Ceiling fan guard
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1. The combination with a ceiling fan suspended from a ceiling by a pipe attached to the ceiling at one end and attached at the other end to the motor of such fan of a guard comprising;
- a clamp fitting tightly around and releasably connected to the pipe suspending said ceiling fan at a point below the ceiling and above said motor and being the sole support of said guard,circumferentially spaced supporting arms with unsupported ends extending radially outward from said clamp and terminating beyond the blades of said fan,a circular grill member supported from said support arms below the blades of said fan and extending peripherally outward beyond the ends of said blades, andsupporting means releasably attached to said supporting arms at one end and at the other end to said grill member.
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Abstract
A fan guard for ceiling fans comprises a circular grill member supported below the blades of the fan on equally spaced support arms extending radially outward from a clamp attached to the pipe extension suspending the motor housing from the ceiling. The fan guard may be provided with a circumferential open skirt portion, or an enclosed skirt portion interposed between the support arms and the grill. The grill member includes arcuate removable portions for adapting the guard to receive a depending portions of a conventional ceiling fan.
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1. The combination with a ceiling fan suspended from a ceiling by a pipe attached to the ceiling at one end and attached at the other end to the motor of such fan of a guard comprising;
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a clamp fitting tightly around and releasably connected to the pipe suspending said ceiling fan at a point below the ceiling and above said motor and being the sole support of said guard, circumferentially spaced supporting arms with unsupported ends extending radially outward from said clamp and terminating beyond the blades of said fan, a circular grill member supported from said support arms below the blades of said fan and extending peripherally outward beyond the ends of said blades, and supporting means releasably attached to said supporting arms at one end and at the other end to said grill member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A guard for a ceiling fan suspended from a ceiling by a pipe attached at one end to the ceiling and at the other end to the fan motor, comprising;
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a clamp adapted to fit tightly around said suspending pipe to releasably connect said guard to said pipe at a point below the ceiling and above said motor and being the sole support of said guard, circumferentially spaced supporting arms with unsupported ends extending radially outward from said clamp and terminating beyond the blades of said fan when installed thereon, a circular grill member supported from said support arms below the blades of said fan when installed thereon and extending peripherally outward beyond the ends of said blades, and supporting means releasably attached to said supporting arms at one end and at the other end to said grill member. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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