Abstract: In a ceiling fan in which root portions of blades are attached to a support portion to be rotary driven, a fall preventing member having a loop portion formed by a wire rod is provided, a through hole of which the loop portion of the fall preventing member penetrates is provided on the root portions of the blades, the support portion is provided with an engaging portion which is engageable with the loop portion of the fall preventing member, the loop portion of the fall preventing member is disposed to be engageable with the engaging portion of the support portion, the loop portion is engaged with the engaging portion of the support portion when an attachment part of the support portion and the blades is broken, and the blades are supported on the support portion through the loop portion of the fall preventing member in a state in which inner edges of the root portions of the blades are positioned on an outside of an outer edge of the support portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 31, 2015
Date of Patent:
June 11, 2019
Assignees:
PANASONIC MANUFACTURING MALAYSIA BERHAD, PANASONIC CORPORATION