CN217540853U

CN217540853U - Electric heater

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Publication number: CN217540853U
Application number: CN202220898184.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张祝宾; 赵跃; 王锦辉; 杜东逸; 宁瀛锋
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2022-04-19
Filing date: 2022-04-19
Publication date: 2022-10-04
Anticipated expiration: 2032-04-19

Abstract

The utility model discloses an electric heater, which comprises a shell, wherein a fog outlet is arranged in the shell, and a light component is arranged at the fog outlet; the shell is provided with a temperature detection device, the temperature detection device detects the temperature of the shell, and the temperature detection device is electrically connected with the light component, so that light emitted by the light component irradiates on fog exhausted from the fog outlet, and the temperature of the shell is reminded through the light effect of the fog. Electric heater, be provided with the light module that produces different light effects at the shell, to the light efficiency of different colours of exhaust fog irradiation, because temperature-detecting device detects shell temperature, MCU according to shell temperature control light module's light effect, different light effects have instructed current electric heater shell temperature, remind the user to keep away from high temperature shell, build certain atmosphere effect at the electric heater during operation simultaneously, improve user experience.

Description

Electric heater

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the heating field especially relates to an electric heater.

Background

The electric heater uses electric energy as main energy, uses modes such as resistance heating, induction heating, electric arc heating, electron beam heating, infrared heating and medium heating, and supplies heat to human bodies through ways such as direct contact, warm air convection, far infrared radiation and the like, and is widely applied to lives of residents in temperate zones and cold zones.

The electric heater often can lead to indoor dry when indoor use, and too dry environment can lead to user's health uncomfortable, and is more typical for the rhinitis patient. But also the dry environment can cause the respiratory tract of the ordinary user to be too dry and bleed. Therefore, the electric heater is often used with a humidifier. Because humidifier and electric heater are sold separately and can lead to selling the price too high, consequently current partial electric heater integration has the humidifier. Through the cooperation of the heating body and the atomization component in the electric heater shell, the indoor temperature and humidity are adjusted.

But the electric heater uses metal casing more, and shell temperature is higher at the electric heater during operation, and the complete machine does not have the high temperature warning that corresponds, and people touch occasionally scald the risk. And the appearance of electric heater is single, produces aesthetic fatigue easily.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides an electric heater sets up light module through setting up at leading fog pipe downside, shines on water smoke along with leading fog pipe through light module, through the temperature of the colour display shell of water smoke to solve the technical problem who mentions in the background art.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model discloses a specific technical scheme of electric heater as follows:

an electric heater comprises a shell, wherein a mist outlet is formed in the shell, and a light assembly is arranged at the mist outlet; the shell is equipped with temperature-detecting device, and temperature-detecting device detects the temperature of shell, and temperature-detecting device is connected with the light subassembly electricity, makes the light that the light subassembly sent shine on the exhaust fog of fog outlet to the light effect through fog reminds the shell temperature.

Furthermore, a fog guide pipe is arranged in the fog outlet and is used for communicating the atomizing mechanism with the fog outlet, so that fog is discharged through the fog outlet.

Furthermore, the light assembly is assembled outside the fog guide pipe, and light emitted by the light assembly penetrates through the fog guide pipe and irradiates on fog.

Furthermore, the fog guide pipe comprises a transverse pipe arranged in parallel with the fog outlet, and the lamplight assembly is fixed on the lower side of the transverse pipe.

Further, light subassembly includes the lamp plate, and the lamp plate is equipped with the luminous body of two at least different colours.

Furthermore, each luminous body corresponds to the light component, and the luminous bodies with darker colors are lightened along with the gradual rise of the temperature of the shell.

Furthermore, the fog outlet extends along the length direction of the shell and extends from one end of the air outlet grid to the other end of the air outlet grid.

Furthermore, an air duct is formed in the shell, a heating body is arranged in the air duct, and the heating body heats air entering the air duct.

Furthermore, atomizing mechanism is ultrasonic atomization generator, including setting up the atomizing piece in atomizing chamber bottom, atomizing chamber and water tank intercommunication to produce the fog.

Furthermore, the temperature detection device is a temperature sensor and is arranged at the air outlet of the shell.

The utility model discloses an electric heater has following advantage:

1. the shell is provided with light components generating different light effects, the light effects of different colors are irradiated to the discharged fog, the temperature detection device detects the temperature of the shell, the MCU controls the light effects of the light components according to the temperature of the shell, the different light effects indicate the current shell temperature of the electric heater, a user is reminded to keep away from the high-temperature shell, meanwhile, a certain atmosphere effect is created when the electric heater works, and the user experience is improved;

2. the lighting effect is color, and different temperatures of the shell are indicated through different colors;

3. the light irradiates on the fog through the fog guide pipe, and the light effect is ensured through refraction and scattering of the fog guide pipe;

4. the electric heater integrates a humidifier, has the functions of heating and humidifying, and adjusts the humidity and the temperature.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the installation position of a heating element according to the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of the installation of the atomizing mechanism of the present invention;

fig. 3 is the utility model discloses an electric heater looks sideways at inner structure schematic diagram.

The notation in the figure is:

1. a housing; 11. an air inlet grille; 12. an air outlet grille; 13. a mist outlet; 2. a heating element; 21. a heat generating tube; 22. a heat sink; 3. a first fan; 4. a water tank; 5. an ultrasonic atomization generator; 51. an atomizing sheet; 52. a second fan; 6. a mist guide pipe; 61. a transverse tube; 7. a light assembly; 71. a lamp panel; 72. an LED lamp.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and obviously, the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "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 of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art. Furthermore, the technical features mentioned in the different embodiments of the invention described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

As shown in fig. 1 to fig. 3, the electric heater of the present invention includes a housing 1. A heating body 2 and an atomizing component are arranged in the shell 1. The heating body 2 generates heat to raise the temperature; and the atomization component sprays mist to improve humidity.

Specifically, the heating element 2 includes a heating tube 21 and heat dissipation fins 22, two ends of the heating tube 21 are erected in the casing 1, and the heat dissipation fins 22 are arranged on the heating tube 21 at intervals, so that the heating element 2 is erected in the casing 1. The side wall of the shell 1 is provided with an air inlet at the lower side of the heating body 2, the top wall of the shell 1 is provided with an air outlet at the upper side of the heating body 2, thereby an air channel is formed by the air inlet, the inner cavity of the shell 1 and the air outlet, and the heating body 2 is arranged in the air channel. As the heating body 2 heats the air entering from the air inlet, the air is heated and expanded and is discharged from the air outlet at the top, thereby improving the external temperature. The wind channel is equipped with rotatable first fan 3 at heat-generating body 2 downside, and the cross-flow fan is chooseed for use to general first fan 3, rotates through first fan 3, and the circulation velocity of air accelerates to realize the heating function.

And the housing 1 is formed with an air inlet grill 11 at an air inlet and an air outlet grill 12 at an air outlet to prevent foreign matters from entering the housing 1 and to ensure the structural strength of the housing 1.

And the atomization assembly comprises a water tank 4 and an atomization mechanism. One end of the shell 1 is formed with a slot, and the water tank 4 is inserted in the slot. The water tank 4 is provided with a liquid injection port, and a cover body is covered on the liquid injection port. And injecting liquid into the water tank 4 through the liquid injection port, and closing the cover body to seal the water tank 4 after the liquid injection is finished. In order to facilitate liquid injection, the top of the water tank 4 is hinged with a handle so as to lift the water tank 4 from the slot for liquid injection. The water tank 4 is connected with the atomizing mechanism through a water pipe, so that water is supplied to the atomizing mechanism through the water tank 4. The water tank 4 is also provided with a heat insulating plate near the heating body 2 for heat insulation.

The atomizing mechanism can adopt a plurality of different specific mechanisms.

For example, pressure atomization is adopted, then the atomizing mechanism is equipped with the water pump including fixing the atomizer in shell 1 in water tank 4, the water pump leads to pipe and atomizer intercommunication to the water pump is gone into the atomizer with the water pressure in the water tank 4, and from atomizer blowout water smoke.

Centrifugal atomization can also be adopted, and the atomization mechanism comprises a rotatable centrifugal disc, a groove is formed in the centrifugal disc, a water pump in the water tank 4 pumps water into the groove, and the water in the groove is centrifugally separated along with the rotation of the centrifugal disc to form water mist.

But generally all adopt ultrasonic atomization, then atomizing mechanism is ultrasonic atomization generator 5 promptly, including atomizing piece 51, atomizing piece 51 sets up the atomizing chamber bottom, and atomizing chamber one side is passed through the water pipe and is communicated with water tank 4. And a switch valve is arranged on the water pipe to control the liquid level in the atomizing cavity. Because the atomizing chamber is located the water tank 4 downside, can choose no longer to set up the water pump on the water tank 4. When the on-off valve is opened, the water automatically flows into the atomizing chamber from the water tank 4 under the influence of self-gravity. But considering the water adding speed, the water tank 4 can still be provided with a water pump communicated with the water pipe so as to accelerate the water adding speed of the atomizing cavity.

The atomizing mechanism further comprises an air inlet channel, the air inlet channel and the atomizing cavity are arranged side by side, the upper end of the air inlet channel is connected with the upper end of the atomizing cavity, a second fan 52 is arranged in the air inlet channel, and the second fan 52 rotates to enable the air inlet channel to blow air to the atomizing cavity. The atomizing plate 51 can excite a water column on the water surface to extend into the atomizing cavity through ultrasonic oscillation, the water column at the upper end of the water column is dispersed into water drops and generates mist, and the second air blows the mist to enable the mist to flow.

The atomizing cavity and the air inlet channel are connected with a fog guide pipe 6 together, so that fog is discharged through the fog guide pipe 6. And the surface of the shell 1 is provided with a fog outlet 13, the fog outlet 13 extends along the length direction of the shell 1 and extends from one end of the air outlet grid 12 to the other end of the air outlet grid 12. The mist guide pipe 6 is positioned in the mist outlet 13 and communicates with the mist outlet 13, so that mist is discharged through the mist outlet 13 to be humidified.

Since the casing 1 is generally made of metal materials such as aluminum, iron, etc., the temperature of the casing 1 may be too high after the electric heater works for a long time. If the user is not aware of the situation, the electric heater is likely to be touched, and scalding is caused. Therefore, a warning device needs to be provided on the housing 1 to warn the user of the temperature of the housing 1. But only set up light subassembly 7 at shell 1, the appearance of electric heater is single, produces aesthetic fatigue easily.

Consequently, shell 1 is equipped with light components 7, and light components 7 shines on the fog of 13 exhalations of fog-outlet to remind shell 1 temperature through the colour of fog, remind the user to keep away from high temperature shell, build certain atmosphere effect at the electric heater during operation simultaneously, improve user experience.

Specifically speaking, be equipped with temperature-detecting device on shell 1, temperature-detecting device detects shell 1's temperature, and temperature-detecting device and MCU connect moreover, and MCU and light subassembly 7 electricity are connected to through shell 1's temperature, control light subassembly 7 shines the light of different colours. Generally, a temperature sensor, which is a temperature detection device, is provided at the air outlet of the casing 1. The temperature of the whole shell 1 is estimated through the temperature of the air outlet with higher temperature.

The light component 7 is arranged outside the fog guide pipe 6, and light emitted by the light component 7 penetrates through the fog guide pipe 6 and irradiates on fog. The fog guide pipe 6 comprises a transverse pipe 61 arranged parallel to the fog outlet 13, and the light assembly 7 is fixed on the lower side of the transverse pipe 61. The light assembly 7 includes a lamp panel 71 fixed on the lower side of the horizontal tube 61, the lamp panel 71 is provided with at least two light emitters of different colors, and the light emitters are generally LED lamps 72. Each luminous body corresponds to the light component 7, and the luminous bodies with darker colors are lightened as the temperature of the shell 1 gradually rises. For example, the LED lamps 72 with blue, yellow, orange and red colors are controlled by the MCU, the MCU lights the LED lamps 72 with different colors according to the temperature data returned by the air outlet temperature acquisition device, and the specific temperature ranges are set as follows:

blue: below 20 ℃;

yellow: 20 to 30 ℃;

orange color: 30 to 45 ℃;

and (3) red color: above 45 ℃.

In addition, the light component 7 can be independently controlled to be switched on and off, and special effects such as breathing lamps can be customized by programs.

The user can judge the shell temperature according to light color indication to avoid touching the high temperature organism. When the electric heater was in the steady heating in-process, light subassembly 7 can be in orange or red scope, and when light passed through atomizing device and spread, warm visual effect can be built, improvement user experience.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that although some embodiments herein include some features included in other embodiments, not others, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. An electric heater is characterized by comprising a shell, wherein a mist outlet is arranged in the shell, and a light assembly is arranged at the mist outlet; the shell is provided with a temperature detection device, the temperature detection device detects the temperature of the shell, and the temperature detection device is electrically connected with the light component, so that light emitted by the light component irradiates on fog exhausted from the fog outlet, and the temperature of the shell is reminded through the light effect of the fog.

2. The electric heater of claim 1, wherein a mist guide pipe is disposed in the mist outlet, and the mist guide pipe communicates the atomizing mechanism with the mist outlet, thereby discharging the mist through the mist outlet.

3. The electric heater of claim 2, wherein the light assembly is mounted outside the mist guide pipe, and light emitted from the light assembly is irradiated on the mist through the mist guide pipe.

4. The electric heater according to claim 2, wherein the mist guiding pipe comprises a horizontal pipe arranged parallel to the mist outlet, and the light assembly is fixed on the lower side of the horizontal pipe.

5. The electric heater of claim 1, wherein the light assembly comprises a lamp panel, and the lamp panel is provided with at least two different colors of light emitters.

6. The electric heater according to claim 5, wherein each of the light emitters corresponds to a light assembly, and the light emitter with a darker color is lit as the temperature of the housing gradually increases.

7. The electric heater of claim 1, wherein the mist outlet extends along a length of the housing from one end of the air outlet grille to the other end of the air outlet grille.

8. The electric heater according to claim 1, wherein an air duct is formed in the housing, and a heating element is disposed in the air duct, and heats air entering the air duct.

9. The electric heater of claim 2, wherein the atomizing mechanism is an ultrasonic atomizing generator comprising an atomizing sheet disposed at a bottom of the atomizing chamber, the atomizing chamber being in communication with the water tank to generate the mist.

10. The electric heater according to claim 1, wherein the temperature detecting device is a temperature sensor and is disposed at the air outlet of the housing.