CN110895002B

CN110895002B - Humidifier and warmer

Info

Publication number: CN110895002B
Application number: CN201811067450.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵诚; 罗进; 康宽洋; 杨鑫; 谢新艳
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Environment Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Environment Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-09-13
Filing date: 2018-09-13
Publication date: 2022-01-28
Anticipated expiration: 2038-09-13
Also published as: CN110895002A; WO2020052173A1

Abstract

The invention provides a humidifier and a warmer, wherein the humidifier comprises a shell assembly (2), a cover body assembly (1), an oscillating plate assembly (5) and a fan (3); the inside of casing subassembly (2) is formed with water storage chamber (20) that the upper and lower direction was kept apart from each other and holds chamber (21) and follow hold chamber (21) and stretch into insulated column (22) in water storage chamber (20), water storage chamber (20) form into opening open structure that the opening is up, fan (3) are located hold in the chamber (21), the air current that fan (3) produced passes through insulated column (22) are introduced in the air in water storage chamber (20). According to the humidifier provided by the invention, the air flow generated by the fan can carry the mist in the upper cavity of the water storage cavity to be discharged through the air outlet, and a special mist discharge pipeline is not additionally arranged, so that the humidifier is more compact in overall structure, the design size of a product can be smaller, and the occupied space is less.

Description

Humidifier and warmer

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a humidifier and a warmer.

Background

Among the current humidifier, water storage chamber and atomizing chamber are kept apart each other, water in the water storage chamber is through certain control structure with water ration supply to atomizing chamber, atomize water through the oscillating plate subassembly, and discharge fog through the row's fog pipeline that an extra special set up alone, therefore prior art's humidifier size all is great, be difficult to realize little size design, it is single to lead to current humidifier user mode, only can regard as solitary product to use, can not compound and carry and use in other products that installation space is narrow and small.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the main objective of the present invention is to provide a humidifier and a warmer with simple structure and small size.

To achieve the above object, an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a humidifier, including:

the water storage device comprises a shell assembly, a water storage cavity, an accommodating cavity and an isolation column, wherein the water storage cavity and the accommodating cavity are formed in the shell assembly and are isolated from each other in the vertical direction, the isolation column extends into the water storage cavity from the accommodating cavity, the water storage cavity is of an open structure with an upward opening, and a mounting hole is formed at the junction of the water storage cavity and the accommodating cavity;

the cover body assembly comprises a cover body, the cover body is covered at the opening of the water storage cavity, and a water injection port communicated with the water storage cavity is formed in the cover body;

the cover body assembly and/or the shell body assembly are/is provided with an air outlet communicated with the water storage cavity;

the oscillating plate assembly is arranged at the mounting hole on one side of the accommodating cavity to form mist in the air at the top of the water storage cavity;

and the fan is positioned in the accommodating cavity, and airflow generated by the fan is introduced into the air in the water storage cavity through the isolation column.

Further, the fan is close to the side wall of the accommodating cavity, and the isolation column extends upwards from the corresponding position of the air outlet of the fan.

Further, an air inlet communicated with an air inlet of the fan is formed in the side wall and/or the bottom wall of the accommodating cavity.

Further, the humidifier still includes the circuit board, the vertical placing of circuit board, the fan with the circuit board is located the same one side of oscillating plate subassembly along the horizontal direction, the air inlet is located the circuit board deviates from on the diapire or the lateral wall of the chamber that holds of fan one side.

Furthermore, the cover body assembly comprises an air guide cylinder extending downwards from the lower surface of the cover body, the air guide cylinder is covered above the isolation column and the mounting hole, the air outlet is formed in the cover body assembly and located on the inner side of the air guide cylinder, and the water injection port is located on the outer side of the air guide cylinder.

Furthermore, a gap is formed between the inner wall of the water storage cavity and the isolation column, and part of the structure of the gas cylinder is inserted into the gap.

Further, in a horizontal projection, the gas cylinder comprises a first part surrounding the outer side of the isolating column, a second part located at the periphery of the mounting hole and a third part located at the periphery of the gas outlet, wherein a necking structure is formed at the joint of the first part and the second part; the second part is formed into a structure with a large middle and two small ends, and the middle part of the second part is formed into a circular arc structure concentric with the mounting hole and tangent to the two end parts of the second part.

Further, an air outlet is formed in the side wall of the upper end of the isolation column, and the air outlet faces the position above the mounting hole.

Further, the exhaust port and the isolation column are respectively located on two opposite sides of the shell assembly with the largest linear distance in horizontal plane projection.

Further, the shell assembly comprises a bottom plate, a side plate and a partition plate, wherein the side plate and the partition plate are integrally formed, the side plate is of a hollow structure with two open ends, the bottom plate is detachably connected to the lower end of the side plate, and the partition plate is located between the inner walls of the side plate to separate the containing cavity and the water storage cavity.

Further, the humidifier also comprises a water supply assembly, the water supply assembly is installed at the water injection port of the cover body, and the lower end of the water supply assembly extends into the water storage cavity.

In another aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, a warmer is further provided, and the warmer includes the humidifier described above.

According to the humidifier provided by the embodiment of the invention, the air flow generated by the fan can carry the mist in the upper cavity of the water storage cavity to be discharged through the air outlet, and a special mist discharge pipeline is not additionally arranged, so that the humidifier is more compact in overall structure, the design size of a product can be smaller, and the occupied space is less.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a humidifier according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a housing assembly of the humidifier of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the housing assembly and gas cartridge of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken in the direction A-A of FIG. 3, wherein the direction of the arrows indicates the direction of the airflow;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 4 with the addition of a water supply assembly;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a cover assembly of the humidifier of FIG. 1;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a humidifier according to a second embodiment of the present invention, wherein the direction of arrows indicates the flow direction of the airflow.

Reference numerals: 1. a cover assembly; 10. a cover body; 100. an exhaust port; 101. a water injection port; 11. an air guide cylinder; 2. a housing assembly; 20. a water storage cavity; 21. an accommodating chamber; 22. an isolation column; 220. an air outlet; 23. a base plate; 24. a partition plate; 25. a side plate; 26. spacing; 27. an air inlet; 3. a fan; 4. a circuit board; 5. an oscillating plate assembly; 6. a water supply assembly; 111. a first part; 112. a second section; 113. third part

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. In the description of the present invention, "up", "down", "inner", "outer", "horizontal", "vertical" orientation or positional relationship is based on the normal use of the humidifier, it being understood that these orientation terms are merely for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, the humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing assembly 2, a cover assembly 1, an oscillating plate assembly 5, a blower 3, a circuit board 4, and a water supply assembly 6.

The inside of casing subassembly 2 is formed with the water storage chamber 20 that the upper and lower direction was kept apart from each other and holds chamber 21 and stretch into the insulated column 22 in the water storage chamber 20 from holding chamber 21, and water storage chamber 20 forms the open architecture that the opening is up, and water storage chamber 20 is formed with the mounting hole (not marked in the figure) with the juncture that holds chamber 21, and oscillating plate subassembly 5 sets up in the mounting hole department that holds chamber 21 one side to form the fog in the air at the top in water storage chamber 20.

The cover assembly 1 includes a cover body 10, the cover body 10 covers the opening of the water storage cavity 20, please refer to fig. 1, a water injection port 101 is formed on the cover body 10 and is communicated with the water storage cavity 20. The cover assembly 1 and/or the housing assembly 2 is formed with an exhaust port 100 communicating with the water storage chamber 20, and a cavity is formed on the lower surface of the cover body 10 and the liquid surface of the water storage chamber 20, and the mist generated by the oscillating plate assembly 5 is collected in the cavity and exhausted through the exhaust port 100. The fan 3 is located and holds the chamber 21, and the air current that the fan 3 produced passes through the insulated column 22 and introduces in the air on water storage chamber 20 upper portion, that is to say, the air current that the fan 3 produced can carry the fog in the cavity of water storage chamber 20 upper portion and discharge through gas vent 100, need not additionally set up the fog pipeline alone, therefore the overall structure of humidifier is compacter, the design size of product can be littleer, occupation space is few, can regard as independent product to use alone, also can compound loading in other products that installation space is narrow and small, for example, carry in the room heater.

The air outlet 100 may be formed in the cover unit 1, the housing unit 2, or both the cover unit 1 and the housing unit 2 may form the air outlet 100 communicating with the water storage chamber 20. It can be understood that the cover assembly 1 and the housing assembly 2 simultaneously form the air outlet 100 communicated with the water storage cavity 20, which includes the following three cases: one is that the cover body component 1 and the shell body component 2 are both provided with an air outlet 100 communicated with the water storage cavity 20; alternatively, the gap between the cover assembly 1 and the housing assembly 2 may also function as the air outlet 100; there is another kind that the cover assembly 1 and the housing assembly 2 are both provided with the air vent 100 communicating with the water storage chamber 20, and the gap between the cover assembly 1 and the housing assembly 2 also serves as the air vent 100.

In this embodiment, the exhaust opening 100 is formed on the cover assembly 1.

Referring to fig. 1, the water supply assembly 6 is installed at the water filling port 101 of the cover body 10, and the lower end of the water supply assembly 6 extends into the water storage cavity 20. The water supply assembly 6 of the present embodiment is connected to an external water source for adding water to the water storage chamber 20 of the humidifier.

Referring to fig. 6, the cover assembly 1 includes an air guide cylinder 11 extending downward from the lower surface of the cover body 10, the air guide cylinder 11 is covered above the isolation post 22 and the mounting hole, the air outlet 100 is located inside the air guide cylinder 11, and the water inlet 101 is located outside the air guide cylinder 11, specifically, the lower end of the air guide cylinder 11 extends into the water in the water storage cavity 20, so that the mist generated by the oscillating plate assembly 5 is collected in the air guide cylinder 11, the mist is relatively concentrated, the air flow generated by the fan 3 is guided into the air guide cylinder 11 through the isolation post 22, and the mist in the air guide cylinder 11 is further discharged from the air outlet 100. In order to further increase the mist output, referring to fig. 3, the exhaust port 100 and the isolation pillar 22 are respectively located at two opposite sides of the housing assembly 2 with the largest linear distance in the horizontal projection, so that the airflow guided out by the isolation pillar 22 has the farthest flow guiding path, and the mist in the air guide tube 11 can be carried out of the humidifier without dead angles, which is beneficial to the airflow carrying more mist to be discharged, and the mist output of the humidifier is increased. In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the projection of the housing assembly 2 in the horizontal plane is substantially rectangular, and the exhaust port 100 and the isolation pillar 22 are respectively located at the opposite corners of the projection of the housing assembly 2 in the horizontal plane. Further, referring to fig. 3 and 5, in the horizontal projection, the gas outlet 100 and the isolation cylinder 22 are respectively located at two opposite corners of the housing assembly 2, and specifically, the gas cylinder 11 includes a first portion 111 surrounding the isolation cylinder 22, a second portion 112 located at the periphery of the mounting hole, and a third portion 113 located at the periphery of the gas outlet 100, wherein a connection portion of the first portion 111 and the second portion 112 forms a necking structure, and the second portion 112 forms a structure having a large middle and small ends, i.e., the first end connected to the first portion 111 and the second end connected to the third portion 113 are smaller than the middle portion, so that the gas cylinder 11 forms a better enveloping effect for the oscillation plate assembly 5 at the mounting hole, and the mist is more concentrated in the second portion 112 of the gas cylinder 11; further, the middle part of the second part 112 is approximately in a concentric arc structure with the mounting hole, and the middle part is tangent to the two end parts, so that on one hand, the gas cylinder 11 can be attached to the edge of the mounting hole as much as possible, the space of the gas cylinder 11 is reduced as much as possible, mist is concentrated, the mist outlet amount and the mist outlet effect are increased, on the other hand, sharp corners can be avoided, turbulence is avoided, and the flow guide effect is better.

Further, referring to fig. 4, an air outlet 220 is formed on a side wall of an upper end of the isolation column 22, and the air outlet 220 faces a position above the mounting hole, which is helpful for carrying the mist generated by the oscillating plate assembly 5 out of the air outlet.

Referring to fig. 4, the housing assembly 2 includes a bottom plate 23, and a side plate 25 and a partition plate 24 which are integrally formed, wherein the side plate 25 is a hollow structure with upper and lower ends open, the bottom plate 23 is detachably connected to the lower end of the side plate 25, and the partition plate 24 is integrally formed between the inner walls of the side plate 25 to divide the accommodating chamber 21 and the water storage chamber 20. The bottom plate 23 and the side plate 25 can be detachably connected through screws or clamping, the bottom plate 23, the partition plate 24 and the side plate 25 are enclosed together to form an accommodating cavity 21, and the fan 3, the circuit board 4, the oscillating plate assembly 5 and other structures are installed in the accommodating cavity 21. Because the traditional humidifier usually adopts a split structure, the water storage cavity 20 and the accommodating cavity 21 are respectively positioned on two different structural members, and a gap usually exists between the two split structural members during installation, other additional structures are required to realize a waterproof function, so that the structure is too bulky to realize product miniaturization. This embodiment adopts baffle 24 and curb plate 25 integrated into one piece, does not have the possibility of leaking, and water storage chamber 20 has only separated curb plate 25 with holding between the chamber 21, has simplified traditional humidifier structure, has overcome the defect of traditional split type structure for the structure is simpler, thereby makes the humidifier size can do for a short time.

Referring to fig. 4, a small space 26 is formed between the side plate 25 and the separation column 22, and a portion of the structure of the gas cylinder 11 corresponding to the lower end thereof is inserted into the space 26. Because the gas cylinder 11 is partially inserted into the space 26, the stability of the humidifier is enhanced, and the structural strength of the humidifier is provided.

The isolation column 22 corresponds to the air outlet of the fan 3, so that the air speed loss between the air outlet of the fan 3 and the air inlet of the isolation column 22 is reduced, and the isolation column 22 is favorable for better introducing the air flow generated by the fan 3 into the air at the upper part of the water storage cavity 20. Further, referring to fig. 4, the fan 3 is close to the side wall of the accommodating cavity 21, and the isolation column 22 extends upward from a position corresponding to the air outlet of the fan 3.

An air inlet 27 communicated with an air inlet of the fan 3 is formed on the side wall and/or the bottom wall of the accommodating cavity 21, and specifically, an air inlet 27 communicated with the air inlet of the fan 3 is formed on the side wall of the accommodating cavity 21; or the bottom wall of the accommodating cavity 21 is provided with an air inlet 27 communicated with an air inlet of the fan 3; or the side wall and the bottom wall of the accommodating cavity 21 are both provided with air inlets 27 communicated with the air inlet of the fan 3.

The circuit board 4 is not limited to be placed in any way, in this embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the circuit board 4 is placed vertically, the fan 3 and the circuit board 4 are located on the same side of the oscillating plate assembly 5 along the horizontal direction, and the air inlet 27 is located on the bottom wall and/or the side wall of the accommodating cavity 21 on the side of the circuit board 4 away from the fan 3. Outside air passes through air inlet 27, circuit board 4 in proper order, reentries fan 3, that is to say, circuit board 4 is located the air inlet path of fan, so can carry out effectual cooling to circuit board 4, simultaneously, because the part of fan 3 is intake the air current and can be contacted with oscillating plate subassembly 5, consequently, also can cool down effectively oscillating plate subassembly 5.

Referring to fig. 7 in a second embodiment of the present invention, unlike the above embodiment, the air inlet 27 is disposed on the bottom wall and/or the side wall of the accommodating cavity 21 near one side of the blower 3, and outside air enters one side of the blower 3 through the air inlet 27, and then is introduced into the air in the water storage cavity 20 through the isolation column 22 under the action of the blower 3, and finally is exhausted from the air outlet 100 with mist.

Another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a warmer (not shown) comprising a housing, a heating component located in the housing, and a humidifier of any of the above. The humidifier provided by the embodiment of the invention is smaller in size and can be suitable for the interior of a warmer with a narrow space.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all such changes or substitutions are included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A humidifier, comprising:

the water storage device comprises a shell assembly (2), wherein a water storage cavity (20) and an accommodating cavity (21) which are mutually isolated in the vertical direction and an isolation column (22) extending into the water storage cavity (20) from the accommodating cavity (21) are formed in the shell assembly (2), the water storage cavity (20) is formed into an open structure with an upward opening, and a mounting hole is formed at the junction of the water storage cavity (20) and the accommodating cavity (21);

the cover assembly (1), the cover assembly (1) includes a cover body (10) and an air guide tube (11) extending downward from the lower surface of the cover body (10), the cover body (10) is covered at the opening of the water storage cavity (20), a water injection port (101) communicated with the water storage cavity (20) is formed on the cover body (10), the air guide tube (11) is covered above the isolation column (22) and the mounting hole, in the projection in the horizontal direction, the air guide tube (11) includes a first portion (111) surrounding the outer side of the isolation column (22), a second portion (112) located at the periphery of the mounting hole, and a third portion (113) located at the periphery of the exhaust port (100), wherein a necking structure is formed at the connection position of the first portion (111) and the second portion (112); the second part (112) is of a structure with a large middle and two small ends, and the middle part of the second part (112) is of an arc structure concentric with the mounting hole;

the cover body assembly (1) and/or the shell body assembly (2) are/is provided with an exhaust port (100) communicated with the water storage cavity (20), and the exhaust port (100) is positioned on the inner side of the gas cylinder (11);

the oscillating plate component (5) is arranged at the mounting hole at one side of the accommodating cavity (21) so as to form mist in the air at the top of the water storage cavity (20);

the fan (3) is positioned in the accommodating cavity (21), and airflow generated by the fan (3) is introduced into the air at the top of the water storage cavity (20) through the isolation column (22).

2. The humidifier according to claim 1, characterized in that the fan (3) is close to the side wall of the accommodating chamber (21), and the isolation column (22) extends upwards from the corresponding position of the air outlet of the fan (3).

3. The humidifier according to claim 1, characterized in that the side wall and/or the bottom wall of the accommodating chamber (21) is/are provided with an air inlet (27) communicated with an air inlet of the fan (3).

4. The humidifier according to claim 3, characterized in that the humidifier further comprises a circuit board (4), the circuit board (4) is vertically placed, the fan (3) and the circuit board (4) are located on the same side of the oscillating board assembly (5) in the horizontal direction, and the air inlet (27) is located on the bottom wall or the side wall of the accommodating cavity (21) on the side of the circuit board (4) facing away from the fan (3).

5. The humidifier according to claim 1, wherein the gas outlet (100) is formed on the cap assembly (1), and the water injection port (101) is located outside the gas cartridge (11).

6. The humidifier according to claim 5, wherein a space (26) is formed between the inner wall of the water storage chamber (20) and the isolation column (22), and a part of the structure of the gas cylinder (11) is inserted into the space (26).

7. The humidifier of claim 5, wherein a middle portion of the second portion (112) is tangent to both end portions of the second portion (112).

8. The humidifier according to claim 1, wherein an air outlet (220) is formed on a side wall of an upper end of the separation column (22), and the air outlet (220) faces a position above the mounting hole.

9. The humidifier according to claim 5, wherein the exhaust port (100) and the isolation column (22) are located on opposite sides of the housing assembly (2) where the linear distance in a horizontal plane projection is largest.

10. The humidifier according to claim 1, wherein the housing assembly (2) comprises a bottom plate (23), and a side plate (25) and a partition plate (24) which are integrally formed, the side plate (25) is a hollow structure with two open ends, the bottom plate (23) is detachably connected to the lower end of the side plate (25), and the partition plate (24) is located between the inner walls of the side plate (25) to divide the accommodating chamber (21) and the water storage chamber (20).

11. The humidifier according to claim 1, further comprising a water supply assembly (6), wherein the water supply assembly (6) is installed at a water injection port (101) of the cover body (10), and a lower end of the water supply assembly (6) extends into the water storage chamber (20).

12. A warmer, characterized in that the warmer comprises a humidifier according to any one of claims 1-11.