JP5412854B2 - humidifier - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a humidifier equipped with a fragrance device so as to release a fragrance and components of a fragrance along with humidified air.

Conventional humidifiers have a detachable tank inside the frame and a water tank to which the water in this tank is sent. The water in the water tank is atomized by an ultrasonic vibrator or heated or boiled with a heater. The steam that generates steam is generated, and the humidified air generated by the humidified air generating means is supplied to the humidifying chamber in the upper part of the water tank.
In addition, the lower part of the frame body is provided with a blower for sending air to the humidification chamber, and the air sent by the blower passes through the air blowing path provided at the lower part of the frame body, and the air port communicates the humidifying chamber and the air blowing path. Is sent to the humidification chamber.
The humidified air generated by the humidified air generating means is guided to the humidification guide tube above the humidification chamber by the wind from the blower in the humidification chamber, and is introduced into the room from the outlet provided in the cap that closes the upper surface opening of the humidification guide tube. Released.

  On the other hand, some humidifiers with such a structure are provided with a fragrance container. However, since the fragrance container is conventionally located inside the humidifier such as a humidified air path, the fragrance is affected by the air flow of the humidified air. There is a problem that the vaporizing action is strong, and the fragrance and ingredients are too strong, which causes discomfort. Also, when changing the type of fragrance or replenishing fragrance, it takes time to remove the fragrance container from the upper part of the humidifier or inside the humidifier. The scent of the fragrance remains inside the frame, and the next time the type of the fragrance is changed, the inside of the humidifier or the fragrance container needs to be cleaned, which is troublesome.

As a countermeasure for this, the applicant places the container opening of the fragrance container on the upper surface of the cap and blows out the humidified air discharged from the outlet of the cap above the container opening, thereby A humidifier has been proposed that can release a fragrance component into a room without diffusing the fragrance or component of the fragrance into the frame body by diffusing the fragrance with an air flow (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2007-32942 A.

When the air freshener container is provided on the upper surface of the cap as in Patent Document 1, if the air freshener is spilled from the air freshener container due to vibration or falling, the air freshener may fall on the floor and contaminate the room. In order to minimize the outflow of the fragrance even when the fragrance spills from the fragrance container, the fragrance container and the opening of the container are made small so that the amount of the fragrance stored in the fragrance container is reduced. Was.
However, since the vaporization amount of the fragrance decreases and the fragrance and fragrance components are insufficient when the shape of the container opening is reduced, in Patent Document 1, an air outlet is arranged around the container opening of the fragrance container, By supplying humidified air above the container opening, the fragrance component was mixed with the humidified air so that it could diffuse, but water drops falling from the humidified air flowed into the fragrance container to dilute the fragrance. The fragrance container sometimes overflowed.
Moreover, since the shape of the fragrance container is small, the fragrance may overflow from the fragrance container even when the fragrance is replenished or replaced.

The present invention solves the above-described problems, and in the frame 1, a tank 2 for storing water, a water tank 3 to which water is sent from the tank 2, and water supplied from the water tank 3 generate humid air. Humidified air generating means 4, a humidifying chamber 5 to which humidified air generated by the humidified air generating means 4 is supplied, a blower 6 for sending air into the humidifying chamber 5, and humidification from the humidifying chamber 5 by the air sent by the blower 6 A humidifying guide cylinder 7 through which air is sent, and the humidified air sent from the humidifying chamber 5 is discharged out of the frame 1 through an opening 8 provided in the upper part of the humidifying guide cylinder 7 , and the humidifying guide cylinder 7. A cap 9 is provided to cover the upper surface of the opening 8 of the air-conditioner. On the upper surface of the cap 9, a blower outlet 10 for releasing the humidified air of the humidification guide tube 7 into the room, a fragrance container 11 for storing the fragrance, and a fragrance container 11 humidifier provided with a container opening 12 of the Oite, the air outlet 10 blowing direction of the humidified air is opened toward the outside obliquely upward of the cap 9, the container opening 12 of the aroma container 11 is of the humidified air outlet 10 from the center of the cap 9 It is arranged close to the side opposite to the blowing direction, and is opened so that the opening surface of the container opening 12 faces outward and obliquely upward on the side opposite to the blowing direction of the humidified air, and the angle with the blowing direction of the humidified air Is set to a predetermined angle or more, and the fragrance container 11 is constituted by a flat recess formed in a cap 9, and the fragrance container 11 contains an impregnation material 13 impregnated with the fragrance. Is.

As described above, the fragrance container 11 is constituted by a flat recess formed in the cap 9, and the fragrance container 11 contains the impregnating material 13 impregnated with the fragrance, thereby increasing the vaporization amount of the fragrance. At the same time, a part of the fragrance released from the container opening 12 is diffused into the room by the humidified air released from the outlet 10.

  Further, an openable / closable container lid 14 is provided at the container opening 12 of the fragrance container 11, and the container lid 14 is provided with a plurality of openings 15, so that the fragrance is opened from the slit-shaped opening 15 while the container lid 14 is closed. Since the components are diffused, the impregnating material 13 does not fall off from the fragrance container 11 due to vibration or overturning.

  In the present invention, a cap 9 is provided to cover the upper surface of the opening 8 of the humidifying guide tube 7, and the air outlet 10 for releasing the humidified air of the humidifying guide tube 7 into the room is accommodated on the upper surface of the cap 9. A fragrance container 11 and a container opening 12 of the fragrance container 11 are provided, and the container opening 12 of the fragrance container 11 is disposed on the opposite side to the blowing direction of the humidified air blown out from the blowout port 10. Since the angle between the opening surface of 12 and the blowing direction of the humidified air is set to a predetermined angle or more, the fragrance of the fragrance container 11 is not affected by the air flow of the humidified air, and the moisture in the humidified air is not affected by the fragrance. It no longer flows into the container 11 and the fragrance is no longer diluted with water or overflowing from the fragrance container 11.

  In addition, since the fragrance container 11 contains the impregnating material 13 impregnated with the fragrance, the fragrance container 11 is prevented from flowing out of the container opening 12 due to vibration or overturning. It can comprise and can enlarge the opening area of the container opening part 12, and can widen the vaporization area of a fragrance | flavor. For this reason, the vaporization effect | action of a fragrance | flavor agent is accelerated | stimulated, the quantity of the fragrance | flavor and fragrance | flavor component which are discharge | released from the container opening part 12 increases, and the humidification air which blows off one part of the fragrance | flavor discharged | emitted from the container opening part 12 from the blower outlet 10 As a result, the fragrance is not too strong and an appropriate amount of fragrance can diffuse into the room.

  In this configuration, since the impregnating material 13 impregnated with the fragrance is stored in the fragrance container 11 in advance, the fragrance does not overflow from the container opening 12. On the other hand, even when the fragrance is directly replenished to the fragrance container 11, the fragrance is impregnated into the impregnating material 13, so that the fragrance container 11 does not become full immediately and the fragrance is overflowed from the container opening 12. Is gone. For this reason, the replacement | exchange and replenishment of an fragrance | flavor can be performed easily, and the handleability can be improved.

  Further, the container opening 12 of the fragrance container 11 is provided with an openable / closable container lid 14. The container lid 14 is provided with a plurality of openings 15, and the fragrance and components of the fragrance can be released from the openings 15 of the container lid 14. Since the container lid 14 can be used with the container lid 14 closed, the impregnating material 13 does not fall off from the fragrance container 11 due to vibration or overturning.

  This structure will be described with reference to the drawings showing an embodiment. Reference numeral 1 denotes a frame of a humidifier, 2 denotes a tank for storing water disposed in the upper part of the frame 1, and 3 denotes a water tank to which water is sent from the tank 2. 2 is configured such that the lid 1a of the frame body 1 is removed and the frame body 1 can be equipped from above.

  Reference numeral 16 denotes a tray for receiving the tank 2 having a protrusion 16a, 17 is a detachable tank lid for the tank 2, 18 is an open / close valve mounted in the tank lid 17, and the tank 2 replenished with water is received by the tray 16 When the switch 18 is turned over, the opening / closing valve 18 is pushed open by the protrusion 16 a, and the water in the tank 2 is sent to the water tank 3 through the receiving tray 16 from the opened opening / closing valve 18.

  Reference numeral 4 denotes a humidified air generating means for receiving the water in the water tank 3 to generate humidified air, 5 a humidifying chamber to which the humidified air generated by the humidified air generating means 4 is supplied, and 7 generated by the humidified air generating means 4. It is a humidification guide tube provided at the upper part of the humidification chamber 5 in order to guide humidified air to the outside of the frame body 1.

  6 is a blower provided in the lower part of the frame 1, 19 is an air port provided in a side portion of the humidifying chamber 5, and 20 is a blower path for air sent by the blower 6. The wind generated by the air is sent from the air port 19 to the humidification chamber 5, and the humidified air generated by the humidification generating means 4 passes through the humidification guide cylinder 7 by the wind from the blower 6.

  8 is an opening above the humidification guide cylinder 7, 9 is a cap that covers the opening 8, and 10 is a blower outlet provided in the cap 9 for releasing humidified air, and the humidified air that has passed through the humidification guide cylinder 7. Is discharged into the room from the outlet 10 of the cap 9. The cap 9 has a hollow dome shape. When the cap 9 is installed in the opening 8 of the humidification guide cylinder 7, the upper part of the cap 9 protrudes upward from the frame 1, and the cap 9 has the humidification shape. It can rotate on the installation surface of the guide tube 7, and the blower outlet 10 can be directed in an arbitrary direction.

  Recently, there is a humidifier in which a fragrance container is provided in a humidifier having the above-described structure, and a fragrance component can be discharged into the room together with humidified air. In the humidifier of the embodiment of the present invention shown in the figure, 11 is a fragrance container for containing a fragrance made of solid or liquid provided in the vicinity of the outlet 10 of the cap 9, and 12 is a container opening of the fragrance container 11. The container opening 12 is provided on the upper surface of the cap 9 and is provided with the air outlet 10. Moreover, the shape of the fragrance | flavor container 11 is arrange | positioned so that it may become a concave shape in a part of said cap 9, and the container opening part 12 corresponds to the upper surface of the said cap 9. FIG.

  The humidified air generated by the humidified air generating means 4 is sent by the blower 6, passes through the humidifying guide cylinder 7, and is discharged to the fixed direction by the air outlet 10 provided in the cap 9. The humidified air sent from the bottom part to the side surface of the air freshener container 11 is brought into contact with it, and the fragrance and the components are diffused from the container opening 12 by the vaporizing action of the air freshener.

  Since the container opening 12 of the fragrance container 11 is disposed on the surface of the cap 9, the fragrance is not affected by the airflow of the humidified air sent from the humidification guide cylinder 7, and has an appropriate amount. The vaporizing action is promoted and diffused from the container opening 12, and the vaporized fragrance component is released into the room as it is, and the fragrance component does not diffuse into the humidification guide cylinder 7, so that the fragrance of the fragrance is contained in the frame 1. Is not left, and it does not take time to clean the inside of the frame 1 when changing the type of the fragrance or when not using the fragrance.

The present invention is an improvement of the cap 9 provided with the air outlet 10 and the fragrance container 11, and the air outlet 10 opens so that the blowing direction of the humidified air faces obliquely upward outside the cap 9. The container opening 12 is formed so as to reach the side of the cap 9 opposite to the air outlet 10 from the center of the cap 9, and the container opening 12 of the fragrance container 11 is the direction of the humidified air blowing from the air outlet 10. It arrange | positions so that it may be located in the other side and the angle A of the opening surface of the container opening part 12 and the blowing direction of the humidified air of the blower outlet 10 may become more than a predetermined angle.
In the shape of the cap 9 of the embodiment, the humidified air blown out from the blower outlet 10 does not go above the container opening 12 of the fragrance container 11 by setting the angle A to 90 degrees or more. The moisture of the humidified air blown out from 10 no longer flows into the fragrance container 11, and the fragrance is no longer diluted or overflowed from the fragrance container 11 by the humidified air.

  13 is an impregnating material composed of cloth, sponge or the like. When the fragrance is solid, it is stored in the fragrance container 11 as it is, but when the fragrance is liquid, the impregnating material 13 is impregnated with the fragrance. The impregnating material 13 is accommodated in the fragrance container 11. Even when the fragrance contained in the fragrance container 11 is a liquid, the fragrance soaked in the impregnating material 13 does not flow out of the container opening 12 due to vibration or overturning, and is more vaporizing than when used as a liquid. Is promoted.

  Moreover, in this invention, the fragrance | flavor container 11 is comprised by the flat recessed part whose width is wider than height, and the impregnating material 13 formed in the flat form according to the shape of the fragrance | flavor container 11 is accommodated in the fragrance container 11. FIG. For this reason, since the opening area of the container opening 12 on the upper surface of the cap 9 is increased and the vaporization area of the impregnating material 13 accommodated in the air freshener container 11 is increased, the vaporizing action of the fragrance soaked in the impregnating material 13 is promoted. And since it was discharged | emitted from the whole container opening part 12 whose opening area became large, the fragrance and component of the fragrance | flavor discharged | emitted from the container opening part 12 could be increased.

  Since the blowing direction of the humidified air and the position of the container opening 12 of the fragrance container 11 are separated, the diffusion action by the humidified air is reduced, and most of the fragrance and fragrance components of the fragrance released from the container opening 12 Although it diffuses into the room as it is, since the fragrance and components of the fragrance released from the container opening 12 are increasing, a part of the fragrance component released from the container opening 12 is supplied to the humidified air blown out from the outlet 10. Since it is attracted and diffused in the room together with the humidified air, the fragrance can be made without excessively strong components and scents of the fragrance diffused in the room.

  In addition, when replenishing or exchanging the fragrance, conventionally, the fragrance container 11 directly stores the liquid fragrance, but since the volume of the fragrance container and the opening area of the container opening are small, the fragrance The amount of the fragrance that can be accommodated in the container 11 is small, and the fragrance sometimes overflows from the container opening 12.

In this invention, when changing the type of the fragrance, after the impregnating material 13 is taken out from the fragrance container 11, the impregnating material 13 impregnated with another fragrance is accommodated in the fragrance container 11. Since the impregnating material 13 previously impregnated with the fragrance can be accommodated in the fragrance container 11, the fragrance does not overflow from the container opening 12.
On the other hand, when replenishing the fragrance, the fragrance may be directly replenished to the impregnating material 13 accommodated in the fragrance container 11 with a dropper or the like. However, the opening area of the container opening 12 or the fragrance container 11 is sometimes used. The volume of the fragrance that can be accommodated in the fragrance container 11 is increased, and the fragrance is soaked into the impregnating material 13 so that the fragrance container 11 does not become full immediately. Even when the fragrance container 11 is directly replenished, the fragrance is not overflowed, and the fragrance can be easily replaced or replenished.

  14 is a container lid of the fragrance container 11 provided on the cap 9, 14a is a pair of shafts provided on both sides of the container lid 14, 9a is a shaft hole provided in the cap 9, and the container lid 14 is a shaft 14a. Is fitted into the shaft hole 9a and attached to the cap 9, and opens and closes the container opening 12 of the fragrance container 11.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a plurality of openings provided in the container lid 14, so that the fragrance or fragrance component of the fragrance can be released from the opening 15 while the container lid 14 is closed. Since the fragrance is impregnated in the impregnating material 13, the fragrance is not spilled even if the opening 15 is provided in the container lid 14, and the fragrance component of the fragrance is released from the opening 15 with the container lid 14 closed. Therefore, it was possible to prevent the impregnating material 13 from dropping off due to vibration or overturning.
Further, when the fragrance needs to be replenished or replaced, the container opening 12 is opened by opening the container lid 14, so that the impregnating material 13 can be easily replaced or the fragrance is replenished.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the opening 15 is formed by a slit-like long hole, and is arranged so that the end of the long hole in the longitudinal direction faces the air outlet 10. Since the fragrance and the fragrance component of the fragrance are easily dispersed, the fragrance of the fragrance and the fragrance component are easily dispersed.
When the fragrance is not used, the impregnating material 13 may be taken out from the fragrance container 11 or may be returned to the fragrance container 11 after washing the impregnating material 13.

It is principal part sectional drawing of the humidifier which shows the Example of this invention. It is principal part sectional drawing of the periphery of the fragrance apparatus which shows the Example of this invention. It is principal part sectional drawing of the cap provided with the fragrance | flavor container which shows the Example of this invention. It is a top view of the cap provided with the fragrance | flavor container which shows the Example of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Frame 2 Tank 3 Water tank 4 Humidification air generation means 5 Humidification chamber 6 Blower 7 Humidification guide cylinder 8 Opening part 9 Cap 10 Outlet 11 Air freshener container 12 Container opening part 13 Impregnation material 14 Container lid 15 Opening

Claims (2)

In the frame 1, a tank 2 for storing water, a water tank 3 to which water is sent from the tank 2, a humidified air generating means 4 that receives the supply of water from the water tank 3 to generate humidified air, and a humidified air generating means 4 A humidifying chamber 5 to which the humidified air generated by the air is supplied, a blower 6 for sending air to the humidifying chamber 5, and a humidifying guide tube 7 for sending the humidified air from the humidifying chamber 5 by the air sent by the blower 6. While releasing the humidified air sent from the humidification chamber 5 out of the frame body 1 from the opening 8 provided in the upper part of the humidification guide cylinder 7 ,
A cap 9 is provided to cover the upper surface of the opening 8 of the humidifying guide cylinder 7;
In a humidifier provided on the upper surface of the cap 9 with an air outlet 10 for releasing humidified air from the humidifying guide tube 7 into the room, an air freshener container 11 for containing the air freshener, and a container opening 12 of the air freshener container 11 . ,
The outlet 10 is opened so that the direction of the humidified air is directed obliquely upward outside the cap 9,
The container opening 12 of the fragrance container 11 is disposed from the center of the cap 9 toward the side of the air outlet 10 opposite to the direction in which the humidified air is blown, and the opening surface of the container opening 12 is the direction in which the humidified air is blown out. And set the angle with the blowing direction of the humidified air to a predetermined angle or more by opening so as to face the diagonally upward outside on the opposite side ,
The fragrance container 11 is constituted by a flat concave portion formed in the cap 9,
The humidifier characterized by containing the impregnating material 13 impregnated with the fragrance in the fragrance container 11 . The humidifier according to claim 1 , wherein a container lid (14) that can be opened and closed is provided in the container opening (12) of the fragrance container (11), and the container lid (14) is provided with a plurality of openings (15).

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