US1121845A

US1121845A - Apparatus for supplying humidified and scented air.

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Publication number: US1121845A
Application number: US83651914A
Authority: US
Inventors: Fredrick W Kallusch
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-05-05
Filing date: 1914-05-05
Publication date: 1914-12-22
Anticipated expiration: 1931-12-22

Description

F. W. KALLUSOH. APPARATUS FOR SUPPLY ING HUMIDIFIED AND SOBNTED AIR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY5,1914.

Patented Dec. 22

Inventor o Attorneys FREDRICK W. KALI USCH, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING HUMIDIFIED AND SCENTED AIR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

Application filed May 5, 1914. Serial No. 836,519.

The present invention appertains to an apparatus for supplying air to the rooms of residences, hospitals, and the like, and aims to provide a novel and .improved apparatus of that nature, for furnishing whumidified and scented air which will have cooling, curative, or other beneficial properties.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement ofparts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that. changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure lis a sectional viewof the improved apparatus, portions being shown in full. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the water tank or reservoir with the partition or shelf and basket removed. Fig, 3 is a cross section'of the tank or reservoir, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. I

In carrying out the present invention,

' there is provided a suitable tankorreservoir ,1, which is provided with aremovable top or cover 2. I The tank or casing 1 ,may be supported in any suitable manner, such as in the .pi

cellar of the building to which the apparatus is applied, or at any other suitable locality. The cover or lid 2 of the tank 1 may be removably attached thereto in any well known manner. The ends of the tank 1 are provided with inlet and outlet openings, formed by notches or seats 3 provided in the ends of the tank 1, and complementing notches or recesses 4 provided in the ends of the cover 2. To the ends of the tank 1 are secured suitable seat members or brackets 5, upon which may be seated, a removable partition or shelf 6. The seat members 5 are disposed directly below the openings 34:, to thereby support the partition 6 approximately flush wit the lower ends of the said openings. A

meshed wire or reticulated basket 6 is suspended from the cover 2, the upper edges of the ends of the. basket having curved lips or flanges 6* which are engageable in curved keepers 6 secured to the bottom of the cover.

2. The basket 6 is preferably curved or concaved transversely, as seen in Fig. 3. i The air is drawn from the exterior of the building, by means. of a suitable blower 7, the fan shaft 8 of which maybe driven through the medium of a belt 9, and the inlet 10 of which communicates with the atmoshere. The outlet pipe 11 of the blower 7 as its free end entering the inlet opening 3-4 of the tank 1, in order that the current of air created by the blower 7 will be directed longitudinally throughthe upper portio of the tank.

In order to convey the air from the tank 1, to the room to be supplied with air, a

suitable pipe 12 has one end inserted in the outlet opening 3-fl of the tank 1, and is provided at its other end with a register 13 communicating with the particular room to be ventilated. It will be understood, of course, that the outlet pipe 12 may be divided into any number of branches, when a number of rooms are to be ventilated by the present apparatus, and as is well within the province of an ordinary mechanic. It is essential, however, that the cross sectional area of the pipe or pipes 12, be approximately the same as the cross sectional area of the inlet pipe 11 of the tank 1, to thereby avoid a difference in pressure, as would otnerwiseresult, and prove of disadvantage. The air leaving the tank 1 is filtered by means of a screen or reticulated partition 14 securedwithin the inlet end of the outlet 12. After the apparatus has been properly set up or applied to the building, as will be obvious, the blower 7 bein actuated by any suitable prime mover, wil force a current or stream of air through the tank 1 from the pipe 11, the tank serving as a distributing chamberfor the air, to deliver the air to the outlet pipe or pipes 12. The air being discharge from the re 'ster 13 will ventilate the room to which t e ventilator has been applied, whereby the room may be supplied with fresh air to the comfort of the occupants.

When it is desired to humidi the air, the tank 1 is filled with water, so t at the level of the water is approximately in the plane of the lower ends of the openings 34, as seen in Fig. 2, the partition or shelf 6 having been removed. Then, as the air passes through the upper portion of the tank 1, the

same will skim or brush over the surface of the water, causing waves or ripples to be created upon the surface of the water, due to the eddies created by the current of air. In this manner, the water is evaporated by the current of air, and furthermore, the air will be cooled and purified, to a certain extent, by the waves or ripples of water with which the air eddies-contact.

The present apparatus may also be employed for scenting or perfuming'the air, this being accomplished by placing the partition or shelf 6 within the tank 1, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and placing upon the partition6, a quantity of material 15, of any suitable sort, which has the scenting or perfuming the air passing there'- over or therethrough. The composition 15 which may be natural or artificial, may be such, as to scent the air with the fragrance of various flowers, or blossoms, or the composition 15 may be such as to scent the air with pine, salt or the like. Whatever composition is employed, theair in impinging thereagainst and passing thereover, will be scented or perfumed, which will give the air a natural cooling, curative or other beneficial property or properties. This is particularly desirable when the apparatus is employed for ventilating sick rooms, in order that the patient may be supplied with fresh v natural air, as from the pine forests, orange trees, and the like, or in the nature of sea breezes. As seen in Fig. 1, when the scenting or perfuming agent 15 is employed, the lower portion of the tank 1 may also be partially filled with water, also. Instead of disposing the composition or material 15 upon the partition 6, the same may be held within the basket 6.

The present apparatus is an exceedingly inexpensive and simple one, and may readily property of to humidify the airbe installed in various buildings. The other advantages and capabilities of the present apparatus will be obvious from the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing,

without further or extensive comment being necessary.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In an apparatus of the character described, a water holding tank having a removable cover and having openings at its ends, a removable partition supported between the ends of the tank and directly below the said openings for holding an airscenting agent above the water, and inlet and outlet pipes having their ends inserted through the said openings.

2. In an apparatus for supplying humidified and scented air, a water holding tank having a removable cover, the ends of the tank and cover having complementing recesses forming openings, seat members secured to the tank directly below the said openings, a removable partition disposed on said seat members for holding an air-scenting agent above the Water, and inlet and outlet pipes having their ends inserted through the said openings.

3. In an apparatus for supplying hu'midified and scented air, a tank having a removable cover and openings at its ends, the tank being adapted to hold water, a removable partition supported by the ends of the tank below the said openings for holding an airscenting agent and for covering the water, inlet and outlet pipes having their ends inserted through the said openings, and a de tachable reticulated basket suspended from the cover for holding an air-scenting agent.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

FREDRICK W. KALLUSCH.

Witnesses:

FRANK B. DAVIS, SUTTEN H. Gnorr.