Humidifier

Claim 1

A PORTABLE SELF-CONTAINED HUMIDIFIER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A HOUSING INCLUDING TOP AND SIDEWALL PORTIONS, A WATER FILLED RESERVOIR WITHIN SAID HOUSING, SAID TOP PORTION PROVIDED WITH AN AIR INLET OPENING, A GENERALLY TUBULAR BAFFLE MEMBER SURROUNDING SAID AIR INLET OPENING AND EXTENDING FROM SAID TOP PORTION AND TERMINATING ABOVE THE LEVEL OF WATER IN SAID RESERVOIR TO DEFINE AN OPENENDED AIR PASSAGE, SAID SIDEWALL PORTION HAVING AN AIR OUTLET OPENING DISPOSED ABOVE SAID TERMINATION OF SAID BAFFLE MEMBER, A ROTATABLE SPREADER MEMBER DISPOSED AT OPEN END OF SAID AIR PASSAGE, A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP INCLUDING A HOUSED IMPELLER DISPOSED IN SAID WATER AND A TUBE EXTENDING FROM SAID HOUSED IMPELLER TO SAID SPREADER MEMBER FOR DELIVERING WATER FROM SAID RESERVOIR TO SAID SPREADER MEMBER, MOTOR MEANS IN SAID AIR PASSAGE FOR ROTATABLY DRIVING SAID SPREADER MEMBER AND SAID IMPELLER, AN ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENT EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND AND SUPPORTED IN SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SPREADER MEMBER, A SINGLE CYLINDRICAL SCREEN DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE SAID SPREADER MEMBER AND SAID ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENT AND EXTENDING INTO SAID WATER RESERVOIR, WHEREBY WATER IS RAISED FROM SAID RESERVOIR SAID SPREADER MEMBER AND IS SPRAYED FROM SAID SPREADER MEMBER TO FORM A WATER VAPOR CLOUD AT THE OPEN END OF SAID AIR PASSAGE, MEANS WITHIN SAID AIR PASSAGE DRIVEN BY SAID MOTOR MEANS FOR CIRCULATING AIR FROM SAID AIR INLET OPENING THROUGH SAID WATER VAPOR CLOUD TO SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING, SAID CIRCULATED AIR UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF DIRECTION SUBSEQUENT TO PASSAGE THROUGH SAID WATER VAPOR CLOUD AND PRIOR TO DISCHARGE FROM SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING, AND MEANS INCLUDING A FLOAT IN SAID WATER AND SENSITIVE TO VARIATIONS IN THE LEVEL OF SAID WATER FOR INDICATING EXTERIORLY OF SAID HOUSING THE LEVEL OF WATER IN SAID RESERVOIR.