CN218583119U - Steam heater and household appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a steam heater and domestic appliance, steam heater includes casing and heating element, be provided with entry and export on the casing, be formed with the intercommunication chamber that sets up intercommunication entry and export in the casing, the entry is used for supplying the steam of awaiting heating to get into the intercommunication chamber, the export is used for supplying the steam after the heating to discharge from the intercommunication chamber, heating element is including locating the heating member of intercommunication intracavity, and install on the heating member and carry out a plurality of heat transfer fins that the heat leads the connecing with the heating member, a plurality of heat transfer fins are used for heating the steam that gets into the intercommunication intracavity, when needs carry out the reheat to steam, the steam of awaiting heating gets into the intercommunication chamber through the entry, install in the heating member temperature of intercommunication intracavity and rise, the heat conduction of heating member is to a plurality of fins, steam that the area that gets into the intercommunication chamber heats through a plurality of fins, the reheat of steam has been realized promptly, and steam heater's weight has been alleviateed, user's use experience has been improved.

Description

Steam heater and household appliance

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electrical apparatus field especially relates to steam heater and domestic appliance.

Background

The improvement of the standard of living leads to the demand of garment steamer more and more high, and the garment steamer is also developing towards the direction of high-end product, has introduced the reheat technique that scalds one's head in the high-end product mostly, and the benefit that the reheat technique that scalds one's head brought carries out reheat to steam to improve steam and avoid the steam blowout in-process to drip from ironing panel spun temperature, can also improve the panel temperature that irones simultaneously, thereby promote garment steamer ironing effect. However, the secondary heating of the existing iron steam heater is realized by pressurizing cast aluminum through the heating pipe, the weight of the added cast aluminum and the heating pipe obviously improves the weight of the iron, so that the use experience of the iron is poor, and moreover, most of users of the garment steamer are women, and the tolerance degree of the weight of the iron steam heater is lower. In view of this, the present patent proposes a lightweight iron steam heater capable of secondarily heating steam, thereby obtaining an iron steam heater that is lightweight as well as secondarily heated.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model mainly aims at providing a steam heater and domestic appliance, aim at lightening steam heater's weight, improve user and use experience.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a steam heater, including:

the steam heating device comprises a shell, wherein an inlet and an outlet are formed in the shell, a communicating cavity for communicating the inlet and the outlet is formed in the shell, the inlet is used for allowing steam to be heated to enter the communicating cavity, and the outlet is used for discharging the heated steam from the communicating cavity; and the number of the first and second groups,

heating element, including locating heating member in the intercommunication intracavity and installing on the heating member and with the heating member carries out a plurality of heat transfer fins that the heat conduction connects, and is a plurality of heat transfer fins are used for the right admission steam in the intercommunication intracavity heats.

Optionally, the heat exchange fins are distributed along the length direction of the communication cavity, the communication cavity is divided into a plurality of heat exchange cavities, and two adjacent heat exchange cavities are communicated with each other.

Optionally, each heat exchange fin is provided with a through hole, and the through hole is communicated with two adjacent heat exchange cavities; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

gaps are formed between the heat exchange fins and the inner wall surface of the communication cavity, and the gaps are communicated with the two adjacent heat exchange cavities.

Optionally, two adjacent via holes are arranged in a staggered manner; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and the adjacent two gaps are arranged in a staggered manner.

Optionally, the heat exchanging fins are arranged in an elongated shape, so that the fins have a first end and a second end which are arranged oppositely, and in two adjacent heat exchanging fins, the via hole on one of the heat exchanging fins is arranged adjacent to the first end, and the via hole on the other heat exchanging fin is arranged adjacent to the second end.

Optionally, the heat exchange fins include first heat exchange fins and second heat exchange fins, the first heat exchange fins and the second heat exchange fins are arranged alternately, and the number of the through holes formed in the first heat exchange fins is greater than the number of the through holes formed in the second heat exchange fins.

Optionally, the aperture of the via hole provided on the first heat exchanging fin is smaller than the aperture of the via hole provided on the second heat exchanging fin.

Optionally, the heating element includes a heating pipe section disposed in the communicating cavity, and the heating pipe section sequentially penetrates through the plurality of heat exchange fins.

Optionally, a plurality of heat exchange fins are distributed along the length direction of the communication cavity, the communication cavity is divided into a plurality of heat exchange cavities, and two adjacent heat exchange cavities are communicated with each other;

the heating pipe section comprises two straight pipe sections extending along the length direction of the communicating cavity and a connecting pipe section connecting the end parts of the two straight pipe sections, the two straight pipe sections sequentially penetrate through the heat exchange fins, and the connecting pipe section is located in the heat exchange cavity.

The utility model provides a domestic appliance, domestic appliance includes steam generator and steam heater, steam generator is used for producing steam, steam generator include the steam chamber and with the delivery outlet of steam chamber intercommunication, steam heater includes casing and heating element, be provided with entry and export on the casing, be formed with in the casing and set up the intercommunication the entry with the intercommunication chamber of export, the entry is used for supplying the steam admission of treating the heating the intercommunication chamber, the export is used for supplying the steam after the heating certainly the intercommunication chamber is discharged, heating element is including locating the heating member of intercommunication intracavity and installing on the heating member and with the heating member carries out a plurality of heat transfer fins that the heat conduction connects, and is a plurality of heat transfer fins are used for the entering steam of intercommunication intracavity heats.

Optionally, the domestic appliance comprises a garment steamer.

The utility model provides an among the technical scheme, when needs carry out the secondary heating to steam, wait that the steam of heating passes through the entry gets into the intercommunication chamber, install in the heating member temperature of intercommunication intracavity risees, the heat conduction of heating member is to a plurality of fins, and is through a plurality of the fin is to getting into the steam of taking the heating in intercommunication chamber heats, has realized the secondary heating of steam promptly, and has alleviateed steam heater's weight has improved user's use and has experienced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a steam heater according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the steam heater of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 isbase:Sub>A schematic sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the heating assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of one embodiment of the heat fins of FIG. 1 with vias;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the heat fin of FIG. 1 with vias.

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the objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and back … …) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description relating to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is 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 at least one such feature. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" appearing throughout includes three juxtapositions, exemplified by "A and/or B" including either A or B or both A and B. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The improvement of living standard leads to the demand of garment steamer more and more high, and the garment steamer is also developing in the direction to high-end product, has introduced the first reheat technique of scalding in the high-end product mostly, and the benefit that the first reheat technique of scalding brought carries out the reheat to steam to improve steam and avoid steam ejection in-process to drip from ironing panel spun temperature, can also improve the panel temperature of ironing simultaneously, thereby promote garment steamer ironing effect. However, the secondary heating of the existing iron steam heater is realized by pressurizing cast aluminum through the heating pipe, the weight of the added cast aluminum and the heating pipe obviously improves the weight of the iron, so that the use experience of the iron is poor, and moreover, most of users of the garment steamer are women, and the tolerance degree of the weight of the iron steam heater is lower. In view of this, the present patent proposes a lightweight iron steam heater capable of secondarily heating steam, thereby obtaining an iron steam heater that is lightweight as well as secondarily heated.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a steam heater, and fig. 1 to 6 illustrate a specific embodiment of the steam heater.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the steam heater 100 includes a housing 1 and a heating element 2, an inlet 11 and an outlet 12 are disposed on the housing 1, a communicating cavity 13 is formed in the housing 1 and communicates the inlet 11 and the outlet 12, the inlet 11 is used for allowing steam to be heated to enter the communicating cavity 13, the outlet 12 is used for allowing heated steam to be discharged from the communicating cavity 13, the heating element 2 includes a heating element 21 disposed in the communicating cavity 13, and a plurality of heat exchange fins 22 mounted on the heating element 21 and thermally connected to the heating element 21, and the plurality of heat exchange fins 22 are used for heating the steam entering the communicating cavity 13.

The utility model provides an among the technical scheme, when needs carry out the secondary heating to steam, the steam of waiting to heat passes through entry 11 gets into intercommunication chamber 13, install in heating member 21 temperature in intercommunication chamber 13 risees, the heat conduction of heating member 21 is a plurality of at most heat transfer fin 22 is through a plurality of heat transfer fin 22 is to getting into the steam of waiting to heat of intercommunication chamber 13 heats, has realized the secondary heating of steam promptly, and has alleviateed steam heater 100's weight has improved user's use and has experienced.

It should be noted that, the material of the housing 1 includes aluminum or stainless steel, and because the aluminum and the stainless steel have a better heat conduction effect, the heat of the heating member 21 can also be transmitted to the housing 1, so that the heat exchange of the steam to be heated in the communicating cavity 13 is uniform, and because the aluminum and the stainless steel have light weight, the weight of the steam heater 100 is further reduced. So that the weight of the steam heater 100 of the same structure can be reduced by at least 30%, further realizing cost reduction.

Specifically, referring to fig. 2, the heat exchange fins 22 are distributed along the length direction of the communicating cavity 13, and divide the communicating cavity 13 into a plurality of heat exchange cavities 131, and two adjacent heat exchange cavities 131 are communicated with each other, so that the steam to be heated can be heated through the plurality of heat exchange cavities 131 in sequence, and the temperature of the steam after secondary heating is increased.

There are various ways to achieve the communication between two adjacent heat exchange cavities 131, referring to fig. 4 to 6, in an embodiment, each heat exchange fin 22 is provided with a via hole 221, and two adjacent heat exchange cavities 131 are communicated through the via hole 221, which is simple in structure and convenient to process.

In order to improve the heat exchange efficiency between the steam to be heated and the heat exchange fins 22, the two adjacent through holes 221 are arranged in a staggered manner, so that the residence time of the steam to be heated in the heat exchange cavity 131 is increased, the steam to be heated can be better contacted with the heat exchange fins 22, and the steam can be better heated.

Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment of the present application, the heat exchanging fins 22 are disposed in a long shape, so that the heat exchanging fins 22 have a first end and a second end that are disposed opposite to each other, and in two adjacent heat exchanging fins 22, one of the through holes 221 on the heat exchanging fins 22 is disposed adjacent to the first end, and the other through hole 221 on the heat exchanging fins 22 is disposed adjacent to the second end, so that the flowing distance of the steam to be heated is longest, the steam to be heated can be better contacted with the heat exchanging fins 22, a better heated effect is obtained, and a dripping phenomenon can be effectively avoided when the steam to be secondarily heated is sprayed out from the outlet 12.

For the convenience of installation of the heat exchange fins 22, two adjacent heat exchange fins 22 are arranged in parallel, and certainly, in other embodiments, two adjacent included angles between the heat exchange fins can be set as required, which is not limited in the present application. Of course, the distance between two adjacent heat exchanging fins 22 can also be set according to the requirement.

Referring to fig. 6, in another embodiment of the present application, the plurality of heat exchange fins 22 include first heat exchange fins 22a and second heat exchange fins 22b, the first heat exchange fins 22a and the second heat exchange fins 22b are arranged alternately, the number of the through holes 221 arranged on the first heat exchange fins 22a is greater than the number of the through holes 221 arranged on the second heat exchange fins 22b, and the arrangement is such that the steam to be heated flows in two adjacent heat exchange cavities 131 in a total-partial total manner, which not only can ensure the flow rate of the steam to be heated, but also can make the steam to be heated better contact with the heat exchange fins 22, so as to be better heated.

Specifically, in this application, be provided with two on the first heat transfer fin 22a via hole 221, be provided with one on the second heat transfer fin 22b via hole 221, so, under the prerequisite of guaranteeing the velocity of flow of waiting to heat steam, make and wait to heat steam and be in the dwell time in heat transfer chamber 131 increases, makes the steam that waits to heat can be better contact with heat transfer fin 22 to better being heated.

Further, referring to fig. 6, the aperture of the via hole 221 formed in the first heat exchanging fin 22a is smaller than the aperture of the via hole 221 formed in the second heat exchanging fin 22b, so that the flow rate of the gas passing through the via hole 221 formed in the first heat exchanging fin 22a is the same as the flow rate of the gas passing through the via hole 221 formed in the second heat exchanging fin 22b, and the aperture of the via hole 221 formed in the second heat exchanging fin 22b is larger than the aperture of the via hole 221 formed in the first heat exchanging fin 22a, so that the time for outputting the gas to be heated is reduced on the premise that the steam to be heated can be better contacted with the heat exchanging fins 22.

The mode that two adjacent heat exchange cavities 131 are communicated is multiple, in another embodiment, each heat exchange fin 22 is formed with a gap between the inner wall surfaces of the communicating cavity 13, and two adjacent heat exchange cavities 131 are communicated through the gap, so that steam to be heated can sequentially pass through the plurality of heat exchange cavities for heat exchange, the temperature of the steam subjected to secondary heating is improved, the structure is simple, and the installation is convenient.

In order to improve the heat exchange efficiency between the steam to be heated and the heat exchange fins 22, the adjacent two gaps are arranged in a staggered manner, so that the retention time of the steam to be heated in the heat exchange cavity 131 is prolonged, the steam to be heated can be better contacted with the heat exchange fins 22 and can be better heated, and the temperature after secondary heating is improved.

It should be noted that the through holes 221 and the gaps in the two embodiments may be alternatively or simultaneously disposed, and when the through holes and the gaps are simultaneously disposed, resistance in steam circulation is reduced, and the flow rate of steam is increased.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3 and 4, the heating element 21 includes a heating pipe section 211 disposed in the communication cavity 13, and the heating pipe section 211 sequentially penetrates through the plurality of heat exchange fins 22, so that the steam to be heated can contact with the heating pipe section 211, and the heating effect of the steam to be heated is further improved.

In order to enable the heating section 211 to sequentially penetrate through the plurality of heat exchange fins 22, each of the heat exchange fins 22 is provided with a through hole, the through holes are correspondingly arranged one by one, and the heating section 211 sequentially penetrates through the through holes, so that the heating section 211 and the plurality of heat exchange fins 22 are assembled, and the operation is simple.

Further, the heating pipe section 211 comprises two linear pipe sections 2111 extending along the length direction of the communication cavity 13 and a connecting pipe section 2112 connecting the end portions of the two linear pipe sections 2111, the two linear pipe sections 2111 sequentially penetrate through the heat exchange fins 22, and the connecting pipe section 2112 is located in the heat exchange cavity 131, so that the contact area between the steam to be heated and the heating pipe section 211 is increased, and the heating effect of the steam to be heated is improved.

Referring to fig. 3, the connection pipe section 2112 is arc-shaped, so that the appearance is attractive, a worker can assemble the heating pipe section 211 and the plurality of heat exchange fins 22 conveniently, the length of the connection pipe section in the heat exchange cavity 131 is longer to a certain extent, the contact area between steam to be heated and the connection pipe section 2112 is increased, and the steam to be heated can be heated better.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, a plurality of outlets 12 are provided in the housing 1, and the secondarily heated steam is ejected through the plurality of outlets 12 at the same time, which is described in the present application as an ironing machine, and the secondarily heated steam can directly contact with the surface of the clothes after being ejected through the outlets, so as to achieve ironing. For different products, the steam outlet can also be connected with an ironing panel, so as to achieve better ironing, and in particular, the application does not limit the same.

The utility model provides a domestic appliance, domestic appliance includes steam generator and foretell steam heater 100, steam generator is used for producing steam, including the steam chamber and with the delivery outlet of steam chamber intercommunication, steam heater 100's specific structure refers to above-mentioned embodiment, steam heater 100's entry 11 with the delivery outlet intercommunication sets up, makes steam generator produced steam can certainly the delivery outlet gets into steam heater 100's entry 11, thereby pass through steam heater 100 carries out the secondary heating, because this domestic appliance has adopted all technical scheme of above-mentioned all embodiments, consequently has all beneficial effects that all technical scheme of above-mentioned all embodiments brought at least, does not have here repeated description one by one again.

In particular, the household appliance comprises a steamer, but of course, in other embodiments, the household appliance may further comprise a steam mop, in particular, the present application does not limit this.

The above only be the preferred embodiment of the utility model discloses a not consequently restriction the utility model discloses a patent range, all are in the utility model discloses a conceive, utilize the equivalent structure transform of what the content was done in the description and the attached drawing, or direct/indirect application all is included in other relevant technical field the utility model discloses a patent protection within range.

Claims (11)

1. A steam heater is characterized by comprising

The steam heating device comprises a shell, wherein an inlet and an outlet are formed in the shell, a communicating cavity which is communicated with the inlet and the outlet is formed in the shell, the inlet is used for allowing steam to be heated to enter the communicating cavity, and the outlet is used for allowing the heated steam to be discharged from the communicating cavity; and the number of the first and second groups,

heating element, including locating the heating member in the intercommunication intracavity and installing on the heating member and with the heating member carries out a plurality of heat transfer fins that the heat conduction connects, and is a plurality of heat transfer fins are used for the entering steam in the intercommunication intracavity heats.

2. The steam heater of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the heat exchange fins are distributed along a length direction of the communication cavity and divide the communication cavity into a plurality of heat exchange cavities, and adjacent two of the heat exchange cavities are communicated with each other.

3. The steam heater of claim 2, wherein each of the heat exchange fins has a through hole, and the through hole communicates with two adjacent heat exchange cavities; and/or the presence of a gas in the atmosphere,

gaps are formed between the heat exchange fins and the inner wall surfaces of the communication cavities, and the gaps are communicated with the two adjacent heat exchange cavities.

4. The steam heater of claim 3, wherein adjacent two of the vias are offset; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and the adjacent two gaps are arranged in a staggered manner.

5. The steam heater of claim 3, wherein the heat exchanger fins are elongated such that the fins have first and second ends that are oppositely disposed, and wherein the vias in two adjacent heat exchanger fins are disposed adjacent the first end and the vias in the other heat exchanger fin are disposed adjacent the second end.

6. The steam heater of claim 3, wherein the plurality of heat exchanger fins includes first heat exchanger fins and second heat exchanger fins, the first heat exchanger fins and the second heat exchanger fins are arranged alternately, and the number of the through holes arranged on the first heat exchanger fins is greater than the number of the through holes arranged on the second heat exchanger fins.

7. The steam heater of claim 6, wherein the aperture of the via hole provided on the first heat exchanging fin is smaller than the aperture of the via hole provided on the second heat exchanging fin.

8. The steam heater of claim 1 wherein the heating element includes a heating tube section disposed within the communication chamber, the heating tube section being disposed sequentially through the plurality of heat exchanger fins.

9. The steam heater of claim 8, wherein a plurality of the heat exchange fins are distributed along the length direction of the communication cavity and divide the communication cavity into a plurality of heat exchange cavities, and adjacent two of the heat exchange cavities are communicated with each other;

the heating pipe section comprises two straight pipe sections extending along the length direction of the communicating cavity and a connecting pipe section connecting the end parts of the two straight pipe sections, the two straight pipe sections sequentially penetrate through the heat exchange fins, and the connecting pipe section is located in the heat exchange cavity.

10. A household appliance, characterized in that it comprises:

the steam generating piece is used for generating steam and comprises a steam cavity and an output port communicated with the steam cavity; and the number of the first and second groups,

a steam heater according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the inlet is arranged in communication with the outlet.

11. The household appliance of claim 10, wherein the household appliance comprises a garment steamer.

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