Means for lifting moisture from a body of water

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, A BUOYANT MEMBER FOR USE ON A BODY OF WATER, A HOLLOW HOUSING SUPPORTED BY SAID BUOYANT MEMBER AND SAID HOLLOW HOUSING HAVING A FRUSTRO-CONICAL SHAPE AND WHEREIN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE HOUSING IS OF GREATER CROSS SECTIONAL AREA THAN THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF, THE BOTTOM OF SAID HOUSING BEING OPEN, SAID BUOYANT MEMBER BEING APERTURED TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE BODY OF WATER AND HOUSING, A RETICULATED MEMBER MOUNTED IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID HOUSING, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED PLATFORM MOUNTED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING, A HOLLOW CASING SUPPORTED BY SAID PLATFORM, AND SAID CASING INCLUDING UPPER AND LOWER FRUSTO-CONICAL SECTIONS WHICH HAVE THEIR PORTION OF SMALLEST CROSS SECTIONAL AREA ADJACENT EACH OTHER SO AS TO DEFINE A RESTRICTED THROAT, A COMPRESSED AIR CHAMBER DEFINED BETWEEN SAID CASING AND HOUSING, A CONDUIT HAVING ONE END COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHAMBER AND SAID CONDUIT HAVING AN UPWARDLY DIRECTED DISCHARGE HEAD ON ITS OTHER END WHICH IS POSITIONED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CASING, A CONTROL VALVE CONNECTED TO SAID CONDUIT, HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED APERTURED PLATES MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING ABOVE SAID CASING, A FAN INCLUDING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED DRIVEN SHAFT EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID PLATES, DRIVE MEANS FOR SAID FAN, A PLURALITY OF ROTARY BLADES AFFIXED TO SAID SHAFT, AND A NOZZLE MOUNTED IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING ABOVE SAID FAN, AND SAID NOZZLE BEING PROVIDED WITH A RESTRICTED THROAT THEREIN.