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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Francois Jacob, Vence, FR;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/936 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/936 ;
Abstract
A fan system to be mounted over an opening including a plurality of pivoting blades fixed on a free wheeling element and a motor driven element wherein, in operation, when the fan is operating the motor driven element pivots the blades to a blowing position allowing air flow through the opening, and when the fan is not operating a resilient member pivots the blades to a closed position preventing air flow through the opening.