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Water and air preconditioning apparatus

  • US 9,839,758 B2
  • Filed: 05/30/2013
  • Issued: 12/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A fluid preconditioning apparatus to pretreat fluids for an air disbursement machine, the fluid preconditioning apparatus comprising:

  • a top portion, a base portion, and a partition disposed between the top portion and the base portion; and

    a hose sheath that connects to a tube outlet at the fluid preconditioning apparatus through an aperture disposed within the fluid preconditioning apparatus, wherein the hose sheath comprises;

    a flexible hose with a main lumen, an outer diameter, an exterior wall, and an interior wall; and

    at least one tube coupled to the flexible hose along at least one of the exterior wall and the interior wall of the flexible hose, the tube coupled on a first end to the fluid preconditioning apparatus and coupled on a second end to a mask pad, wherein the mask pad comprises;

    a pouch portion with an inlet port and an outlet port;

    a first fluid delivery tube coupled to the inlet port; and

    a second fluid delivery tube coupled to the outlet port;

    wherein the first fluid delivery tube transports heated fluid from the fluid preconditioning apparatus to the pouch portion and the second fluid delivery tube returns heated fluid back to the base portion for further pretreatment and continued disbursement;

    wherein the base portion comprises one or more exterior air vents, a gas inlet, a liquid inlet, a power supply, a gas treatment chamber, a gas flow generator, a liquid treatment chamber, and a liquid flow generator;

    wherein the gas treatment chamber pretreats gases for disbursement, and the liquid treatment chamber comprises a liquid filter that pretreats liquids for disbursement and pretreats liquids that have been returned back to the base portion after disbursement for continued disbursement.

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