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US 5,188,169 AGranted
Heater-humidifier-dehumidifier unit
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorGui Y. Lim
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Abstract
An air treating unit comprises side-by-side compartments. An air cooling/dehumidifying mechanism and an air heating/humidifying mechanism are disposed in respective compartments. Selectively actuable fans are disposed in the compartments. The air cooling/dehumidifying mechanism includes a condenser and a water collecting tank disposed therebelow. The air heating/humidifying mechanism includes a heater and a water vaporizing tank disposed therebelow.
Claims5
An air treating unit comprising:
- a housing having air inlet means and air outlet means;
- motor-driven air circulating means for circulating air through said housing;
- air treating means in said housing including air heating means, air humidifying means, and air dehumidifying means;
- said housing having an interior partitioned into a plurality of compartments;
- said air humidifying means and said air dehumidifying means being disposed in separate ones of said compartments;
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- said air circulating means comprising selectively actuable fans disposed in respective ones of said compartments.
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An air treating unit comprising:
- a housing having air inlet means and air outlet means;
- motor-driven air circulating means for circulating air through said housing;
- air treating means in said housing including air heating means, air humidifying means, and air dehumidifying means;
- said housing having an interior partitioned into a plurality of compartments;
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- said air circulating means comprising first and second selectively actuable fans disposed in an upper room of said first and second compartments, respectively.
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An air treating unit comprising:
- a housing having air inlet means and air outlet means;
- motor-driven air circulating means for circulating air through said housing;
- air treating means in said housing including air heating means, air humidifying means, and air dehumidifying means;
- said housing having an interior partitioned into a plurality of compartments;
- said air humidifying means and said air dehumidifying means being disposed in separate ones of said compartments;
- said air humidifying means comprising a water storage vessel and means for heating said water to vaporize water in said water storage vessel;
- said air dehumidifying means comprising a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator;
- said air heating means comprising a heater disposed in said compartment containing said air humidifying means;
- said compartments being disposed horizontally adjacent one another;
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- said air heating means being disposed in an upper room of a second compartment, said water storage vessel being disposed in a lower room of the second compartment, and said water storage vessel communicating with an upper space of said second compartment to admit vaporized water thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.