Patent ID: 6125647
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: E04D,F24F,F28D,Y02B,Y10S

Abstract:
A draining apparatus for use in draining an evaporative cooler, said cooler having a first side, an opposing second side, a bottom extending between said first side and second side, a first corner formed by the first side and the bottom, and a second corner formed by the second side and the bottom, said draining apparatus comprising:an elongate water channeling member having an entrance at a first end thereof, at least a portion of said water channeling member having a cross-sectional area of at least 0.35 ft.sup.2 ; andattachment means for (i) attaching a first portion of the water channeling member to the first side of the evaporative cooler, (ii) attaching a second portion of the water channeling member to the opposing second side of the evaporative cooler, and (iii) holding the entrance of the water channeling member beneath the evaporative cooler in an orientation such that said attachment means and said water channeling member cooperatively extend from the first side of the evaporative cooler downwardly across a lower portion of said first side, around the first corner and across the entire bottom of the evaporative cooler from said first corner to the second corner, around said second corner and upwardly to a location on the second side of said evaporative cooler.