Improved Apparatus for Putting Air in Motion, and for Cooling, Freshening, and Perfuming the same.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1892-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Putting Air in Motion, and for Cooling,
Freshening, and Perfuming the same.
I, FRANZ NOVÁK, of 10 Obere Waldzeile, Budapesth, in the Kingdom of
Hungary, Austrian Empire, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had
to the accompanying sheet of drawings and to the letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say :-
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The present invention relates to an improved automatic fan apparatus which I
term the Zephir" and the object is to provide a means for putting in motion and
cooling and refreshing the close air in rooms and localities which are occupied by
people.
My invention consists mainly of a series of wings or fans arranged radially round
and hinged to the top of a vertical spindle which latter may be rotated or set in
swinging motion by means of any suitable motor.
The size and shape of the wings or fans, as also of the motor, may be varied to
suit rooms of different sizes. The motor may also be replaced by any source of
power which may happen to be available in any particular case, or any natural
sources of power may be adapted to drive the fan.
In the annexed drawings
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, and Figure 2 an elevation of my apparatus
adapted for closed dwelling rooms, verandahs and so forth.
The motor is in this case an ordinary clockwork train driven by a spring a.
The clockwork A is mounted between two plates bb arranged in the lower part of the
hollow stand A, which, by means of a broad base, imparts the requisite stability to
the whole apparatus, and allows of its being easily moved about or placed on
objects at various heights. The clockwork A imparts rotatory motion to the
hollow vertical driving shaft B which turns in the bearing c in the stand A', or if
preferred it may impart thereto a fluttering or oscillating motion by means of an
eccentric. To this hollow driving shaft B is connected the fan shaft B3 by means
of a pin d which takes into the horizontal part of a T shaped slot e in the shaft B.
The fans C themselves are hung by hinges to the upper end of the shaft B' and
are placed radially thereto; they are connected by rods with the sliding socket D
in a manner similar to an umbrella. Each fan or wing is of the shape of a wind-
mill sail and is developed into a slightly screw form to enable it to easily divide
and move the surrounding air. The fans or wings C may be made of any suitable
light clastic material as for example of birds' feathers strung together, of light bent
wood, of thin stuff mounted in a wire frame and so forth. By means of the socket D
the position of the fans or wings C can be altered according as it is required to move
the upper or lower portion of air, or, if the axis B¹ is placed horizontally, the side
portion of air. The fixing of the socket D and thereby the fans C in their positions
is effected by a spring 4, a pin i in which engages in holes j formed in the axis B.
In order to interrupt or stop entirely the motion of the shaft B₁ and fans C when
required the above mentioned coupling pin is placed in the vertical part of the
Tshaped slot e is lowered with the axis B' until it takes into a corresponding
notch k in the bearing e, and thereby prevents further motion of the axis B. For
winding-up the driving spring any suitable key or a crank handle may be employed.
In a basin F, formed in the upper part of the stand A', ice, water, or perfume, may
be placed for the better cooling, freshening and distribution of the air by the motion
of the fans or wings C.
The apparatus besides being used for dwelling rooms, theatre boxes, restaurants

page_text: coffee houses, shops etcetera, for which the form above described is suitable, may
also be arranged for railway carriages, ships' cabins, workshops, exhibitions and so
forth. In railway carriages the motors, as shown diagrammatically in two forms in
Figures 3 and 4, may be arranged above the carriage roof, and may consist of a
fixed fan apparatus or of a wind-catcher or trumpet-mouth in provided with a wind
turbine n which is set in action by means of the current of air driven into the
trumpet-mouth m by the motion of the train. Inside the carriage ceiling is placed
the fan C driven by the motor of the wind turbine with the addition when
desired of a cooling dish containing ice, water, etcetera as described in reference to
Figures 1 and 2. The wind turbine n, in the wind-catcher or trumpet-mouth m,
can be arranged as in Figure 3, its motion being transmitted by means of bevil
wheels o to the fan axis B₁; or as in Figure 4 in which case the motion is
communicated direct, the wind turbine n being fixed direct on the fan axis B'. In
ships cabins the motion of the fan can be transmitted from the ships' engines or
from the paddle wheel. In workshops and exhibitions the fan may be driven by
the main engine or otherwise as may be convenient.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First The improved automatic apparatus for putting air in motion consisting of
the fans or wings C arranged radially round, and hinged to, an axis B¹,. the said
fans or wings being adjustable by means of the rods 9 hinged thereto and to the
socket D after the manner of an umbrella, the said axis and fans or wings having
imparted thereto a rotatory, swinging or fluttering motion by means of a spring
motor A contained in the stand A, or by means of any other available power, as
hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the drawings.
Second In connection with the apparatus forming the subject matter of the
first claiming clause hereof, the use of ice, water, or perfume, in a special basin F
provided below the fans or wings, for the purpose of cooling and freshening the air,
as herein before described.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1892.