Patent ID: 7510130

Claim:
A mist generating chamber comprising: a shell comprised of a top wall, a bottom wall opposing said top wall, and one or more side walls extending from said top wall to said bottom wall, said top, bottom and one or more side walls defining an internal cavity for storing liquid, said top wall being a lid, and said bottom wall being a base lower plate having a thickness defined by an area between an inner surface of said base lower plate which forms a surface of said internal cavity and an outer surface of said base lower plate which forms an exterior surface of said shell, said cavity being hermetically zone-formed, said shell including a mist outlet disposed in said lid; a tube for supplying gas to said cavity, said tube including a downstream end that terminates in a passage within said thickness area between said inner and outer surfaces of said base lower plate; said base lower plate having first and second interior orifices within said thickness of said area between said inner and outer surfaces of said base lower plate, said first and second interior orifices connecting said internal cavity with said passage, said first and second interior orifices both being spaced in said passage from said downstream end of said tube; first and second plugs mounted fluidtightly and detachably in respective ones of said first and second interior orifices so that said plugs are spaced in said passage from said downstream end of said tube, said first and second plugs having cavity ends that are within said internal cavity, said cavity ends being proximal to said inner surface of said bottom wall; said base lower plate having first and second exterior orifices within said thickness area between said inner and outer surfaces of said base lower plate, said first and second exterior orifices extending from said first and second interior orifices to said outer surface of said base lower plate for providing access to respective ones of said first and second plugs, said first and second exterior orifices both being spaced from said downstream end of said tube; wherein said first and second plugs are capable of being installed and removed from said base lower plate without contacting said downstream end of said tube; and each of said plugs comprising either a through-hole having a first inside diameter for passing gas from said passage to said cavity or a solid core for forming a shut-off member that prevents gas from passing from said passage to said cavity.