Decorative fan motor cover and mounting structure therefor
US4518314A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 1983 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF04D25/088
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An upwardly opening generally cylindrical decorative cover including a bottom wall having a central opening formed therein is provided and the cover is upwardly displaceable over the lower portion of a dependingly supported ceiling fan motor controlling switch housing with the central opening in the bottom wall of the cover snugly receive all but the upper portion of the switch housing therethrough and the inner periphery of the bottom wall disposed about the central opening abutted against a mounting flange structure carried by an upper portion of the switch housing and removably anchored thereagainst. The upper open portion of the cover is loosely telescoped upwardly over those portions of the ceiling fan motor projecting below the blades of the ceiling fan and disposed between the blades and the dependingly supported switch housing. The bottom wall of the cover may include openings therethrough for the passage of motor cooling air therethrough.
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