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US 5,514,193 AGranted
Air humidifier
AssigneeLTG Lufttechnische GmbH
InventorsGerd-Eugen Schaal, Paul Wenger, Klaus Gunther
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Abstract
An air humidifier includes a chamber through which a stream of air flows, a liquid atomizing device arranged in the chamber for humidifying the air flowing through the chamber, and an adjustable water separator located downstream of the atomizing device for separating excess water drops from the humidified air in accordance with predetermined humidification parameters.
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An air humidifier, comprising a chamber through which a stream of air flows;
- means for humidifying the air flowing through said chamber;
- and a water separator located downstream of said humidifying means for separating excess drops from the humidified air, said water separator comprising adjustable means determining a degree of separation of said water separator;
- wherein said adjustable means comprises a stack of spaced rib walls for deflecting the humidified air flow onto respective portions of respective below-lying rib walls for separating the water drops from the humidified air flow;
- wherein said rib walls have adjustable positions corresponding to different degrees of separation of said water separator;
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- wherein each of said rib walls is formed of at least two superimposed walls having substantially the same profile and separable from each other, at one end thereof, the adjustable positions of said rib walls being defined by a degree of separation of said two superimposed walls.
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An air humidifier, comprising a chamber through which a stream of air flows;
- means for humidifying the air flowing through said chamber;
- and a water separator located downstream of said humidifying means for separating excess drops from the humidified air, said water separator comprising adjustable means determining a degree of separation of said water separator;
- wherein said adjustable means comprises a stack of spaced rib walls for deflecting the humidified air flow onto respective portions of respective below-lying rib walls for separating the water drops from the humidified air flow;
- wherein said rib walls have adjustable positions corresponding to different degrees of separation of said water separator;
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- wherein at least one of said rib walls has at least one foldable air flow deflection member for deflecting the humidified air flow onto said at least one of said rib walls, a position of said deflecting member determining the degree of separation of said water separator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.