Arney..no lid,that's the way it came from the yard sale.i assume there is no lid on the top part to let any heat escape and keep it cooler.i tried putting ice and water in the upper part but that did not make it work any faster.i'm sure it's a home model from the 50's 60's??..i got it as more of joke because i thought it would never make much water but it filled a five gallon water cooler jug just fooling around that weekend.i'll try the water for this years batch of home made wine.
Fear..the "body fluids" bit from the movie was the first thing that came to mind,i assume the first buyer was thinking about getting fallout from their drinking water--