US70952A - Otto brit ok - Google Patents

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\ Letters Patent No. 70,952, dated November 19. 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN FANS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, OTTO BRCK, of No, 17% Eldridge street, New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fans and I do hereby declare 'that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,.forming part of this specification, in which drawingt Figure 1 is an elevation of the fan extended and expanded.

Figure 2 is a central section thereof. I Figure 3 represents the fan closed up and concealed in the outer case. Y Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in afan of novel construction, which can be worn and used by itself, or be combined with other articles of personal use, as, for example, with a card-case, or a pocket-book, or a parasol, or, in general terms, with any article which is not too bulky or too heavy to be conveniently handled. In this example I have .shown my fan in a separate state, in which condition it v can be worn and used without connecting it with any other article. Its connection or combination with other articles is accomplished by attaching the outer case of the fan to such an article in any convenient manner.

`'.lhe letter a designates a tubular case, which encloses the fan when in a shut-up condition, and-which, when the fan is not combined with other articles, forms the handleby which it is held and used. The letter b desigi nates a secondary tubular case, which receives the leaves of the fan into itself when the fan is shut up, and which is so made and arranged as to slide in and out of case a, in closing or opening the fan, The leaves d of the fan are, in this example, so made and arranged as to assume a circular shape when fully expanded, but any other shape may be adopted to suit the taste or judgment of the maker. The depth of the folds of the several leaves is a little less than the diameter of the secondary or extension-case b, so as to allow said case to receive l. the leaves without destroying their shape. The extension and expansion ofthe fan, and its closure, are accom plished by means of cordsfgL attached to a movable head, a, which holds the central extremities of the leaves k of the fan, and is free to slide up and down in case b. v

In lig. 1 the upper end-of case b is partly broken away, in order to show said head e with distinctness.

The fan can be extended and expanded, and also closed, by means of pins projecting through the eases a b, h as shown in the drawing. In this example I have shown such pinsz' j, which project,prespectively, from the sliding extension-case b and the movable head e, so that they can be operated by hand. The-pin z' of sliding case Z1 projects through a longitudinal slot, e,-made in the side of the outer case a, the ends of theslot serving as stops to arrest the pin when the inner case has been moved in or .out the proper disntance` The pinj in the same way furnishes facilities for operating the fan, by pushing it out or drawing it into case Z1, the pin working i'n a like longitudinal slot c in'ease b. The ends of said slot serve to limitthe movements of the head.

The side folds or leaves of the fan, when ,the fan is extended, are separated by the case along' the sides of which they extend down to the upper end of case a, to which they are fastened at h 7L, 'as shown in iig. 1. When the fau is shut, the said side folds are made to take-their places along the inner side of case' b.

'.lhe operation of the fan is as follows: To extendand expand it from the condition seen in iig. 3, one pulls vthe cord g and draws out the sliding case Z) to the extent allowed by thc pin and slot e, the fan meanwhile being drawn out oi' the inncr case, because the ends of its side folds are fastened to the outer case at 7L L. When the case has become fully extended, the fan is also fully expanded. vIn closing the fan, one pulls the cordf, and draws the case within case a, into which the case slides easily, and when pin 'L' has reached the bottom ofthe e slot c of case a, the pull on cordf begins to draw the head e downwards; and thereby to return the folds or leaves of the `fan into its sheath or case, in which it is fully gathered when pinj has reached the bottom of the sioi. c of ease t. i

The size of the fan can be varied, to suit the maker, from the size of a common pencil-case tothe size of ordinary fans, and the cases may bc of any suitable material-metallic, wooden, or mineral. The leaves of the fan are flexible, to allow 'them to be turned into and out oi' case b. l

I am aware that a fan'nhus been manufactured in Meissen, Saxony, which, when drawn in, is entirely shut up i in its own case. Said fan, however, is composed of -a single'tube, into which the fan can be drawn, and, in order to obtain a, fan of proper dimensions, the tube must necessarily be made of such a, length that it is not very l convenient toom-ry. By my telescope arrangement the size of the whole device, when shut up, is reduced one-half, and a. fan is obtained which cnn be conveniently carried in the pocket.

What'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The tubular handle a into which slides the tube '6, which is adapted to receive the fan d in its folded state, in combination with the tube head e, fan oZ, and draW-stringsf and g,'the whole arranged and combined suL- stantially as herein set forth;

OTTO BRUCK. Witnesses:

W. HAUFF,

AMASA A. REDFIELD.

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