Fluid sprinkling – spraying – and diffusing – Processes – Involving slow diffusion
Patent
1998-10-08
2000-11-21
Weldon, Kevin
Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Processes
Involving slow diffusion
239 43, 239 73, 222 48, B67D 508
Patent
active
061490695
ABSTRACT:
A humidifier bottle assembly and a method for operating a humidifier are presented. The humidifier bottle assembly includes a humidifier bottle adapted to hold water and a humidifier bottle receptacle adapted to receive the humidifier bottle. The receptacle includes a pivot point about which the bottle pivots and a biasing member adapted to situate the bottle in a given angular position in response to the amount of water contained in the bottle. In particular embodiments, the biasing member causes the bottle to assume the given angular position within the receptacle when the bottle is empty, and further, the biasing member is adapted such that the bottle pivots from the given angular position within the receptacle when the bottle contains water. The amount of angular displacement of the bottle from the given angular position is a function of the amount of water present within the bottle, and thus, may be used to communicate the amount of water contained in the bottle.
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Stanek Terrence L.
Tomasiak Mark J.
Emerson Electric Co.
Weldon Kevin
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