Mist fan
OwnerBart Keeneyinventor
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Abstract
A mist assembly connected to an existing fan grill resulting in a cooling device that has an electrical fan member and a mist assembly featuring an atomizing nozzle. The mist assembly is operably associated with the fan member. The mist assembly has a pump member that draws water from a water source and pumps the water through the atomizing nozzle. The water mist emitted from the nozzle is uniformly dispersed as a fine mist within the airflow produced by the rotating fan blades and creates a cooling effect.
Claims7
A mist assembly for an electric fan having electric motor driven blades rotating about a central axis and covered by a guard grill, the assembly comprising;
- a nozzle mounting element for mounting to the guard grill at the approximate location of the central axis of the fan, the mounting element having an intake opening for receiving a source of pressurized fluid and a discharge opening;
- a single nozzle received within the discharge opening of the mounting element in snap-fit fashion, the nozzle having a nozzle element with a central orifice for discharging fluid to form a fluid mist;
- wherein the nozzle mounting element is an elbow shaped member having a central bore located between the intake and discharge openings, the bore forming a right angle channel with an internally radiused rear surface at the approximate mid-region thereof, the radiused surface being machined to a flat rear support surface for an attachment element;
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- wherein the attachment element is a bolt having a bolt head and a threaded shaft, the nozzle mounting element having a hole for receiving the bolt shaft, whereby the shaft can extend to the fan guard for attachment to the guard, the bolt head being retained against the flat rear support surface within the central bore of the nozzle mounting element.
An electric fan having electric motor driven blades rotating about a central axis and covered by a guard grill and a mister assembly, the mister assembly comprising;
- a nozzle mounting element for mounting to the guard grill at the approximate location of the central axis of the fan, the mounting element having an intake opening for receiving a source of pressurized fluid and a discharge opening;
- a single nozzle received within the output opening of the mounting element in snap-fit fashion, the nozzle having a nozzle element having a central orifice for discharging fluid to form a fluid mist;
- wherein the nozzle mounting element is an elbow shaped member having a central bore located between the intake and discharge openings, the bore forming a right angle channel with an internally radiused rear surface at the approximate mid-region thereof, the radiused surface being machined to a flat rear support surface for an attachment element;
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- wherein the attachment element is a bolt having a bolt head and threaded shaft, the nozzle mounting element having a hole for receiving the bolt shaft, whereby the shaft can extend to the fan guard for attachment to the guard, the bolt head being retained against the flat rear support surface within the central bore of the nozzle mounting element.
A method for mounting a mister assembly on an electric fan having electric motor driven blades rotating about a central axis and covered by a guard grill, comprising:
- mounting a nozzle to the guard grill so that the nozzle is aligned with the central axis of the fan, the nozzle being mounted by means of a mounting element with an intake opening for receiving a source of pressurized fluid and a discharge opening;
- discharging fluid from the nozzle to form a fluid mist;
- wherein the nozzle mounting element is an elbow shaped member having a central bore located between the intake and discharge openings, the bore forming a right angle channel with an internally radiused rear surface at the approximate mid-region thereof, the radiused surface being machined to a flat rear support surface for an attachment element;
- wherein the attachment element is a bolt having a bolt head and threaded shaft, the nozzle mounting element having a hole for receiving the bolt shaft, whereby the shaft can extend to the fan guard for attachment to the guard, the bolt head being retained against the flat rear support surface within the central bore of the nozzle mounting element;
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- wherein the nozzle is a two piece tubular member having a continuous longitudinal passageway for conducting fluid, the passageway terminating in an outer mouth opening which receives a replaceable nozzle element, whereby a user may select a desired nozzle size by changing the selected replaceable nozzle element of the assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.