CN220771280U

CN220771280U - Humidification device and air treatment system

Info

Publication number: CN220771280U
Application number: CN202321701548.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 渠慎玄; 应俊; 孙沛东
Original assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd
Current assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd
Priority date: 2023-06-30
Filing date: 2023-06-30
Publication date: 2024-04-12
Anticipated expiration: 2033-06-30

Abstract

The application provides a humidification device, including casing and humidification element, water tank, drain pan and the drain valve of setting in the casing, humidification element and water tank set up in the drain pan top, and the drain valve communicates with at least one of water tank and humidification element for with the water drainage in water tank or the humidification element to the drain pan, the lateral wall of drain pan is provided with the delivery port, the outlet of drain valve is towards the delivery port direction slope downward setting of drain pan. According to the humidifying device, the water outlet of the drain valve is inclined downwards towards the water outlet direction of the drain pan, so that residual water in the humidifying element and the water tank can be rapidly discharged, and meanwhile water accumulation of the drain pan is avoided.

Description

Humidification device and air treatment system

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of humidification, in particular to a humidifying device.

Background

In order to adjust the humidity of indoor air, a humidifier or an air treatment device with a humidifying function is usually placed in the room. A humidifying unit in a humidifier or an air treatment apparatus generally includes a humidifying element, a water tank, and a drain pan, and when not humidifying, it is necessary to drain water remaining in the humidifying element and the water tank into the drain pan and out through a drain port of the drain pan. In the prior art, the problem of residual water discharge is not well solved, and the problems of long water discharge process, easy water accumulation of a water discharge disc, excessively high water level and the like are caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a humidification device, when needs drainage, it can be fast with the water drainage, makes not ponding in the drain pan.

The humidifying device comprises a shell, a humidifying element, a water tank, a drain disc and a drain valve, wherein the humidifying element, the water tank, the drain disc and the drain valve are arranged in the shell, the humidifying element and the water tank are arranged above the drain disc, the drain valve is communicated with at least one of the water tank and the humidifying element and is used for draining water in the water tank or the humidifying element to the drain disc, a water outlet is formed in the side wall of the drain disc, and the water outlet of the drain valve is obliquely downwards arranged towards the water outlet direction of the drain disc.

The drain valve communicates humidification element and water tank, communicates humidification element and outlet when humidification element needs drainage, communicates water tank and outlet when the water tank needs drainage, and the outlet slope of drain valve downwards sets up towards the delivery port direction of drain dish, and the outlet of slope can be so that water flows out more fast, and the delivery port direction of drain dish is directly followed to the water that flows, has shortened the distance of outlet and delivery port, makes waste water discharge fast, avoids the drain dish ponding simultaneously. Compared with the horizontal arrangement or the vertical arrangement of the water outlet, the inclined arrangement is also beneficial to reducing the water discharging noise and preventing the water discharging from being collided with the water discharging disk to splash and influence other parts.

As an example, the drain valve is arranged close to the water outlet.

The distance between the water outlet and the water outlet is shortened, the water is discharged in an accelerated way, and the water discharge valve can reduce the obstruction of the water discharge valve to the air flow by being arranged at the position close to the side wall of the water discharge disc.

As an example, along the height direction of the humidifying element housing, the position of the drain opening lower edge of the drain valve is lower than the positions of the humidifying element and the bottom of the water tank.

The lower position makes the drain valve be closer to the drain pan, has also reduced the noise that rivers produced when the drainage when accelerating the drainage, prevents that the splash from rising, is favorable to discharging the water in humidification element, the water tank clean, prevents to breed bacterium, mould etc. because of ponding.

As an example, a drain valve is located below the water tank.

A part of space is reserved between the water tank and the drain pan, and the drain valve is arranged in the part of space, so that the part of space is reasonably utilized, and the whole humidifying device is miniaturized.

As an embodiment, the drain pipe of the humidifying element is connected to the drain valve, at least part of the drain pipe being disposed obliquely toward the drain valve.

The inclined drain pipe is more favorable for the drainage of the humidifying element compared with the horizontal drain pipe, and the inclined part promotes the wastewater to naturally flow towards the drain valve under the action of gravity so as to prevent the humidifying element from accumulating water and causing the breeding of bacteria, mold and the like.

As one embodiment, the inner side wall of the water outlet of the drain pan is provided with an inclined surface, the inclined surface is arranged opposite to the water outlet, and the included angle between the inclined surface and the horizontal plane is smaller than or equal to the included angle between the top surface of the water outlet and the horizontal plane.

The distance between the water outlet and the inclined plane is as short as possible, and the noise generated by water flow is reduced.

As one example, the inclined plane and the horizontal plane have an included angle ranging from 110 degrees to 120 degrees, and the top surface of the water outlet has an included angle ranging from 115 degrees to 125 degrees.

The inclined plane increases the area of the inner opening of the water outlet of the drain pan, so that the water flowing out from the water outlet can be directly received.

As one embodiment, the drain pan has a downwardly recessed countersink disposed adjacent the water outlet.

The water outlet is positioned at the lowest point of the drain pan, water which is usually discharged into the drain pan is converged towards the sunken sinking part, and the water outlet is arranged at the sinking part to enable the converged water to be discharged rapidly, so that accumulated water is prevented

As an example, the drain valve is provided above the sink portion.

The water is convenient to directly drain into the sinking part, and the drainage distance is shortened.

As an embodiment, the sink portion is provided with a float switch for detecting the water level of the drain pan.

Avoid the water level to overflow and the like, and ensure the water use safety of the air treatment device.

As one embodiment, the drain valve is a three-way valve, and the drain valve communicates the humidifying element and the water tank simultaneously.

Realize the water route intercommunication of humidification component and water tank, can select to humidification component drainage or to the water tank drainage, avoided setting up a plurality of drain valves, be favorable to humidification device's miniaturization.

As one example, the drain valve is provided obliquely as a whole.

Compared with a vertically arranged drain valve, the height space required by the drain valve is reduced, so that water flow is promoted to be discharged as soon as possible under the action of gravity, and the overall miniaturization of the humidifying device is promoted.

As one embodiment, the drain valve has a fixing portion, a part of which is disposed obliquely, and the fixing portion is used for fixedly connecting the drain valve with the housing of the humidifying device.

As one embodiment, the center distance between the water outlet and the water outlet is less than or equal to 40mm.

The water is conveniently discharged, and vortex and noise can not be generated between the water discharge and the water outlet.

The present application also provides an air treatment system comprising the humidifying device in any of the above embodiments.

Drawings

In order to more clearly describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly describe the drawings used in the embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a part of a humidifying device according to an embodiment of the present application (without a housing);

fig. 2 is a top view showing the overall structure of a humidifying device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a water pipe connection between a water tank and a humidifying element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of another angle of the water tank and humidifying element water pipe connection according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a drain valve and water outlet portion of a drain pan according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a drain valve and a water outlet portion of a drain pan according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a sink portion of a drain pan according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a perspective view of a fixing portion of a drain valve according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a structural perspective view of a humidifying device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals:

1-a humidifying element; 2-a water tank; 3-a drain pan; 4-a drain valve; 5-float switch; 6-a fixing part; 7-a housing;

100-a humidifying device;

11-a drain pipe;

31-a water outlet; 32-inclined plane; 33-a sink;

41-a water outlet;

71-an air inlet; 72-an air outlet;

Detailed Description

For a better understanding of the technical solutions of the present application, embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a part of a humidifying device 100 according to an embodiment of the present application (without a housing 7); fig. 2 is a top view showing the overall structure of a humidifying device 100 according to an embodiment of the present application.

The humidifying device 100 of the present application, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, includes a housing 7, and a humidifying element 1, a water tank 2, a drain pan 3, and a drain valve 4 disposed within the housing 7. As an example, the humidifying element 1 is a moisture permeable film humidifying element. In fig. 1, two humidifying elements 1 are shown, the number of humidifying elements 1 being selectable as desired. The humidifying element 1 and the water tank 2 are arranged above the drain pan 3, and the water tank 2 is a water supply device of the humidifying element 1 and is communicated with the humidifying element 1 through a pipeline. The drain valve 4 is communicated with at least one of the water tank 2 and the humidifying element 1 and is used for draining water in the water tank 2 or the humidifying element 1 to the drain pan 3, a water outlet 31 is formed in the side wall of the drain pan 3, a water outlet 41 of the drain valve 4 is obliquely downwards arranged towards the water outlet 31 direction of the drain pan 3, the distance between the oblique water outlet 41 and the water outlet 31 can be shortened, and the discharged water directly faces the water outlet 31 direction of the drain pan 3, so that water can be conveniently and rapidly drained by the water outlet 31. The drain valve 4 is disposed close to the water outlet 31, further shortens the distance between the drain outlet 41 and the water outlet 31, accelerates the discharge of water, and also reduces the obstruction of the drain valve 4 to the air flow because the closer to the water outlet 31 is to be away from the air flow path in the humidifying device 100 (the air inlet 71 and the air outlet 72 are oppositely disposed on the pair of side plates of the housing 7 of the humidifying device 100, and the air flow path is formed between the air inlet 71 and the air outlet 72).

In the height direction of the housing 7 of the humidifying element 1, the position of the lower edge of the drain port 41 is lower than the positions of the humidifying element 1 and the bottom of the tank 2, and the main body portion of the drain valve 4 is the same as the height position of the humidifying element 1. The position of the drain valve 4 is lower, so that the drain valve 4 is closer to the drain pan 3, and can accelerate drainage and reduce noise generated when water flows into the drain pan 3 during drainage.

A drain valve 4 is located below the water tank 2. Normally, a space is left between the water tank 2 and the drain pan 3, and the drain valve 4 is provided in the space, which is advantageous for reasonable use of the space and downsizing of the humidifying device 100.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a water pipe connection manner of the water tank 2 and the humidifying element 1 according to an embodiment of the present application, and fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of another angle of the water pipe connection manner of the water tank 2 and the humidifying element 1 according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the drain pipe 11 of the humidifying element 1 is connected to the drain valve 4, and at least part of the drain pipe 11 is inclined toward the drain valve 4. The inclined drain pipe 11 is more favorable for draining the humidifying element 1 than a horizontal drain pipe, and the inclined part promotes water to naturally flow towards the drain valve 4 under the action of gravity so as to prevent water accumulation in the humidifying element 1 and cause bacteria, mold and the like to breed.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the water tank 2 and the water discharge valve 4 of the humidifying element 1 and the water outlet 31 of the water discharge tray 3 according to an embodiment of the present application, and fig. 6 is a schematic view of the water discharge valve 4 and the water outlet 31 of the water discharge tray 3 according to an embodiment of the present application, showing the water outlet 31 of the water discharge tray 3, the inclined surface 32 and the internal structure of the water discharge valve 4.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the inner side wall of the water outlet 31 of the drain pan 3 is provided with an inclined surface 32, the inclined surface 32 is opposite to the water outlet 41, and the included angle a between the inclined surface 32 and the horizontal plane is smaller than or equal to the included angle B between the top surface of the water outlet 41 and the horizontal plane, so that the distance between the water outlet 41 and the inclined surface 32 is as short as possible, and noise generated after water falls onto the inclined surface 32 is reduced. For example, the included angle between the inclined plane 32 and the horizontal plane is 110-120 degrees, the included angle between the top surface of the water outlet 41 and the horizontal plane is 115-125 degrees, the inclined plane 32 increases the area of the inner opening of the water outlet 31 of the water discharge tray 3, so that the water flowing out of the water outlet 41 can be received directly, noise is reduced, and water discharge is accelerated.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view showing the sink portion 33 of the drain pan 3 according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 7, the drain pan 3 has a depressed portion 33 depressed downward, and the depressed portion 33 is provided at a position close to the water outlet 31. The water outlet 31 is located at the lowest point of the drain pan 3. The water discharged into the drain pan 3 is converged toward the depressed sinking portion 33, and the water outlet 31 is provided at the sinking portion 33 to enable the converged water to be rapidly discharged, thereby preventing water accumulation. Further, the drain valve 4 is disposed above the sinking portion 33, so that water can be conveniently and directly discharged into the sinking portion 33, and then discharged from the water outlet 31 as soon as possible.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the fixing portion 6 of the drain valve 4 according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 8, the drain valve 4 has a fixing portion 6, and a portion of the fixing portion 6 connected to the drain valve 4 is inclined so as to be fixedly connected to the drain valve 4, and the fixing portion 6 is used for fixedly connecting the drain valve 4 to the housing 7 of the humidifying device 100.

The drain valve 4 is disposed so as to be inclined as a whole, and is fixed to a housing 7 accommodating the humidifying device 100 by a fixing portion 6. The height requirement is smaller than if the drain valve 4 were vertically positioned, both to encourage water flow to drain as quickly as possible under gravity and to miniaturize the humidifying device 100.

Fig. 9 is a structural perspective view of a humidifying device according to an embodiment of the present application. The position of the float switch 5 in the drain pan 3 is shown.

As shown in fig. 9, the sinking portion 33 is further provided with a float switch 5 for detecting the water level of the drain pan 3, a plurality of float switches 5 may be provided for detecting the warning water level, and the humidifying device 100 is controlled to stop operating if the warning water level is measured to be exceeded. And avoid the water level to overflow and other problems, ensure the water use safety of the air treatment system.

For example, the water draining valve 4 is a three-way valve, the water draining valve 4 is simultaneously communicated with the humidifying element 1 and the water tank 2, and can be selectively communicated with different waterways, so that the humidifying element 1 is drained or the water tank 2 is drained, the plurality of water draining valves 4 are avoided, and the miniaturization of the humidifying device 100 is facilitated.

For example, the center distance between the drain opening 41 and the water outlet 31 is 40mm or less, preferably 30mm or less, which facilitates drainage and prevents vortex and noise from being generated between the drainage and the water outlet 31.

In this application, the drain valve 4 of humidification device 100 is close to the delivery port 31 setting of drain pan 3, drain valve 4 is the three-way valve, intercommunication humidification element 1 and water tank 2, intercommunication humidification element 1 and outlet 41 when humidification element 1 needs the drainage, intercommunication water tank 2 and outlet 41 when water tank 2 needs the drainage, the outlet 41 slope downward setting of the delivery port 31 orientation of drain pan 3 of drain valve 4, the inside wall of delivery port 31 of drain pan 3 is provided with inclined plane 32 and the slope orientation correspondence of outlet 41, the distance of outlet 41 and delivery port 31 has been shortened, make waste water discharge fast, avoid drain pan 3 ponding simultaneously.

The application still provides air treatment system (not shown in the figure), and air treatment system includes air treatment equipment (not shown in the figure), and air treatment equipment includes the air treatment equipment casing, is provided with the supply-air outlet on the air treatment equipment casing, and the air intake 71 on the casing 7 of the humidification device 100 of this application is connected with the supply-air outlet of air treatment equipment directly or is connected with the supply-air outlet of air treatment equipment through the tuber pipe.

The air treatment device can be any one of an air conditioner, a total heat exchanger and a fresh air machine.

The air treated by the air treatment device is humidified by the humidifying device 100 and then sent into the room.

The humidifying device 100 of the present application may use an air supply assembly in the air treatment device to drive the air flow to flow, and may also set the air supply assembly in the air supply path of the air treatment system to provide the air flow driving power for the humidifying device 100.

The air treatment system may further include an air conditioning device (not shown in the figure), and the humidifying device 100 may be provided with a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger and the air conditioning device are connected through a refrigerant pipe to form a refrigerant loop, and the heat exchanger is disposed at the upstream of the humidifying element 1, so as to regulate the temperature of the air before humidification, and improve the humidifying effect.

The air treatment system also includes a control unit (not shown) that controls the operation of the various types of equipment described above.

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the same, but rather, various modifications and variations may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A humidifying device comprises a shell, a humidifying element, a water tank, a drain pan and a drain valve, wherein the humidifying element, the water tank, the drain pan and the drain valve are arranged in the shell, the humidifying element and the water tank are arranged above the drain pan, the drain valve is communicated with at least one of the water tank and the humidifying element and is used for draining water in the water tank or the humidifying element to the drain pan, a water outlet is arranged on the side wall of the drain pan,

it is characterized in that the method comprises the steps of,

the water outlet of the drain valve is obliquely downwards arranged towards the water outlet direction of the drain pan.

2. The humidification apparatus of claim 1, wherein the drain valve is disposed proximate the water outlet.

3. The humidifying device according to claim 1, wherein a lower edge of the drain opening of the drain valve is positioned lower than positions of the humidifying element and the bottom of the tank in a height direction of the housing.

4. A humidifying apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the drain valve is located below the water tank.

5. A humidifying apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein a drain pipe of the humidifying element is connected to the drain valve, at least part of the drain pipe being disposed obliquely toward the drain valve.

6. The humidifying device as claimed in claim 1, wherein an inner side wall of the water outlet of the drain pan is provided with a slope, the slope is disposed opposite to the drain outlet, and an angle between the slope and a horizontal plane is less than or equal to an angle between a top surface of the drain outlet and a horizontal plane.

7. The humidifying apparatus of claim 6, wherein the inclined surface has an angle ranging from 110 ° to 120 ° with respect to the horizontal plane, and the top surface of the drain opening has an angle ranging from 115 ° to 125 ° with respect to the horizontal plane.

8. The humidifying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the drain pan has a depressed portion depressed downward, the depressed portion being disposed near the water outlet.

9. The humidifying apparatus of claim 8, wherein the drain valve is disposed above the sink portion.

10. The humidifying apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the sinking portion is provided with a float switch for detecting a water level of the drain pan.

11. The humidification apparatus of claim 1, wherein the drain valve is a three-way valve.

12. The humidification apparatus of claim 11, wherein the drain valve is disposed entirely inclined.

13. The humidifying apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the drain valve has a fixing portion, a portion of the fixing portion being disposed obliquely, the fixing portion being for fixedly connecting the drain valve with the housing of the humidifying apparatus.

14. The humidifying device of claim 1, wherein a center-to-center distance between the drain opening and the water outlet is 40mm or less.

15. An air treatment system comprising a humidifying device according to any one of claims 1-14.