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Flow plate for a humidifier

US11631869B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

REINZ-DICHTUNGS-GMBH · DE

Inventors

Rainer Glueck · Tomerdingen, DE
André SPEIDEL · Orsenhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 6, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/50
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A flow plate for a humidifier, having flow fields on both mutually opposite flat sides of the flow plate is described. The flow plate proposed here has a multiplicity of through-openings, wherein the through-openings are designed such that a perpendicular projection of the through openings onto a plane oriented parallel to the plane of the flat surface of the flow plate has a non-vanishing area, so that gas passing through the through-openings effects, at least in part, mixing of a gas guided in the flow fields perpendicular to the plane of the flat surface of the flow plate. The through-openings improve the power of the humidifier, thus permitting a lower number of flow plates and therefore a more lightweight and more compact design.

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