Patent · US Expired

Spin disk humidifier

US5607627A · kind A · utility

13Cited by

58References

20Claims

0Family size

Inventors

James E. Berkeley · Hattiesburg, US
John A. McMillan · Atlanta, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 1995
Grant date	Mar 4, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 31, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF24F6/16
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A humidifier comprising a bucket housing, a fan for producing a flow of air between an inlet port and an outlet port defined by the humidifier, a motor having a shaft disposed within the humidifier, and an impeller assembly coupled to the shaft of the motor, the impeller assembly comprising a hollow stem extending into the bucket housing and having longitudinal ribs disposed within the stem, and a disk disposed on an upper end of the stem, the disk defining an inner annular shoulder, an outer annular shoulder, a circumferential edge and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures disposed between the inner and outer annular shoulders.

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