Fruit or vegetable shaped fan for dispersing airborne eye irritants

A fruit or vegetable shaped fan for dispersing airborne eye irritants that are released during the cutting of fruits or vegetables, the fruit or vegetable shaped fan comprising:

• a base that is wedge-shaped and having a receiving orifice on a front surface, a bottom surface, and a rear surface having a plurality of macro airflow holes, the front surface descends down the wedge-shape forming a front edge at the bottom surface that is proximate to a work surface that the fruit or vegetable shaped fan sits on;
• an air inflow collimator that is fruit or vegetable shaped and having an open front end and a backend, the air inflow collimator forms an interior perimeter, the air inflow collimator comprises a fastener mount, and a mounting attachment at the backend that is sized and shaped to insert into the receiving orifice, the air inflow collimator having a plurality of micro airflow holes positioned in semi-circular arrangement proximate to a seam between the mounting attachment and the receiving orifice at the backend close to the work surface, and a plurality of macro airflow channels through the mounting attachment that align with the plurality of macro airflow holes on the rear surface;
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• an internal frame that is configured to provide minimal abatement to airflow through the air inflow collimator, the internal frame is fitted into the interior perimeter of the air inflow collimator, and a motor having a fan blade attached fits in the internal frame;
• wherein the diameter of the plurality of macro airflow holes and the diameter of the plurality of macro airflow channels are larger than the diameter of the plurality of micro airflow holes, the plurality of macro airflow holes inlets are on the rear surface and positioned close to the work surface where the fruit or vegetable shaped fan sits during cutting of fruits or vegetables, drawing eye irritants that originate from cutting fruits or vegetables on the work surface away from a user.

A method of using a fruit or vegetable shaped fan to disperse airborne eye irritants that are released during the cutting of fruits or vegetables, the method comprising the steps of:

• turning on the fruit or vegetable shaped fan, the fruit or vegetable shaped fan comprising a base that is wedge shaped and having a receiving orifice on a front surface, a bottom surface, and a rear surface having a plurality of macro airflow holes, the front surface descends down the wedge shape forming a front edge at the bottom surface that is proximate a work surface the fruit or vegetable shaped fan sits on, an air inflow collimator that is fruit or vegetable shaped and having an open front end and a backend, a grill attaches to the open front end, the air inflow collimator forms an interior perimeter, the air inflow collimator comprises a fastener mount, and a mounting attachment at the backend that is sized and shaped to insert into the receiving orifice, the air inflow collimator having a plurality of micro airflow holes disposed proximate the mounting attachment and a plurality of macro airflow channels through the mounting attachment that align with the plurality of macro airflow holes, an internal frame that is configured to provide minimal abatement to airflow through the air inflow collimator, the internal frame is fitted into the interior perimeter of the air inflow collimator, a motor having a fan blade attached is fitted within the internal frame;
• positioning the fruit or vegetable shaped fan on a work surface proximate to one or more of a fruit or vegetable;
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• cutting the fruit or vegetable in a manner that airborne eye irritants are released from the fruit or vegetable and dispersed away from a user by way of the fruit or vegetable shaped fan.