Ceiling fan blade

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6811377
  • Patent Number
    6,811,377
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, June 5, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, November 2, 2004
    20 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Nguyen; Ninh H.
    Agents
    • Baxley; Charles E.
Abstract
A ceiling fan blade comprises a cloth blade, a plurality of springs and an arctuated frame. The arctuated frame is provided with a protrusive shaft for cooperating with the springs. The cloth blade forms an inclined angle for pushing air. Meanwhile, by taking advantage of the spring at the inner side of the cloth blade to hook the protrusive shaft of the adjacent frame, whereby to stabilize the inclined angle for pushing air and prevent the torsion oscillation as well. Furthermore, the structure of the cloth blade is not only easy for reassembling and dismantling and cleaning, but also can be folded for storage and transportation, substantially cutting down the storing space.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to ceiling fan blade, and more particularly to a ceiling fan blade structure comprising cloth blade, springs and arctuated frame, which is not only easy for reassembling and dismantling and cleaning, but also can be folded for storage and transportation, substantially cutting down the storing space.




2. Description of the Prior Arts




With the development and improvement of people's life, ceiling fan has become one of the indispensable domestic electric equipments. The ceiling fans sell in market are varied. However, due to the structure of the conventional blade occupies large space of storage and hard to be cleaned. Thereby whether the ceiling fan blade is easy for cleaning or the storage space is saved or not have become the most important features that the user cares most, and to develop a novelty ceiling fan blade structure which can solve the above-mentioned problems is motivation of this invention.




All the conventional ceiling fan blade assembly includes a plurality of blades mounted to a fan holder and then fixed to the rotator. Each of the blades must occupy a certain space and inclined at a certain angle for pushing the air. Such kind of blades have been widely sell and used, however, there are still some disadvantages need to be improved:




First, due to the conventional blades must have certain area and inclined angle for pushing air (should have certain amount of length and width), which will result in difficulties for users in case of storing the blades away, further will accordingly increase the cost for transportation and package.




Second, the conventional blades are fixed plate members (weight is not light), the users have to dismantle the whole set of the ceiling fan first and then the blades by tools, and finally clean the blades one by one, it is time-consuming.




Third, the shape and color of the conventional blades are regular, it is difficult to replace and reassemble or dismantle it, and thereby normally the manufacturers didn't develop the optional changeable blades.




The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional ceiling fan blades.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The primary object of the present invention is to provide a ceiling fan blade comprising cloth blade, springs and arctuated frame, which is able to greatly cut down the storage space.




The second object of the present invention is to provide a ceiling fan blade comprising cloth blade, springs and arctuated frame, the cloth blade of which can be replaced and cleaned easily.




The further object of the present invention is to provide a ceiling fan blade that is characterized as the easy replaceable and storage spacesaving structure, such that allows the manufacturers to develop varied cloth blades in different forms and colors, accordingly the users will have much more choices and replace the blades by themselves (DIY) so as to match with the domestic decoration.




The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which shows, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is an exploded view of a ceiling fan blade in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 2

is an elevational view of a ceiling fan blade assembly in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 3

is a side view of a ceiling fan blade in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 4

is a side view of a frame of the blade in accordance with the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




A ceiling fan blade assembly comprises a plurality of independent blades, for easy explanation, here takes a blade as example. Please refer to

FIGS. 1-4

, wherein a ceiling fan blade of the present invention is shown and comprises a frame


10


, a plurality of spring


20


and a cloth blade


30


.




The frame


10


is a rod member and has an end fixed to a rotating assembly of a ceiling fan, the frame


10


is arched at a predetermined angle and provided at both ends of the rod with a protrusive shaft


12


respectively, at the end of each protrusive shafts


12


a coupling portion


11


is further defined.




The springs


20


, each of which is provided with a hook


21


at both ends respectively, and the hooks


21


at one end of the springs


20


are employed to hook the frame


10


as well as the coupling portions


11


of the protrusive shafts


12


.




The cloth blade


30


is corresponding to the frame


10


and provided at the side facing the frame


10


with a plurality of apertures


31


defined by metal rings. The apertures


31


of the cloth blade


30


serve to receive the hooks


21


of another end of the springs


20


. In addition, the aperture


31


of the cloth blade


30


proximal to the center of the blade holder is hooked by a spring


20


and connect with the coupling portion


11


in the protrusive shaft


12


of the adjacent frame


10


.




Due to the cloth blade


30


is hooked to the frame


10


by virtue of springs


20


, which accordingly may be reassembled and dismantled (no tools needed at all), the springs


20


can be dismantled by hand. Moreover, the cloth blade


30


is made of soft cloth, which can be folded for storage and transportation, substantially cut down the storing space.




On the other hand, the aperture


31


of the cloth blade


30


proximal to the center of the blade holder is hooked by a spring


20


and connected with the coupling portion


11


in the protrusive shaft


12


of the adjacent frame


10


, by such a manner, the torsions among the respective frames


10


are balanced in a connecting manner, in case of the rotation of each cloth blade


30


, the adjacent frames


10


will provide balanced torsion so as to prevent the torsion oscillation of the ceiling fan.




It will be noted that the reassemble and dismantle of the cloth blades


30


doesn't need any tools to be used at all, only needs to take off the springs


20


and the blades


30


easily by hand, moreover, the cloth blades


30


can be easily produced and stored. Thereby the special features of the present allow the manufacturers to develop varied cloth blades


30


in different forms and colors, accordingly the users will have much more choices and replace the blades by themselves (DIY) so as to match with the domestic decoration.




While we have shown and described various embodiments in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.



Claims
  • 1. A ceiling fan blade for mounting to a rotating assembly of a ceiling fan, comprising:a frame being a rod member and having an end fixed on a rotating assembly of a ceiling fan, the frame being provided at both ends of the rod member with a protrusive shaft respectively, at the end of each protrusive shafts defined with a coupling portion; a plurality of springs each having a hook defined at both ends respectively, and the hooks at one end of the springs employed to hook the frame as well as the coupling portions of the protrusive shafts; a cloth blade corresponding to the frame and provided at the side facing the frame with a plurality of apertures, the apertures of the cloth blade serving to receive the hooks of another end of the springs, in addition, the aperture of the cloth blade proximal to the center of the blade holder hooked by a spring and connecting with the coupling portion in the protrusive shaft of the adjacent frame.
  • 2. The ceiling fan blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frame can be a rod member and arched at a predetermined angle.
  • 3. The ceiling fan blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the apertures of the cloth blade can be defined by metal rings.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
91209153 U Jun 2002 TW
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Number Name Date Kind
511442 Lundell Dec 1893 A
D321935 Ignon Nov 1991 S
5462407 Calvo Oct 1995 A