JPH11211146A - Dehumidified water structure for electric dehumidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a total storage water amount by providing a diversion unit for sending a dehumidified water flowing down at a water receiving container from a drain pan to a second water receiving container provided out of an electric dehumidifier in the dehumidifier having the pan for receiving the dehumidified water and the water receiving container for storing the dehumidified water. SOLUTION: In the electric dehumidifier, a dehumidified water gathered at a drain pan 7 arranged under a cooler 3 is dropped to a water receiving container 8 arranged in a lower portion to be stored. And, the container filled to the brim with the water is sensed by a means for sensing a float or the like. In this case, a diversion unit 9 is provided above the container 8 in the dehumidifier under the pan 7. The water is diverted for storage to a second water receiving container 10 out of the dehumidifier and the container 8. When volumes of the containers 8, 10 are different, a center of a water dropping port of the pan 7 is deviated from a center of a water receiving port of the unit 9 to alter distribution amounts, thereby synchronizing two storage levels. According to this, stopping amounts of the waters filled in the containers 8, 10 to the brims of the dehumidifier can be enlarged, and its dehumidifying operation time can be prolonged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the extension of the operation time up to the stoppage of full water and the increase of the amount of stored water at the time of stoppage of full water in the treatment of drainage of dehumidified water in an electric dehumidifier.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional electric dehumidifier, as shown in FIG. 1, a dew tray is disposed below a cooler, and dehumidified water collected by the dew tray is dropped and stored in a water receiver disposed below. When the water is full, it stops automatically by means of weight detection or float detection. The water filling stop mechanism is released by discarding the water in the water receiver, and the operation is performed again.

[0003]

The dehumidification water drainage structure of the water receiver of the conventional electric dehumidifier has the following problems. That is, as the capacity of the dehumidifying capacity increases, the operation time from the start of operation to the stoppage of water filling becomes shorter, and when returning home from home, the situation has arisen in which the operation is stopped due to being full of water. To extend the operation time, it is possible to connect hoses from the dew tray below the cooler and to continuously drain water to the wastewater outlet, etc., but it is difficult to lay hoses etc. in general households. Many. Alternatively, it is possible to increase the capacity of the water receiver. However, the electric dehumidifier itself becomes large, the mold cost is newly required, and the weight of the water receiver at the time of water disposal is heavy, and the operability and mobility are high. Problems such as worsening occur.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a means for extending the dehumidifying operation time with a low investment cost without losing the simplicity of drainage operability by combining an electric dehumidifier with a second water receiver. is there.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a second water receiver outside the electric dehumidifier in addition to the water receiver of the conventional electric dehumidifier, so that the dehumidified water is electrically dehumidified. Distributing and storing dehumidified water using a water separator in two water receivers inside and outside the machine, thereby increasing the amount of water depletion of the water receiver of the electric dehumidifier and extending the dehumidifying operation time It is.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the invention shown in FIG. 2, dehumidified water falls from a dew tray to a water separator and is distributed to two water receivers provided inside and outside the dehumidifier, and the respective water receivers are provided. To be stored. Here, if the water is almost equally distributed to the two water receivers, the operation time until the water is stopped can be approximately doubled.

In the above second to fourth inventions, the water separator is made movable, and one water receiver is filled with water and then the other water receiver is filled with water. Fully-reserved storage.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the structure of a dehumidifier known in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-42526, in which a water receiver is provided below a dew tray 7.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the present invention. A water separator 9 is provided below a dew tray and above a water receiver 8 in a dehumidifier.
The second water receiver 10 and the water receiver 8 outside the dehumidifier perform water separation and storage respectively. When the volumes of the water receivers 8 and 10 are different, the center of the water outlet of the dew tray and the center of the water receiver of the diverter are shifted to change the distribution amount, and the two stored water levels are synchronized.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 has a rotating fulcrum and is fixed to the cabinet 1 of the dehumidifier or the dew tray 7 or the like. The diverter tilts the diverter 11 outside the dehumidifier by the weight of the float 10b and the float shaft, and gives priority to the flow of the dehumidified water in the second water receiver 10
Lead to. The float rises as the amount of water stored in the second water receiver increases. When the second water receiver is full, the water separator is tilted up outside the dehumidifier as shown in FIG.
All water is sent to the water receiver in the dehumidifier.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of the present invention in a state in which the second water receiver is not set, and the center of gravity of the water separator 11 drops into the water receiver 8 in the dehumidifier from the rotation fulcrum. As the mouth side, a slope for automatically sending water to the water receiver 8 is ensured.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which the dehumidification water inlet hole of the second water receiver is dented in a bag shape, and the tip of a flexible hose is directly pushed into the dehumidification water inlet hole for use. FIG. 7 shows an example of the shape of the tip portion of the flexible hose. When the tip of the flexible hose is pushed into the second water receiver 13, a gap is created between the nozzle 12c and the tip cap 12d, and the dehumidified water passes through the water separator 14 and the flexible hose 12, and the second water receiver. 13 can be dropped and stored. When the storage of the second water receiver proceeds to the bag-shaped dent, the flow of the air in the water receiver to the flexible hose is cut off and the second water receiver becomes full. After the dehumidifying water fills the flexible hose, it flows down to a water receiver in the dehumidifier.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Inexpensive because the total amount of water stored in the two water receivers can be increased by dividing and storing the dehumidified water in the second water receiver provided outside the dehumidifier without changing the size and shape of the electric dehumidifier. The operating time of the dehumidifier can be extended at a low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a structure of a conventional dehumidifier.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a dehumidifier according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view when the movable type shown in FIG. 2 is used.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure when the second water receiver in FIG. 2 is full.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure when the second water receiver is not provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a dehumidifier according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of a nozzle portion according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cabinet, 2 ... Compressor, 3 ... Evaporator, 4 ... Condenser, 5 ... Fan, 6 ... Fan motor, 7 ... Dew tray, 8 ...
Water receiver, 9,11,14 ... Diverter, 10,13 ... Second
Water receiver, 10a ... float guide, 10b ... float, 10c ... float shaft, 11a ... rotation fulcrum, 1
2. Flexible hose, 12a ... fitting, 12b ... coil spring, 12c ... nozzle, 12d ... tip cap.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Kazunori Aoki, 709, Tomita, Odaicho, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi Prefecture 2 Within Hitachi Tochigi Electronics Co., Ltd. (72) Etsuro Kawashima 709, Tomita, Ohira-cho, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi (2) Inside Hitachi Tochigi Electronics Co., Ltd. (72) Kikuharu Takahashi 709, Tomita, Odai-cho, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi Prefecture 2 Inside Hitachi Tochigi Electronics Co., Ltd. No.2 within Hitachi Tochigi Electronics Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electric dehumidifier comprising a dew receiving tray for receiving dehumidified water and a water receiver for storing dehumidified water, wherein the dehumidified water flowing down from the dew receiver to the water receiver is provided outside the electric dehumidifier. 2. A dehumidified water structure of an electric dehumidifier, comprising a water separator capable of supplying water to the second water receiver.