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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dov Z. Glucksman, Wenham, MA (US);
Gary P. McGonagle, Lynn, MA (US);
Laura P. Nickerson, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Appliance Development Corporation, Danvers, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 7/04 ;
Abstract
A humidifier comprises a water tank with a top opening and an assembly with a warm mist distributor and a vaporization module with a boiling chamber. The vaporization module has an insulated wall chamber, nozzles extending from a closed end proximate the warm mist distributor and an end closure at the opposite end. The end closure has a central opening the facilities filling and draining of the boiling chamber. In use the central opening is closed, and a labyrinth passage through the end closure meters the water that enters the boiling chamber.