US Patent:
20100043474, Feb 25, 2010
Inventors:
Christopher J. Strussion - Bellaire OH, US
International Classification:
F28D 5/00
B23P 19/04
Abstract:
A portable evaporative cooling system having a misting apparatus has a fan generating an air path and a spraying apparatus dispersing water in the air path. A water container has an elongate body wherein the water container has a cross-sectional profile that at least partially approximates a cross-sectional profile of the misting apparatus. The misting apparatus selectively slidingly engages at least part of the cross-sectional profile of the water container, therein selectively securing the fan inside the water container. A lid is in selective cooperative engagement with the open end of the water container and has an access port therethrough. In a first configuration, the lid encloses the misting apparatus within an interior region of the water container, and in a second configuration, the misting apparatus is operatively coupled to an external portion of the lid, wherein the misting apparatus draws water through the access port.