Electric fan assembly and fan assembly method
AssigneeHunter Fan Company
InventorEdward E. Cortez
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Abstract
An electric fan assembly has structurally independent motor driven blades module, stand and shaft. The module and stand are mechanically assembled together by two mounting rings that are captured on the shaft. Electrical connections are also made during mechanical assembly with mateable connectors on internal cords.
Claims18
An electric fan assembly comprising a stand having a base from which a leg upwardly extends that bears external threads and a leg electrical connector mounted adjacent the top of said leg from which electrical conductors extend;
- a plurality of fan blades coupled with an electric motor mounted upon a hollow shaft from which motor upper electric conductors extend through said shaft to an upper connector configured to be releasibly connected with said base leg connector;
- and a mounting ring slidably mounted about said shaft that bears internal threads sized to be threaded onto said stand leg threads in releasibly mounting said shaft to said base.
An electric fan assembly comprising a stand bearing mounting threads, a subassembly bearing mounting threads that has a plurality of fan blades coupled with an electric motor, and a hollow rod to opposite ends of which said stand and said subassembly may be detachably mounted, and two mounting collars slidably mounted on said rod that bear threads sized to be threaded upon said stand threads and said subassembly threads in securely mounting said subassembly and said stand to said rod.
A method of assembling a self standing electric fan that has a base with an electric connector from which a base cord extends, a hollow shaft, and an electric motor driven fan blade module from which an electric motor cord extends to a module connector, and with the method comprising the steps of (a) passing the motor cord through the shaft, (b) connecting the motor cord with the base cord, (c) mounting the fan blade module to one end of the shaft, and (d) mounting the base to the other end of the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.