The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-07-16
THE ELECTRIC FAN
And How This Little Device
Produces a Cool Breeze
on Demand.

dts nice, but I'm sure couldn't
manage it," exclaimed the lady-of-
the-house as the salesman showed
| her a small electric fan suitable for
the home.
ooh, that's easy enough" laughed
! the salesman.
Very deftly he attached the lead
cord to the lamp socket by unscrew-
ing the lamp bulb and screwing in
the fan plug attached to the end of
the cord.
"Now, you see," he continued, "all
that is necessary is to move this lit
tie switch attached to the base Of the
FAM"
Instantly the fan set up its cooling
breeze.
"But they are so expensive" she
protested.
The salesman laughed. at is not
expensive" he assured her. "This
eight-inch fan sells for but $3.50 and
you must remember that with reas-
enable care it will last a lifetime.
This first cost of the fan is the lar
gest item of expense, because it con-
Esumes less than a quarter of cents
worth of current an hour. 1t will
keep the dining room cool during the
dinner hour for small fraction of a
cent"
The electric fan, being somewhat of
new device, is little understood
For years it was rarely ever seen In
the home, being considered an Office
and store necessity. But now it is
being purchased for home use.
1t is not hard to understand the
electric fan and any child can attach
it to the electric light socket and
start it running. The fan consists of
three essential parts-the small cleo
trio motor which drives it, the pro-
peller fan which moves the current
of air and the standard to support
this mechanism. The fans are also
equipped with little device for reg
ulating the speed, which increases, or
decreases, the amount of air current,
and mechanism for oscillating, or
moving the fan to and fro, so as to
distribute the air current to all parts
of the room. The tiny electric motor
differs in no way from the large cleo
trio motors of the same type used to
drive machinery in mills and facto-
ries. 1t consists of a rotating arm
ature, turning in magnetic field, the
shaft of which is extended so that the
fan blades can be fastened to it with
a set screw. The fan proper is mere
ly a brass propeller, consisting Of
four to six curved blades, fastened
to the rotating armature shaft.
These blades, when revolved very rap
idly, move large volume of air in
steady, cooling breeze. Electric fans
need practically no attention other
than an occasional oiling. There be-
ing no wearing points, except the
armature shaft journals, it cannot
wear out for years and years.
The first cost of an electric fan is
very normal, considering the amount
of material and labor required to
make a good, serviceable fan. The
cost of electricity to operate such
fan is mere fraction of cent an
hour. The cost of maintenance and
repairs is practically nothing, with
reasonable care. The electric fan
can be used in every room in the
house where there is an electric light
socket. 1t is light and easily carried
from place to place. Provided with
long cord, in which are concealed
the insulated current carrying wires,
it can be located almost anywhere in
the room, from the window-sill to
the mantle.
No one disputes the value of an
electric fan on hot, sultry day when
there is not a breath of air stirring
outdoors. 1t will supply a cool, re-
freshing breeze in any part of the
house, night or day, at cost of less
than that of an ordinary electric
lamp. The old idea that the electric
fan created dangerous drafts was
exploded long ago. The fan does not
produce draft, but a steady, gentle
movement of the entire atmosphere of
room. 1t is quite possible to keep
cool and cheerful on the hottest day
il there is a movement of air current
to cool the body by the evaporation of
Ipersniration.