Including Means At Top End Of Vertical Pipe To Distribute Liquid Film On Pipe Exterior Patents (Class 165/DIG171)
  • Patent number: 5609296
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Komatsu, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Imamura, Kanichi Kadotani, Bunji Hayakashi, Hisaakira Imaizumi, Tetsuo Shakushi, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Genichiro Watanabe