US1881678A - Furnace humidifier - Google Patents

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Oct 11, 1932- R. KLoMPARr-:Ns 1,881,678.

FURNACE HUMIDIFIER y Filed Deo. 8. 1930 l.; i g M muenor man oct. 11, 1932 1,881,678

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROY KLOMPAR'ENS, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 'FURNACE Application led December 8, l1930. Serial No. 500,796.

This invention relates generally to a furpit 10, a fire pot 11, a dome 12 and a radianace construction and more particularly to a tor 13, is surrounded by a cylindrical casing humidifier adapted to be applied to the shell -15 having an opening therein, this opening which surrounds the hot air type of furnace. adapted to be tightly closed by means of the 5 However, its use is not limited to such a con cover plate 16. 55 struction as it may be installed in any stream. Brackets 17 arefixed to the inner side of of air which needs to have Water vapor added the closure 16 and a corrugated orzigzag plate thereto, 18 is supported by said brackets. As clearly One disadvantage of humidifiers is due to shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the upper edge por- .'.U y'the fact that they are constructed of fabric tion of the humidifier plate 18 is curved as 60 material, which rapidly deteriorates, thus beat 19 to receive the perforated pipe 20, this coming not only inefficient in act-ien but also pipe 20 being adapted to receive a controlled causing fouling of the air passing thereby. flow of water through the regulating valve I aim to overcome the above dilficulties as 21. This valve may be of any suitable type.

l5 well as attain further advantages whichwill The lower end of the humidifying plate, 65 be apparent from the detailed description -18 is angularly formed as at 22 into a troughwhich is t0 follow, like portion adapted to receive any surplus Brieiy described, my invention consists of water and an outlet 23 provides an overflow a metal plate, preferably of zigzag constructherefrom.

i0 tion, placed in close proximity to the dome An inner shell or casing 24 is held in posi- To of a furnace. Means are provided for flowing tion by sup orts 25 and has an opening therewater upon'this'plate near itstop and as this in to allow or the passage of the humidifying water ravitates downwardly along the corplate 18 together with its dependent strucrugate surface of the plate the air passes ture. Thus the closure or plate 16 supports v 25 thereover` and comes in contact therewith the entire humidifyng apparatus, this plate T5 thus causing particles of water to enter the being removably held in place by means of air and humidify it in a manner well known bolts 26.

to those familiar with devices of this charac- From the above it will readily be perter. As shown in the drawing my device is ceived that the plate 16 is a support for the applied to afurnace wall of double thickness entire humidifying device and that by re- 80 but obviously it could as readily be applied moving the bolts 26 the same may be removed to a single sheet metal wall. as a unit, thus providing an expedient and Many other objects and purposes, with efficient construction. l novel constructions and arrangements of The air freely iiows around the furnace inparts for obtaining the same will be apparteriorly of the casing or shell and upon conent as an. understanding'of the invention is tact with the plate 18 tends to evaporate the hadfromthe following description, taken in water flowing thereover thus humidifying connection with the accompanying drawing, the air. Moreover, the plate 18, preferably in which, formed of' a rust proof metal, is long lived A 40 Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in cross and performs efficiently over its entire period section, of a usual hot air type of furnace' of usefulness. y equipped with my novel humidifier. While I have described a complete cm- Fig. 2 is an enlarged view showing the corbodiment of my invention I do not wish'to rugated surface of the humidifier plate tobe limited to the particular construction gether with the means for flowing water shown my invention being in fact limited 95 thereover, and solely by the attached claims.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of Fig. 2. I claim: Snmlar numerals represent s1m1lar parts 1. A device of the character described comthroughout the several views. prising a vertical heatlng unit, an outer ver- 5 In Fig. 1, the furnace, consisting of an ash tical shell spaced therefrom and surrounding said heatin unit, an inner shell parallel to the outer s ell, said inner shell being spaced from and terminating short of the ends of the outer shell whereby air may freely circulate around the inner shell, said inner and outer shells each having an opening,

a closure for the opening in the outer shell and a humidifier fastened to said closure and adapted tol extend inwardly of` the inner shell.

2. A device of the character described in claim 1 but also characterized by the fact that l the humidifier consists of an irregular surfaced metal plate adapted to receive. water u near its top.

3. Ina furnace having a vertical heating unit surrounded by a doublejacket having an opening therethrough the combination of a plate, means to fasten vtheplate adjacent 20' the outside of the exterior jacket thereby f tightly closing the same, brackets 0n the inside of the plate and extending inwardly to a point Within the inner jacket, a metal plate fastenedl to said brackets, and means to flow 25 Water over the last named plate.

A4f. Afurnace comprising the parts set forth in claim 3 in which the plate is vertically positioned so as to be in substantial alignment with the heating unit.

-30 5. A furnace comprising the elements in the combination recited in claim 3 and having the metal plate therein of zigzag vertical cross section.

6. In a furnace having a vertical heating 35 unit surroundedby a jacket having an opening therethrough ,the combination of a plate, meansto fasten the plate over the said opening, bracket means extending from said plate into-the jacket, a metal plate supported by- 0 the bracket means yand means to flow water over the last named plate.v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROY KLOMPARENS.

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