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 Title: |
US3881198:
Detachable air conditioning unit for headwear
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Waters, William A.; Tulsa, OK 74135
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1975-05-06
/ 1973-08-13
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| Application Number: |
US1973000387956
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A42B 3/28;
A42C 5/04;
IPC-7:
A42C 5/04;
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| ECLA Code: |
A42B3/28D; A42C5/04;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/171.3;
002/195.5;
002/906;
Original:
002/171.3;
002/185;
002/199;
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| Field of Search: |
002/171.3,7,8,185,199
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| Priority Number: |
| 1973-08-13 |
US1973000387956 |
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| Abstract: |
A detachable air conditioning unit for headwear of substantially any type comprising an electric motor and fan removably secured within a lightweight housing, said motor being secured to an air inlet screen removably inserted within a recess or aperture provided at the top of the housing, a battery holder supporting a battery electrically connected with the motor, a switch operably connected with the battery and motor for selective actuation of the motor and fan, and a removable temperature control panel, screen, or grid disposed below the fan which functions as a cooling or warming means, said fan being selectively operable by the motor for blowing warm or cool air downwardly onto the wearer of the headwear.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Schroeder, Werner H.; Neibum, Peter
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| INPADOC Legal Status: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A detachable self-contained air conditioning unit for headwear and comprising housing means of a generally outwardly flaring configuration and having the opposite ends thereof open, a first air screen means disposed in one of said open ends, a second air screen means disposed in the other of said open ends, power means carried by said air screen and depending therefrom into the interior of the housing means, impeller means carried by the power means and interposed between the air screen means and temperature control panel means, said impeller means being rotatable by the power means for pulling air into the housing through the air screen means and discharging air from the housing through the temperature control panel means, power supply means operably connected with the power means for selective activation thereof, and securing means cooperating between the housing means and headwear for removably securing the self-contained unit to the headwear, and wherein the housing means includes an upstanding neck portion at one end having an opening therein of a smaller diameter than the opposite open housing end, said air screen means being removably secured in said neck portion opening.
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