Patent · US Expired

Variable discharge window fan

US5660586A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 22, 1995
Grant dateAug 26, 1997
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF24F2221/12
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A portable electric fan including a housing having inlet and outlet openings and adapted for mounting in an open window, a movable blade mechanism retained in the housing and operable to supply air through the open window between the inlet and outlet openings and a blade drive operatively coupled to the blade mechanism. Also included is a movable air director mechanism for directing in variable horizontal and vertical directions air supplied by the blower mechanism and an air director drive operatively coupled to the air director mechanism and operable to automatically vary the discharge directions.

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