Abstract: An oil retaining and lubricating structure of an electric fan is disclosed to include a hub having a center barrel and a receiving chamber defined in the center barrel, a shaft rotatably mounted in the center barrel of the hub, an axle bearing mounted in the receiving chamber to support the shaft in the center barrel, and an elastic porous oil retainer mounted in the receiving chamber around the shaft and retaining lubricating oil for lubricating the shaft and the axle bearing upon rotation of the shaft with a fan blade assembly relative to the hub.

Abstract: An dust-protective cycling lubricating structure of an electric fan is disclosed to include a hub defining a receiving chamber, a shaft rotatably mounted in the hub, an axle bearing mounted in the receiving chamber to support the shaft and defining with a top cover of the hub an oil-spreading space and a bottom cover of the hub an oil accumulation space. Lubricating oil is guided upwards by guide grooves on the shaft to lubricate the shaft and the axle bearing and to be further spread over the oil-spreading space and then returned to the oil accumulation space due to the effect of the centrifugal force during rotation of the shaft with a fan blade assembly.