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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chi-Hsiang Wang, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Burton, Inc., Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 6/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 6/08 ;
Abstract
A humidifier includes a base defining an evaporation cavity, a water supply is supported on the base and has a discharge opening communicating with the evaporation cavity and is adapted to maintain a given level of water therein. A humidification unit is removably mounted on the base and includes a heating element projecting into the cavity with a wicking sleeve surrounding the element and into the cavity to wick water therefrom. Energization of the heating element causes evaporation of the water that has been wicked from the cavity. The resulting vapor is discharged through an exhaust grill above the cavity.