Patent ID: 7350773
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: F24F,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A humidifier comprising: a base unit defining a reservoir for holding a quantity of water; a water tank supported on said base unit for supplying water to said reservoir; a humidification device in communication with said reservoir for vaporizing the water held in said reservoir to produce a mist; a vortex unit supported on said base unit, said vortex unit having an opening disposed above said base unit reservoir to permit the mist produced by said humidification device to rise upwardly into said vortex unit; a nozzle disposed in said vortex unit adjacent said mist opening for introducing a carrier medium flow into said vortex unit; and a vortex creator positioned in said vortex unit above said nozzle and said mist opening for diverting the upwardly rising mist from said reservoir into the carrier medium flow from said nozzle and directing a combined mist and carrier medium flow into a helical path within said vortex unit.