Patent ID: 6022192
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: F04D,Y10S

Abstract:
An automatic cleaning system for a ceiling fan having a plurality of fan blades extending outwardly from a central motor driven hub comprising:a plurality of cleaning means, each in cleaning engagement with a top surface and a bottom surface of a different one of said plurality of fan blades; anda plurality of recoil means, each connected to said different one of said plurality of fan blades adjacent to said central motor driven hub and an associated one of said plurality of cleaning means to enable each of said plurality of cleaning means to travel from a point adjacent said central motor driven hub to an outward end of said different one of said plurality of fan blades due to centrifugal force when said ceiling fan is running and to retract said each of said plurality of cleaning means to said point from said outward end of said different one of said plurality of fan blades when said ceiling fan is not running.