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US 6,286,501 B1Granted
Humidifier system
OwnerGerard Charlandinventor
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Abstract
A humidifier for adjusting the humidity level in a building, the humidifier having a heat exchange tube adapted to be heated by a furnace as the furnace heats air to be circulated through the building; an evaporation tube, in fluid communication with the heat exchange tube, adapted to maintain fluid at a first level when the furnace is not heating air; and a purge line in fluid communication with the evaporation tube, the purge line being adapted to drain fluid from the humidifier when the furnace is heating air and the fluid is at a second level.
Claims17
A humidifier comprising:
- a heat exchange tube adapted to be heated by a furnace as the furnace heats air to be circulated through a building;
- an evaporation tube, in fluid communication with said heat exchange tube, adapted to maintain fluid at a first level when the furnace is not heating air;
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- a purge line in fluid communication with said evaporation tube, said purge line being adapted to drain fluid from said humidifier when said furnace is heating air and said fluid is at a second level.
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A method for adjusting the humidity of a building comprising:
- positioning a heat exchange tube in a furnace so that the furnace heats the heat exchange tube when the furnace heats air to be circulated through the building;
- maintaining a column of fluid in fluid communication with the heat exchange tube;
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- adjusting a temperature of the fluid in the column while the furnace is heating air corresponding to a desired humidity level;
- said maintaining including controlling a reservoir fluid level;
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- including adjusting a vertical relationship of the reservoir relative to the heat exchange tube, thereby adjusting the reservoir fluid level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.