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US 12,674,590 B2Granted
Misting fan
AssigneeHome Depot Product Authority, LLC
InventorsNicholas Jackson, Jason Gebhardt
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Abstract
A misting fan system includes a fan and a mister positioned above the fan. The fan includes a motor and a plurality of fan blades operably coupled thereto. Each of the fan blades comprises a base member and a paddle member mated to the base member, and each paddle member comprises an upper surface and a lower surface. A hydrophobic coating may be applied to at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the paddle member of at least one of the plurality of fan blades.
Claims18
A misting fan system comprising:
- a fan including a motor and a fan motor housing, the motor disposed within the fan motor housing, and a plurality of fan blades operably coupled to the motor;
- a support shaft connected to the fan for supporting the fan above a ground surface;
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- a mister positioned above the fan, wherein the mister comprises:
- a manifold assembly disposed within a mister housing, the manifold assembly comprising an inlet for a pressurized liquid, wherein the inlet is configured for fluid communication with a fluid source;
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- a plurality of nozzles disposed within the mister housing, wherein each of the plurality of nozzles is in fluid communication with the manifold assembly and includes an orifice for spraying the pressurized liquid outwardly from the mister housing;
- wherein the mister housing defines an aperture through which the support shaft extends and wherein the mister housing is coupled to the fan motor housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.