Year: 1888

page_text: We HENRY CHARLES BARKLEY of Arlington, Fairford, in the County of Gloucester,
Civil Engineer, and FRANCIS WALTER RAIKES of The Redlands, Newport,
Monmouthshire, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention consists in combining the action of a fan with the action of rocking
in a rocking chair or seat, the action of the fan being produced by the motion of the
rocking chair or seat.
Our invention is applicable to the motion or action of a fan whether swinging
revolving or any other action or motion so long as it is produced by the motion of a
rocking chair,
The most convenient arrangement we find in practice is to attach two light uprights
to the back of any construction of rocking chair or seat so formed as to support a
cross bar above the head of the person rocking.
By making the uprights of tubes and telescopic the height can be altered to suit
the convenience of people of different heights using the chair-On the cross bar is
suspended, by hooks or otherwise, a fan stretched on a light frame the lower part of
which is weighted and the weight being at the lower part of the far, the motion of
rocking in the chair causes the fan to swing sharply to and fro over the head of the
rocker or user-The fan being only hooked on to the cross bar can be readily
removed or replaced at will Very simple mechanism can be applied to the rocking
chair for actuating a rotary fan.
1000
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We HENRY CHARLES BARKLEY of Arlington Fairford in the County of Gloucester
Civil Engineer and FRANCIS WALTER RAIKES of The Redlands Newport
Monmouthshire, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described in and by the
following statement:
:-
Our invention consists in combining the action of a fan with the action of rocking
in a rocking chair or seat the action of the fan being produced by the motion of the
rocking chair or seat and will be found especially adapted for hot climates and for
ships decks use in tropical climates.
Our invention is applicable to the motion or action of a fan whether swinging
revolving or any other action or motion so long as it is produced by the motion of
a rocking chair.
The most convenient arrangement we find in practice is to attach two light
uprights to the back of any suitable construction of rocking chair or seat so formed
as to support a crossbar above the head of the person rocking but we do not limit
ourselves to any particular arrangement as the fan may be mounted in a variety
of ways.
By making the uprights of tubes and telescopic the height can be altered to suit
the convenience of people of different heights using the chair. On the cross bar is
suspended by hooks or otherwise a fan stretched on a light frame the lower part of
which is weighted (or of any other suitable construction) and the weight being at the
lower part of the fan the motion of rocking in the chair causes the fan to swing to
and fro over the head of-and so fan -the rocker or user. The fan being only hooked
or otherwise conveniently swung on to the cross bar can be readily removed or
replaced at will.
For the sake of example and in order that our invention may be the more easily
understood and readily carried into practice we will proceed to describe the
accompanying sheet of drawings which shows our invention applied to a rocking
chair of the character generally known as "Austrian Bent Wood chairs."
In this case the arm rests or parts a a are extended up above the top of the chair
back b and carry the fan c suitably mounted or swung between the said parts or
arins a a so that when the chair is rocked such rocking keeps up the desired fanning
action.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
.
1. The use and application of a fan swung or mounted on a rocking chair so that
the motion of rocking the chair causes the action of fanning the occupant of the
said chair.
2. The improved arrangement and construction of a rocking chair having a fan or
fans mounted or swung thereon so that the action of rocking the chair causes the
fanning of the occupant of said chair substantially in the manner and for the purposes
hereinbefore set forth.