plurality of deformable ridges of contacting to internal surface with described reel cage, and the described distortion of described ridge produces stronger cooperating between described spherical joint and described reel cage whereby.
10. installation system according to claim 9, wherein said ridge perpendicular alignmnet.
11. installation system according to claim 9, wherein said ridge horizontal alighnment.
12. installation system according to claim 9, wherein said ridge are the thrust districts.
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