Air conditioning device

Claim 2

A HUMIDIFIER COMPRISING A HOUSING, A CUP-SHAPED RESERVOIR WITH THE OPENING FACING UPWARDLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, WALL MEANS FORMING A CHAMBER WITHIN SAID HOUSING ABOVE SAID RESERVOIR, AN AIR INLET OPENING DEFINED BY SAID HOUSING INTO SAID CHAMBER AND A CIRCULAR THROAT FORMED IN SAID WALL MEANS ABOVE SAID RESERVOIR, A FRAME MEMBER IN SAID CHAMBER SUPPORTING A MOTOR ABOVE SAID CIRCULAR THROAT SO THAT A ROTATABLE MOTOR SHAFT DEPENDS DOWNWARDLY TOWARD SAID THROAT AND IS CONCENTRIC THEREWITH, MEANS ON SAID FRAME MEMBER RESILIENTLY SUPPORTING SAID MOTOR ONLY AT THE CENTER OF THE END REMOTE FROM SAID SHAFT, FAN MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID SHAFT SLIGHTLY ABOVE SAID THROAT, A POROUS SHEET ATTACHED TO SAID WALL MEANS SURROUNDING SAID THROAT AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID RESERVOIR, A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP ENCLOSED BY SAID SHEET AND SECURED COAXIALLY TO SAID SHAFT AND EXTENDING INTO SAID RESERVOIR FOR DISPERSING LIQUID FROM SAID RESERVOIR ONTO SAID SHEET, AND SAID HOUSING DEFINING A DISCHARGE OPENING REMOTE FROM SAID CHAMBER FOR ALLOWING THE MOISTURE LADEN AIR WHICH IS FORCED THROUGH THE SHEET BY SAID FAN MEANS TO EGRESS THEREFROM.

Claim 3

IN A HUMIDIFIER HAVING A CUP-SHAPED RESERVOIR WITH THE OPENING FACING UPWARDLY AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE LIQUID THEREIN, A MOTOR VERTICALLY DISPOSED OVER SAID RESERVOIR WITH A SHAFT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY, AN ELONGATED HOLLOW CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT AND THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID PUMP BEING COAXIAL WITH SAID SHAFT, SAID PUMP COMPRISING A LOWER TUBULAR PORTION DEFINING A LIQUID OPENING AT THE BOTTOM THEROF, A PLURALITY OF RIBS RADIALLY SPACED ALONG THE INSIDE OF SAID TUBULAR PORTION NEAR THE BOTTOM FOR ASSISTING THE UPWARD FLOW OF LIQUID WHEN SAID PUMP IS ROTATED BY SAID SHAFT, A CONICAL PORTION DISPOSED ABOVE SAID TUBULAR PORTION FOR ACCELERATION OF THE FLOW OF LIQUID, A RELATIVELY SHORT CYLINDRICAL SECTION POSITIONED IMMEDIATELY ABOVE SAID CONICAL PORTION, A PLURALITY OF SPACED DISCHARGE RECESSES DEFINED IN SAID CYLINDRICAL SECTION WITH THE BOTTOMS THEREOF INCLINED OUTWARDLY AND UPWARDLY TO FORM DISCHARGE EDGES ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL SECTION, AND A COVER FOR SAID PUMP PROVIDED WITH AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE HAVING AN ANNULAR DEPENDING LIP POSITIONED BELOW AND SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM SAID DISCHARGE EDGES TO RECEIVE THE LIQUID EGRESSING FROM SAID DISCHARGE EDGES AND TO RELEASE THE LIQUID UNIFORMLY IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE.

Claim 4

IN A HUMIDIFIER HAVING A CUP-SHAPED RESERVOIR WITH THE OPENING FACING UPWARDLY AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE LIQUID THEREIN, A MOTOR VERTICALLY DISPOSED OVER SAID RESERVOIR WITH A SHAFT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY, AN ELONGATED HOLLOW CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT AND THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID PUMP BEING COAXIAL WITH SAID SHAFT, SAID PUMP COMPRISING A LOWER TUBULAR PORTION DEFINING A LIQUID OPENING AT THE BOTTOM THEROF, A PLURALITY OF RIBS RADIALLY SPACED ALONG THE INSIDE OF SAID TUBULAR PORTION NEAR THE BOTTOM FOR ASSISTING THE UPWARD FLOW OF LIQUID WHEN SAID PUMP IS ROTATED BY SAID SHAFT, A CONICAL PORTION DISPOSED ABOVE SAID TUBULAR PORTION FOR ACCELERATION OF THE FLOW OF LIQUID, A RELATIVELY SHORT CYLINDRICAL SECTION POSITIONED IMMEDIATELY ABOVE SAID CONICAL PORTION, A PLURALITY OF SPACED DISCHARGE RECESSES DEFINED IN SAID CYLINDRICAL SECTION WITH THE BOTTOMS THEREOF INCLINED OUTWARDLY AND UPWARDLY TO FORM DISCHARGE EDGES ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL SECTION, AND A COVER FOR SAID PUMP PROVIDED WITH AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE HAVING AN ANNULAR DEPENDING LIP POSITIONED BELOW AND SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM SAID DISCHARGE EDGES TO RECEIVE THE LIQUID EGRESSING FROM SAID DISCHARGE EDGES AND TO RELEASE THE LIQUID UNIFORMLY IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE.