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US 7,513,126 B2Granted
Outdoor cooling device
OwnerDavid V. Bolandinventor
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Abstract
A cooling device has a series of baffles that deflect a falling stream of liquid coolant. An air handler, such as a fan, pulls air through the liquid coolant. The air moved by the air handler through the liquid coolant is cooled, and the cooled air exits the device to cool the surrounding environs.
Claims9
A cooling device, comprising:
- a) at least one baffle having an exhaust port located above said at least one baffle;
- b) at least one air inlet positioned below said at least one baffle;
- c) a liquid coolant source located above said at least one baffle, wherein said liquid coolant source directs a liquid coolant to contact said at least one baffle;
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- d) an air handler for moving air through said at least one air inlet and past said at least one baffle.
2 more elements
A cooling device comprising:
- (a) a base;
- (b) a housing affixed to said base;
- (c) a plurality of vertically spaced apart baffles located in said housing;
- (d) at least one air inlet positioned in said housing and below said baffles;
- (e) a liquid coolant source located above said baffles, wherein said liquid coolant source directs a liquid coolant to contact said baffles;
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- (f) an air handler for moving air through said at least one air inlet and past said baffles;
- wherein at least one of said plurality of vertically spaced apart baffles receives a flow of said liquid coolant from at least one other of said plurality of vertically spaced apart baffles that is positioned above said at least one of said plurality of vertically spaced apart baffles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.