Humidifier spray unit for furnace

Claim 1

A HUMIDIFIER UNIT FOR USE WITH A WARM AIR HEATING SYSTEM HAVING A WARM AIR RISER ON A FURNACE, THE RISER BEING ARRANGED TO HAVE A HOLE ELONGATED IN A HORIZONTAL DIRECTION FORMED IN ONE WALL THEREOF AND SAID UNIT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, SUPPORTING BRACKET MEANS HAVING A FRONT WALL CONNECTABLE TO THE EXTERIOR OF A VERTICAL WALL OF A WARM AIR RISER OF A FURNACE WITH WHICH SAID UNIT IS TO BE USED AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE SIDE MEMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID FRONT WALL, SAID BRACKET MEANS ALSO HAVING A REAR WALL CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO SAID SIDE MEMBER AND SPACED FROM AND DISPOSED AT AN ACUTE ANGLE EXTENDING UPWARD AND OUTWARD RELATIVE TO SAID FRONT WALL, A SOLENOID-ACTUATED VALVE SUPPORTED BY SAID REAR WALL OF SAID SUPPORTING BRACKET MEANS AND CONNECTABLE INTO AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WITH A HUMIDISTAT AND ALSO CONNECTABLE TO A SOURCE OF WATER UNDER PRESSURE, A WATER TUBE OF SMALL DIAMETER INTERCONNECTED TO SAID VALVE AND PROJECTING FORWARDLY AT AN ANGLE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID REAR WALL AND EXTENDING THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE LENGTH ANGULARLY UPWARD AND INWARD AND ADAPTED TO PASS THROUGH A HOLE IN SPACED RELATION TO THE EDGES THEREOF DIRECTLY INTO A RISER WHEN SAID FRONT WALL IS CONNECTED TO A VERTICAL WALL OF A WARM AIR RISER, AND A WATER SPRAY NOZZLE CONNECTED COAXIALLY TO THE OUTLET END OF SAID WATER TUBE AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY BEYOND SAID FRONT WALL AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE INTO A WARM AIR RISER OF A FURNACE WHEN SAID FRONT WALL IS CONNECTED THERETO SO AS TO SPRAY A FINE MIST OF WATER INWARDLY AND UPWARDLY INTO THE SAME, SAID SOLENOID-ACTUATED VALVE PROVIDING A MEANS CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF WATER THROUGH SAID TUBE AND THE INCLINATION OF THE TUBE PROVIDING A MEANS DISCHARGING ANY WATER DROPS FROM SAID NOZZLE ALONG SAID SLOPING WATER TUBE THROUGH SAID AFOREMENTIONED FRONT WALL WHEREBY THEY DISCHARGE EXTERIORLY OF A RISER.