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US 8,181,943 B2Granted
Humidifier
AssigneeCarl Freudenberg KG
InventorsKlaus Leister, Harald Ehrentraut
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Abstract
A humidifier (1), including at least one housing (2), in which multiple fibers (3) constructed as water-permeable hollow fiber membranes are arranged, wherein a first air stream (4) is passed inside the fibers (3) and a second air stream (5) is passed outside the fibers (3), and wherein the housing (2) is of flattened design.
Claims15
A humidifier comprising:
- a housing, at least a portion of which is flattened,
- a plurality of fibers configured as water-permeable, hollow fiber membranes arranged within said flattened housing portion,
- wherein a first air stream may be passed inside the plurality of fibers and a second air stream may be passed outside the plurality of fibers, wherein a first collector is arranged on at least one frontal face of the housing, wherein the first air stream may be passed into or out of the plurality of fibers via the first collector, wherein at least one second collector is assigned to the housing, wherein the second air stream may be passed into or out of the housing via the second collector, and wherein two second collectors are provided at opposite faces of the housing, and communicate conductively with one another via an adjustable bypass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.