Object Details
- Description
- The “Roto Beam / M. Weber / Chicago, IL.” inscription on this Bakelite rotor refers to a fan that was designed by Max Weber, and produced by the Roto-Beam Air Circulation Company.
- Max Weber, “Air Circulation,” U.S. Patent 2,088,312 (July 27, 1937).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- ca. 1930
- date made
- ca 1930
- Credit Line
- Gift of Union Carbide Corporation
- Measurements
- overall: 86 mm x 247 mm; 3 3/8 in x 9 3/4 in
- overall: 3 3/8 in x 9 5/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 24.4475 cm
- Object Name
- rotor
- fan blade
- Bakelite Rotor
