Abstract: A portable misting device and fan for use by sunbathers and those engaged in athletic pursuits. The fan encloses a fan blade unit and the misting device includes a body which contains a volume of a liquid and which is mounted to a rear of the fan by a mounting bracket. A spray applicator extends from the body and is in a direction above and toward a front of said fan blade unit. The spray applicator is actuable to withdraw fluid from within the misting device body and to supply it as an atomized spray in front of the fan blade unit. The fan blade unit cools and distributes the spray in a direction chosen by the user.

Abstract: Over heat protection for a portable space heater equipped with a reflector for directing the radiation from a heating element through a frontal emitting window of the heater enclosure is provided by a conventional thermostat which is thermally insulated from the thermal mass of the heater enclosure and which is mounted so as to sense the temperature of convective air drafted up from in front of the window. The thermostat is mounted above a slot cut in the upper front edge of the reflector out of the path of the radiation directed by the reflector.

Abstract: An improved breadmaking machine for adjusting at least one operating parameter of the machine in response to the atmospheric pressure and atmospheric temperature existing outside the machine. Signals representative of the atmospheric pressure and atmospheric temperature are inputted to the breadmaker by a sensor, potentiometer, switch block assembly, or by manual entering means. The signals are read by a controller which initiates a program to determine at least one correction value for adjusting the operating parameters of the machine in response to the pressure and temperature inputs. The controller is connected to the parameters, such as a heater element, kneading motor and blower motor and adjusts the operation of the parameters according to the calculated values of the program.