Evaporation cooler and pad
AssigneeUmm Al-Qura University
InventorTURKI MOHAMMED ABDULKARIM HABEEBULLAH
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Abstract
The evaporative cooler and pad operates on the principle of cooling the air by evaporation of water passing through one or more evaporator pads in the cooler. The evaporation of water cools the air as it is drawn through the cooler by an internal fan. The pads of the evaporative cooler and pad are formed of luffa sponge fibers. The cooler may include a device for dispensing antimicrobial and/or antifungal agents into the water reservoir of the cooler. Alternatively, the pads may be pretreated with antimicrobial and/or antifungal agents. A cooling fan is provided in the interior of the cooler to blow cooled, humidified air over the surface of the water in the reservoir before the water is passed through the evaporator pads, thereby increasing the cooling efficiency of the system.
Claims17
An evaporative cooler and pad, comprising:
- a hollow housing having at least one porous wall and an outlet, the housing defining an interior volume;
- a porous evaporator pad disposed within the housing immediately adjacent the porous wall, the pad being made from luffa sponge fibers;
- a water reservoir disposed within the housing;
- a water pump disposed within the housing, the water pump selectively drawing water from the water reservoir and delivering the water to the evaporator pad;
- a motor and fan disposed within the housing, the motor and fan selectively drawing air through the porous wall and evaporator pad and expelling the air through the outlet;
- an agent dispenser disposed within the housing;
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- an aseptic agent disposed in the agent dispenser, the agent dispenser being configured for selectively dispensing the aseptic agent into the water reservoir.
A method of manufacturing a pad for an evaporative cooler, comprising the steps of:
- (a) assembling a plurality of plies of luffa sponge fiber sheets together, thereby forming a multiple ply pad;
- (b) compressing the multiple ply pad of luffa sponge;
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- (c) trimming the compressed, multiple ply pad of luffa sponge, thereby forming an evaporator pad for an evaporative cooler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.