Humidifying device

Claim 1

A HUMIDIFIER COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED RIGID FRAME, BEARING BLOCKS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, A ROTATABLE SHAFT SUPPORTED IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE BY SAID BEARING BLOCKS A PLURALITY OF HUMIDIFYING DISCS RIGIDLY AXIALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT, EACH OF SAID DISCS COMPRISING A SCREEN RETAINING LARGE DROPS OF WATER IN ITS MESH OPENINGS BY MEANS OF SURFACE TENSION, A PLURALITY OF WATER TANKS EACH HAVING A WIDTH ONLY SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID DISC MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, POSITIONED BELOW SAID SHAFT, MEANS HORIZONTALLY SPACING THE WATER TANKS AND DISCS FROM EACH OTHER TO DEFINE A PASSAGE FOR AIR AROUND THE TANKS AND DISCS, AND EACH OF SAID TANKS SURROUNDING THE LOWER PORTION OF ONE OF SAID DISCS SO AS TO LEAVE AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY THE UPPER HALF OF SAID DISCS EXPOSED, MEANS DEFINING A VSHAPED BAFFLE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND POSITIONED BETWEEN ADJACENT DISCS TO DIVERT RISING AIR TOWARD ONE SIDE OF THE EXPOSED UPPER HALF OF EACH OF SAID ADJACENT DISCS, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO SAID TANKS, WHEREBY AIR PASSING UPWARD WILL PASS AROUND SAID TANKS AND EVAPORATE BEING CLOSED BY AN INNER HOUSING TOP PLATE WHICH IS ING MEANS ROTATING SAID SHAFT AND DISCS AT A SPEED SUFFICIENT TO SUPPLY WATER FOR EVAPORATION BY INSUFFICIENT TO THROW WATER OFF BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE.