Air-conditioned chamber and its applications

Claim 1

IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED CHAMBER A LOWEST ELEMENT HAVING THE FORM OF A BOX OPEN AT THE TOP, WITH VERTICAL WALLS AND CLOSED AT THE BOTTOM; AT LEAST ONE MAIN MIDDLE ELEMENT HAVING AN EXTERIOR FORM CORRESPONDING TO THE LOWEST ELEMENT, VERTICAL WALLS, OPEN AT THE TOIP AND CLOSED AT THE BOTTOM, TWO OPENINGS IN THE BOTTOM PLACED NEAR THE VERTICAL WALLS OF THE ELEMENT; MEANS OF FIXING THE LOWER PART OF THE MIDDLE ELEMENT ONTO THE UPPER PART OF THE LOWEST ELEMENT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT IS AIRTIGHT BUT MAY BE DETACHED; AT LEAST ONE AIRTIGHT DOOR IN THE VERTICAL WALL OF THE MIDDLE ELEMENT; TWO VERTICAL PARTITIONS EACH ENCLOSING ONE OF THE OPENINGS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MIDDLE ELEMENT AND RISING THROUGH THE SAID ELEMENT; ADJUSTABLEL SIZED HOLES SET IN THE SAID VERTICAL PARTITIONS; AND UPPER ELEMENT, CLOSED AT THE TOIP AND OPEN AT THE BOTTOM; THE WALLS OF THE UPPER ELEMENT ARE PROLONGED VERTICALLY ABOVE ITS CLOSED UPPER END; MEANS FOR FIXING THE UPPER ELEMENT ON TOP OF THE MIDDLE ELEMENT IN AN AIRTIGHT MANNER; TWO VERTICAL PARTITIONS PIERCED WITH ADJUSTABLE HOLED AND FIXED IN THE UPPER ELEMENT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY CONTINUE THE VERTICAL PARTITIONS OF THE MIDDLE ELEMENT; AN OPENING IN ONE OUTER WALL OF THE LOWEST ELEMENT, A CLOSED ASSEMBLY FIXED IN THE LOWEST ELEMENT, AND MORE OR LESS PARALLEL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ELEMENT, HAVING TWO ENDS AND A LOWER PART; IN ONE END OF THIS ASSEMBLY THERE IS A FIRST OPENING, WITH PIPING COVERING IT TO CONNECT IT TO THE OPENING IN THE WALL OF THIS ELEMENT; A SECOND OPENING WITH PIPING COVERING IT TO CONNECT IT TO ONE OF THE OPENINGS IN THE MAIN MIDDLE ELEMENT; IN THE OTHER END OF THIS ASSEMBLY THERE IS A OPENING WITH PIPING COVERING IT CONNECTING IT IN THE OTHER OPENING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MAIN MIDDLE ELEMENT; IN THE BOTTOM OT THE LOWEST ELEMENT IS AN OPENING AND, SEALED TO THE BOTTOM, A TANK THE SAME SIZE AS THIS OPENING AND CONTAINING A CERTAIN QUANTITY OF WATER; MEANS OF HEATING THIS TANK; MEANS OF CONTROLLING THE LEVEL OF WATER IN THIS TANK; A HOLE IN ONE WALL OF THE SAID TANK AND A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LOWEST ELEMENT, A PIPE BETWEEN THE LATTER HOLE AND THE HOLE IN THE WALL OF THE TANK, THIS PIPE DOES NOT PROTRUDE INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE ASSEMBLY; IN THE INTERIOR OF THE ASSEMBLY, STARTING FROM THE END WHERE THE TWO HOLES ARE SITUATED, A FAN DRAWING IN AIR THROUGH THE TWO HOLES AT THE END; A REFRIGERATING ELEMENT; MEANS OF MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE; MEANS OF HEATING; MEANS FOR WATER TO ENTER THE TANK; FIXED IN THE LOWEST ELEMENT, THE MIDDLE ELEMENT AND THE UPPER ELEMENT AND CONNECTABLE ONE TO THE OTHER, MEANS TO BRING THE WATER FROM THE TANK TO ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE CLOSED TOP OF THE UPPER ELEMENT, AND MEANS TO MAKE THE WATER FLOW OVER THE DSAID CLOSED TOP FROM ONE SIDE AND MEANS TO DRAIN AWAY THE WATER WHICH HAS RUN OVER THE TOP; OUTSIDE THE AIRTIGHT DOOR OF THE MAIN MIDDLE ELEMENT DRY T HERMOMETERS AND MOISTURE THEREMOMETERS WHICH PASS THROUGH THE DOOR IN SUCH A WAY AS TO SHOW THE TEMPERATURES INSIDE THE ELEMENT; MEANS OF LIGHTING, PLACED ON AT LEAST ONE EDGE OF THE UPPER ELEMENT; ON THE LOWEST ELEMENT A MOTOR FOR THE FAN, AND INLET FOR ELECTRICAL CURRENT; MEANS OF CONNECTING THE SAID MOTOR TO THE SAID INLET AS REQUIRED; CONTROLLABLE MEANS TO CARRY THE CURRENT TO THE HEATING SYSTEM CONTAINED IN THE SAID ASSEMBLY; CONTROLLABLE MEANS TO CARRY THE CURRENT TO THE MEANS OF HEATING THE WATER IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED TANK; CONTROLLABLE MEANS TO CARRY LIGHTING CURRENT TO THE UPPER ELEMENT; AN OPERATIONAL PROGRAMER; MEANS OF CONNECTING CURRENT TO THE MEASURING THERMOMETERS CONNECTING THE PROGRAMER TO THE MEASURING THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE ASSEMBLY AND THOSE IN THE DOOR OF THE MIDDLE ELEMENT, TO THE REFRIGERATING ELEMENT AND TO THE HEATING SYSTEM PLACED IN THE ASSEMBLY, TO THE FAN FOR DRAWING IN AIR, TO THE WATER INLET SYSTEM AND TO THE LIGHTING SYSTEM, MEANS TO SWITCH THE CURRENT INDEPENDENTLY ON AND OFF THE VARIOUS APPARATUS CONNECTED TO THE PROGRAMMER.