Portable power device, light and fan

• US 4,483,664 A
• Filed: 02/26/1982
• Issued: 11/20/1984
• 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): Freeh, William L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Simenauer, Jeffrey A.
• Application Number:
  US06/352,897
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: 415/127, 415/219 B, 415/219 R, 415/206, 417/234, 417/411, 417/313, 417/423, 417/350, 417/360, 416/5, 98/40 DL
• 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 power device, light and fan including a chassis provided with a light, electric receptacle and switch structure, together with a motor fan unit forming a blower received in a housing supported from the chassis for pivotal movement about a tansverse axis with the blower housing including an outlet oriented above the portion of the chassis having the light, electrical receptacle and switch structure with the outlet in the blower housing being rotatable in a vertical plane about the pivot axis connecting the blower housing to the chassis. A carrying handle is attached to or otherwise provided on the assembly to facilitate its portability. The connection between the blower housing and chassis is uniquely formed by a venturi forming flange on each side wall of the chassis extending into and being closely received in an air inlet in each end wall of the blower housing, thereby forming air inlets for the blower housing and also pivotally supporting the blower housing from the chassis.

Claims

1. A combined portable light, electrical outlet and fan assembly comprising a supporting chassis including a generally vertical front panel and side walls, means supporting the chassis 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 walls, 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 for supplying electrical energy to the outlet socket means, light and blower, switch means for selectively actuating the blower and light, said electrical outlet socket means being directly electrically connected with the cord for energization, said blower housing having end walls with each end wall including a generally circular air inlet, and means connecting the blower housing to the side walls of the chassis 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 for pivoting the blower housing, said connecting means between the blower housing and side walls of the chassis including an opening in each side wall defined by an inwardly extending cylindrical flange extending through an air inlet for a short distance, said flanges being closely received in said air inlets to enable the blower housing to rotate about an axis generally at the center of the air inlets.

2. The assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein at least one of said flanges is removably secured to the side wall of the chassis to enable assembly of the blower housing and chassis.

3. The assembly as defined in claim 2 wherein said blower includes an electric motor, means supporting the motor concentrically through one of flanges in spaced relation to provide an annular airflow path therebetween and a screen in said other opening to enable inward airflow but preventing access to the blower.

4. The assembly as defined in claim 3 wherein said blower includes a squirrel cage fan disposed in said housing and disposed in spaced concentric relation to the inner end of the motor.