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US 5,965,068 AGranted
Reversible humidifier housing
OwnerBrian Williamson, Alain Benoit +1inventors
InventorsBrian Williamson, Alain Benoit, Cherif Menassa
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OwnerBrian Williamson, Alain Benoit +1inventors
InventorsBrian Williamson, Alain Benoit, Cherif Menassa
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A reversible housing for a humidifier of the type for attachment to the ducts of a forced air heating system. The housing includes a sheet forming a back wall, a pair of side walls and a top wall integrally hinged to the back wall and pivotable through one-half turn with respect to the latter so as to take two operative positions both protruding forwardly of the back wall depending which one of the back wall faces is disposed flat against the duct. The back wall has a central air passage opening bordered with flanges protruding from each of the back wall faces to connect with a duct opening. One of the side walls has a second air passage with flanges protruding from each of its two faces to selectively connect with a by-pass duct to the left or to the right of the housing. An angular cover and a water tray completes the housing and fit the sheet in either one of its two operative positions. A screwdriver is only required to secure the sheet in either one of its operative positions. A deodorizer body is releasably mounted within the humidifier drum.
In a humidifier for attachment to the ducts of a forced air heating system to humidify air circulating in the system, a reversible housing including a sheet defining a back wall with a back air passage and adapted to be attached to one of said ducts with either one of its faces flat against said one duct, first and second side walls, first hinge means connecting said side walls to said back wall about spaced hinge axes on either side of said back air passage for pivotal movement to take either one of two operative positions, both protruding forwardly of said back wall depending on which one of said back wall faces is to be attached flat against said one duct, drive unit mounting means carried by said first side wall and accessible from both faces of the latter, said second side wall having a side air passage and a humidifier shaft bearing bar secured to said second side wall and extending across said side air passage, said sheet forming a housing component capable of being formed with said side air passage to the left or to the right of said back air passage, depending on the selected operative position of said side walls, to house a cylindrical humidifier drum between said side walls and rotatably supported by said bar at one end and at its other end by a drive unit carried by said mounting means.
A humidifier for attachment to the ducts of a forced air heating system to humidify air circulating in the system comprising a reversible housing including a housing component made of sheet material including a back wall, with a back air passage, means to attach said back wall with either one of its faces flat against one of said ducts and with said back air passage in register with a duct opening in said one duct, first and second side walls and a top wall hinged to said back wall about spaced hinged axes on either side of said back air passage and along the top of said back wall respectively for pivotal movement to take either one of two operative positions both in which said top and side walls protrude forwardly of said back wall depending which one of said back wall faces is attached flat against said one duct, said first side wall being formed with drive unit mounting means accessible at either one of the two faces of said first side wall, said second side wall having a side air passage and a humidifier shaft bearing bar secured to said second side wall and extending across said side air passage, a humidifier drum extending between said side walls, a humidifier shaft supporting said drum and in turn releasably supported by said bar at one end and by a drive unit secured to said drive unit mounting means at the other end, both said back and side air passages surrounded by oppositely directed duct coupling flanges, screw means to secure said top wall over said side walls in either one of said two operative positions, said housing further including a rigid cover fitting said side walls in either of said two operative positions and a water-receiving tray having ears at its periphery to releasably engage tray retaining openings made through said back wall and said side walls along the bottom edges of said back and side walls, said engagement being effected from either face of said back and side walls, said tray constituting the bottom wall of said reversible housing.
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