Fluid misting apparatus
OwnerGilbert Ridgeway, John A. Wilson IIinventors
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Abstract
A fluid misting apparatus and method that is adapted to be attached to a cycle having an energy source, the fluid misting apparatus includes a reservoir for containing a fluid and a centrifugal pump that is powered by the energy source, wherein the pump is in fluid communication with the reservoir, with the pump being operational to produce a fluid flow and fluid pressure from the fluid in the reservoir. Also included is a nozzle that is in fluid communication with the pump, the nozzle is operational to direct an atomized fluid mist adjacent to a cycle rider by utilizing the pump fluid flow and fluid pressure.
Claims12
A fluid misting apparatus that is adapted to be attached to a cycle having an energy source, comprising:
- (a) a reservoir for containing a fluid;
- (b) a centrifugal pump that is powered by the energy source, said pump is in fluid communication with said reservoir, said pump is operational to produce a fluid flow and fluid pressure from the fluid in said reservoir;
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- (c) a nozzle that is in fluid communication with said pump, said nozzle is operational to direct an atomized fluid mist adjacent to a cycle rider by utilizing said pump fluid flow and fluid pressure.
A method for producing an evaporative cooling effect upon a cycle rider on a cycle having an energy source, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a fluid misting apparatus that is adapted to attach to the cycle, said apparatus includes a reservoir, a centrifugal pump in fluid communication with said reservoir, and a nozzle that is in fluid communication with said pump;
- (b) retaining water in said reservoir;
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- (c) pumping the water at a substantially pulsation free pressure directly through said nozzle utilizing the energy source, wherein said nozzle produces a finely atomized water mist in close proximity to the cycle rider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.