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Reel Efx, Inc.

Dylan H Hixon

James G Gill

Martin J Becker

James Lux

Thomas Costan

Martin Becker

The present invention is a fan with adjustable vanes for controlling the width of the wind generated by the fan. The vanes are adjustable to any angle. Preferably, the vanes are set at 10&deg; with the generated wind for a narrow, focused beam, and to 45&deg; with the generated wind for a diffuse, flood beam. The vanes are adjustable from a dial located on the outside of the fan housing. A motor drives the fan. The motor is controlled by a rotating dial on the outside of the fan housing. The rotating dial allows for adjusting the motor speed from 0 to 100%. Pressing a &ldquo;burst&rdquo; button located on the outside of the fan housing instantly provides 100% motor speed. The fan motor runs at full speed for as long as the &ldquo;burst&rdquo; button is depressed. A mounting yoke is pivotally connected to opposite sides of the fan housing, allowing the fan to be set at various angles.

Fan with adjustable guide vanes

A fan advertising device has a portable barrel with a fan, a pivotable or tiltable stand and a modified exterior fan housing. Metal fittings on the inside of the barrel, near the output end of the fan, allow for connection of metal inserts for accessories. The sock is held in place by a shock cord that fits into a groove on the exterior of the fan housing near the output end. A circular opening is located below the groove but above the fan to allow various objects, such as ping pong balls, to be placed into the airstream inside the sock. Those objects act as noise makers, attracting attention to and adding to the visual effectiveness of the sock. A light may be attached to the grate on the inside of the fan allowing for illumination of the entire sock. Illuminating the sock is useful for increasing visibility during darker hours.

Fan advertising device

A system and method for generating tornadoes and other vortex phenomen in an open air, free space enviroment is disclosed. The system includes a flat surface or deck suspended above the ground, a circular hole in the center of the deck, a means for creating an updraft through the hole in the deck and fans or other air moving means for creating a swirling air flow. Preferably, the fans for swirling the air are angled approximately 45 degrees relative to the vertical axis of the updraft flow through the center hole. For swirling the air at higher elevations, as well as at ground level, a multi level fan arrangement having the layers of fans spaced relative to the deck is used. Alternatively, a single level of fans are used in conjunction with louvers or vanes for deflecting the blown air into a fan shape. In another embodiment of the present invention, tangential flow is established by using a multiplicity of tubes for returning air flow from a plenum above an updraft fan. Higher elevation air swirling is accomplished by providing vents in the return columns along the entire length. The vents can be holes in the columns or arrangements of adjustable or fixed vanes. Controls, including valves and shutters, are positioned in the return tubes for adjusting air flow patterns. The present system and method does not require containing chambers to remove external perturbations and to constrain air flow, actively, as opposed to passively, creates the swirling tangential flow, can be operated or performed indoors or outdoors and works with an asymmetric air flow.

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Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Dylan H Hixon