Humidifier

Claim 1

A HUMIDIFIER COMPRISING A MOTOR DRIVEN ATOMIZER UNIT ADAPTED TO BE PLACED WITHIN AN AIR DUCT FOR ENTRAINING ATOMIZED WATER INTO AN AIR STREAM PASSING THROUGH THE DUCT, A PUMP, SAID PUMP INCLUDING A MOTOR DRIVEN ROTOR ROTATABLE IN AN UPRIGHT PUMP CHAMBER LOCATED BELOW SAID ATOMIZER UNIT, SAID PUMP CHAMBER CONSTITUTING THE ONLY RESERVOIR FOR WATER WITHIN SAID HUMIDIFIER AND INCLUDING IN THE WALL THEREOF UPPER AND LOWER POSITIONED OUTLETS, SAID UPPER OUTLET BEING COCONNECTED TO A DRAIN TUBE AND SAID LOWER OUTLET BEING CONNECTED TO A FEED TUBE DELIVERING WATER UPWARDLY TO SAID ATOMIZER UNIT AS A RESULT OF BEING FORCED OUT OF SAID LOWER WALL OUTLET BY ROTATION OF SAID PUMP ROTOR, MEANS PROVIDING A GRAVITY RETURN FLOW FOR SUCH ATOMIZED WATER AS IS NOT ENTRAINED IN SAID AIR STREAM INTO SAID PUMP CHAMBER FOR RE-CYCLING AND THE LEVEL OF THE WATER IN SAID PUMP CHAMBER BEING DETERMINATIVE OF THE AMOUNT OF OVERFLOW WATER REMOVED FROM THE HUMIDIFIER THROUGH SAID UPPER WALL OUTLET AND DRAIN TUBE.