Water curtain apparatus and method
OwnerJohn B. Haydeninventor
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Abstract
A water curtain is provided which includes a drape assembly having a drape hood, material drape, float overflow shut-off, collection return, a drainage line solenoid which preferably is electric, a drainage line, a filter, drape solenoid which preferably is electric, a drape feed line, a pump, a pump power line, an on/off switch to a power source which preferably is a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) power line for obvious safety concerns, a feed line, and a shutoff valve. The water supply may be electrically controlled by solenoid valves and has a float overflow shutoff control in some embodiments.
Claims12
A decorative humidifier and fountain apparatus, comprising:
- means for suspending a material drape below a gutter groove, the drape being a translucent fabric sheet within an air stream between a drape hood and a catch basin;
- means for pumping an aqueous fluid from a fluid source to the drape hood;
- means for causing substantially all of the pumped fluid used for cooling to flow through the gutter groove and down at least part of the material drape;
- means for catching the fluid from the material drape;
- means for returning the caught fluid back to the pump for recirculation to the drape hood;
- wherein the drape is substantially exposed and substantially not enclosed by a housing;
- a float overflow shut-off disposed within the means for catching the fluid;
- a filter;
- and
- a power source, wherein said filter is inline with the means for pumping and said power source electrically power the means for pumping,
- wherein said pump is disposed within said drape hood.
A decorative humidifier and fountain apparatus, comprising:
- means for suspending a material drape below a gutter groove, the drape being a translucent fabric sheet within an air stream between a drape hood and a catch basin;
- means for pumping an aqueous fluid from a fluid source to the drape hood;
- means for causing substantially all of the pumped fluid used for cooling to flow through the gutter groove and down at least part of the material drape;
- means for catching the fluid from the material drape;
- and
- means for returning the caught fluid back to the pump for recirculation to the drape hood;
- wherein the drape is substantially exposed and substantially not enclosed by a housing, wherein said drape hood covers a piston assembly which is in fluid communication with the pump.
A decorative humidifier and fountain apparatus, comprising:
- means for suspending a material drape below a gutter groove, the drape being a translucent fabric sheet within an air stream between a drape hood and a catch basin;
- means for pumping an aqueous fluid from a fluid source to the drape hood;
- means for causing substantially all of the pumped fluid used for cooling to flow through the gutter groove and down at least part of the material drape;
- means for catching the fluid from the material drape;
- and
- means for returning the caught fluid back to the pump for recirculation to the drape hood;
- wherein the drape is substantially exposed and substantially not enclosed by a housing, wherein the fabric sheet is positioned and configured to substantially block a view through a window so that most to the light entering a room from the window passes through the fabric sheet;
- a pivot hinge mounted to the apparatus for permitting the apparatus to be pivotally mounted adjacent to the window;
- and
- a latch for releasablely securing the apparatus in a position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.