Blower unit for air conditioned garment and air conditioned garment

Abstract

A fan unit for an air-conditioned garment, wherein the fan unit takes external air into an interspace between the garment and a wearer's body, the fan unit including: a fan that blows external air into the interior of the garment; a motor that rotates the fan; a battery that supplies power to the motor; a charging terminal for charging the battery; and a power switch to start and stop the fan unit, wherein the fan, the motor and the battery are housed in a casing, the casing has an air intake port that takes in external air, and an air blowing port that blows the taken-in external air into the interior of the garment, the charging terminal and the power switch are provided on the exterior of the casing, and the casing has a thickness of 5 to 30 mm in an axial direction of the fan.

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         6 . A fan unit for an air-conditioned garment, wherein said fan unit takes external air into an interspace between said garment and a wearer's body, said fan unit comprising:
 a fan that blows external air into the interior of said garment;   a motor that rotates said fan;   a battery that supplies power to said motor;   a charging terminal for charging said battery; and   a power switch to start and stop said fan unit,   wherein said fan, said motor and said battery are housed in a casing,   said casing has an air intake port that takes in external air, and an air blowing port that blows the taken-in external air into the interior of said garment,   said charging terminal and said power switch are provided on the exterior of said casing, and   said casing has a thickness of 5 to 30 mm in an axial direction of said fan.   
     
     
         7 . The fan unit according to  claim 6 , wherein said casing is substantially in a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped having a longest side with a length of 200 mm or less. 
     
     
         8 . The fan unit according to  claim 6 , wherein said fan is a centrifugal fan or a cross-flow fan that blows air in a direction substantially perpendicular to the fan axis. 
     
     
         9 . The fan unit according to  claim 6 , wherein said fan unit incorporates a Peltier element that cools or heats the external air taken into said fan unit. 
     
     
         10 . An air-conditioned garment comprising one or more receiving sections that each receives the fan unit according to  claim 6 , wherein openings that take in external air are provided to each receiving section at both portions thereof that come into contact with said air intake port and said air blowing port of said casing.