Air-conditioning device for controlling humidity and temperature

Claim 1

AN AIR-CONDITIONING DEVICE FOR RAISING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN ENCLOSED SPACE AND OF ANY OBJECTS STORED THEREIN FROM A FIRST LOWER TEMPERATURE TO A SECOND HIGHER TEMPERATURE WITH AN AIR STREAM HAVING A DEW POINT TEMPERATURE WHICH IS MAINTAINED AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO BUT LESS THAN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COLDEST PORTION OF THE ENCLOSED SPACE AND THE STORED OBJECT TO PREVENT CONDENSATION, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING: A TUBULAR ENCLOSURE DEFINING A FLOW CHANNEL HAVING AN OUTPUT PORT AND AN INPUT PORT AND INCLUDING CIRCULATION MEANS FOR MAINTAINING A CONSTANT AIR STREAM FROM SAID INPUT PORT TO SAID OUTPUT PORT THROUGH SAID FLOW CHANNEL; MEANS COMMUNICATING SAID INPUT PORT AND SAID OUTPUT PORT WITH SAID ENCLOSED SPACE TO ESTABLISH CIRCULATION OF SAID AIR STREAM THERETHROUGH, SAID MEANS BEING ARRANGED AND DISPOSED TO ASSURE MAXIMUM EXPOSURE OF THE ENCLOSED SPACE AND THE STORED OBJECTS TO SAID AIR STREAM; SATURATION MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID FLOW CHANNEL FOR SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY SATURATING THE AIR STREAM PASSING THERETHROUGH WITH SPRAY WATER HAVING A TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DRY BULB TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR STREAM PASSING THROUGH SAID INPUT PORT; TEMPERATURE SENSING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE DRY BULB INPUT PORT AIR STREAM TEMPERATURE AND OPERATIVE TO PROVIDE A TEMPERATURE SIGNAL AS LONG AS THE INPUT PORT AIR STREAM TEMPERATURE IS BELOW SAID SECOND TEMPERATURE; AND HEATING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID TEMPERATURE SIGNAL DISPOSED IN SAID FLOW CHANNEL INTERMEDIATE SAID SATURATION MEANS AND SAID OUTPUT PORT FOR HEATING THE SATURATED AIR STREAM.