Evaporative cooler

Claim 1

AN EVAPORATIVE COOLER COMPRISING, A CABINET HAVING SEPARATE UPPER AND LOWER COMPARTMENTS, INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS FORMED IN SAID CABINET RESPECTIVELY COMMUNICATING WITH THE LOWER AND UPPER COMPARMENT, FLOW INDUCING MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN THE SAID UPPER COMPARTMENT FOR ESTABLISHING A FLOW OF AIR THROUGH THE LOWER COMPARTMENT DISCHARGED THROUGH THE OUTLET OPENING, SPACED ABSORPTION MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID LOWER COMPRATMENT PRESENTING STATIONARY POROUS WALLS FORMING AN UNOBSTRUCTED FLOW PASSAGE TERMINATED AT OPPOSITE END BY SAID INLET OPENINGS FOR SAID FLOW OF AIR THROUGH THE LOWER COMPARTMENT IN SPACED RELATION TO THE UPPER COMPARTMENT, FLOW BLOCKING MEANS WITHIN THE LOWER COMPARTMENT FOR DIRECTING SAID AIR TRANSVERSELY FROM SAID FLOW PASSAGE THROUGH THE POROUS WALLS OF THE ABSORPTION MEANS, DISTRIBUTING CONDUIT MEANS SUPPLYING WATER TO THE ABSORPTION MEANS THE AIR PASSING THROUGH THE POROUS WALLS THEREOF, AND IMPERFORATED BAFFLE MEANS MOUNTED INSIDE OF THE CABINET SPACED ABOVE THE FLOW BLOCKING MEANS AND ADJACENT TO THE FLOW INDUCING MEANS IN THE PATH OF SAID AIR FLOW FOR PREVENTING DISCHARGE OF MOISTURE PARTICLES WITH THE AIR FROM THE OUTLET OPENING, SAID FLOW BLOCKING MEANS COMPRISING A MEMBER BRIDGING THE POROUS WALLS OF THE ABSORPTION MEANS AND HAVING TROUGH PORTIONS ALIGNED WITH SAID WALLS, SAID TROUGH PORTIONS HAVING APERTURES THEREIN THROUGH WHICH WATER FROM THE DISTRIBUTING CONDUIT MEANS REMOVABLY THE ABSORPTION MEANS, SAID FLOW INDUCING MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE BLADED ROTOR, RIGID FRAME MEANS REMOVABLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE UPPER COMPARTMENT FOR ROTATABLY MOUNTING THE ROTOR ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID FLOW PASSAGE, A CASING MOUNTED BY THE FRAME MEANS IN ENCLOSING RELATION TO SAID ROTOR AND FORMING A PARTITION BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER COMPARTMENTS, SAID CASING HAVING AN AXIAL INTAKE PORTION IN CLOSE SPACED RELATION TO THE BAFFLE MEANS AND A TANGENTIAL DISCHARGE PORTION ALIGNED WITH THE OUTLET OPENING, AND A DRIVE MOTOR FIXEDLY MOUNTED BY THE FRAME MEANS WITHIN THE UPPER COMPARTMENT AND DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO THE ROTOR.