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Post by JW on Apr 16, 2007 18:27:55 GMT -5
Picked up three of these today from a co-worker. They all had Williamsburg light kits which were beat up and discolored so I removed them. Fan goes about 60/110/180 RPM and cranks out a lot of air for a spinner. I'd say the blade pitch is about equal to that of my Original so I assume it's 15 degrees. These are standard 52" 4-blade Hunters, but the motor housing and ceiling canopy are ornate. I think the finish is burnished brass (a finish between antique and bright brass... they use it on the 1886's and Casablanca had something similar called "weathered bright brass" in the 80s). They seem to be quite a bit sturdier than my Coastal Breeze. The light kits are dated 1992 and 1993, but of course the fans might be older than that. Here are a few pics:     |
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Post by Andrew G. on Apr 16, 2007 18:57:17 GMT -5
The top of the motor housing is VERY similar to that of an R&M comfort breeze, meaning they were probably made with K55 type motors at one point.
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Post by forkfan on Apr 16, 2007 19:06:09 GMT -5
a friend of mine has that hunter fan just like that in his tv room at his house here in burleson,tx@jw
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Post by John "Rockin" Reed on Apr 16, 2007 23:10:43 GMT -5
Great fans, JW...never seen those before
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2007 18:14:09 GMT -5
I love them too! It's a grape-leaf Comfort Breeze/old Studio Series/Barritz. I am wondering if they made them with flywheels.
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Post by Andrew G. on Apr 19, 2007 5:39:33 GMT -5
I love them too! It's a grape-leaf Comfort Breeze/old Studio Series/Barritz. I am wondering if they made them with flywheels. Wrong. They were known as hunter's 'designers choice' series. They were manufactured between 1984 and sometime in the late 80s. They were made with those K55 type motors, meaning they had flywheels at one point. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2007 14:31:55 GMT -5
Wow you're slow. I was saying what they looked like.
How do you know they were made with K55 motors? I too have heard confirmation, I am wondering if you've seen proof.
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Post by JW on Apr 20, 2007 21:49:44 GMT -5
Actually there are no leaves at all on these motor housings... just vines. All three of these have pretty decent sized spinner motors inside. As for the one I have hanging, I can't feel as much air as some other fans I've put up, but the thing is DEAD silent. I will say that it looks SWEET with two blades... kind of reminds me of one of the earliest Emersons.    Here it is with all four blades and no light kit:  And with a light kit installed:  |
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Post by forkfan on Apr 20, 2007 22:17:25 GMT -5
cool  |
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Post by Ben C. on Apr 21, 2007 9:36:33 GMT -5
If you squint and look from far away, it bears a resemblance to a Hunter Original.
Is it just me or does the second photo show the blades drooping?
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Post by JW on Apr 21, 2007 9:41:29 GMT -5
Actually it resembles an ornate Original even from a couple of feet away in my opinion. The blades are drooping because the grommets are too wide and the screws too long, so the blades sit loose in the brackets. Perhaps some self-balancing technique Hunter tried for this fan and/or year?
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Post by Ben C. on Apr 21, 2007 17:32:47 GMT -5
Does it wobble? To fill in the gap, just put on some spacers.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2007 21:59:21 GMT -5
They need different blade brackets. But they are gorgeous.
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Post by Farah on Apr 22, 2007 22:43:26 GMT -5
Those are beautiful fans! I wonder what year were they made and it sounds like they're a rare fan.
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Post by organist89 on Jun 12, 2007 1:16:09 GMT -5
If you squint and look from far away, it bears a resemblance to a Hunter Original. Very strongly so. In fact, if I hadn't seen the top of the fan, I'd say it was an Original with one of the decorative kits (there were Grape Leaf, Oak Leaf, and one other I can't remember). R&M designed and patented all of them in 1982; here's a link to the patent (you'll need a TIFF plugin to view it; if you have QuickTime, you'll need to uninstall it): patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=D262,570.PN.&OS=PN/D262,570&RS=PN/D262,570 Failing that, I'm happy to email you a copy of the PDF file if you're interested in seeing the company drawings etc. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that R&M put those exact same canopies and bottom plates on another model. There were also matching blade irons, sidebands, and switch caps. |
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