Patent ID: 7310962
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: F24F,Y02B

Abstract:
1. An evaporative cooler having a housing adapted to be installed within a roof space of a pitched roof, said housing having an air inlet which is inclined in such a manner as to extend substantially parallel to a pitched plane of the pitched roof when installed, at least two evaporative pads mounted in the housing and defining an air-permeable cooling means associated with the inlet, means for supplying water to the at least two pads, and a fan for drawing external air into the housing via the air-permeable cooling means and for discharging the air thereby cooled via an outlet of the housing, wherein the housing is so configured that when installed within the roof space the inclined air inlet is closely adjacent the external surface of the pitched roof and wherein the at least two pads defining the air-permeable cooling means are arranged within the housing beneath the inlet in an angular array, one inclined relative to another, to define a zig-zag configuration.