Patent ID: 6769671
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: F24F,G01F

Abstract:
A humidifier, comprising:a cabinet having a display window therein: a reservoir situated in the cabinet for containing water; a wick wettable by water contained in the reservoir; a humidifier bottle for supplying water to the reservoir and pivotally situated in a humidifier bottle receptacle; a translating member responsive to the angular movement of the humidifier bottle, the translating member including a visual indicator generally adjacent the display window that moves with the translating member to indicate the amount of water contained in the humidifier bottle; and a biasing member cooperating with the translating member to situate the humidifier bottle in a first angular position in response to the bottle being empty, such that the bottle is displaced from the first angular position within the receptacle when the bottle contains water, wherein the amount of angular displacement of the bottle is a function of the amount of water in the bottle.