Patent ID: 8596556

Claim:
An air cooler misting unit for an automotive or industrial engine cooling system, the unit comprising: (a) a heat exchanger wherein an internally flowing hot liquid is cooled by flow of air over an external surface of the heat exchanger; (b) a liquid holding tank for storing a liquid which is used for spraying a mist of liquid into the air which flows over the external surface of the heat exchanger; (c) a liquid delivery conduit that delivers the liquid from the holding tank to at least one spray jet; (d) at least one spray jet for misting the liquid into the flow of the air; (e) a pump for moving the liquid through the conduit from the holding tank to the at least one spray jet, (f) a one way flow valve positioned in the liquid delivery conduit between the holding tank and the at least one spray iet to stop the liquid in the holding tank from siphoning out; (g) an on an off switch which supplies the pump with power to move the liquid from the holding tank to the spray jet; and, (h) an electrical wire to supply power from the switch to the pump and a linkable fuse for the purpose of protecting the electrical system in case of an overload condition.