Humidifier with field reconfigurable bypass feature

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8231112
APP PUB NO 20110068488A1
SERIAL NO

12565706

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A humidifier for adding humidity to an air stream of an HVAC system includes a housing configured to be mounted to a surface of an HVAC duct. A back side of the housing may be positioned adjacent to an opening in the surface of the HVAC duct, and the housing may be configured to hold a humidifier pad in an operating position. The housing may define a first air flow path from a first side of the humidifier pad to the opening in the surface of the HVAC duct when the housing is mounted to the surface of the HVAC duct. The housing may further define a second air flow path from a second side of the humidifier pad to a bypass aperture. At least part of the second air flow path may be defined by a bypass duct member. The bypass duct member may be field-reconfigurable between at least a first position resulting in the bypass aperture being located at a first location, and a second position resulting in the bypass aperture being located at a second location. In some cases, the first and second locations are on the left and right sides, respectively, of the humidifier housing.

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ADEMCO INC1985 DOUGLAS DRIVE N GOLDEN VALLEY MN 55422

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ableitner, Jason Edina, US 3 69
Beland, Stephane Joseph Pierre St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, CA 26 487
Boutin, Vincent Montreal, CA 7 270
Cao, Xinhui Hua Tianjin, CN 1 22
Terlson, Brad Maple Grove, US 14 489
Tremblay, Evelyne Chambly, CA 9 169
Wang, Bin Tianjin, CN 1095 9516

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