Water entrainment means for air conditioning apparatus

Claim 1

IN AN AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS UTILIZING A LIQUID SPRAY ON A HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE FOR COOLING PURPOSES, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A LIQUID RECEPTACLE IN SAID APPARATUS, MEANS FOR DELIVERING LIQUID TO SAID RECEPTACLE, AIR CIRCULATING MEANS ARRANGED TO CIRCULATE AN AIR STREAM THROUGH SAID APPARATUS, SAID AIR CIRCULATING MEANS SO ARRANGED AS TO CIRCULATE SAID AIR STREAM ALONG THE SURFACE OF SAID LIQUID IN SAID RECEPTACLE, A HEAT EXCHANGER ARRANGED DOWNSTREAM FROM SAID LIQUID RECEPTACLE THROUGH WHICH SAID AIR STREAM CIRCULATES, AN AIR VORTEX GENERATING MEMBER EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID LIQUID IN SAID RECEPTACLE INTO SAID AIR STREAM BEING CIRCULATED THEREOVER, SAID AIR VORTEX GENERATING MEMBER INCLUDING AN EYE SECTION HAVING A GAP THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID AIR STREAM AND AN INNER WALL SURFACE SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED AS TO CONFINE SAID AIR STREAM TO A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR PATH, SAID INNER WALL SURFACE BEING INCLINED FROM A SMALL OPENING AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID EYE SECTION TO A LARGE OPENING AT THE TOP THEREOF SO THAT SAID WALL IMPARTS AN UPWARD THRUST AND A SWIRLING MOTION TO SAID AIR STREAM TO CREATE A SUBSTANTIALLY STABILIZED AIR VORTEX FLOWING GENERALLY UPWARDLY FROM SAID EYE SECTION AND HAVING A LOW PRESSURE REGION IN THE CENTER THEREOF, SAID SMALL OPENING IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID EYE SECTION COMMUNICATING WITH LIQUID IN SAID RECEPTACLE SO THAT SAID LIQUID IN SAID RECEPTACLE IS DRAWN INTO SAID LOW PRESSURE REGION OF SAID AIR VORTEX AND BROKEN UP INTO SMALL DROPLETS BY SAID AIR VORTEX TO BECOME ENTRAINED IN SAID AIR FLOWING UPWARDLY FROM SAID EYE SECTION.