A HUMIDIFIER FOR LEMON CURING ROOMS. 
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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 insidti 
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 ^^^^ 3.— Front view of the humidifier, showing the arrange- 
wheels (13) so ar- ment of the absorptive cloths in the cloth chamber. 
ranged that it can be easily moved in any direction by 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 
PI7069HP taken out. 
Fig. 4. — Top view of the upper pan, showing the arrange- rp^ 
ment of the raised slots and the absorptive cloths. The ^ Upper pan 
cloths drop from the raised slots to the bottom of the 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. 
