Patent ID: 8454322

Claim:
A fan assembly for creating an air current, the fan assembly comprising: an air inlet; an air outlet; an impeller; a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow passing from the air inlet to the air outlet, the air outlet comprising an interior passage for receiving the air flow and a mouth for emitting the air flow, the air outlet defining an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth; a control circuit for controlling the motor; a remote control for transmitting control signals to the control circuit; and at least one magnet for attaching the remote control to the air outlet, wherein said at least one magnet is located in the air outlet, and wherein the air outlet comprises an annular inner casing section and an annular outer casing section which together define the interior passage and the mouth, and wherein said at least one magnet is located within a housing disposed on an inner surface of the outer casing section.