Handheld water misting fan with improved air flow

A portable misting and cooling fan device of the type formed by a body including a lower handle section and an upper head section, the lower handle section accommodating a fluid reservoir and the upper head section including a fan device operated by a fan motor and surrounded by a protective shroud having an upper end and a lower end, and fan actuator means and a misting nozzle, the misting nozzle being in fluid communication with the reservoir through pump means for pumping fluid from the reservoir to the misting nozzle, the pump means having actuator means for actuating the pump means, and the misting nozzle being positioned in the head section to deliver a stream of misted fluid into the air stream created by the fan device, the improvement comprising,

• a power source compartment for accommodating a power source therein,
• said power source compartment being positioned within the device in a location remote from the fan motor,
• the area bounded by the shroud being substantially free of any structure thereby to maximize the air flow path therethrough,
• and the lower handle section having a relatively narrow intermediate portion forming a gripping handle, and an enlarged lower portion to form an enlarged fluid reservoir.