Supports: cabinet structure – With gas or vapor treatment of material – Mounted on container closure
Patent
1997-07-03
1999-08-10
Cuomo, Peter M.
Supports: cabinet structure
With gas or vapor treatment of material
Mounted on container closure
312 31, 206204, 206205, A24F 2500
Patent
active
059347732
ABSTRACT:
A humidifier device including at least two housings, each housing containing an absorbent material. Each housing is designed as a stamped or molded cup-shaped member having rounded corners and a flanged edge, and a plurality of apertures. A flat, rectangular member is attached to the flanged edge, thereby creating a cavity between the flat, rectangular member and the cup-shaped member. The absorbent material is located within the cavity and is soaked with an evaporative solution for imparting moisture into the storage case by evaporation through the apertures in the housing. The humidifier device may be replenished by pouring solution through the apertures on the housings, or by immersing humidifier device in a bath of solution, thereby allowing the absorbent material to become replenished with solution. The housings are each provided with a magnet attached to the flat, rectangular member which can be used to mount the housing to a second magnet mounted on the interior of the storage case. In the preferred embodiment the housings are detachably joined by a frangible member. The frangible member allows the user to use the two housings as a single unit or as two separate units, depending on the humidity needs of any particular storage case. The humidifier device may include two, three, four, or more housings detachably joined to each other by frangible members.
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Cuomo Peter M.
Litman Richard C.
Tran Hanh V.
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