A HUMIDIFIER FOR LEMON CURING ROOMS. 



and 36 inches long, so as to extend from the lower pan through the 

 raised slots and drop over into the water in the upper pan. 



In machines con- 

 structed after the ac- 

 companying illustra- 

 tions were prepared 

 it was found desir- 

 able to have the for- 

 ward edges of the 

 hood (10) fit inside 

 the opening made by 

 the top and bottom 

 pans and the inner 

 edge of the angle iron 

 in the corners of the 

 cloth chamber. The 

 hood is drawn out to 

 a circle so as to fit the 

 circumference of the 

 blades of the electric 

 fan (11), which is 16 

 inches in diameter. 

 The humidifier is 

 placed on a truck 

 (12), supported on 

 wheels (13) so ar- 

 ranged that it can be easily moved in any direction b} 7 means of the 

 handle (14). Supports (15) are placed under the humidifier and fan 

 to raise them sufficiently to permit a pail to be easily placed and re- 

 moved from under 

 the spigot (16). 



OPERATION OF THE 

 HUMIDIFIER. 



Space must be left 

 in the curing rooms 

 so that the humidi- 

 fier can be quickly 

 placed in position 

 for use and easily 

 taken out. 



The upper pan 

 should be filled to 

 the proper point with water, care being taken to see that the edges 

 of the cloths are entirely submerged. The fan should then be started. 



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Fig. 3. — Front view of the humidifier, showing the arrange 

 ment of the absorptive cloths in the cloth chamber. 



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Fig. 4. — Top view of the upper pan, showing the arrange- 

 ment of the raised slots and the absorptive cloths. The 

 cloths drop from the raised slots to the bottom of the pan. 



