Infant incubator

Claim 1

IN AN INFANT INCUBATOR HAVING A BASE AND A COVER MEMBER THEREFOR, THE COVER MEMBER BEING MOUNTED FOR MOTION BETWEEN A CLOSED POSITION IN WHICH IT RESTS ON THE BASE AND FORMS AN ENCLOSED OCCUPANT SPACE AND AN OPEN POSITION IN WHICH IT IS DISPLACED FROM THE BASE, THE BASE INCLUDING A HOUSING MEMBER AND A DECK, THE DECK INCLUDING AN INFANT RECEIVING MATTRESS, THE HOUSING MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF UPWARDLY OPEN DEPRESSIONS IN THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF, THE DEPRESSIONS FORMING CHAMBERS THROUGH WHICH AIR MAY PASS AND IN WHICH THE VARIABLE, TEMPERATURE, MOISTURE CONTENT, AND OXYGEN CONTENT MAY BE ADJUSTED TO PREDETERMINED DESIRED LEVELS, PASSAGE MEANS FORMED IN THE HOUSING MEMBER PROVIDING INTERCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID CHAMBERS, THE DECK BEING ADAPTED TO OVERLIE THE HOUSING MEMBER AND ENCLOSE THE TOP OF EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS, A DELIVERY MEMBER HAVING A DELIVERY PASSAGE THEREIN THROUGH WHICH THE AIR FLOWS FROM SAID CHAMBERS BELOW THE DECK TO THE OCCUPANT SPACE ABOVE THE DECK, AND A FAN FOR EFFECTING FORCED AIR CIRCULATION THROUGH SAID CHAMBERS, THE DELIVERY MEMBER, AND THE OCCUPANT SPACE, SAID CHAMBERS INCLUDING A COOLING CHAMBER AND A HUMIDIFYING CHAMBER AS THE LAST CHAMBERS IN THE DIRECTION OF AIR FLOW BEFORE THE DELIVERY MEMBER, SAID COOLING CHAMBER AND SAID HUMIDIFYING CHAMBER BEING ARRANGED IN THE AIR FLOW CIRCUIT IN PARALLEL, THE DELIVERY MEMBER BEING ADJUSTABLE TO A PREDETERMINED AIR-FLOW CONDITION FROM AN EXTREME CONDITION OF MAXIMUM EXPOSURE TO FLOW FROM THE COOLING CHAMBER AND MINIMUM EXPOSURE TO FLOW FROM THE HUMIDIFYING CHAMBER TO AN OPPOSITE EXTREME CONDITION OF MAXIMUM EXPOSURE TO FLOW FROM THE HUMIDIFYING CHAMBER AND MINIMUM EXPOSURE TO FLOW FROM THE COOLING CHAMBER, AND CONTROL MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE DELIVERY MEMBER TO THAT AIR-FLOW CONDITION WHICH WILL PRODUCE A FLOW TO THE OCCUPANT SPACE OF COOLED AIR AND HUMIDIFIED AIR IN DESIRED PROPORTIONS.