Combined power device, light and fan

• US 4,424,006 A
• Filed: 12/09/1980
• Issued: 01/03/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph M. Armbruster
• Original Assignee: Joseph M. Armbruster
• Inventors: Armbruster, Joseph M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gluck, Richard E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Application Number:
  US06/214,867
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• Field of Search: 417/411, 417/234, 417/313, 417/423
• US Class Current: 417/234
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/084 hand fans
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0088 Ventilating systems lighting fixtures combined with outlets for air treatment systems F24F13/078

Abstract

A portable handyman'"'"'s device containing a combination of independently operated electrical services such as an electrical outlet, light and fan in which the fan air outlet can be adjusted such that outlet air can be directed in any position between the horizontal and vertical. The fan is a conventional squirrel cage blower which is mounted for movement on the frame of the device by a slidable washer assembly movable within a track placed in the frame. The incorporation of a handle allows the combination device to be carried and used in working areas that lack air circulation and easy access to light and electricity.

Claims

1. A combined portable light, electrical outlet and fan assembly comprising a supporting frame including a generally vertical front panel and side frame members, means stably supporting the frame on a support surface, electrical outlet socket means mounted on said front panel, a light mounted on said front panel for directing a light beam forwardly of the assembly, a blower housing mounted on said side frame members, a blower mounted in said housing, said blower housing being generally cylindrical in configuration and having a tangential air outlet, a handle attached to said blower housing to enable the assembly to be carried to a desired site of use, an electrical cord and plug adapted to engage with an electrical outlet for supplying electrical energy to the outlet socket means, light and blower, a switch for selectively actuating the blower independent of the light, a switch for actuating the light independently of the blower, said electrical outlet socket means being directly electrically connected with the cord for energization independent of the blower and light, said blower housing having end walls with each end wall including an air inlet, and means connecting the blower housing to the side frame members for pivotal movement of the housing about a horizontal axis generally parallel to the front panel without interference with air entering the air inlets for movement of the air outlet between a horizontal position in which air is directed forwardly of the front panel toward a work area illuminated by the light and a vertical position to enable air to be discharged in a desired direction, said handle being offset from the pivot axis of the blower housing to enable application of rotational torque to the blower housing.

2. The portable assembly of claim 1 wherein said connecting means between the blower housing and side frame members includes a friction assembly interconnecting each end wall and a side frame member to enable pivotal movement only when force is applied to the handle and frictionally retain the blower housing in any adjusted position.

3. The portable assembly as defined in claim 2 wherein said connecting means between the blower housing and side frame members includes an arcuate slot in each side frame member, each end wall of the housing having a pair of fasteners mounted thereon and extending through the adjacent slot, each of said fasteners having a friction assembly mounted thereon, each friction assembly including spaced friction members mounted on each fastener in frictional engagement with opposite surfaces of the end wall along the slot, said side frame members having an arcuate cutout in the upper edge portion to eliminate interference with air entering the inlets, said arcuate slots being disposed close to the edge of the cutouts in the side frame members.