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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1996
Toshihide Imamura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kanichi Kadotani, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Bunji Hayakashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hisaakira Imaizumi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tetsuo Shakushi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshihiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Genichiro Watanabe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a water feed device for humidification, comprising: an outflow reservoir that is disposed above a humidifier for feeding water into the humidifier by way of a permeation and that is provided with an overflow dam for maintaining a level of the water in the outflow reservoir substantially constant; an inflow reservoir that is disposed upwards of the outflow reservoir and that is provided with a flow inlet; a partition plate that is disposed between the inflow reservoir and the outflow reservoir; and a plurality of drip feed members which are provided in the partition plate for allowing the water in the inflow reservoir to drop by gravity in a form of droplets into the outflow reservoir. There is also provided an air conditioning apparatus in which a cooling dehumidifier unit, a heater unit, a humidifier unit and an air blower unit are successively arranged within an air duct which is provided in a housing in a horizontal direction; the air duct is provided with an outlet side that is connected to an outlet duct which is opening towards an area to be air conditioned; downwards of respective portions of the cooling dehumidifier unit and the humidifier unit in the air duct there are provided a pair of water proof trays, respectively, which are communicated via respective hoses with the cooling dehumidifier unit and the humidifier unit, respectively, and which are provided with a drainage means that is opening to an outside of the housing; and downwards of the water proof trays and downwards of the air duct there is provided a further water proof tray having a drainage means that is opening to an outside of the housing.