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German Inventor Develops Poultry Houses Evaporative Cooling System

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Bernhard J. Meerpohl of Calveslage, Germany, has developed a poultry houses evaporative cooling system.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An evaporative cooling system for poultry houses and the like includes a cooling water reservoir, at least one evaporative pad positioned directly above the reservoir, and fan disposed on one side of the pad to draw ambient air horizontally through the pad to evaporate a portion of the cooling water flowing vertically therethrough, and flow the cooled air into the interior of the poultry house."

An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "A header is disposed above and along the ...

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