Spring plunger ceiling fan blade installation system

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods rapidly locking ceiling fan blades to motor housings by vertical spring biased plungers. An embodiment has dual posts, each with springs to bias the plunger down into a vertical slot in the blade locks the blade to the motor. A pull latch attached to the posts pulled upward disengages the plunger so the blade is removed. Another embodiment uses a torsion spring pushing the plunger into the slot in the blade locking the blade to the motor. A latch pulled upward disengages the plunger so the blade is removed. Another embodiment adds a magnet which attracts the metal plunger downward as a supplement to the spring. Another embodiment uses a single post with single spring pushing the plunger into the blade slot. and another embodiment uses a torsion spring with the single post pushing downward, with optional magnet to supplement the torsion spring.

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