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BRodda The Feature Creep Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 990	Bankers Fan 07/18/2006 9:27 AM
	I was looking at fans this weekend and saw an interesting style called a bankers fan. It's built so that papers don't fly off your desk while using it. Can anyone explain how this works? There are all globes and apparently they were quite popular before air conditioning, but not they are just "retro". __________________ "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
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electrone Power-User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 377 Good Answers: 2	#1 Dispersion 07/19/2006 1:30 PM
	Sounds like it disperses the air it propels rather than producing a stream that can cause more low pressure over an area. The low pressure resulting from a stream is what lifts papers up off of a surface.
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Kikster Active Contributor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Beirut, Lebanon Posts: 13	#2 In reply to #1 Re:Dispersion 08/04/2006 6:54 PM
	Simple a counter rotating fan, mounted on the same shaft with ribs arranged in several directions, disperses the blown air without a high impact in always the same spot. Neat no... __________________ Hady V. Kik
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electrone Power-User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 377 Good Answers: 2	#3 In reply to #2 Re:Dispersion 08/04/2006 7:57 PM
	Yes, it is neat. It may even have something to do with the feeling people get which leads them to say that certain fans like the tower type feel somewhat like air conditioning.
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Kikster Active Contributor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Beirut, Lebanon Posts: 13	#4 In reply to #3 Re:Dispersion 08/04/2006 8:31 PM
	Defenitly! __________________ Hady V. Kik
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electrone Power-User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 377 Good Answers: 2	#5 In reply to #4 Re:Dispersion 08/04/2006 10:17 PM
	:smile:
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