Mark McCormick Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Early Office Museum Photos 1900-03. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) Check out the formed "S" wires. Anyone? Edited April 12 by Russ Huber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) 1 hour ago, Russ Huber said: Check out the formed "S" wires. Anyone? D. L. Bates & Bro. guard has matching style 9 count S wires, but the fan in question appears to have a 10 S wire count. Nobody? Notice in the 2 Bate's images the S wires have opposite orientation. Edited April 12 by Russ Huber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Lumsden Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, Russ Huber said: D. L. Bates & Bro. guard has matching style 9 count S wires, but the fan in question appears to have a 10 S wire count. Nobody? Notice in the 2 Bate's images the S wires have opposite orientation. Is there more than 10 S wires? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 What about the cage banner? Any Bates fans with that present? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 16 minutes ago, Jeff Lumsden said: Is there more than 10 S wires? That's the Bates Rotofan introduced in electrical trade 13. It came with either a 16" or 20" blade. Bates introduced a 20" blade desk and bracket model in 06 (image below) with 11 S wires present. FWIW....the Rotofan would be a prize to surface and own. It was the last new model they offered. The great flood of 1913 in Dayton Ohio took the wind out of their sails. By the end of 13 Bates was out of business. It was stated they managed to get their fan motor stock to a higher floor to save it 13 season. The Rotofan could be out there somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 10 minutes ago, Anthony Lindsey said: What about the cage banner? Any Bates fans with that present? Never have seen a Bates desk fan with Banner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Is that a banner in the original picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 16-Inch Version, dated 14 Aug 1913 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 1 hour ago, Steve Rockwell said: 16-Inch Version, dated 14 Aug 1913 By the end of 1913 D. L. Bates & Bro. was out of business. The rotary fan motor seen here would have been introduced and manufactured in limited numbers for the 1913 season. If memory serves me right, I recall reading the Bates concern was able to get their remaining stock of fan motors to a higher level in the Dayton factory building above the flood waters. Many if not all of their office records on the lower floor succumbed to the flooding. This YouTube video is a lengthy documentary of the onset and aftermath of the great Dayton flood of 1913. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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