US1555565A

US1555565A - Air moistener

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Publication number: US1555565A
Application number: US749146A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank H Fuller
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-11-11
Filing date: 1924-11-11
Publication date: 1925-09-29
Anticipated expiration: 1942-09-29

Description

.Patented Sept. 29, i i i l. l

UNITED STATES .PATENT oFF'lcE.

FRANK H. EULLER, F KITTERY IOINT, MAINE.

AIR. MOISTENER.

Application led November 11, 1924. Serial No. 749,146..

To ZZ whom t may concern.' From a point opposite the tank the pipe Be it known thaty I, FRANK H. ULLnR, 13inc1ines downwardlyat both sidesto the a citizen of the United States, residing atV tank, the purpose of this being to return Kittery Point, in the county of York and water of condensation to the tank. i5 State of Maine, have invented certain new It is obvious that the tank'and pipe conand useful Im Jrovements' in Air Moisteners, nections can be readily set up between the ofwhich the following is a specification. fire -pot and the shell of the furnace.

This invention relates to air moisteners for In operation, water is vaporized in the hot air furnaces and it has for its vobject tank by the heat of the furnace .and the so to provide an improved device ifoisupplyvapor escapes through the openings 12 and ing Water vapor to the hot air 'generated by 14 and meistens the air delivered by the the furnace, the improvement being o f such furnace,'thereby accomplishing the result of nature that it may readily be applied to the apparatus. It is to be noted that the existing furnaces, and the device including tank, being; closed except for the small persa means for` maintaining a continuous supply forations 12, will not collect dust and dirt of water to the vaporizer tank so as to keep from ashes and the like, and the pipe 13 exit at a certain level. tends all'the way around the fire pot so Various improvements in the apparatus that all parts of the air are nioistened. will be, apparent from the following (le- Nothing but vapor escapes through the open- 00 I0 scription and the accompanying drawings, ings 12 and 14 and any condensation will by in wliiclrFig. lfis a side elevation ofthe the inclination of thev pipe be returned to the furnaceshowing the vaporizer applied theretank, so that the fire pot and ashpit will not to. Fig-2 is a section on the line 2 2 of become rusty; The supply is automatic, the Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa detail in section of the waterbeingrenewed to a constant lei-'el 6; water tank and connections. it evaporates, so that the amount of vapor Referring s ecifcally tothe drawings, 6 supplied depends on the state of the fire." indicates the .'ii'e potof an ordinary hot air' j I claim:

furnace, and the vaporizer is disposed in the i .man air moisten'er for hot air furnaces coniair space between the fire pot and' the ordiprlsing a Water tank having` a perlorated In' nary outer shell 7 of the furnace. top, and a' pipe connected at both ends to The'vaporizer comprises a water tank 8 the tank. abovethe water level'therein and with' a float valve 9 controlling the inlet provided with holes for the outlet of vapor, through the supply pipe 10, whereby the said' pipe extending aroundthe iire'pot, and water is maintained atl a desired level. 11 bothsides of the pipe being inclined down- 7i:

a5 1s an overflow pipe, This tank is closed wardly toward the tank, whereby condensa` 4 at the top, but the top-or cover has a series tion is returned to the tank. of openings l2 through which vapor may In testimony whereof, I- affix my signature. escape. A ring pipe 13 is connected atits ends to the upper part of the tank, above FRANK H. FULLER.

40 the water level, and this pipe has a pluraly ity of jet holes 14, l