| 摘要 |
A humidifier apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a casing having a substantially flat bottom wall, side walls, a top wall and front and rear walls; a recess within the casing opening to the top and front walls and having a base recessed into the casing; a heater within the casing, the heater having a heating surface, the heating surface forming at least a part of the base of the recess; a liquid reservoir configured to fit within the recess wherein the base of the reservoir is configured to contact the heating surface to conduct heat into the reservoir, the reservoir having an upper surface opposed to the base and generally parallel thereto; an aperture within the upper surface of the reservoir; at least one connector configured for sealed engagement with the aperture for connection with a source of pressurised gas to provide gas inflow into the reservoir and humidified gas outflow from the reservoir through the aperture; and retention means to retain the reservoir within the recess when the casing is disposed in either of a horizontal orientation with the bottom wall horizontal or a vertical orientation with the front wall being horizontal and the bottom wall vertical. The heating surface, reservoir base and reservoir upper surface are all disposed at an acute angle of about 45 degrees when the casing is disposed either generally horizontally or vertically. |
