US1148332A - Electric fan for umbrellas. - Google Patents

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SQ ONYSKOW. ELECTRIC FAN FOR UMBRELLAS.

APPLICATION FILED nEc.2. 1914.

Patented July 27, 1915.

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SYLWESTER ONYSKOW, 0F JENKINS, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LUBOMIR DULIKROVICH, 0F JENKINS, KENTUCKY.

ELECTRIC FAN FOR UMBRELLAS.

Application filed December 2, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLwnsrnn ONYsnow, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Jenkins, in the county of Le'tcher and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Fans for Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in electric fans for umbrellas.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an electric fan foldably positioned within the inclosing portion of an umbrella and having an electric motor plant posi tioned in the handle of the umbrella.

A further object is to provide an electric motor, a battery and a switch within the handle of an umbrella and having the motor shaft journaled through the umbrella rod and provided with a foldable bladed fan within the radius of the canopy covering and adapted for operating when the umbrella is open and for being folded when the umbrella is closed.

A still further object is to provide afan mounting wheel journaled for connecting two portions of the tubular umbrella rod together and operable by a motor shaft longitudinally extending and journaled within the said rod.

lVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in. which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an umbrella provided with the present invention and with substantially one-half of the canopy removed. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereof with the upper portion of the umbrella rod and ribs broken away and with the canopy removed. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the fan blades in their folded position and showing the fan journaling means. Fig. 1 is an enlarged side elevation of the fan and its iournaling members partly broken away and with the fan blades operatively positioned, and broken Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1915.

SeriaI No. 875,197.

away, and Fig. 5 is a top plan View of the elements shown in Fig.4.

Referring more in detail to the drawings an umbrella of substantially the usual form and appearance is here shown as provided with the present invention and consists of the tubular umbrella rod 10 having a flexible canopy 11 mounted upon the ribs 12 which are connected by stays 13 to a collar 11- slidably mounted upon the rod 10, where by the canopy may be folded, while a spring catch. 15 of thecollar engages a slot 16 of the rod for retaining the umbrella in its open position as well as preventing any relative rotation between the collar and the rod.

A disk wheel 17 is rigidly secured to the end of a power shaft 18 longitudinally positioned within the umbrella rod and extend ing longitudinally thereof. The tubular rod 10 has an interrupted portion within the canopy and each of the portions of the rod have terminal flanges 19 between and in engagement with which the disk wheel 17 is mounted. An annulus 20 is mounted upon each face of the disk 17 concentric with the shaft 18 and overlaps the adjacent rod flange 19 as best illustrated in Fig. 4;, the oppositely-positioned annuli 20 being secured in position by means of bolts 21.

Fan blades 22 are provided with inner extensions 23 pivoted upon pins 21 carried at opposite sides of the disk 17 and within corner sockets 25 of the said disk, the same being arranged in such a manner as to allow the blades to fold up at opposite sides of the rod when the umbrella is folded, but to normally lie extended in their operative position when the umbrella is open.

The umbrella is provided with a handle 26 screw threaded to a casing 27 formed of dielectric material and to which casing the umbrella rod 10 is secured in axial alinement and forming a continuation thereof. An electric motor 28 is positioned within a casing 27 and is provided with a power shaft 18 hereinbefore described. while a battery 29 is also positioned within the said casing having a connecting wire 30 positioned be tween one of the poles of the battery and the motor.

The casing 27 is provided with a longitudinal side slot 31 having a pin 32 slidably positioned therein and connected by a wire 33 with the other pole of the battery 29, while the outer end of the pin 32 has a switch plate 34 secured thereto and flatly engaging the outer side of the casing. A contact button 35 extends through the wall of the casing and is positioned with its outer end in the path of travel of the contact plate 34: and is adapted to be engaged thereby, while a wire 36 connects the inner end of the button 35 with the second pole of the motor 28. By this arrangement, it will be evident that upon sliding the plate 3 f upon the handle casing 27 to the position illustrated in Fig. 2, a completed circuit will be formed between the motor 28 and the battery 29, whereby the motor will revolve its power shaft 18. This turning of the power shaft will consequently turn the wheel 17 and the fan blades 22 as the power of the motor is designed to be sufficient to overcome any friction between the fan journaling means which connects the ends of the umbrella rod together. It will thus be seen that with the umbrella in its open position and with the handle 26 thereof grasped in the hand of the operator, the switch plate 34 may be readily manipulated for, closing the motor circuit, whereupon the fan will be electrically operated-for agitating the air within the canopy of the umbrella. When it is desired to fold the umbrella, the switch may be slidably opened and the fan blades 22 hingedly closed against the umbrella rod and the canopy folded against the rod upon a release of the catch 15. The handle 26 being screw-threaded to the casing 27 may be readily removed therefrom for renewing the battery 29, it being noted that the connecting wires 30 and 33 thereof are of sufficient length to be drawn out of the casing for the purpose of disconnecting the old battery and connecting up a new one.

While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what is believed to prising in combination with an umbrella having a tubular rod interrupted within the canopyportion thereof, a disk wheel connectingly journaled between the adjacent ends of the portions of said rod, a power shaft journaled within the said rod and having one end secured to said wheel, foldable fan blades hinged to the said disk, and power means for the said shaft.

2. A device of the class described, comprising an umbrella having a handle, a tubular casing upon said handle, an electricallyoperated motor within said casing, a tubular rod extending from said casing, a power shaft for said motor journaled within said rod, the rod having an interrupted portion adjacent its upper end, a disk between the interrupted portions of the rod concentrically secured to the free end of said shaft, and having edge sockets, an annulus secured to each face of said disk concentric with and connectingly engaging the separate portions of the said rod, connecting bolts between the said annuli and disk, fan blades foldably mounted and pivoted within the said sock ets, and a battery and switch means carried adjacent the said motor and operatively connected thereto.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SYLWESTER oNYsKow.

\Vitnesses:

DOMINlCK Lnscrnnm, G. C. KEPHART.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

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