JP2013044518A - Natural vaporization type humidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a natural vaporization type humidifier that can maintain a humidifying effect for a long time and include a vaporization promotion sheet that can be easily cleaned.SOLUTION: The natural vaporization type humidifier humidifies a room by naturally vaporizing water. The humidifier includes: a self-supportable frame member 2; a water storage container 3 disposed below the frame member 2 and opening upward; a suspension bar 4 installed in an upper part of the frame member 2 and directly above the water storage container 3; and a vaporization promotion sheet 5 made of an amorphous material having water absorptivity, which is suspended from the suspension bar 4 while a lower edge of the sheet is immersed in water stored in the water storage container 3.

Description

  The present invention relates to a naturally vaporizing humidifier that naturally evaporates water to humidify a room.

Conventionally, for example, those described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are known as prior arts of this type of natural vaporizing humidifier.
Among these, the humidifier described in Patent Document 1 is a hanger-type or stand-type hanging device, a water-absorbing sponge provided so as to cover the outer peripheral surface of the beam member of the hanging device, It is composed of a tissue suspended in a bent shape on a sponge, and the room is humidified by evaporating water absorbed by the sponge from the tissue.

  Further, the humidifier described in Patent Document 2 includes a humidifying element in which a water-absorbing sheet member is bent to form a plurality of humidifying pieces, and a container inserted in a state where the lower end portion of the element is submerged inside. The room is humidified by evaporating the water in the container from the humidifying element.

  JP 2011-14504 A   JP 2007-107768 A

In the humidifier described in Patent Document 1, since the water absorbed by the sponge is evaporated from a tissue which is a kind of evaporation promoting sheet, the amount of water that can be stored in the sponge is very small, and the humidification effect cannot be maintained for a long time. There is a drawback.
In addition, the humidifier described in Patent Document 2 has a humidifying element that is a kind of evaporation promoting sheet, which has a shape in which a sheet member is folded into a complicated shape so that the humidifying element itself can be self-supporting. If it adheres to the element, there is a drawback that the cleaning is troublesome.

  The subject of this invention is providing the natural vaporization type humidifier excellent in the humidification effect and cleanliness which can wash | clean an evaporation promotion sheet | seat easily while being able to maintain a humidification effect for a long time.

  The present invention relates to a naturally vaporizing humidifier that naturally evaporates water to humidify a room, and is a self-supporting frame member, a water storage container that opens above the frame member, and the frame. A suspension bar erected on the upper part of the member and immediately above the water storage container, and an evaporation promoting sheet suspended on the suspension bar in a state where a lower end edge is immersed in the water stored in the water storage container. It is characterized by having.

According to the present invention, the evaporation promoting sheet is suspended by the suspension bar with the lower end edge immersed in the water stored in the water storage container. The effect can be maintained for a long time.
Further, according to the present invention, the evaporation promoting sheet is made of an amorphous material having water absorbency (for example, a woven or non-woven cloth such as a towel or hand towel), so that it can be easily removed from the suspension bar and washed.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the water storage container is detachably attached to the frame member.
In this case, since the water storage container can be removed from the frame member and only the water storage container can be cleaned, the water storage container can be easily cleaned compared to the case where the water storage container is fixed to the frame member.

In this invention, it is preferable that the accommodation recessed part which the lower part of the said water storage container fits is formed in the bottom frame part of a frame member.
If it does in this way, since the lower part of a water storage container can be set by fitting in the accommodation recessed part of a bottom frame part, it can prevent beforehand that a water storage container remove | deviates from a bottom frame part, and falls.

In this invention, it is preferable that the one surface side of the said frame member is covered with the cover member which has air permeability.
In this case, it is possible to prevent the evaporation promoting sheet from being rolled in the front and back direction of the frame member by the wind passing through the frame of the frame member, and the lower end edge of the sheet from being removed from the water storage container.

In the present invention, it is preferable that an engaged portion for suspending the frame member on a hook member provided on a wall or the like is provided at an upper end portion of the frame member.
In this way, in addition to the usage mode in which the frame member is placed on the floor or table of the room, a usage mode in which the frame member is suspended can be added, and natural vaporization humidification that is more convenient to use is possible. A vessel is obtained.

  According to the natural vaporizing humidifier of the present invention, the humidification effect can be maintained for a long time, and the evaporation promoting sheet can be easily removed by removing it from the suspension bar. A vaporizing humidifier can be obtained.

  It is a perspective view of the natural vaporization type humidifier which concerns on embodiment of this invention.   (A) is a front view of the natural vaporization type humidifier which removed the evaporation promotion sheet | seat, (b) is the side view, (c) is the top view.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings attached to the application.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a natural vaporization type humidifier (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as a “humidifier”) 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with a frame member 2 capable of supporting itself and a lower portion of the frame member 2. The water storage container 3 provided, the suspension bar 4 installed on the upper part of the frame member 2, the evaporation promoting sheet 5 that can be detachably attached to the suspension bar 4, and the frame member 2 are attached to the back side. Cover member 6.

The frame member 2 is made of a substantially rectangular frame material that is vertically long when viewed from the front, and includes a frame main body 13 in which a cross beam portion 11 and a pair of left and right support columns 12 are integrally formed, and lower end portions of the frame main body 13. It is comprised from the bottom frame part 14 which connects. In addition, the height dimension of the frame member 2 is set to about 50 cm, and the width dimension is set to about 30 cm.
Both the frame main body 13 and the bottom frame portion 14 are made of hard plastic. The support column 12 of the frame body 13 is formed in a shape that bulges to the front side as it goes to the lower end side, thereby improving the stability of the frame member 2 in the front-rear direction.

The width of the bottom frame portion 14 (the frame inner width of the frame member) is slightly larger than that of the water storage container 3, and the water storage container 3 can be detachably set on the bottom frame portion 14.
In addition, the bottom frame portion 14 is formed with a storage recess 15 (see FIG. 1) in which the lower portion of the water storage container 3 is fitted. Accordingly, the lower portion of the water storage container 3 can be fitted and set in the storage recess 15, thereby preventing the water storage container 3 from coming off the bottom frame portion 14 and falling over with a slight fluctuation.

  The water storage container 3 is formed of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped hard plastic container that opens upward. Further, the capacity of the water storage container 3 is set to such a capacity that the internal water does not disappear for about 5 hours or more even when water is sucked up from the evaporation promoting sheet 5.

The suspension bar 4 is installed in parallel with the cross beam 11 from the upper end in the frame of the frame member 2. For this reason, the suspension bar 4 is located immediately above the water storage container 3 set in the frame.
In addition, an interval of a predetermined dimension is provided between the suspension bar 4 and the cross beam portion 11. Accordingly, the cross beam portion 11 functions as a hand-held portion when the humidifier 1 is carried and as an engaged portion for directly or indirectly hanging from a hooking member (not shown) provided on a wall or the like. It has a function.

The evaporation promoting sheet 5 is made of an amorphous material having water absorption, such as a woven fabric or a non-woven fabric. The sheet 5 may be included in the product as a part when the natural vaporizing humidifier 1 is marketed, or a commercially available towel or hand towel owned by the user may be used as a substitute.
The evaporation promoting sheet 5 has substantially the same width as the upper opening of the water storage container 3 and has a length that is almost twice as high as the height from the bottom frame 14 to the suspension bar 4. For this reason, when the evaporation promotion sheet 5 is folded in two and suspended on the suspension bar 4, the lower end edge of the sheet 5 is in a state of being immersed in the water stored in the water storage container 3.

The cover member 6 is for preventing the evaporation promoting sheet 5 from curling by covering the back side of the frame member 2, and is made of a plate material having a shape bulging from the frame member 2 to the back side. The cover member 6 has a plurality of slits 16 that are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions and are long in the vertical direction, and the air permeability is imparted to the cover member 6 by the slits 16.
In addition, the sheet | seat stop piece 17 which protrudes inside a frame is provided in the center part of the right-and-left support | pillar part 12, and the sheet | seat stop piece 17 also prevents the evaporation promotion sheet 5 from curling.

In order to use the humidifier 1 of the present embodiment, the evaporation promoting sheet 5 is suspended from the suspension bar 4 in a folded state, and the water storage container 3 containing water is set on the bottom frame portion 14. Then, the lower end edge of the suspended evaporation promoting sheet 5 may be immersed in the water storage container 3.
Note that the evaporation promoting sheet 5 may be suspended from the suspension bar 4 after the water storage container 3 is first set in the frame member 2.

According to the humidifier 1 of the present embodiment, the evaporation promoting sheet 5 is suspended from the suspension bar 4 in a state where the lower edge is submerged in the water stored in the water storage container 3. By storing water, the humidification effect can be maintained for a long time.
Moreover, according to the humidifier 1 of this embodiment, since it consists of woven fabrics or nonwoven fabrics, such as a towel and hand-wiping, it can remove from the suspension bar 4 and can wash | clean easily.

Moreover, since the water storage container 3 can be removed from the frame member 2, the water storage container 3 can be wash | cleaned alone. For this reason, compared with the case where the water storage container 3 is being fixed to the frame member 2, the washing | cleaning operation | work of the water storage container 3 becomes easy.
Further, since the back side of the frame member 2 is covered with the cover member 6 having the slits 16, the lower end portion of the evaporation promoting sheet 5 is blown by the wind without inhibiting the vaporization of moisture from the evaporation promoting sheet 5. There is also an effect that it can be prevented from coming off from the water storage container 3 beforehand.

  The technical scope of the present invention includes all modifications within the scope equivalent to the structure of the claims, and is not limited to the above embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Natural vaporization type humidifier 2 Frame member 3 Water storage container 4 Hanging bar 5 Evaporation promotion sheet 6 Cover member 11 Cross beam part 12 Support | pillar part 13 Frame main body 14 Bottom frame part 15 Storage recessed part 16 Slit 17 Sheet stop piece

Claims (5)

A natural vaporizing humidifier that naturally evaporates water and humidifies the room.
A self-supporting frame member;
A water storage container that opens upward and is provided in a lower portion of the frame member;
A suspension bar installed above the frame member and directly above the water storage container;
An evaporation promoting sheet made of an amorphous material having water absorption, hung on the suspension bar in a state where a lower end edge is submerged in water stored in the water storage container;
A natural vaporizing humidifier characterized by comprising.   The natural vaporizing humidifier according to claim 1, wherein the water storage container is detachably attached to the frame member.   The natural vaporizing humidifier according to claim 2, wherein a storage recess into which a lower portion of the water storage container is fitted is formed in a bottom frame portion of the frame member.   The natural vaporization type humidifier of any one of Claims 1-3 with which the one surface side of the front-back direction of the said frame member is covered with the cover member which has air permeability.   The natural vaporization type according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an engaged portion for suspending the frame member on a hook member provided on a wall or the like is provided at an upper end portion of the frame member. humidifier.

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