Take a look at this fan from the first half of the 20th century:
Note that it has a guard which protects the blades in case the fan falls over. However, the guard does not protect a person from accidentally sticking his fingers into the fan. Why not? It’s not exactly complicated, it would have taken just a little more wire, and I’m sure people back then didn’t enjoy having their fingers struck by metal blades any more than we would now.
In college I bought a fan like this on a garage sale because I liked the look and it actually worked. I called it Mr. Fingersnaps and every time I ran it it was very loud and smelled bad.
Take a look at this fan from the first half of the 20th century:
Note that it has a guard which protects the blades in case the fan falls over. However, the guard does not protect a person from accidentally sticking his fingers into the fan. Why not? It’s not exactly complicated, it would have taken just a little more wire, and I’m sure people back then didn’t enjoy having their fingers struck by metal blades any more than we would now.
People can be weird about safety…
Rules for safety are often times written in blood.
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In college I bought a fan like this on a garage sale because I liked the look and it actually worked. I called it Mr. Fingersnaps and every time I ran it it was very loud and smelled bad.
My mother almost cut her finger off on one of these fans when I was a kid. She needed a lot of stitches.