Air conditioning apparatus

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR DYING AIR COMPRISING, MEANS DEFINING A FIRST PASSAGE FOR A STREAM OF AIR TO BE DRIED, MEANS DEFINING A SECOND PASSAGE FOR A REGENERATING STREAM, MEANS FOR PASSING SAID STREAMS THROUGH SAID PASSAGES, AN ANNULAR ROTOR INCLUDING AN AIR-PERMEABLE MASS OF SOLID SORBENT MATERIAL MOUNTED TO MOVE CYCLICALLY BETWEEN SAID PASSAGES AND HAVING PASSAGES FOR THE AXIAL FLOW OF SAID STREAMS, THE MEANS DEFINING THE FIRST PASSAGE INCLUDING MEANS TO BRING THE AIR TO BE DRIED TO PASS THROUGH THE ROTOR IN ON DIRECTION, THE ANNULAR ROTOR HAVING A CENTRAL APERTURE FORMING PART OF SAID SECOND PASSAGE, THE MEANS DEFINING THE SAID SECOND PASSAGE INCLUDING MEANS TO BRING THE REGENERATING STREAM TO PASS THOUGH SAID APERTURE IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE AIR TO BE DRIED AND THEN BACK THROUGH THE SORBENT MATERIAL OF THE ROTOR IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, HEATING MEANS FOR HEATING THE REGENERATING STREAM TO FRY THE SORBENT MATERIAL AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE SECOND PASSAGE, AND MOTOR MEANS FOR MOVING THE SORBENT MATERIAL, SAID MOTOR MEANS AND SAID HEATING MEANS BEING MOUNTED IN AND COAXIALLY WITH SAID APERTURE, SAID MOTOR MEANS BEING MOUNTED IN FRONT OF SAID HEATING MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PASSAGE OF THE REGENERATING STREAM THROUGH SAID APERTURE, WHEREBY THE REGENERATING STREAM WILL BE PREHEATED BY SAID MOTOR MEANS AND HEATED BY SAID HEATING MEANS PRIOR TO PASSING THROUGH THE SORBENT MATERIAL OF THE ROTOR AND WHEREBY SAID MOTOR MEANS WILL BE COOLED BY THE PASSAGE OF THE REGENERATING STREAM THEREOVER.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR DYING AIR COMPRISING, MEANS DEFINING A FIRST PASSAGE FOR A STREAM OF AIR TO BE DRIED, MEANS DEFINING A SECOND PASSAGE FOR A REGENERATING STREAM, MEANS FOR PASSING SAID STREAMS THROUGH SAID PASSAGES, AN ANNULAR ROTOR INCLUDING AN AIR-PERMEABLE MASS OF SOLID SORBENT MATERIAL MOUNTED TO MOVE CYCLICALLY BETWEEN SAID PASSAGES AND HAVING PASSAGES FOR THE AXIAL FLOW OF SAID STREAMS, THE MEANS DEFINING THE FIRST PASSAGE INCLUDING MEANS TO BRING THE AIR TO BE DRIED TO PASS THROUGH THE ROTOR IN ON DIRECTION, THE ANNULAR ROTOR HAVING A CENTRAL APERTURE FORMING PART OF SAID SECOND PASSAGE, THE MEANS DEFINING THE SAID SECOND PASSAGE INCLUDING MEANS TO BRING THE REGENERATING STREAM TO PASS THOUGH SAID APERTURE IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE AIR TO BE DRIED AND THEN BACK THROUGH THE SORBENT MATERIAL OF THE ROTOR IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, HEATING MEANS FOR HEATING THE REGENERATING STREAM TO FRY THE SORBENT MATERIAL AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE SECOND PASSAGE, AND MOTOR MEANS FOR MOVING THE SORBENT MATERIAL, SAID MOTOR MEANS AND SAID HEATING MEANS BEING MOUNTED IN AND COAXIALLY WITH SAID APERTURE, SAID MOTOR MEANS BEING MOUNTED IN FRONT OF SAID HEATING MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PASSAGE OF THE REGENERATING STREAM THROUGH SAID APERTURE, WHEREBY THE REGENERATING STREAM WILL BE PREHEATED BY SAID MOTOR MEANS AND HEATED BY SAID HEATING MEANS PRIOR TO PASSING THROUGH THE SORBENT MATERIAL OF THE ROTOR AND WHEREBY SAID MOTOR MEANS WILL BE COOLED BY THE PASSAGE OF THE REGENERATING STREAM THEREOVER.