US2417194A - Fan - Google Patents

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H. GROSS FAN Filed Aug. 3, 1945 INVENTOR. //2M/9/v eais. BY

a m Egg 6 6' rraeNfX Patented Mar. 11, 1947 FAN Herman Gross, Detroit, MichJ Application August 3, 1945 ,Sp1ial' No. 608%! The present invention pertalns'to a novel fan for manual use. The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character that can be folded into compact form in order to be put away, as in a ladys handbag, when not in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fan so constructed that its blade may be whirled approximately about the axis of the handle, in addition to the conventional swaying or reciprocating motion.

In the accomplishing of these objects, the fan comprises a blade consisting of suitable sheet material and havin a desirable shape. On the blade, and preferably near its edge, is mounted a bearing block adapted to swivel on a pin or other connection passed through the blade, the swivel axis being perpendicular to. the plane of the blade. The fan handle has one end attached to the swivel block and, by reason of this construction, the handle may lie outside the edge of the blade for use or may be swung to a position overlying the blade in a compact or collapsed condition when not in use.

The attachment of the handle to the bearing block is also a swivel connection, on an axis parallel to the plane of the blade, to enable the whirling motion as stated above. This connection may conveniently be in the form of a pin mounted rotatably in the bearing block and having one end fastened into the adjacent end of the handle. In order to obtain the whirling motion of the blade, the handle in the extended position is held in the hand and oscillated approximately in a cylindrical path of smal1 radius. The blade is thereby caused to spin with the bearing block about the swivel pin passed through the latter, and the speed is controlled by the speed with which the handle is gyrated.

The invention is fully disclosed by way of example in the following description and in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the fan in open position;

Figure 2 is an edge view thereof;

Figure 3 is a detail section in a plane parallel to Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is an elevation of the fan in folded position, and.

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Figure 6 is a top edge view illustrating the whirling or spinning action of the fan.

Reference to these views will now be made by use of like .characters which are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

In Figures 1 and 2 is shown a fan body I made of cardboard or other suitable sheet material and having a suitable shape. On the member I, near its edge, is mounted a bearing block 2 attached on a swivel axis perpendicular to the plane of the body I. The swivel mounting comprises a headed pin 3 passed through the body I and into the block 2. The pin is preferably enclosed by an eyelet 3' presenting a washer 4 between the head of the pin and. the adjacent surface of the body I and a similar washer 5 on the body I between the body and the block 2 to reduce wear.

A handle 6 is attached to the bearin 2 in a plane parallel to the body I. A swivel pin 1 is rotatably mounted in the bearing block 2 in a plane parallel to that of the body I. The handle 6 is attached axially to the pin I, preferably by screwing it on the exposed threaded end 8 of the pin. The opposite end of the pin 1 is preferably headed at 9, and a washer I0 is inserted between the head and the adjacent end of the block 2.

The extended or operative position of the fan is shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 where the handle is disposed principally beyond the edge of the body I. In order to stow the fan when not in use, the handle 6 and block 2 are swung through an angle of about the pin 3, thereby bringing the handle to a position overlying the body I so that the overall length of the device is substantially reduced. In this condition the fan may conveniently be placed, for example, in a ladys handbag.

When in the condition shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the fan is used in the conventional manner. Another method of use, however, is shown in Figure 6. The handle 6 may be held in the hand and swung about an external parallel axis, thereby generating a cylindrical surface. This circular oscillatory movement causes the fan body I and the block 2 to spin about the swivel pin 1 in a whirling motion comparable to that of a rotary fan blade. This motion is unique in a manual fan and does not interfere with the collapsibility of the fan as previously set forth.

The fan is so designed that it may be constructed of simple and exceedingly inexpensive parts if desired. In such form it lends itself to distribution as advertising matter.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it will be understood that various alterations in the details of construction may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as indicated by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A fan comprising a blade, a bearing block having a swivel mounting on said blade on an axis perpendicular to the plane of said blade, and a handle having one end attached to said block on a swivel axis parallel to the plane of said blade.

2. A fan comprising a blade, a bearing block thereon, a swivel pin passed through said blade and into said block, and a handle having one end attached to said block on a swivel axis parallel to the plane of said blade.

3. A fan comprising a blade, a bearing block having a swivel mounting on said blade near the edge thereof on an axis perpendicular to the plane of said blade, and a handle having one end attached to said block ona swivel axis parallel to the plane of said blade.

4. A fan comprising a blade, a bearing block thereon, a swivel pin passed through said blade 4 and into said block, and a handle having one end engaging said block, and 'a swivel pin passed through said block and into said end of the handle and lying in a plane parallel to said blade.

5. A fan comprising a blade, a bearing block thereon, a swivel pin passed through said blade and into said block, and a handle having one end attached to said block on a swivel axis parallel to the plane of said blade, and washers mounted on said pin at opposite sides of said blade.

HERMAN GROSS.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 270,611 Spelman Jan. 16, 1883 382,205 Baermann May 1, 1888 398,092 Sternheimer Feb. 19, 1889

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