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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pierre Marc Larochelle, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Stacy Lyn Dees, Indialantic, FL (US);
John Simon Ketchel, Fort Myers, FL (US);
Assignee:
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/932 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/932 ;
Abstract
A fan structure includes a fan head having a plurality of blades mounted for rotation. A mechanism is coupled to the fan head and is constructed and arranged to move the fan head along a surface of a sphere in a three dimensional pattern. At least one motor is constructed and arranged to cause rotation of the blades and movement of the mechanism. The mechanism thus provides both back-and-forth and up-and-down motion of the fan head.