Electric humidifier unit and method and means of illumination of the unit

Claim 1

IN A HUMIDIFIER UNIT OF A TYPE INCLUDING A HOUSING HAVING AN AIR INLET OPENING AND AN AIR OUTLET OPENING THEREIN, MEANS FOR CIRCULATING AIR THROUGH THE HOUSING FROM THE AIR INLET OPENING AND OUT THE AIR OUTLET OPENING, HUMIDIFIER PAN HAVING AN OPEN TOP AND MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, SAID HUMIDIFIER PAN CARRYING A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR VAPORIZATION, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A GLASS TUBULAR MEMBER POSITIONED LONGITUDINALLY IN SAID HUMIDIFIER PAN AND HAVING OPPOSITE OPEN ENDS EXTENDING THROUGH END PORTIONS OF THE HUMIDIFIER PAN, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER BEING IMMERSED IN THE WATER SUPPLY CARRIED BY SAID HUMIDIFIER PAN, AN INFRA-RED LAMP POSITIONED IN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER, MEANS FOR EFFECTING ENERGIZATION OF SAID INFRA-RED LAMP TO VAPORIZE THE WATER, AND THE WATER VAPOR BEING EMITTED THROUGH THE OPEN TOP OF THE HUMIDIFIER PAN AND ILLUMINATED BY THE INFRA-RED LAMP ADJACENT AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING.