Patent ID: 6431118
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
Apparatus for providing humidified air to a terrarium, the apparatus comprising:a container having a chamber for containing a reservoir of water having a water surface placed at a water level within the chamber, and an air space in the chamber above the water level; an air inlet located below the level of the water surface; an inlet conduit for conducting air to the air inlet so as to release air into the reservoir of water below the water level of the water surface and allow the released air to pass through the reservoir of water and burst through the water surface into the air space in the chamber; a humidifying member extending within the air space in the chamber, adjacent the water level of the water surface, the humidifying member having a humidifying surface exposed for being wetted by water driven from the reservoir and into the air space by the air bursting through the water surface; an air outlet communicating with the air space, above the water level of the water surface, for receiving air passed through the reservoir and humidified by water on the humidifying surface wetted by the water driven from the reservoir; and an outlet conduit communicating with the air outlet for conducting humidified air from the air outlet to the terrarium.