Humidifier with water sealed impeller unit
AssigneeDuracraft Corporation
InventorFrank Marino
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Abstract
A humidifier including a base enclosure defining a reservoir to be filled with liquid, an opening disposed above the reservoir, and a discharge orifice communicating therewith; a humidification unit mounted on the base, covering the opening and adapted to produce dispersion of liquid retained by the reservoir; the humidification unit being separable from the base along a joint extending around the opening; and a seal mechanism including a channel for receiving liquid disposed to form a seal preventing the passage through the joint of liquid dispersed by the humidification unit. This arrangement provides a vapor seal for power units that expel vapor through a distinct discharge orifice.
Claims20
A humidifier comprising:
- base enclosure means defining a reservoir to be filled with liquid, an opening disposed above said reservoir, and a discharge orifice communicating with said reservoir;
- humidification means mounted on said base means, covering said opening, defining with said base enclosure means an inlet chamber for receiving air from the environment and a discharge chamber communicating with said inlet chamber and said discharge orifice, and comprising impeller means projecting into the liquid and adapted to produce dispersion thereof into said discharge chamber;
- said humidification means being separable from said base means along a joint extending around said opening;
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- seal means comprising a channel communicating with said discharge chamber so as to receive therefrom liquid disposed to form a seal preventing the passage through said joint of liquid dispersed by said humidification means.
A humidifier comprising:
- base means defining a reservoir to be filled with liquid;
- humidification means mounted on said base means, defining with said base means an inlet chamber for receiving air from the environment and a discharge chamber communicating with said inlet chamber, and comprising impeller means projecting into the liquid and adapted to produce dispersion thereof into said discharge chamber;
- said humidification means covering said reservoir and being separable from said base means along a joint located above and extending around said reservoir;
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- seal means comprising a channel communicating with said discharge chamber so as to receive therefrom liquid disposed to form a seal preventing the passage through said joint of liquid dispersed by said humidification means, and wherein said base means and said humidification means further define a passage providing between said discharge chamber and said channel a flow path for liquid dispersed by said humidification means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.