CN216976765U - Steam generator with steam storage cavity - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a steam generator with a steam storage cavity, belonging to the technical field of steam household appliances, and comprising a shell and a heating pipe; the heating cavity is arranged in the shell, the steam storage cavity is arranged on the outer side of the shell, the shell is provided with a steam outlet and a water inlet, the steam outlet is used for communicating the steam storage cavity with the heating cavity, and the water inlet is communicated with the heating cavity; the heating pipe is arranged in the heating cavity and fixedly connected inside the shell. The steam generator with the steam storage cavity provided by the utility model has the advantages that the steam storage cavity is used for carrying out water-steam separation, the occupied space is reduced, the integral structure is compact, and the arrangement is convenient.

Description

Steam generator with steam storage cavity

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of steam household appliances, and particularly relates to a steam generator with a steam storage cavity.

Background

With the progress of science and technology, more and more household appliances working by using steam come into people's lives, such as a garment steamer, a steam mop, a dish washing machine, a clothes dryer, a clothes care cabinet and the like, and therefore, steam generating devices with various functions and structures are produced at the same time.

Steam generators are mechanical devices that use the heat energy of a fuel or other energy source to heat water into hot water or steam. Although steam generator has brought the facility for people's life, but, at present stage under the market environment who uses middle-size and small-size household electrical appliances as the mainstream, steam generator's volume requirement is more and more strict, because the inside cavity that is of steam generator, the cavity has two openings and external connection at least, be water inlet and steam outlet respectively, in order to improve the steam quality, most steam generator's water inlet is less than steam outlet in vertical direction, so that soda separates under gravity, but the steam generator occupation space of this kind of structure is big, be difficult to satisfy the demand of middle-size and small-size household electrical appliances. Simultaneously, steam generator is after long-time the use, the incrustation scale is piled up easily in the cavity, the acid waste water that washs the incrustation scale discharges from steam outlet and can pollute the steam household electrical appliances complete machine, but only simply add the outlet in cavity department and can lead to the outlet leakproofness poor, also leak easily at normal during operation, consequently, most steam generator all chooses to set up the water pump in the outlet department and seals now on the market, so that the water in the cavity only can be followed the outlet and discharged under water pump power effect, though drainage and sealed problem have effectively been solved to this kind of mode, this kind of mode cost is higher, and the structure is complicated, the area occupied is big, be not convenient for arrange.

Therefore, it is an urgent technical problem to design a steam generator with high steam dryness and small occupied area.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the utility model provides the steam generator with the steam storage cavity, and the steam storage cavity is arranged for separating water and steam, so that the structure is more compact and the arrangement is convenient.

The utility model provides a steam generator with a steam storage cavity, comprising:

the steam heating device comprises a shell, wherein a heating cavity is arranged in the shell, a steam storage cavity is arranged on the outer side of the shell, the shell is provided with a steam outlet and a water inlet, the steam outlet is used for communicating the steam storage cavity with the heating cavity, and the water inlet is communicated with the heating cavity;

the heating pipe is positioned in the heating cavity and fixedly connected inside the shell.

According to the technical scheme, water in the heating cavity is heated through the arranged heating pipe so as to generate steam; the steam in the heating cavity enters the steam storage cavity through the arranged steam outlet, so that water in the steam is subjected to water-steam separation under the action of gravity, and the content of the water in the steam is reduced; the steam storage cavity is used for water-steam separation, so that the whole occupied area is reduced, the whole structure is compact, and the arrangement is convenient.

In some embodiments, the housing comprises a first housing and a second housing which are oppositely arranged, the first housing and the second housing are connected to form a heating cavity, the steam storage cavity is arranged at the outer side of the first housing, and the steam outlet is arranged at the first housing; the heating pipe is fixedly connected to the second shell, and the water inlet is formed in the second shell.

This technical scheme sets up in first casing and second casing through corresponding steam outlet and water inlet to make steam outlet and water inlet alternate segregation, avoid the interact, make the position that this steam generator's steam household electrical appliances of installation can select steam outlet and water inlet according to actual need, increased this steam generator's suitability.

In some of these embodiments, the first housing comprises:

the first casting is fixedly connected with the second shell;

the storage cavity casting is used for enclosing a steam storage cavity and is in a closed ring shape, and the storage cavity casting is fixedly connected to one side, far away from the second shell, of the first casting.

This technical scheme sets up the storage chamber foundry goods through the outside at first foundry goods and encloses into steam storage chamber to make the steam secondary in the steam storage chamber heated, in order to improve the steam quality and produce superheated steam.

In some of these embodiments, the storage chamber casting is provided with a drain opening which communicates with the steam storage chamber, the drain opening being at a lower elevation than the inlet opening.

This technical scheme communicates with each other through the outlet that sets up and steam storage chamber to make steam store the chamber and carry out the liquid water discharge from the outlet after the steam separation at steam, simultaneously, when using the incrustation scale of citric acid washing casing inside, acidizing fluid can flow out and flow out from the outlet from the steam outlet, and can not pollute steam household electrical appliances complete machine.

In some of these embodiments, the second casing includes second foundry goods and fin, and the second foundry goods is connected with first casing, and the water inlet sets up in the second foundry goods, and the second foundry goods is equipped with and is used for as the cell body of heating chamber cavity, fin fixed connection in cell body to form the runner that the guide liquid flows at the second foundry goods, the heating pipe sets up in the cell body.

According to the technical scheme, the flow channel is formed in the groove body through the arranged fins, so that liquid can move along with the flow channel, absorbs heat in the flow channel to be changed into steam, and finally the steam is discharged from the steam outlet.

In some of these embodiments, a fin is coupled to the heating tube to increase the contact area of the heating tube with the liquid in the heating chamber.

According to the technical scheme, the heating area of the heating pipe is increased through the arranged fins, so that the heating efficiency is improved.

In some embodiments, a sealing strip is arranged at the joint of the first shell and the second shell.

This technical scheme is through setting up the sealing strip in the junction of first casing and second casing to prevent that the water in the heating chamber from leaking.

In some embodiments, the first housing and the second housing are detachably connected by bolts.

This technical scheme can dismantle with the second casing through setting up first casing and be connected to in order to take apart the casing and clean or maintain.

In some of these embodiments, the heating tube is die cast integrally with the second housing.

According to the technical scheme, the heating pipe and the second shell are integrally die-cast to fix the heating pipe and keep the working stability of the heating pipe.

In some embodiments, the first housing and the second housing are both made by a cast aluminum process.

According to the technical scheme, the first shell and the second shell are made of aluminum materials, so that the heat transfer performance of the first shell and the second shell is improved; the first shell and the second shell are both manufactured through a casting process, so that the first shell and the second shell are convenient to manufacture.

Based on the technical scheme, the steam generator with the steam storage cavity in the embodiment of the utility model performs steam-water separation by arranging the steam storage cavity, so that the steam dryness is increased, and meanwhile, the steam generator is compact in overall structure and convenient to arrange.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the utility model and together with the description serve to explain the utility model without limiting the utility model. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of an embodiment of the steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a first housing of an embodiment of the steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the second housing assembled with the heating tube of the steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a back side of an embodiment of the steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view illustrating that one embodiment of the steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to the present invention is mounted to other home appliances.

In the figure:

1. a second housing; 2. heating a tube; 3. a first housing; 4. a sealing strip; 5. a heating cavity;

11. a water inlet; 12. a second casting; 13. ribs;

31. a steam outlet; 32. a vapor storage chamber; 33. a first casting; 34. storing the cavity casting; 35. and a water outlet.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely some embodiments of the utility model, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In an exemplary embodiment of the steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 6, the steam generator includes a housing and a heating pipe 2; the heating cavity 5 is arranged in the shell, the steam storage cavity 32 is arranged on the outer side of the shell, the shell is provided with a steam outlet 31 and a water inlet 11, the steam outlet 31 is used for communicating the steam storage cavity 32 with the heating cavity 5, and the water inlet 11 is communicated with the heating cavity 5; the heating pipe 2 is positioned in the heating cavity 5, and the heating pipe 2 is fixedly connected inside the shell.

The working principle of the steam generator with the steam storage cavity is as follows: the heating pipe 2 heats the liquid water injected from the water inlet 11 in the heating chamber 5 to generate steam, and the steam generated by heating enters the steam storage chamber 32 from the steam outlet 31 for storage and is subjected to water-vapor separation under the action of gravity.

Above-mentioned steam generator with steam storage chamber carries out steam-water separation through setting up steam storage chamber 32 to the steam that produces in the heating chamber 5, makes the water in the steam drip under the action of gravity, improves the quality of steam, and above-mentioned steam generator's overall structure is compact, and occupation space is little, is convenient for install with steam household electrical appliances.

In order to separate the steam outlet 31 and the water inlet 11 from each other, as shown in fig. 1 and 5, the housing includes a first housing 3 and a second housing 1 which are oppositely disposed, the first housing 3 is connected with the second housing 1 to form the heating chamber 5, the steam storage chamber 32 is disposed outside the first housing 3, and the steam outlet 31 is disposed on the first housing 3; the heating pipe 2 is fixedly connected to the second shell 1, and the water inlet 11 is arranged in the second shell 1. The steam outlet 31 and the water inlet 11 are correspondingly arranged on the first shell 3 and the second shell 1 to avoid mutual influence. Above-mentioned steam generator with steam storage chamber can select the position of steam outlet and water inlet according to actual need, has increased holistic suitability.

In order to secondarily heat the steam in the steam storage chamber 32, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the first housing 3 includes a first casting 33 and a storage chamber casting 34, and the first casting 33 is fixedly coupled to the second housing 1; storage cavity casting 34 is used for enclosing steam storage cavity 32, storage cavity casting 34 is in a closed ring shape, and storage cavity casting 34 is fixedly connected to one side, far away from second shell 1, of first casting 33. The inside of the first casting 33 is a heating cavity 5, and a storage cavity casting 34 is arranged outside the first casting 33 to enclose the steam storage cavity 32, so that the steam in the steam storage cavity 32 absorbs heat again to improve the dryness of the steam and generate superheated steam. It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 6, the storage cavity casting 34 provides a mounting position for the steam generator to be mounted on the sidewall of the steam appliance through the storage cavity casting 34, and at the same time, the steam storage cavity 32 can increase the area of the steam outlet to slow down the steam flow.

In order to drain the liquid water from the steam storage chamber 32, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the storage chamber casting 34 is provided with a drain port 35, the drain port 35 communicating with the steam storage chamber 32, and the drain port 35 is lower in height than the water inlet port 11. The liquid water after the steam is separated from the steam in the steam storage chamber 32 can be discharged from the water discharge port 35. When citric acid is used to clean scale in the housing, the acid solution can flow out of the steam outlet 31 and the water outlet 35 without polluting the whole machine.

In order to guide the liquid water to flow, as shown in fig. 4, the second housing 1 includes a second casting 12 and a rib 13, the second casting 12 is connected with the first housing 3, the water inlet 11 is disposed on the second casting 12, the second casting 12 is provided with a groove body used as a cavity of the heating cavity 5, the rib 13 is fixedly connected to the groove body to form a flow channel for guiding the liquid to flow in the second casting 12, and the heating pipe 2 is disposed in the groove body. The heating pipe 2 is preferably die-cast integrally with the second housing 1 to fix the heating pipe 2 and maintain the stability of the operation of the heating pipe 2. The ribs 13 form flow channels within the channel so that liquid can follow the flow channels and absorb heat therein to become steam, which is eventually discharged from the steam outlet 31.

In order to increase the heating area of the heating tube 2, as shown in fig. 4, a rib 13 is connected to the heating tube 2 to increase the contact area between the heating tube 2 and the liquid in the heating chamber 5, thereby increasing the heating efficiency.

In order to prevent the heating cavity 5 from leaking water, as shown in fig. 2, a sealing strip 4 is provided at the joint of the first housing 3 and the second housing 1. It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 2, the first casing 3 and the second casing 1 are detachably connected by bolts so as to be convenient for disassembling the casings for cleaning or maintenance. It should be noted that the first casing 3 and the second casing 1 are both made of cast aluminum to increase the heat transfer performance of the first casing 3 and the second casing 1, and to facilitate the manufacturing.

Finally, it should be noted that: the embodiments in the present description are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other.

The above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention and not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will understand that: modifications of the embodiments of the utility model or equivalent substitutions for parts of the technical features are possible; without departing from the spirit of the present invention, it is intended to cover all aspects of the utility model as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A steam generator with a steam storage chamber, comprising:

the heating device comprises a shell, wherein a heating cavity (5) is arranged in the shell, a steam storage cavity (32) is arranged on the outer side of the shell, a steam outlet (31) and a water inlet (11) are formed in the shell, the steam outlet (31) is used for communicating the steam storage cavity (32) with the heating cavity (5), and the water inlet (11) is communicated with the heating cavity (5);

the heating pipe (2) is located in the heating cavity (5), and the heating pipe (2) is fixedly connected to the interior of the shell.

2. The steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a first housing (3) and a second housing (1) which are oppositely arranged, the first housing (3) and the second housing (1) are connected to form the heating chamber (5), the steam storage chamber (32) is arranged at the outer side of the first housing (3), and the steam outlet (31) is arranged at the first housing (3); the heating pipe (2) is fixedly connected to the second shell (1), and the water inlet (11) is formed in the second shell (1).

3. The steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to claim 2, wherein the first housing (3) comprises:

a first casting (33), wherein the first casting (33) is fixedly connected with the second shell (1);

the storage cavity casting (34) is used for enclosing the steam storage cavity (32), the storage cavity casting (34) is in a closed ring shape, and the storage cavity casting (34) is fixedly connected to one side, far away from the second shell (1), of the first casting (33).

4. The steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to claim 3, characterized in that the storage chamber casting (34) is provided with a drain opening (35), the drain opening (35) communicating with the steam storage chamber (32), the drain opening (35) having a lower height than the water inlet opening (11).

5. The steam generator with the steam storage cavity as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second housing (1) comprises a second casting (12) and a rib (13), the second casting (12) is connected with the first housing (3), the water inlet (11) is arranged on the second casting (12), the second casting (12) is provided with a groove body used as the cavity of the heating cavity (5), the rib (13) is fixedly connected with the groove body to form a flow passage for guiding the liquid to flow on the second casting (12), and the heating pipe (2) is arranged on the groove body.

6. The steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to claim 5, characterized in that the rib (13) is connected with the heating tube (2) to increase the contact area of the heating tube (2) with the liquid in the heating chamber (5).

7. The steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to claim 2, wherein a sealing strip (4) is provided at the connection of the first housing (3) and the second housing (1).

8. The steam generator with the steam storage chamber as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first housing (3) and the second housing (1) are detachably connected by bolts.

9. The steam generator with a steam storage chamber as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the heating tube (2) is die cast integrally with the second housing (1).

10. The steam generator with a steam storage chamber according to claim 2, wherein the first housing (3) and the second housing (1) are both made by a cast aluminum process.

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