US1655229A - Folding fan - Google Patents

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Jan. 3, 1928. 1,655,229 F. H. KLIE FOLDING FAN Filed May 5, 1927 Patented Jan. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES FRANK H. KLIE, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Application fled Kay 5, 1927. Serial Io. 188,9.

My invention is directed to im rovements in hand fans of the sectional f ding type, and its objects are to simplify the structure, provide for ri idity and strength in the fan when extende and in use, and to produce an eflicient and practical fan structure at reduced cost of production. Further objects are to provide a structure having surfaces free of openings and obstructions and well adapted for receiving printed matter, and

also one having a reenforced hand hold portion in which the means for interconnecting the sections of the fan are contained and protected, and to relate and shape the fan sections so that the fan, when closed, will be reduced to the size of one if its sections and will be of convenient pocket size.

- The foregoing and other minor objects are attained by the combination of parts and 0 details of construction, or equivalents thereof, hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a face view of the complete fan fully extended;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the fan closed;

Figure 3 is a view of the extended fan with a part omitted and others in section to disclose concealed structure; and

Figure 4 is a disassembled view of the fan sections.

As disclosing one possible embodiment of the invention, I have illustrated a fan structure consisting of three substantially identical sections or vanes, respectively, designated 10, 11, and 12. The shape of the sections is preferably generally triangular, as illustrated, with the apical ends of the triangular sections enlarged and preferably rounded as at 13, to provide a strong and convenient hand hold. In practice, I prefer to provide an oval cover piece 14 (Figures 1 and 2), which preferably conforms in contours to the rounded lower part of the enlarged apices of the sections and lies on the top or outer section 12 extending upon the sections a sufiicient distance to brace and reenforce the assembled parts.

The fan sections and the cover piece 14 are connected in the present instance by two rivets or posts 15 and 16, one of which, post 15, constitutes the pivot about which the sections have relative movement although the central section 10 and cover piece 14 may be regarded as stationary, in a sense, and the I sections 11 and 12, as movable thereon. The rounded ends 13 of the sections and of the cover piece are preferably struck on an are about the ivot 15 as a center. The post-16 is prefera ly spaced in an upwardly direction from pivot post 15, and the lateral sections 11 and 12 are rovided with oppositel extended arcuate s ots 11 and 12" whic overlap in the assembled fan and through which the post 16 passes, the slots being of such length as to limit the expanding movemen?) of the lateral sections, as shown in Figure As the assembled fan sections, when closed, have all edges flush, I prefer to provide finger holds for permitting the lateral sections to be grasped and expanded. This is done by forming finger notches 17 in the opposite edges of the central section 10 and notches 18 and 19 on the respective inner edges of sections 11 and 12. These permit the edges of the respective lateral sections to be grasped and pulled out when the fan is being opened. Obviously one or both sections may be extended and the size of the fan thus varied as desired.

The manner in which the fan is opened and closed and the advantages of the construction will be evident from the above description and it will be obvious to those familiar with the art that a number of changes and rearrangements of parts might be made without departure from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. A fan comprising a plurality of similar overlapped sections, means for'pivotally connecting said sections together at one end, a cover piece on the pivoted ends, said ends of the sections and the cover piece being similarly enlarged and rounded to form a hand piece, and a post spaced from the pivot point and connecting the cover piece to one of the sections, each of the other sections being formed with slots of equal length engaging said post.

2. A fan comprising a central section and lateral sections disposed in superposed relation, a cover piece at one end of the sections, a pivot post uniting the cover piece and sections, and a second post connecting the cover piece to one of the sections at a point spaced from the pivot post and passing through slots formed in each of the other sections, said slots and post constituting means for limiting relative pivotal movement of the fan sections.

3. A fan comprisin three substantially triangular sections an a cover lece disposed in superposed relation, sal sect ons and the cover piece being rounded at the apical ends of the sections to form a hand hold, a post located on the axis of the rounded ends and pivotally connecting the cover piece and sections together, and a second post spaced from said pivot post and connecting the cover piece to the under sections, the intermediate sections being formed with slots receiving said second post, the

length of said slots being gauged to retain said sections fan is 0 en.

4. A an comprising a central substantiall triangular sectlon the apical end of whic is enlarged, a cover piece overlying said enlarged end and conforming thereto in shape, a pair of rivets fixedly connecting said central section and cover piece in spaced relation, said, rivets being spaced on the longitudinal axis of said section, and a pair of fan sections conforming in shape to the central section and disposed between the central section and cover piece, said sections being pivoted on one of said rivets and each formed with a short slot receiving the second rivet.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FRANK H. KLIE.

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