KR102025203B1 - A humidifier with air cleaning function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention humidifier body; And a water reservoir attached to and detached from the humidifier main body, wherein the humidifier main body comprises: a first ultrasonic oscillating unit positioned in a first predetermined region of the humidifier main body; A second ultrasonic oscillator positioned adjacent to the first ultrasonic oscillator and positioned in a second predetermined region of the humidifier main body, wherein the first ultrasonic oscillator comprises: a first ultrasonic oscillator; And a gas supply member coupled to the first ultrasonic oscillator, wherein the second ultrasonic oscillator includes a second ultrasonic oscillator, and the gas supply member comprises: a storage cylinder configured to store raw materials; And positioned on one side of the reservoir, and includes a lid for opening and closing the reservoir, by the ultrasonic vibration of the first ultrasonic oscillator, the raw material is gasified, the gas includes hydrogen peroxide vapor and water vapor, The second ultrasonic oscillator is in contact with the water supplied from the water reservoir, the humidifier, characterized in that to steam the water in contact with the second ultrasonic oscillator, therefore, in the present invention, the humidifier excellent in air purification function Can provide.

Description

A humidifier with air cleaning function

The present invention relates to a humidifier including an air purifying function, and more particularly to a humidifier having an excellent air purifying function.

In general, indoor air can prevent respiratory disorders and diseases by maintaining a moderate humidity (about 60%), it is possible to maintain a comfortable indoor atmosphere. There is no suitable vapor element in the room and it tends to dry at high temperatures. In this case, the humidity in the air can be controlled with a humidifier. The water is sprayed into the room by granulating clean water by electricity.

This type of humidifier is a centrifugal spray type humidifier (遠 心 噴霧 式: a method in which the inhaled water is blown into a centrifugal force to hit and granulate), ultrasonic humidifier (electric circuit generates a certain frequency of electric signal and delivers it to the vibrator in the water When ultrasonic waves are generated, the cavitation occurs by cavitation (a vacuum phenomenon behind a propeller, etc.), an electrothermal humidifier (a method of generating steam by heating water with a heater or electrode), and a filter. Evaporative humidifiers (a method of evaporating water by passing air through a wet filter).

In addition, the air purifier purifies the air, and functions to inhale polluted air into the fan and to collect fine dust or bacteria up to about 0.01 μm by a filter to deodorize body odor or smell.

At this time, there are three types of filters: a mechanical filter which collects using moltenprene or glass fibers, a high performance filter which collects fine particles using glass fibers and cellulose fibers, and a deodorizing filter using activated carbon.

In addition, an electrostatic precipitator which is added to these filters to collect dust by charging dust by a high-pressure discharge may be used together.

Recently, in order to meet the needs of consumers, a multifunctional humidifier having the above-described humidification function and air purifying function has been developed.

However, globally, there is a growing number of consumers who want to purchase a multi-functional humidifier that combines humidification and air purification with the effects of ultra-fine dust or yellow dust, but most of the multi-functional humidifiers that combine humidification and air purification are The function is greatly reduced.

Korea Patent Publication 10-2016-0139747

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a humidifier with excellent air purification function.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects which are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a humidifier body; And a water reservoir attached to and detached from the humidifier main body, wherein the humidifier main body comprises: a first ultrasonic oscillating unit positioned in a first predetermined region of the humidifier main body; A second ultrasonic oscillator positioned adjacent to the first ultrasonic oscillator and positioned in a second predetermined region of the humidifier main body, wherein the first ultrasonic oscillator comprises: a first ultrasonic oscillator; And a gas supply member coupled to the first ultrasonic oscillator, wherein the second ultrasonic oscillator includes a second ultrasonic oscillator, and the gas supply member comprises: a storage cylinder configured to store raw materials; And positioned on one side of the reservoir, and includes a lid for opening and closing the reservoir, by the ultrasonic vibration of the first ultrasonic oscillator, the raw material is gasified, the gas includes hydrogen peroxide vapor and water vapor, The second ultrasonic oscillator is in contact with the water supplied from the water reservoir, to provide a humidifier, characterized in that to vaporize the water in contact with the second ultrasonic oscillator.

In addition, the present invention, the storage cylinder, the upper surface of the storage cylinder; And a storage space provided inside the storage container, wherein the lid part comprises: a lid body; And a porous membrane positioned inside the lid body. The raw material provides a humidifier including a nanoparticle and a catalyst of hydrogen peroxide, manganese or iron oxide.

In addition, the present invention, the humidifier main body, a blower located in a third predetermined region of the humidifier body; A space part positioned in a fourth predetermined region of the humidifier main body; And a discharge port communicating with the space part of the humidifier main body, and further comprising a plasma generation part positioned in a predetermined region of the discharge hole.

According to the present invention as described above, and includes a first ultrasonic oscillator 210 including a first ultrasonic oscillator 211 and a gas supply member 230 coupled to the first ultrasonic oscillator 211, the By the ultrasonic vibration of the first ultrasonic oscillator 211, to vaporize the raw material stored in the reservoir 231 of the gas supply member 230, the gas contains hydrogen peroxide vapor and water vapor, contaminating the outside air In the case of air, the polluted air may be first purified through the hydrogen peroxide vapor.

In addition, the hydrogen peroxide vapor is discharged to the outside through the discharge port, it is possible to secondary purify the air contaminated through the hydrogen peroxide vapor.

In addition, in the present invention, the plasma generating unit 270 is installed in the discharge hole 260, and plasma particles (electron + ion + various radicals) are discharged through the discharge hole, thereby contaminating the plasma particles. Can purify the air.

Therefore, the present invention can provide a humidifier with excellent air purifying function.

Figure 1a is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a humidifier including an air purifying function according to the present invention, Figure 1b is a cross-sectional view showing a state of use of the humidifier including an air purifying function according to the present invention.
2 is an enlarged view showing a first ultrasonic wave oscillation unit according to the present invention.
3 is an exemplary view showing a method in which an electrode is provided on an inner surface of a nozzle as a discharge port.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various forms. It is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the present invention is defined only by the scope of the claims.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Regardless of the drawings, the same reference numbers refer to the same components, and “and / or” includes each and every combination of one or more of the items mentioned.

Although the first, second, etc. are used to describe various components, these components are of course not limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. Therefore, of course, the first component mentioned below may be a second component within the technical spirit of the present invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, "comprises" and / or "comprising" does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components in addition to the mentioned components.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in the present specification may be used in a sense that can be commonly understood by those skilled in the art. In addition, the terms defined in the commonly used dictionaries are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless they are specifically defined clearly.

The spatially relative terms " below ", " beneath ", " lower ", " above ", " upper " It can be used to easily describe a component's correlation with other components. Spatially relative terms are to be understood as including terms in different directions of components in use or operation in addition to the directions shown in the figures. For example, when flipping a component shown in the drawing, a component described as "below" or "beneath" of another component may be placed "above" the other component. Can be. Thus, the exemplary term "below" can encompass both an orientation of above and below. The components can be oriented in other directions as well, so that spatially relative terms can be interpreted according to the orientation.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1a is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a humidifier including an air purifying function according to the present invention, Figure 1b is a cross-sectional view showing a state of use of the humidifier including an air purifying function according to the present invention.

First, referring to Figure 1a, the humidifier 100 having an air purifying function according to the present invention, the humidifier main body 200; And a water reservoir 110 detachably attached to the humidifier body 200.

In addition, the humidifier main body 200, the first ultrasonic wave oscillator 210 is located in a first predetermined region, for example, the first lower region of the humidifier main body 200; A second ultrasonic oscillator 220 is disposed adjacent to the first ultrasonic oscillator 210 and positioned in a second predetermined region, for example, a second lower region of the humidifier main body 200.

In this case, the first ultrasonic oscillator 210 includes a first ultrasonic oscillator 211 and a gas supply member 230 coupled to the first ultrasonic oscillator 211, and the second ultrasonic oscillator 220. Includes a second ultrasonic oscillator 221, and the second ultrasonic oscillator 221 contacts water supplied from the water reservoir 110 to vaporize water contacted with the second ultrasonic oscillator 221. You can.

Generation of the ultrasonic wave through the first ultrasonic wave oscillator and the second ultrasonic wave oscillator is obvious in the art, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 is an enlarged view showing a first ultrasonic wave oscillation unit according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, as described above, the first ultrasonic oscillator 210 includes a first ultrasonic oscillator 211 and a gas supply member 230 coupled to the first ultrasonic oscillator 211. .

The gas supply member 230 is a reservoir 231; And positioned on one side of the reservoir 231, and includes a lid portion 232 for opening and closing the reservoir 231.

More specifically, the reservoir 231 includes a reservoir 231a having an upper surface opened and a storage space 231b provided inside the reservoir 231a.

At this time, the storage space 231b is stored a raw material for generating a gas for the air purification function, the raw material is a catalyst such as hydrogen peroxide (H ₂ O ₂ + H ₂ O), manganese or iron oxide, antibacterial and sterilization It may include nanoparticles, such as silver nanoparticles that can improve properties.

Therefore, in the present invention, the raw material is gasified by the ultrasonic vibration of the first ultrasonic oscillator 211, and the gas may include hydrogen peroxide vapor and water vapor.

On the other hand, the hydrogen peroxide water may be 10% to 30% of the concentration of hydrogen peroxide relative to water, in the present invention is not limited to the hydrogen peroxide concentration in the hydrogen peroxide water.

In addition, the lid part 232 for opening and closing the reservoir 231 includes a lid body 232a and a porous membrane 232b positioned inside the lid body 232a.

The lid body 232a is coupled to the opened upper surface of the reservoir 231a and preferably made of a plastic material so as to be coupled to the opened upper surface of the reservoir 231a.

In this case, the porous membrane 232b located inside the lid body 232a does not pass liquid, but when the liquid is gasified by ultrasonic vibration, the gas corresponds to a membrane that passes.

Therefore, the raw material is gasified by the ultrasonic vibration of the first ultrasonic oscillator 211, the gas, that is, hydrogen peroxide vapor and water vapor passes through the porous membrane 232b, the gas supply member 230 The gas may supply gas to an inner region of the humidifier main body 200.

On the other hand, the raw material stored in the gas supply member 230 may be diversified or refilled according to the needs of the user, otherwise, it may be made into a disposable container, and may be discarded after one use, You can choose various ways to use according to your convenience.

Subsequently, referring to FIG. 1A, the humidifier main body 200 includes a blower 240 positioned in a third predetermined region, for example, the first lower region of the humidifier main body 200.

The blower 240 inhales outside air and injects air into an internal region of the humidifier main body 200. When the outside air is contaminated air, the ultrasonic wave of the first ultrasonic oscillator 211 as described above is used. Hydrogen peroxide vapors generated by vibrations can be used to purify contaminated air first.

Therefore, the humidifier main body 200 according to the present invention includes a space part 250 positioned in a fourth predetermined region of the humidifier main body 200, for example, the first one side upper region, and the blower 240 Air outlet 251 for supplying the outside air sucked from the to the space 250.

In this case, the air outlet 251 is preferably located in the space between the first ultrasonic oscillator 210 and the second ultrasonic oscillator 220, and, therefore, through the air outlet 251, the humidifier body When the outside air is blown into the space 250 of the 200, the gas generated by the ultrasonic vibration of the first ultrasonic oscillator 211 and the second ultrasonic oscillator 221 together with the blown outside air. Water vapor generated by the ultrasonic vibration of the can move.

Subsequently, referring to FIG. 1A, the humidifier main body 200 includes a discharge port 260 in communication with the space part 250 of the humidifier main body 200.

The discharge port 260 may be configured in the form of a nozzle, in order to accelerate the speed of the air flow passing through the discharge port, may be configured in a narrower diameter, but in the present invention, the shape of the discharge port It is not intended to limit.

In addition, the humidifier main body 200 according to the present invention includes a plasma generator 270 positioned in a predetermined region of the discharge port 260.

In general, plasma has been regarded as a technology that plays a leading role in semiconductor manufacturing, but in recent years, much research has been conducted on a fusion technology for applying plasma for biological use.

Therefore, various plasma generators have been developed to treat skin diseases by treating the human body, promote hair growth, and obtain an effect of sterilizing air or objects.

Plasma generation basically uses DC or low frequency alternating current to discharge the atmosphere. Typically, DC-AC inverters with frequencies from tens of Hz to tens of kHz are used. In addition, plasma may be generated by discharging the atmosphere itself by high frequency RF and / or microwave discharge using a semiconductor oscillation element.

In the present invention, the plasma generating unit 270 is preferably installed at the discharge port 260. When the discharge hole is in the form of a nozzle, the plasma generating unit 270 may be installed inside the outlet nozzle side.

The operation principle of the plasma generator 270 is that plasma generated inside the steam discharge nozzle is discharged in the form of wind through the discharge port by plasma particles (electrons + ions + various radicals).

The amount of plasma particles generated by the atmospheric discharge can be adjusted by controlling the voltage and the plasma current applied to the electrode.

3 is an exemplary view showing a method in which an electrode is provided on an inner surface of a nozzle which is a discharge port.

There are various ways of generating plasma, and FIG. 3 (a) shows an electrode configuration of a direct discharge plasma generation method. This is the case where the plasma electrode 500 is provided in four places on the inner surface of the discharge nozzle. The electrodes are preferably in a radial arrangement.

Fix the tungsten needle 510 to the outlet nozzle inner surface of the housing and fix the annular ground electrode 520 at a slight distance d (which may be from 1 to 10 mm, but not limited) toward the back of the outlet at the needle tip. . A high voltage is applied to the tungsten needle 510, and the annular ground electrode 520 is grounded to generate a plasma between the tungsten needle 510 and the annular ground electrode 520. The tungsten has a diameter of several millimeters (which can be from 1 to 10 mm but not limited to) and has a pointed needle shape. The tungsten needle 510 applies power through an inverter through a safety capacitor CB. The interval d between the tip of the tungsten needle 510 and the ground electrode 520 is preferably about 1 mm. The tungsten needle 510 is subjected to a voltage of 1 to 3 kV at a frequency of several tens of kHz to generate a discharge between the tip of the tungsten needle 510 and the ground electrode 520 to generate a high density glow plasma. These plasma exit the outlet nozzle along with moisture into the plasma wind by vibrators inside the housing. The tungsten needles 510 may be deformed to four or less when disposed radially. As the precipitation electrode, in addition to tungsten, an alloy material for discharge or platinum, titanium, or the like may be used.

FIG. 3 (b) shows that a plasma source of a dielectric layer barrier discharge method using a dielectric such as a glass plate is applied. The plasma generator is installed in four places on the inner surface of the discharge port. The metal electrode 530 is provided in a plate shape on the lower surface of the dielectric 535 made of glass or quartz plate, and the ground electrode 540 is provided in the form of a wire in the longitudinal direction on the upper surface of the dielectric 535. In this embodiment, a glass plate is used, and the ground electrode 540 is grounded and power is applied to the metal electrode 530 to generate a plasma around the ground wire by using a dielectric barrier discharge (Dielectric Barrier Discharge).

The thickness of the dielectric 535 is preferably about 1 mm, and the voltage applied to the plate of the metal electrode 530 is 1 to 3 kV at a frequency of several tens of kHz.

In FIG. 3, the electrode is installed on the inner surface of the nozzle, which is the discharge port. However, the present invention is not limited to the method of installing the electrode.

As described above, the present invention includes a first ultrasonic oscillator 210 including a first ultrasonic oscillator 211 and a gas supply member 230 coupled to the first ultrasonic oscillator 211. One ultrasonic wave oscillator 211, by gasifying the raw material stored in the reservoir 231 of the gas supply member 230, the gas contains hydrogen peroxide vapor and water vapor, contaminated by the outside air In the case of air, the polluted air may be first purified through the hydrogen peroxide vapor.

In addition, the hydrogen peroxide vapor is discharged to the outside through the discharge port, it is possible to secondary purify the air contaminated through the hydrogen peroxide vapor.

In addition, in the present invention, the plasma generating unit 270 is installed in the discharge hole 260, and plasma particles (electron + ion + various radicals) are discharged through the discharge hole, thereby contaminating the plasma particles. Can purify the air.

Therefore, the present invention can provide a humidifier with excellent air purifying function.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. You will understand that. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive.

Claims (3)

Humidifier body; And
It includes a water reservoir detachable to the humidifier body,
The humidifier main body may include a first ultrasonic oscillator located in a first predetermined region of the humidifier main body; Located adjacent to the first ultrasonic oscillator, and includes a second ultrasonic oscillator located in a second predetermined region of the humidifier body,
The first ultrasonic oscillator comprises: a first ultrasonic oscillator; And a gas supply member coupled to the first ultrasonic oscillator, wherein the second ultrasonic oscillator includes a second ultrasonic oscillator,
The gas supply member, the storage cylinder for storing the raw material; And positioned on one side of the reservoir, and includes a lid for opening and closing the reservoir,
By the ultrasonic vibration of the first ultrasonic oscillator, the raw material is gasified, the gas includes hydrogen peroxide vapor and water vapor,
The second ultrasonic oscillator is in contact with the water supplied from the water reservoir, characterized in that to vaporize the water in contact with the second ultrasonic oscillator,
The storage cylinder portion, the upper surface of the storage cylinder; And a storage space provided inside the storage container, wherein the lid part comprises: a lid body; And a porous membrane positioned inside the lid body.
And the gas passes through the porous membrane to supply the gas to an inner region of the humidifier body. The method of claim 1,
The raw material is a humidifier comprising a nanoparticle and a catalyst of hydrogen peroxide, manganese or iron oxide. The method of claim 2,
The humidifier main body includes a blower positioned in a third predetermined region of the humidifier main body; A space part positioned in a fourth predetermined region of the humidifier main body; And a discharge port communicating with the space portion of the humidifier body,
Humidifier further comprises a plasma generating unit located in a predetermined region of the discharge port.

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