Portable fan with electrical control retaining stand
AssigneeDuracraft Corporation
InventorBernard Chiu
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Abstract
A portable electrical fan including a housing defining inlet and outlet openings for transmitting air flow; a fan blade disposed in the housing; a motor disposed in the housing and rotatably coupled to the fan blade; and an elongated support having opposite end portions attached to the housing and an intermediate stand portion shaped and arranged to support the housing on a surface. Also included are electrical controls connected to the motor and retainer means retaining the electrical controls fixed to the elongated support. This arrangement provides a portable electric fan in an efficient, low cost configuration.
Claims16
A portable electrical fan comprising:
- housing means defining inlet and outlet openings for transmitting air flow;
- a fan blade disposed in said housing means;
- a motor disposed in said housing means and rotatably coupled to said fan blade;
- an elongated tubular support means having vertically extending opposite end portions attached to said housing means and an intermediate stand portion shaped and arranged to support said housing means on a surface;
- electrical control means connected to said motor;
- retainer means retaining said electrical control means and fixed to one of said opposite end portions, said retainer means comprising a box enclosing said electrical control means;
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- locator means comprising an aperture and a stem received thereby for establishing a relative position between said retainer means and said support means, and fastener means securing said retainer means to said support means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.