ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,373, issued on July 22, was assigned to TECHNOLOGIES STEAMOVAP INC. (Montreal).
"Steam exchange humidifier" was invented by Eric Landry (Montreal), Miguel Belanger Drouin (Montreal) and Jean-Francois Boyer (Montreal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steam exchange humidifier including a heat exchanger inside a tank, the tank includes a drain and fluid inlet port for fluid in and out of the tank and a steam outlet. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger array, a steam collector, a condensate collector, a steam supply port and a condensate return port. The steam collector is connected to the steam supply port, and the condensate c...