Humidifier

Claim 1

A HUMIDIFIER COMPRISING A CABINET HAVING SIDE WALLS DEFINING AN ENCLOSURE; A LIQUID RESERVOIR HAVING A TOP OPENING AND SUPPORTED IN A LOWER PORTION OF SAID ENCLOSURE; AIR INLET OPENING MEANS IN ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS COMPRISING A SERIES OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING LOUVERS; WALL MEANS DEFINING A LIQUID DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL OF GENERALLY U-SHAPED HORIZONTAL SECTION IN AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID ENCLOSURE WITH A BRIGHT PORTION ADJACENT SAID ONE SIDE WALL AND THE LEG PORTIONS RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT THE SIDE WALLS ADJOINING SAID ONE SIDE WALL; A VAPORIZER-FILTER MEDIUM OF GENERAL USHAPED HORIZONTAL SECTION SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID ENCLOSURE IN LIQUID RECEIVING DOWNWARDLY DEPENDING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL AND CONTINUOUSLY UNDERLYING SAID CHANNEL TO EXTEND BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS ADJACENT SAID ONE SIDE WALL WITH THE LOWER MARGINAL PORTION TERMINATING BELOW THE LIQUID SURFACE OF SAID RESERVOIR; AN AIR OUTLET OPENING IN SAID ENCLOSURE; AIR CIRCULATING MEANS FOR CAUSING A FLOW OF AIR TO ENTER SAID ENCLOSURE THROUGH SAID INLET OPENING AND ISSUE FROM SAID ENCLOSURE THROUGH SAID OUTLET OPENING WITH SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SAID AIR FLOW DIRECTED THROUGH SAID VAPORIZER-FILTER MEDIUM, SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING BEING IN THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID ENCLOSURE ADJACENT THE SIDE WALL OPPOSITE SAID ONE SIDE WALL AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF HORIZONTAL DOOR MEMBERS HORIZONTALLY SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID ENCLOSURE, SAID HORIZONTAL DOOR MEMBERS BEING SLIDABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID ENCLOSURE AND ONE ANOTHER WITH A FIRST POSITION WITH ONE OF SAID DOORS MOVED TOWARDS SAID ONE SIDE WALL AND THE OTHER OF SAID DOORS MOVED AWAY FROM ONE SAID SIDE WALL TO FORM A TOP WALL FOR SAID ENCLOSURE, A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN BOTH OF SAID PAIR OF DOORS ARE MOVED TOWARD SAID ONE SIDE WALL IN TELESCOPING RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER TO UNCOVER SAID OUTLET OPENING AND A THIRD POSITION WHEREIN SAID PAIR OF DOORS ARE BOTH MOVED AWAY FROM SAID ONE SIDE WALL TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OPENING OVERLYING SAID RESERVOIR FOR THE FILLING THEREOF.