Portable fan memories

[derek anthony]

1. Late 80s windmere 12 inch,
My family used to have one of these that i was intrested in when i was younger, it used to be in my brothers room that was upstairs, i used to go up and get it when he wasnt home.

2 patton u2 series air circulators,
The costco near us used to sell them, and they used to have about 10 u2 20s with the blue blades on top of the roof of the building they used for offices aiming down at the checkouts, they always ran on high speed, and off to the side of the checkstand 1 there was a 24 inch patton pedistal head with four blades mounted to a wall mount attached to the racking,
Then they moved the costco to a larger building, and the new building had the same pattons on top the offices, then they died off one by one, and got replaced with other newer air circulators, until three of the pattons remained. One day i went in there and there were two hvls fans , and the hv fans including the pattons were gone. Also my parents bought a patton u2 20 with the sicle blades, when i was younger, we used that fan alot, until it died, ( seized up, did not know how to oil when i was younger) and it got tossed

3. Lakewood 1200a
The nursing home my grandparents stayed at had a 1200a in one of the offices, you could see it through a window in the office , and every now and then it got lent to patients that needed it

[Cole D]

1.) My parents had a Lakewood with 3rd gen banana blades. I think it was a 200i but might have been a 223. I don't remember much else but I'm pretty sure it had a gray cabinet. It got given to my aunt shortly after so I don't remember it much.

2.) The neighbor across the street had a gray GE quiet fan on their screened front porch that I used to stare at when I'd go to their house.

3.) At Walmart they had a rotary grille box fan in the garden center that was tan and brown that I used to watch the grille spin on.

4.) My grandparents had a 70s 16" blue bladed oscillator, which I can't remember the brand of. It said Super Deluxe 16 on the base. But the grille wires were further apart and I used to spin the blades on it. The blades had a silver cap on the hub and under the base had a light blue metal cover. This fan stopped working, so they gave it to me but my parents made me throw it away. Sadly, it probably just needed a new capacitor.

5.) My other grandma had a 16" Galaxy with blue blades and piano keys in mint condition. I wish I had kept it when she sold her house. She even still had the instructions to it. But I used to play with it when I went to their house when I was a toddler, and they'd bring it down from the attic for me.

[Jordan U]

Mar 5, 2019 17:57:17 GMT -5 derek anthony said:

2 patton u2 series air circulators,
The costco near us used to sell them, and they used to have about 10 u2 20s with the blue blades on top of the roof of the building they used for offices aiming down at the checkouts, they always ran on high speed, and off to the side of the checkstand 1 there was a 24 inch patton pedistal head with four blades mounted to a wall mount attached to the racking,
Then they moved the costco to a larger building, and the new building had the same pattons on top the offices, then they died off one by one, and got replaced with other newer air circulators, until three of the pattons remained. One day i went in there and there were two hvls fans , and the hv fans including the pattons were gone. Also my parents bought a patton u2 20 with the sicle blades, when i was younger, we used that fan alot, until it died, ( seized up, did not know how to oil when i was younger) and it got tossed

That sounds like a really neat setup.. It's a shame Patton didn't use ball bearings, I imagine them locking up was the fate of most of those units..