Patent ID: 6601778
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: B05B,F24F

Abstract:
A centrifugal humidifier, comprising:at least one body rotatable on an axis for propelling supplied water outwardly therefrom by centrifugal force; an impingement surface, generally concentric to said axis, for breaking up said outwardly propelled water into fine droplets; means to intake a stream of air for entraining said fine droplets and thereafter to discharge said stream of air to the surroundings; a rotatable shaft coupled to said body; drive means for rotating said shaft and said body, said drive means including a motor; a fan coupled to said drive means; and a water supply, including a reservoir; said impingement surface having a multiplicity of sawtooth ridges, each defined by a broader, more gradually inclined first side that faces toward the direction of rotation of said rotatable body, and a narrower, steeper second side that faces away from the direction of rotation of said rotatable body; and said rotatable body having a generally circular rim, and being bell-shaped, with a broader flared rim and a narrower lower portion immersed in said reservoir.