Humidifier

Claim 1

A HUMIDIFIER COMPRISING: A CASING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING, A BOWL PROVIDING A LIQUID RESERVOIR, A COVER INCLUDING A MAIN BODY PORTION EXTENDING TO AND SUPPORTED UPON THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BOWL, AND AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING HOUSING CENTRALLY THEREOF, AIR INLET MEANS IN SAID HOUSING, A MOTOR HAVING A SHAFT, MEANS MOUNTING THE MOTOR WITHIN AND SPACED FROM SAID HOUSING WITH SAID SHAFT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY, A SUBSTANTIALLY ANNULAR GRILL HAVING A DIAMETER GREATER THAN THE PERIPHERAL EXTENT OF THE HUSING, MEANS SUPPORTING THE GRILL IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP BELOW THE MAIN BODY OF THE COVER SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL WITH THE HOUSING, AN UPPER DISC MOUNTED ON THE MOTOR SHAFT EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THERETO, SAID UPPER DISC HAVING A PERIPHERAL PORTION INCLINED DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY WITH ITS OUTER EDGE SPACED FROM THE INNER WALL OF THE GRILL, FAN MEANS BETWEEN SAID DISC AND MOTOR ROTATABLE BY SAID SHAFT, A LOWER ANNULAR DISC WITH A CENTRAL APERTURE, THE DISC HAVING A LESSER DIAMETER THAN THE UPPER DISC, MEANS MOUNTING SAID LOWER ANNULAR DISC COAXIAL WITH THE MOTOR SHAFT AND IN SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATION BELOW THE UPPER DISC, THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID LOWER DISC BEING IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME PLANE AS THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID UPPER DISC, A VERTICAL TUBE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO THE BOWL WITH ITS UPPER END MOUNTED IN THE CENTRAL APERTURE OF THE LOWER ANNULAR DISC, AIR OUTLET MEANS IN THE CASING ASSEMBLY NEAR THE PERIPHERY OF THE BOWL, WHEREBY UPON ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT BY SAID MOTOR AIR WILL BE DRAWN THROUGH SAID AIR INLET MEANS CONTACTING SAID MOTOR BY SAID FAN MEANS AND DISCHARGED BY SAID FAN MEANS TOWARDS SAID GRILL, SAID AIR PASSING SAID GRILL IN TWO SEPARATE STREAMS, ONE STREAM BETWEEN SAID DISC AND SAID GRILL AND THE OTHER STREAM BETWEEN SAID GRILL AND SAID COVER TOWARDS SAID AIR OUTLET MEANS, WHILE LIQUID WILL BE DRAWN FROM SAID RESERVOIR THROUGH SAID TUBE OVER THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE LOWER DISC AND THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE UPPER DISC ACROSS SAID ONE AIR STREAM THROUGH THE GRILL AND INTO THE SECOND AIR STREAM.