Patent ID: 7673859
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: F24F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A steam humidifier comprising: (i) a tank for heating water to generate steam; (ii) a steam tube for transmitting steam from the tank to a duct, the steam tube having one or more locking tabs adjacent to an end and a flange adjacent to, but separated by a distance from, the one or more locking tabs; (iii) a steam tube receiver structure in fluid communication with the tank, the steam tube receiver structure having an opening configured to receive the steam tube, where the opening has one or more ramp structures about the opening on a side facing the tank; and (iv) wherein the steam tube is assembled to the steam tube receiver by inserting the steam tube through the opening in the steam tube receiver structure and rotating the steam tube to cause the one or more locking tabs to engage with the one or more ramp structures.