Moisture control unit

Claim 1

IN A MOISTURE CONTROL UNIT FOR REGULATING THE HUMIDITY OF A STREAM OF PREHEATED AIR, THE COMBINATION OF A VERTICALLY DISPOSED, GENERALLY RECTANGULAR CABINET HAVING AN AIR INLET DUCT AND AN AIR DISCHARGE DUCT COMMUNICATING WITH OPENINGS THEREFOR IN TWO OPPOSITE SIDES, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE TOP THEREOF, AND HAVING AN ARCUATE FALSE BOTTOM EXTENDING BETWEEN TWO OTHER SIDES, ABOVE THE BOTTOM THEREOF AND IN SPACED APART RELATION THERETO, AND HAVING ITS OPPOSITE END PORTIONS FACING UPWARDLY AND MERGING WITH SAID FIRST MENTIONED SIDES, A VERTICAL BAFFLE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID LAST MENTIONED SIDES, BELOW THE TOP OF THE CABINET AND ABOVE SAID FALSE BOTTOM, AND FORMING WITH SAID FIRST MENTIONED SIDES A FLUID PASSAGE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND UPWARDLY THROUGH THE CABINET, ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID VERTICAL PARTITION, BETWEEN SAID AIR INLET DUCT AND SAID AIR DISCHARGE DUCT, A SHORT, HORIZONTAL PARTITION FORMING WITH SAID VERTICAL PARTITION A BYPASS FLUID PASSAGE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE TOP OF THE CABINET, ABOVE THE SAID VERTICAL PARTITION AND BETWEEN SAID AIR INLET DUCT AND SAID AIR DISCHARGE DUCT, A DAMPER IN SAID BYPASS PASSAGE CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF AIR THROUGH IT, TWO SETS OF SPRAY NOZZLES IN THE CABINET, ON THE SIDE OF SAID VERTICAL PARTITION NEAREST SAID AIR INLET DUCT, POSITIONED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER IN OPPOSITELY FACING, MUTUALLY OPPOSING RELATION, A WATER PUMP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CABINET, BELOW THE FALSE BOTTOM THEREOF, HAVING A SUCTION PIPE AND A DISCHARGE PIPE EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID FALSE BOTTOM, AND BRANCH PIPES CONNECTING THE DISCHARGE PIPE TO THE RESPECTIVE NOZZLES, AND A DEPHLEGMATOR UNIT IN THE CABINET, NEAR THE LOWER END OF SAID VERTICAL PARTITION AND ON THE SIDE THEREOF NEAREST SAID AIR DISCHARGE DUCT, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING BAFFLES ARRANGED IN PARALLEL, CLOSELY SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER.