Ceiling fan with illumination means
AssigneeMistral Incorporated
InventorRichard Ranten
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Abstract
A ceiling sweep fan includes a motor depending from a ceiling mount, the motor being supported for rotation on a vertical axis, a plurality of radially extending air impeller blades supported for rotation by the motor, means for providing illumination mounted in radial alignment with the motor, and a shallow bowl-shaped light transmission member covers the motor and the illumination means.
Claims12
A ceiling fan with illumination means comprising:
- a motor to be supported from a ceiling, said motor having a central stator and a rotor disposed radially outwardly of the stator, the dimension of said motor in the radial direction being substantially greater than the dimension thereof in the axial direction;
- a stationary shaft extending coaxially through the stator in the vertical direction and providing support for said stator;
- a rotor housing mounted for rotation on said shaft at locations thereon spaced axially above and below said stator, said housing being attached to said rotor for rotation thereby on the vertical axis;
- a plurality of axial flow blades mounted on and extending radially outwardly from said housing, each blade having its longitudinal dimension substantially greater than its transverse dimension;
- stationary illumination means;
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- means mounting said stationary illumination means in radial alignment with said motor and spaced radially outwardly of and adjacent said rotor housing.
In combination with a ceiling fan having illumination means and having a motor depending in spaced relation below a ceiling when said fan is mounted thereon and a plurality of axial flow fan blades extending radially outwardly from said motor and being supported for rotation thereby, each said blade having a longitudinal dimension that is substantially greater than the transverse dimension;
- a motor whose horizontal dimension substantially exceeds its vertical dimension, said motor having a centrally mounted stator supported on a vertical axis and a concentrically mounted rotor in outwardly spaced radial relation with the stator, a housing mounted for rotation on the vertical axis coaxially with respect to the stator, said housing being connected to the rotor and being rotated thereby, illumination means mounted in horizontal alignment with said motor and in outwardly spaced but adjacent radial relation thereto, and light transmission means covering said motor and said illumination means and mounted on the underside of the motor, said light transmission means being in the form of a bowl whose diameter substantially exceeds its depth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.