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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4443965 | Mosquito killer An insect killer having a housing containing a motorized suction fan for drawing insects into the housing and securing them to a screen member covering a rear opening of the housing, and a scraping bar mounted on a rotating shaft in sliding contact with t... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4412478 | Air distribution method and apparatus for effecting the same Apparatus and method for changing the temperature of a room by moving warm air into or out of a room, and for effecting its distribution. A fan is removably and reversibly mountable on a bracket located on the upper portion of a doorframe in a manner whic... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4341151 | Electric fan An electric fan comprising a motor to retain and drive vanes, an annular main body to retain the motor and to serve as an air flow passage of the fan, a pair of pivots which are provided on the main body, have their axes on a phantom straight line substan... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4335646 | Vehicle air conditioner blower and mount A device for mounting a motor-blower unit at the air inlet of a heating or air-conditioning installation of the passenger space of a motor vehicle, wherein a cylindrical cradle for receiving the motor cage comprises abutments cooperating with a lower edge... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4222318 | Combination window and floor fan The present invention relates to a fan unit which may be used either as a floor fan or as a window mounted fan. When used as a floor fan, the frame is supported on the floor and the motor driven fan unit, which is pivotally connected to the frame, may be ... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4193209 | Fingernail dryer A mechanical device for assisting in the application of fingernail polish or enamel, and subsequent drying, makes use of a housing containing an electrically operated fan which moves an air stream upwardly through the housing and out the top. A bracket se... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4149689 | Protective screen for jet-engine intake The forwardly open intake end of a jet engine, powering an aircraft, is screened against birds and other airborne objects by a conical cage formed from an array of metal rods converging on the engine axis, the rods being held together at the vertex of the... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4120615 | Box fans A box fan comprising a box-like structure containing an electric motor and a fan blade assembly operable by the motor, which structure consists of a front section and a rear section forming a box having front and rear openings which are interconnected to ... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4022548 | Air circulating fan and motor with separable safety guard The open wire grid safety guard enclosure for a fan and its motor is rectangular box-like in shape and is made up of two substantially identical halves. Each half is made from identical cruciform blanks of grid mesh wires with parallel closely spaced wire... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3963382 | Portable air circulating fan A portable air circulating fan, especially a high velocity fan in which a rotary air impeller is mounted on the shaft of an electric motor while a guard is provided which encloses the impeller and may enclose part or all of the motor, and which guard is f... | 06/15/1976 |
