JP4989581B2 - Humidifier - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a humidifier that increases the humidity of air.

  Conventionally, a humidifying element is arranged above a humidifying element that is driven to rotate, and the humidifying element is driven to apply an air flow to the humidifying element and to increase the humidity of the air by heating the water in the water storage container. As a device, auxiliary means provided so that the water in the water storage container can move in and out, a blower for generating a gas flow through the surface of the auxiliary means exposed from the water, and water in the water storage container And an air conditioner configured to sterilize the water by heating the water in the water storage container to 50 ° C. or higher in a state where the blowing by the blower is stopped or weakened. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2000-121109 (Abstract, paragraphs 0024-0059, FIG. 1)

  In the above, the water in the water storage container of the humidifier is contaminated with calcium, dust, etc. in proportion to the use time and the amount of water used. When the water in the water storage container becomes dirty, a water film tends to stick to the humidifying element that is driven to rotate while being partially immersed in the water in the water storage container. However, there is a possibility that it may be discharged outside the humidifier. In addition, there is a possibility that the splashes in the humidifier become water droplets and leak outside.

  In the configuration as described above, the water storage container tends to be large, and the volume of the water in the water storage container increases accordingly. For this reason, there are problems such as a large weight when transporting the humidifier, and a large amount of water outflow when transporting or overturning or tilting.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. The water in the water storage container becomes dirty, and a water film is formed on the humidifying element that is rotated while being partially immersed in the water in the water storage container. Even if the water film is repelled by the air flow by the air blowing means, the splashed water droplets are not released to the outside of the humidifier, and the splashes inside the device become water droplets outside. It is a first object to provide a humidifier that does not leak water.
It is a second object of the present invention to provide a humidifier configured to reduce the volume of water in the water storage container as much as possible and to maintain the cleanability and strength of the water storage container.

The humidifying device according to the present invention is configured to surround at least a part of the outer periphery of the air blowing means and the air blowing means that sucks air into the main body and supplies the air to the outside, and rotates around the air blowing means. A circumferential humidification member and the humidification member are rotatably and detachably supported, the water supplied to the inside is stored, a part of the humidification member is immersed, and the humidification member is integrated with the main body. A water storage container to be attached and detached, and a gap on the side surface of the water storage container that comes out of the water stored in the water storage container by rotating the humidifying member so as not to contact the outer peripheral portion of the humidifying member, The wall surface of the wall body on the side of the water storage container extends from the side wall of the water storage container on the side where the wall body is provided, and is substantially the same as the humidifying member. Continuous on the inner wall of the side that is formed with curvature In which plane along a is formed, the front side edge projecting in a direction that covers the outer periphery of the humidifying member at each end of the rear side of the distal end portion and the humidifying member of the wall body is provided is there.

According to the humidifier according to the present invention, the reservoir side of the side where the humidification member emerges from the rotating reservoir water in reservoir, a gap so as not to contact the outer peripheral portion of the humidification member, since with the projecting walls body upward, will dirty water reservoir vessel tends tension of water film humidification member, even bursting of the water film, bursting water drops splashing, humidifier It is possible to prevent the water droplets from being discharged to the outside and from splashing in the apparatus as water droplets.

  1 is a rear perspective view showing a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a rear panel of the humidifier is removed, and FIG. 3 shows a humidifier member and a water storage container from the main body of the humidifier. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a water supply tank of the humidifier, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a humidifying member and a water storage container of the humidifier, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a water storage container of the humidifier. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the water supply partition wall and the recovery unit partition wall are removed from the water storage container of the humidifier, and FIG. .

Next, the structure of the humidification apparatus in embodiment of this invention is demonstrated using FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the humidifier 100 includes a main body 1, a front panel 2 provided on the front side of the main body 1, a water supply tank 6 provided on the upper surface on the front side of the main body 1, The outer shape is constituted by the back panel 3 provided on the back side. A plurality of air outlets 5 are formed from the front upper surface to both side surfaces of the main body 1, and dry air (hereinafter simply referred to as dry air) in a room or the like is sucked from the air inlet.

That is, the humidifier 100 drives the blower 11 including the blower 27 such as a turbo fan or a propeller fan provided inside the main body 1, thereby allowing dry air to be sucked from the suction port (the back side of the humidifier 100). Inhalation is performed to increase the humidity of the dry air to provide humidified air, and this humidified air is supplied from the blowout port 5 (side surface and upper surface of the humidifier 100) to the outside such as the room. The main body 1 accommodates the air blowing means 11, the humidifying member 10, and the water storage container 9.
It is assumed that the air blowing unit 11 includes a blower 27 and a drive unit (not shown) such as a motor that drives the blower 27.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the water supply tank 6 is detachably provided on the front side of the main body 1, and is contaminated with calcium or dust remaining in the water storage container due to the negative pressure in the water supply tank 6. It has a function to collect water (hereinafter referred to as residual water). The water supply tank 6 is defined by a partition wall 80 with the upper portion serving as a water supply reservoir 41 and the lower portion serving as a residual water collection reservoir 42 in the state of being set in the main body 1. The water supply storage part 41 has a water supply base 44 and a water supply base valve 45, and is provided with a water supply opening 43 that protrudes downward through one side of the remaining water collection storage part 42. . The remaining water collecting water storage section 42 has a recovery mouthpiece 48 and a recovery mouthpiece valve 49 fixed to the lower surface of the remaining water collecting water storage section on the other side surface spaced apart from the water supply opening 43. A recovery port 47 protruding in the same direction as the port 43 is provided. One end of a connecting pipe (not shown) is connected to the residual water collecting water storage section 42 from the upper surface side, and the other end of the connecting pipe (not shown) is located above the water supply storage section 41. And is connected in communication with an air layer formed in the upper part of the water supply reservoir 41 during setting.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a water storage container 9 that stores water supplied from the water supply storage section 41 of the water supply tank 6 and holds the humidifying member 10 is provided on the lower side inside the main body 1. ing. The humidifying member 10 is held in a water storage container 9 and is structured to be detachable from the main body 1 integrally with the water storage container 9.
The humidifying member 10 includes a front side plate 16, a back side plate 23, a humidifying element 24 sandwiched between the front side plate 16 and the back side plate 23, and the front side plate 16, the back side plate 23, and the humidifying element 24 have air blowing means. An opening larger than the outer shape of 11 is formed. The humidifying element 24 has a configuration in which a plurality of circumferential plate materials are laminated at a predetermined interval. Therefore, the humidifying member 10 is configured in a circumferential shape (for example, a ring shape).

  In a state where the water storage container 9 in which the humidifying member 10 is integrated is assembled to the main body 1, the air blowing means 11 is inserted inward from the opening of the humidifying member 10 configured in a circumferential shape, and the humidifying element 24 The inner periphery and the outer periphery of the blower unit 11 (particularly, the outer periphery of the blower 27) are arranged to be stored so as to overlap each other. Further, by providing the rear side plate 23 and the humidifying element 24 with an opening larger than the outer shape of the air blowing means 11, the humidifying member 10 and the water storage container 9 can be integrally attached and detached without interfering with the air blowing means 11. ing.

The air blowing means 11 is arranged so that the rotation center thereof is above the rotation center of the humidifying element 24 in consideration of the rise in the water level that occurs when the main body 1 is inclined and disposed. That is, when the humidifier 100 is disposed at an inclined position, the rotation center of the blower unit 11 is set and disposed so that the blower 27 constituting the blower unit 11 does not contact the water surface in the water storage container 9. Yes.
Further, it is only necessary that at least a part of the inner periphery of the humidifying element 24 and the outer periphery of the blower 27 overlap, and it is not necessary that the inner periphery of the humidifying element 24 and the outer periphery of the blower 27 all overlap.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the main body 1 is provided with driving means 15 such as a motor for driving the humidifying member 10, that is, generating a rotational force. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the humidifying member 10 is provided with driven means 17 to which the rotational force from the driving means 15 is transmitted via the driven means A32 and the driven means B33 to rotate the humidifying member 10. ing.

Next, the shape and configuration of the water storage container 9 of the humidifier 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
The water storage container 9 is formed of a water storage part 9a in which the humidifying member 10 is held, a water supply part 9b protruding from the water storage part 9a to the front side of the main body 1, and a recovery part 9c. Conventionally, the water storage container 9 that has been a simple substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape is formed in a different shape as described above, thereby minimizing the volume of water stored in the water storage container 9, and the weight of the humidifier 100 during transportation. As well as reducing the amount of water outflow during transportation, overturning, and tilting.

  Moreover, the guide 51 which protruded to the same extent as the water supply part 9a and the collection | recovery part 9c is attached to the side surface of both right and left sides. The water storage container 9 is integrally inserted into the main body 1 while holding the humidifying member 10, but the positions in the vertical and horizontal directions with respect to the main body 1 are determined by the guides 51 provided on the left and right side walls. The humidifying member 10 is inserted without contacting the air blowing means 11.

  Two support means 20 are provided inside the water reservoir 9a so as to pass the front side wall surface and the rear side wall surface of the water reservoir 9a. This support means 20 is arrange | positioned so that it may be arrange | positioned at the both sides of the side surface in the water storage part 9a, and it can detachably engage. The support means 20 is rotatably engaged even in a state where the support means 20 is mounted in the water reservoir 9a. That is, the humidifying member 10 is rotatably supported by the water storage container 9 via the rotatable support means 20. The support means 20 is disposed so as to be lower than the steady-state water surface of the water storage container 9. The humidifying element 24 of the humidifying member 10 is submerged in the water storage container 9 such that a part of the inner peripheral surface (inner peripheral edge) is below the normal water surface.

The water supply unit 9b and the recovery unit 9c are partitioned by the water supply unit partition wall 52 and the recovery unit partition wall 53 so as to partially communicate with the water storage unit 9a. The water supply partition wall 52 and the recovery unit partition wall 53 are attached by engaging with the water storage container 9 and are configured to be detachable by the user. That is, since the user can remove the water supply partition wall 52 and the recovery unit partition wall 53, the user can easily enter the water storage container 9 at the time of cleaning, and cleaning is facilitated.
On the other hand, by providing a partition between the water storage unit 9a, the water supply unit 9b, and the recovery unit 9c, the strength of the water storage container 9 itself is also increased.
Moreover, the protrusion parts 54 and 55 are provided in the bottom face of the water supply part 9b and the collection | recovery part 9c.

  The left and right side wall inner surfaces 90 of the water storage part 9a are formed with approximately the same curvature as the humidifying member 10 configured in a circumferential shape supported in the water storage part 9a. Further, a scattering prevention wall 85, which is a wall body, is provided on the wall surface on the side coming out of the water of the water storage section 9a when the humidifying member 10 is driven to rotate. The scattering prevention wall 85 has an inner surface 85a continuously extended from the side wall inner surface 90 of the water storage portion 9a, and in a state where the humidifying member 10 is installed in the water storage container 9, there is a gap between the outer peripheral portion of the humidifying member 10 and the gap. It is attached to the water storage container 9 in a heated state. Further, the scattering prevention wall 85 has a shape in which edges 85b projecting in a direction covering the humidifying member 10 are provided on three end surfaces of the front end portion and the front end portion and the rear end portion of the humidifying member.

Next, the humidifying operation of the humidifying device 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.
It is assumed that residual water remains in the water storage container 9 in a state where the humidifier 100 has been operated until just before water supply.
In the humidifying device 100 configured as described above, first, tap water (clean water) is supplied to the water supply reservoir 41 of the water supply tank 6, and the remaining water recovery reservoir 42 is empty. When set to 1, the water supply port 43 of the water supply tank 6 is inserted into the water supply unit 9b of the water storage container 9, the recovery port 47 is inserted into the recovery unit 9c of the water storage container 9, and the water supply port valve 45 and the recovery port cap valve 49 are The water supply unit and the protrusions 54 and 55 of the recovery unit are pushed open and opened, and the water supply port 43 and the recovery port 47 are immersed in the remaining water in the water storage container 9. Due to the negative pressure in the water supply tank 6, the residual water flows from the recovery port 47 into the residual water recovery reservoir 42 at a stretch, and clean water of almost the same amount as the residual water flowing into the residual water recovery reservoir 42. Is supplied from the water supply reservoir 41 onto the water storage container 9, and the remaining water is replaced with clean water.

In this way, the replacement of the remaining water with clean water is performed, but the recovery unit 9c of the water storage container 9 where the residual water is recovered and the water supply unit 9b where the clean water is supplied are respectively the recovery unit partition walls. 53 and the water supply partition wall 52 are partly connected to the water storage section 9a so that the supplied clean water is not recovered as it is in the residual water recovery storage section 42 of the water supply tank 6. .
As described above, by collecting the residual water in the water storage container 9 in the residual water recovery water storage section of the water supply tank 6, the increase in the calcium concentration in the water storage container 9 is suppressed, and the scale deposits and adheres to the humidifying element 24. Is suppressed.

  The amount of water stored in the water storage container 9 supplied from the water supply tank 6 is adjusted so as to be the water level of the steady state water surface determined by the tip position of the water supply base 44 installed in the water supply port 43 of the water supply tank 6. Further, the humidifying element 24 constituting the humidifying member 10 is immersed in a part of the circumference located below the normal water surface in the water storage container 9. The humidifying member 10 is driven to rotate by the driving force of the driving means 15 being transmitted to the driven means 17 via the driven means A33 and the driven means B32. As the humidifying member 10 rotates, the humidifying element 24 is periodically held and washed with water in the water storage container 9. The humidifying member 10 is rotationally driven along the outer periphery of the air blowing means 11.

  The flow of the airflow in the humidifier 100 is generated by the rotation of a blower 27 such as a turbofan that constitutes the blower unit 11. This airflow is sucked in from the suction port 3 a formed in the back panel 3 of the humidifying device 100 and sucked into the blower 27. The airflow sucked by the blower 27 is blown out from the entire outer periphery of the blower 27 toward the inner periphery of the humidifying element 24. That is, since the outer periphery of the blower 27 and the inner periphery of the humidifying element 24 are arranged so as to overlap, the airflow blown from the blower 27 directly blows to the humidifying element 24 without passing through an extra air passage. Will be.

  In the process in which this air passes between the humidifying elements 24, the water retained in the humidifying elements 24 is vaporized. The air sucked into the humidifier 100 is humidified by the vaporized moisture. The humidified air is blown out of the main body 1 from the outer periphery of the humidifying member 10 through the air outlets 5 formed on the side surface and the upper surface of the main body 1.

  On the other hand, the water in the water storage container 9 of the humidifier becomes dirty with calcium, dust, etc. in proportion to the use time and the amount of water used. When the water in the water storage container 9 becomes dirty, a water film is easily spread on the humidifying element 24 on which the humidifying member 10 that is rotationally driven while being partially immersed in the water in the water storage container 9 is formed. Although it is repelled by the air flow by the air blowing means 11, the splashed water droplets are captured by the edge 85 b of the anti-scattering wall 85 and are not scattered. The above-mentioned water film repelling occurs in the vicinity immediately after the humidifying member 10 is driven to rotate out of the water in the water storage section 9a, and therefore, there is no discharge of water droplets after passing through the vicinity of the scattering prevention wall 85. Further, the water droplets captured by the edge 85 b of the scattering prevention wall 85 become a water droplet trap and slides down the inner surface 85 a of the scattering prevention wall 85, and the inner surface 85 a of the scattering prevention wall 85 is stored in the water storage container 9. Since it is formed continuously with the side wall inner surface 90 of the portion 9 a, it is collected in the water storage container 9.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the humidifying element of the humidifying member 10 is rotationally driven, and contacts the outer peripheral portion of the humidifying member 10 on the wall surface coming out of the water of the water storage portion 9a of the water storage container 9. Since the anti-scattering wall 85 is provided with a gap that does not protrude and protrudes upward, the water in the water storage container 9 becomes dirty and is rotated while a part of the water is immersed in the water in the water storage container 9. Even when the water film is easily stretched on the humidifying element 24 and the water film is repelled by the air flow by the air blowing means, the splashed water droplets are not discharged to the outside of the humidifying device 100 and are splashed inside the device. However, it is possible to prevent water from leaking to the outside as water droplets.

  Moreover, since the inner surface 85a of the scattering prevention wall 85 is continuously extended with the side wall inner surface 90 of the water storage part 9a, and the surface which followed the said side wall is continuously formed, water is added to the humidification member 10. Even if the membrane is stretched and the water film is repelled, the splashed water droplets are no longer released to the outside of the humidifying device, and the droplets inside the device are prevented from leaking to the outside as water droplets. Can do well.

  Further, the scattering prevention wall 85 has a shape in which a leading edge of the scattering prevention wall 85 and three end portions on each of the front side and the rear side of the humidifying member 10 are provided with edges 85b protruding in a direction covering the humidifying member 10. Therefore, even if the water film is stretched on the humidifying member 10 and the water film is repelled, the splashed water droplets are further prevented from being released to the outside of the humidifying device, and the splashes attached to the inside of the device are It can be made even better so that it does not leak to the outside as water droplets.

  Moreover, since the water supply part 9b and the collection | recovery part 9c each protruded and provided in the water storage container 9, the volume of the water stored in the water storage container 9 is made into the minimum necessary, the weight at the time of conveyance of the humidification apparatus 100, and conveyance The amount of water outflow at the time of falling, falling, or tilting can be reduced.

  Moreover, since the detachable water supply part partition wall 52 and the collection part partition wall 53 are provided between the water storage part 9a, the water supply part 9b, and the collection | recovery part 9c, it is easy to clean and can raise intensity | strength.

It is a back perspective view showing the humidification device concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the back panel of the humidification apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the humidification member and the water storage container from the main body of the humidification apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the water supply tank of the humidification apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the humidification member and water storage container of the humidification apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the water storage container of the humidification apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the water supply part partition and the collection | recovery part partition from the water storage container of the humidification apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is principal part sectional drawing which shows the relationship between the humidification member of the humidification apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention, a water storage container, and a scattering prevention wall.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body, 6 Water supply tank, 9 Water storage container, 10 Humidification member, 16 Front side plate, 23 Back side plate, 24 Humidification element, 41 Water storage part for water supply, 42 Water storage part for residual water collection, 43 Water supply port, 44 Water supply base , 45 Water supply mouthpiece valve, 47 Collection port, 48 Collection mouthpiece, 49 Collection mouthpiece valve, 52 Water supply partition wall, 53 Recovery partition wall, 80 Partition wall, 85 Spattering prevention wall, 90 Side wall inner surface, 100 Humidifier, 9a Water storage Part, 9b water supply part, 9c collection part, 85a inner surface, 85b edge.

Claims (1)

A blowing means for sucking air into the body and supplying the air to the outside;
A circumferential humidifying member configured to surround at least a part of the outer periphery of the blowing means, and rotating around the blowing means;
A water storage container that rotatably and detachably supports the humidifying member, stores water supplied therein, immerses a part of the humidifying member, and is attached to and detached from the main body integrally with the humidifying member;
A wall body that protrudes upward with a gap that does not contact the outer peripheral portion of the humidifying member on the side surface of the water storage container that comes out of the water stored in the water storage container as the humidifying member rotates. equipped with a,
The wall surface of the wall body on the side of the water storage container extends from the side surface inner wall of the water storage container on the side where the wall body is provided, and is formed on the side surface inner wall formed at substantially the same curvature as the humidifying member. A continuously extending surface is formed, and an edge protruding in a direction covering the outer peripheral portion of the humidifying member is provided at the front end portion of the wall body and the respective end portions on the front side and the rear side of the humidifying member.
Humidifying device which is characterized a call.

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