KR101978562B1 - Humidifier with built-in ionizer - Google Patents

Abstract

An ionizer built-in humidifier device comprising: an ionizer for generating anion particles; Water particles or water vapor generators; An anion particle produced by the ionizer and a fan blowing air to cause water particles or water particles generated by the water vapor generator or water vapor to be discharged to the outside of the humidifier device; And a magnetic field coil wound on an outer wall of the body of the humidifier device or wound around the outer wall of the body so that anion particles emitted to the outside of the humidifier device by the magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the magnetic field coil are wound around the periphery of the humidifier device Wherein the ionizer is configured to be trapped in the ionizer built-in humidifier.

Description

HUMIDIFIER WITH BUILT-IN IONIZER}

The present invention relates to a built-in ionizer-type humidifier, more specifically, to an apparatus for sterilizing water and air in a water tank by incorporating an ionizer capable of emitting an anion into the humidifier, To raise the magnetic field coil around the humidifier, Ionizer built-in humidifier is about.

Generally, a humidifier is a device that emits water particles or water vapor by electricity so as to prevent respiratory disturbance and disease by keeping the room air at an appropriate humidity. The humidifier may be implemented in various manners depending on the manner in which water particles or water vapor are produced. For example, a centrifugal atomizing type humidifier that blows inhaled water by centrifugal force and impinges it into the air by granulating it, and generates an electric signal of a certain frequency in an electric circuit, so that the size of the vibrator placed in the water changes, An ultrasonic humidifier that generates water particles to a blower, an electrothermal humidifier that generates water vapor by heating water with a heater or an electrode, a filter that evaporates water by passing air through a wet filter, and a humidifier .

Among them, the ultrasonic humidifier has a problem that the size of the water particles scattered during humidification is relatively large, so that the convection is not smoothly performed in the room. In the case of the electric humidifier, the sterilizing effect on the bacteria is excellent, There was a problem. Accordingly, recently, a combined type humidifier has been introduced in which water is heated to a predetermined temperature and then vaporized and discharged using an ultrasonic vibrator.

On the other hand, as a result of recent studies on the human body of anions, it has become common sense that anions have a very beneficial effect on the human body. In other words, the anion affects the potential of the cell membrane, thereby promoting the exchange of substances and stimulating the metabolic activation. As a result, the autonomic nerve is stabilized and the activity of the sympathetic nerve is inhibited. In addition, anion has a sterilizing effect, and various types of ionizer (ion generator) and an air purifier employing such anion are being studied.

However, since the above-described humidifier and ionizer are usually provided separately, the space occupied in the room is increased, the purchase cost is increased, and it is difficult for the user to clean and maintain each device.

In addition, the anions discharged from the humidifier water tank through the discharge port together with the water particles usually combine with cations and the like in the air and disappear within a short time, so that it has been difficult to maintain the concentration of anions around the humidifier at a somewhat high level .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a humidifier incorporating an ionizer. That is, an ionizer capable of emitting negative ions is built in the humidifier, and anion generated by the ionizer is used to sterilize water and air in the water tank. In addition, by winding a magnetic field coil around the humidifier and flowing a current therethrough to form a constant magnetic field, the anions emitted to the outside of the humidifier are trapped in the space of influence of the magnetic field so that the concentration of anions around the humidifier is maintained at a predetermined high level I will.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an ionizer built-in humidifier apparatus, comprising: an ionizer for generating anion particles; Water particles or water vapor generators; An anion particle produced by the ionizer and a fan blowing air to cause water particles or water particles generated by the water vapor generator or water vapor to be discharged to the outside of the humidifier device; And a magnetic field coil wound on the outer wall of the main body of the humidifier device or wound around the outer wall of the main body so as to be wound on the outer wall of the main body of the humidifier device. The magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the magnetic field coil causes the anion particles, Characterized in that it is trapped in the vicinity of a humidifier built-in humidifier device.

Further, by controlling the current flowing through the magnetic field coil of the ionizer built-in humidifier device, the intensity of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field coil can be controlled.

In addition, the ionizer built-in humidifier device may further include a water tank, and the magnetic field coil may be wound on the entire outer wall of the water tank, or may be wound on the outer wall of the water tank.

In addition, the anion particles introduced into the water tank by the wind by the blowing fan of the ionizer built-in humidifier device can clean water and air in the water tank, thereby preventing contamination in the water tank.

In addition, the ionizer built-in humidifier device includes an ultrasonic humidifier, an electrothermal humidifier, a combined humidifier in which the functions of an ultrasonic humidifier and an electric humidifier coexist, a filter evaporative humidifier which evaporates water by passing air through a wet filter, (Centrifugal atomizing) humidifier that blows water by centrifugal force and impinges it to granulate it into the air.

In addition, the ionizer built-in humidifier device may further include a sensor for detecting the state of the ionizer and informing the time when the ionizer is to be cleaned.

In addition, the ionizer is removable from the ionizer built-in humidifier device.

In addition, the ionizer can be selectively activated or deactivated depending on the user's operation.

In addition, the ionizer built-in humidifier unit includes a portable small humidifier, and the portable humidifier can be powered through a USB (Universal Serial Bus) terminal.

According to the present invention, it is possible to integrate an ionizer capable of emitting negative ions into the humidifier, thereby achieving the effect of reducing the occupied space, lowering the purchase cost, and reducing the burden of maintenance of the user.

Further, the effect of enabling the concentration of the anion around the humidifier to be maintained at a predetermined high level by the magnetic field formed by the current flowing through the magnetic field coil wound around the humidifier can be achieved.

1 is a view showing an internal structure of an ionizer built-in type humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an ionizer module included in an ionizer built-in humidifier according to one embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a configuration in which an ionizer of an ionizer built-in type humidifier is attached and detached according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing an example of an operation pad of a humidifier including an ionizer activation button Ion;

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The various embodiments of the present invention will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Various modifications may be made to the various embodiments of the invention. Although specific embodiments have been disclosed herein, it is not intended to limit the various embodiments of the invention to the specific embodiments. In the description of the drawings, like reference numerals have been used for like elements.

Or " may " may be used in various embodiments of the present invention to indicate the presence of the disclosed function, operation, or element, and may include additional features, acts, Not limited. Also, in various embodiments of the invention, the terms "comprise" or "having", etc., are intended to indicate that there are features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts or combinations thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.

The expression " or " or " at least one of A and / or B " in various embodiments of the present invention includes any and all combinations of words listed together. For example, each of "A or B" or "at least one of A and / or B" may comprise A, comprise B, or both A and B.

The expressions " first ", " second " and the like used in various embodiments of the present invention can modify various elements of various embodiments, but do not limit the elements. For example, the above expression does not limit the order of the corresponding components or the like. The expression is used to distinguish one component from another. For example, both the first user equipment and the second user equipment are user equipment and represent different user equipment. For example, without departing from the scope of the various embodiments of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

Also, when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it is to be understood that any element may be directly connected or connected to the other element, It is to be understood that there may be other elements between the element and the other element. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being " directly connected " or " directly connected " to another element, it can be understood that no other element exists between the element and the other element have.

The terminology used in the various embodiments of the present invention is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the various embodiments of the present invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the various embodiments of the present invention belong. In general, the same terms as those defined in the dictionary used should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art, and unless otherwise clearly defined in the various embodiments of the present invention, It is not interpreted as a meaning.

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Hereinafter, the structure of the ionizer built-in humidifier 100 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the fan module 120 included in the ionizer built-in humidifier 100 according to the present invention will be described. 1, the blowing fan module 120 is installed at an upper portion of the air inlet 110 for sucking air from the outside, and blows the sucked air to the ionizer module 130 and the water tank 160. The anion particles generated in the ionizer module 130 and the water particles in the atomized state generated by the ultrasonic vibrator 150 are guided by the wind by the blowing fan module 120 in the air blowing direction 180 to the outside of the humidifier 100.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, the blowing fan module 120 may include a filter member for filtering the air sucked from the air inlet 110, and a fan motor for rotating the blowing fan. The filter member may be installed in the air inlet 110 according to a specific operating environment, and the blower fan may be waterproofed through the coating. In addition, particularly when the user is in a sleeping state, quiet operation of the humidifier is required, and therefore, a low-noise type motor is preferably employed as such a fan motor. The filter member may also include a primary filter that removes relatively large particles of dust in the air and a secondary filter that removes fine dust from the air. As the primary filter, a mesh-type chlorination filter or the like can be employed, and as the secondary filter, a HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) filter or the like can be preferably employed.

Next, the ionizer module 130 included in the ionizer built-in humidifier 100 according to the present invention will be described.

As described above, it should be noted that the anion particles generated by the ionizer module 130 have a certain degree of sterilization effect. Since a water tank or a main body of a conventional humidifier is composed of various electronic circuits together, there is a possibility that the internal washing is not easy and the bacteria may reproduce in the water tank accordingly. Therefore, attempts have been made to prevent the propagation of bacteria by adding various liquid chemical products such as humidifier disinfectants to water in the water tank, but specific components of these chemical products may be very hazardous to the human body, and safer alternatives have been sought . The anion particles generated by the ionizer module 130 according to the present invention may be a highly preferable alternative from the viewpoint of harmlessness to the human body. Referring to FIG. 2, Describe the principle.

2 (a) and 2 (b), airborne particles are ionized by corona discharge when a high voltage is applied between the discharge electrode and the ground electrode in the air which is regarded as an insulator, thereby generating anion particles.

A corona discharge is generated at the tip of the metal pin shown in FIG. 2 (a), and as the number of such points increases, the number of generated anionic particles increases. In FIG. 2 (a), only one tangent point is shown for convenience of explanation. However, in actual implementation, a plurality of metal fins are mounted in the ionizer module 130 for generating a plurality of negative ion particles. Further, in accordance with the concrete operating environment, the metal pin and the metal plate of Fig. 2 (a) may be replaced with the metal wire of Fig. 2 (b) and the metal mesh.

In order to generate a larger number of negative ions, a brush-shaped carbon fiber may be used as shown in Fig. 2 (c). That is, it increases the number of anionic particles generated by drastically increasing the number of peaks in the form of a brush and the range of anion particle generation region. Further, as shown in Fig. 2 (d), the plasma discharge principle may be employed.

In each of the discharge structures shown in Fig. 2, the ionization efficiency can be improved by adjusting the distance between the discharge electrode and the counter electrode according to a specific operating environment.

Several embodiments of the ionizer module 130 capable of generating anion particles have been described above. It should be noted, however, that this is merely an example, and that the present invention is not limited to these specific examples, and that the ionizer module 130 having various structures can be employed as long as it can emit an appropriate number of anion particles.

On the other hand, the negative electrode shown in FIG. 2 continuously generates negatively charged negative ions through a corona discharge or a plasma discharge, which inevitably attracts positively charged dust particles. In order to prevent this, as described above, the filter member is attached to the air blowing fan module 120 and the air inlet 110 to prevent the inflow of dust particles. However, when the ionizer module 130 is operated for a long time, 2 (c) of the carbon fiber starts to adhere slowly to the end portion of the carbon fiber, and if this state continues, normal discharge will not occur. Further, when this state is left for a longer period of time, the dust particles may be stuck to the cusp of the cathode, so that the ionizer module 130 may no longer be operated.

In order to extend the service life of the ionizer module 130, it is inevitable to clean the ionizer module 130 regularly. In this case, the ionizer module 130, as shown in FIG. 3, (100). That is, when it is recognized that the discharge electrode needs to be cleaned by a sensor (not shown) that continuously monitors the condition of the ionizer module 130, the user can easily remove the ionizer module 130 from the humidifier 100 The discharge electrode and the like may be separated and then mounted on the humidifier 100 again.

In addition, the user may desire to use only the humidifier function of the humidifier 100 and not to use the anion particle generation function by the ionizer module 130, depending on the use environment and necessity. In the present invention, as shown in Fig. 4, the present invention separately arranges the &quot; Ion &quot; button on the operation pad of the humidifier 100 to selectively activate or deactivate only the anion particle generation function by the start of the ionizer module 130 It may be deactivated.

Next, the driving circuit 140 shown in Fig. 1 will be described.

The driving circuit 140 receives external power and applies appropriate operating power to each of the ultrasonic vibrator 150, the ionizer module 130 and the blowing fan module 120 for converting water into water particles in an atomized state do. The driving circuit 140 may include a power supply control circuit for controlling the size of the power supply by the ON / OFF operation of the power supply of the humidifier operated by the user and the adjustment operation of the humidification amount. This driving circuit 140 can be appropriately waterproofed according to a specific operating environment.

Next, the ultrasonic vibrator 150 shown in Fig. 1 will be described.

1, the ultrasonic transducer 150 is provided on the bottom surface of the water tank, and is made of piezoelectric ceramics or the like. The ultrasonic transducer 150 is a material whose shape changes when an electric current flows. The ultrasonic transducer 150 typically has a frequency of 0.3 MHz to 25 MHz. When an AC current is passed through the ultrasonic transducer 150, the size of the vibrator changes according to the frequency, and the diaphragm vibrates accordingly to generate vibration in the water. That is, when power is supplied to the ultrasonic vibrator 150, the vibrator vibrates from the bottom surface of the water, and water molecules in the water collide with each other to transmit vibration energy between the molecules. When the vibration energy reaches the surface of the water, the water particles on the surface of the water rises above the surface of the water in the form of fine particles. The fine water particles protruding from the surface of the water are discharged to the outside of the humidifier by the wind generated from the blowing fan module 120 of the humidifier.

Note that although the ultrasonic vibrator 150 has been described as an example of means for generating water particles or water vapor, the means for generating water particles or water vapor according to the present invention is not limited to the ultrasonic vibrator 150 described above. That is, depending on the principle of generating water particles or water vapor, there are humidifiers such as centrifugal atomization type, electrothermal type, filter vaporization type, etc., and the present invention includes humidifiers of these various aspects. Therefore, it will be understood by a person skilled in the art that, for example, a heater can be employed as the water particle or water vapor generating means in the electric heating type humidifier, and a centrifugal rotor can be employed in the centrifugal atomizing type humidifier.

Next, the magnetic field coil 170 wound around the water tray 160 will be described.

The magnetic field coil 170 is a component for trapping anion particles around the humidifier 100 that are discharged with water particles or water vapor through the outlet 180 by forming a magnetic field around the magnetic field coil through the current .

As described above, many researches have revealed that anionic particles in the air have a very beneficial effect on the human body. Specifically, the anion inhibits the activity of active oxygen in the body and has an antioxidant function to prevent aging. In addition, acts on the cerebrum to control serotonin (serotonin) concentration to relieve anxiety or tension. Studies have shown that when an adequate amount of anion in the atmosphere increases, blood circulation and metabolism become active and immunity increases.

The indoor environment of modern society can be contaminated by various chemical substances, fine dust and automobile exhaust gas flowing from the outside, and such pollutants tend to be cationic particles. When these cationic particles are absorbed into the body, they weaken cell activity and cause various diseases.

Therefore, it is very beneficial to the human body to introduce the anion particles into the room at a level similar to that in a clean natural environment.

Accordingly, in the present invention, the ionizer module 130 is embedded in the humidifier 100 to discharge the anion particles along with the discharge of the water particles or water vapor. However, the anion particles discharged to the outside of the discharge port 180 of the humidifier 100, Or disappear due to neutralization when they are encountered with cationic particles or the like. 1, the magnetic field coil 170 is wound on the outer wall of the water tray 160 or the outer wall of the water tray 160, and a magnetic field is formed by flowing a current through the magnetic field coil 170. As a result, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt; anion &lt; / RTI &gt; Accordingly, a significant concentration of negative ions can be trapped and maintained around the humidifier 100, depending on the strength of the appropriate magnetic field, which is particularly important for portable users, such as portable small humidifiers used in USB (Universal Serial Bus) It can be very beneficial in the type of small humidifier used in close proximity to.

1 and 3, the magnetic field coil 170 is wound around a part of the water tank 160. However, the present invention is not limited to such a structure. That is, it should be noted that the magnetic field coil 170 may be configured to surround the entire outer wall of the water tank 160 and to surround the entire outer wall of the humidifier 100. The magnetic field coil 170 may be embedded in the outer wall of the water tank or the humidifier 100. It should also be noted that the intensity of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field coil 170 is adjustable by adjusting the amount of current flowing through the magnetic field coil 170. [

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Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, variously described components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented in hardware or software is determined by the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. One of ordinary skill in the art can implement the described functionality in a variety of ways for each particular application and each such implementation should be construed as not departing from the scope of the exemplary embodiments of the invention.

The various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the exemplary embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented or performed with a specific language, such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a digital signal processor (DSP), a digital signal processing device (DSPD) logic devices, FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays), general purpose processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components , Or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented in combination with, for example, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other configuration computing device.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the exemplary embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination have. The software module may be a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, a read only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), a register, a hard disk, ROM or any other form of well-known storage medium. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such that the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In addition, the processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC. The ASIC may also reside within the user terminal. In the alternative, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a user terminal.

The previous description of the disclosed exemplary embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention. Various modifications to these exemplary embodiments will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art and the generic principles defined herein may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Can be applied.

Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited to the embodiments disclosed herein, but the scope of the following claims should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent structures and functions.

100: humidifier
110: air inlet
120: blower fan module
130: ionizer module
140: driving circuit
150: Ultrasonic vibrator
160: aquarium
170: magnetic field coil
180: Outlet

Claims (9)

As an ionizer built-in humidifier device,
An ionizer for generating anion particles;
Water particles or water vapor generators;
An anion particle generated by the ionizer, and a fan blowing air to cause water particles or water vapor generated by the water particles or the water vapor generator to be discharged to the outside of the ionomer built-in humidifier device;
A magnetic field coil wound on an outer wall of the main body of the ionizer built-in humidifier device or embedded in the outer wall of the main body; And
The water contains the water tank,
An anion particle emitted to the outside of the ionizer built-in type humidifier device is trapped in the vicinity of the ionizer built-in humidifier device by a magnetic field generated by a current flowing in the magnetic field coil,
Wherein the magnetic field coil is wound on the whole or a part of the outer wall of the water tank, or is wound around the outer wall of the water tank. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the intensity of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field coil can be controlled by adjusting the current flowing through the magnetic field coil. delete 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the anion particles introduced into the water tank by the wind by the blowing fan clean water and air in the water tank to prevent contamination in the water tank. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The ionizer built-in humidifier device includes an ultrasonic humidifier, an electrothermal humidifier, a combined humidifier in which the ultrasonic humidifier and the electric humidifier function together, a filter-evaporative humidifier which evaporates water by passing air through a wet filter And a centrifugal atomizing type humidifier which blows water by centrifugal force to impinge on the particles to be discharged into the air. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the ionizer built-in type humidifier apparatus further comprises a sensor for detecting a state of the ionizer and informing the time when the ionizer is to be cleaned. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the ionizer is removable from the ionizer built-in humidifier device. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the ionizer is selectively activated or deactivated according to a user's operation. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The ionizer built-in humidifier device includes a portable small humidifier,
Wherein the portable small humidifier is supplied with power through a USB (Universal Serial Bus) terminal.

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