KR19980083624A - Ultrasonic Heater Combined Humidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to install a flow path blocking means in the flow path between the heater and the ultrasonic unit of the heater sterilization ultrasonic humidifier so that the user can select the heater humidification, ultrasonic humidification or ultrasonic humidification of heat sterilized water according to the surrounding environment The multifunctionality of the humidifier provides heater and ultrasonic humidifiers with improved practicality and usability.

According to the present invention, a bucket 13 for storing water and supplying water intermittently, a bucket part 2 on which the bucket 13 is seated, and a heater part 5 equipped with a heater 7 and The main body 1 is provided with an ultrasonic part 4 on which the vibrator 10 is mounted and a flow path blocking means for controlling the flow of water on the flow path 9b between the heater part 5 and the ultrasonic part 4 and It is located on the upper side of the ultrasonic unit 4 and provides a heater, characterized in that the atomization pipe (14) consisting of a discharge port 15 formed on the top.

Description

Ultrasonic Heater Combined Humidifier

The present invention relates to a heater and an ultrasonic combined humidifier, and more particularly, by installing a flow path blocking means in a flow path between a heater part and an ultrasonic part of a heater sterilizing ultrasonic humidifier, the user humidifying the heater, ultrasonic humidification, or ultrasonic humidification of heat sterilized water. It is a heater / ultrasonic humidifier that improves practicality and usability as a single humidifier can be multi-functionalized by making it selectable according to the surrounding environment.

In general, a humidifier is a heater humidifier that naturally sprays water generated by heating water stored in a tank to a predetermined temperature when viewed as a source of moisture, and microscopic water by generating ultrasonic waves with a vibrator in the water stored in the tank. It is often split into an ultrasonic humidifier that sprays the particles into the room.

Heater humidifier humidifies the room through steam generated by heating water in the tank, so it is difficult to control the amount of humidification arbitrarily, and it requires a lot of energy because vaporization heat is required to change the water to steam. Due to the problems inherent, consumers can adjust the amount of ultrasonic waves generated by the vibration of the vibrator to appropriately control the amount of humidification, consume less energy, and receive a safe ultrasonic humidifier.

However, ultrasonic humidifiers have the disadvantage of harming the human body when bacteria are propagated in water that has been stuck in the humidifier for a long time, and the bacteria are humidified.They are heated and sterilized by installing a heater in the ultrasonic humidifier Heat sterilization ultrasonic humidifiers are used to ultrasonically humidify water.

1 illustrates a conventional heat sterilization type ultrasonic humidifier, and looks at the configuration of the heat sterilization type ultrasonic humidifier.

As shown in the figure, a bucket 110 storing water in the inner space, a body 120 for sterilizing the water by the heater 161 to make humidified particles atomized with the vibrator 150, and , The atomizing humidifying particles are composed of a atomizing pipe 130 for discharging to the outside of the humidifier along the discharge port 135 by the discharge air blown from the blower 140.

Looking at the configuration of the humidifier in detail, the first bucket 110 is formed with an inner space of a certain size, the bottom opening is closed by the cover 113 and the center of the cover 113 to supply water to the bucket portion 121 constantly The inflow valve 111 is attached to the.

The main body 120 includes a bucket part 121 in which a bucket 110 is seated at an upper end, a heater part 160 in which a heater 161 is mounted in a bottom, and an ultrasonic part 122 in which a vibrator 150 is mounted in a bottom. It is installed sequentially and a blower 140 for sending air to the lower side is built.

That is, the bucket portion 121 has one side recessed to allow the bucket 110 to be seated, and a protruding jaw 124 is formed to contact the inlet valve 111 of the bucket 110 at the center thereof.

Heater 160 is a heater 161 is mounted on one side of the floor so that the water from the bucket portion 121 is sterilized and the heater unit cover 163 is covered outside the heater unit 160, the heater unit cover The inlet 163a is formed at one side such that the water of the bucket part 121 is introduced at one side thereof, and an outlet 163b is formed at the other side to allow the sterilized water to flow out of the ultrasonic unit 122.

The ultrasonic unit 122 is mounted on the floor with a vibrator 150 that makes the sterilized water into the humidified particles of the atomization, and one side of the ultrasonic unit 122 is equipped with a float switch 170 for detecting the water dry state On the other side, a blower 123 through which the blower air flows from the blower 140 is formed.

And the atomizing tube 130 is located on the upper end of the ultrasonic unit 122, the humidifying particles of the atomized humidification particles made by the vibrator 150 on the upper end side of the atomizing tube blown from the air blower 123, The discharge port 135 is sprayed to the outside of the.

Looking at the operation state of the conventional ultrasonic humidifier configured as described above, first the water of the bucket 110 is introduced into the bucket portion 121 through the inlet valve 111, at this time the temperature of the water is at or below room temperature.

The water in the bucket part 121 flows to the heater part 160 located at a lower position, and is heated to about 75 ° C. by the heater 161 mounted on the floor to sterilize the bacteria inhabiting the water.

The water of the heater unit 160 flows to the ultrasonic unit 122, and while the temperature is lowered again while the temperature of the heater unit 160 stays in the ultrasonic unit 122, the water of the heater 160 is ultrasonic waves of the vibrator 150 mounted on the bottom of the ultrasonic unit 122. Vibration causes the humidified particles to be atomized.

The atomized humidifying particles are sprayed to the outside of the humidifier through the discharge hole 135 formed on the upper side of the atomizing pipe 130 by the blowing air blowing from the air blower 123 protruding from one side of the ultrasonic part 122.

However, such a conventional ultrasonic humidifier has a disadvantage in that it is unable to control the temperature of the atomized humidifying particles according to the ambient temperature. In a warm place, a heater-type humidifier that discharges hot water vapor further increases the ambient temperature to warm people. As such, when humidifying using an ultrasonic humidifier in a warm or cold room, the humidifying particles discharged to the outside of the humidifier lower the ambient temperature, thereby lowering the comfort of people.

The present invention for solving the problems as described above allows the user to select the heater humidification, ultrasonic humidification or ultrasonic humidification of the heat sterilized water according to the surrounding environment, so that a single humidifier can realize the multi-functionality and practicality Improved heater. It is an object to provide a combined ultrasonic humidifier.

1 is a side cross-sectional view showing a main configuration of a conventional humidifier.

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the main configuration of the ultrasonic and heater combined humidifier according to the present invention.

3 is a plan view showing a main body of the ultrasonic / heater combined humidifier according to the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view of the valve of FIG. 3.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1 body 2 water bottle

4: ultrasonic part 5: heater part

6: valve 7: heater

8: protruding jaw 9a, 9b: flow path

10: vibrator 11: blower

12: float switch 13: bucket

14 atomizing pipe 15 discharge port

16: inlet valve 18: inlet

19: outlet 20: valve housing

21: spring 22: book valve

23: fixture

The present invention for achieving the above object is a water reservoir for storing water and supplying the water intermittently, the water tank portion is located on which the water tank is seated, the heater is equipped with a heater and the ultrasonic unit equipped with a vibrator is located And a heater provided on the flow path between the ultrasonic wave unit and the flow path blocking means for controlling the flow of water, and an atomizer tube positioned on the upper side of the ultrasonic wave part and having a discharge port formed at an upper end thereof.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 2, the main configuration of the ultrasonic / heater combined humidifier according to the present invention includes a bucket 13 in which water is stored in an inner space part, and a bucket part 2 in which the bucket 13 is seated, and a heater 7. The humidifier is equipped with a heater unit 5 and a vibrator 10 is mounted, the main body provided with a flow path blocking means 6 on the flow path (9b) between the heater unit 5 and the ultrasonic unit (4). 1) and the atomizing pipe 14 which blows atomized humidification particle out of a humidifier.

The configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention is as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. First, the bucket 13 has an internal space portion of a predetermined size to store water, and an opening is covered by a lid 17 at a lower end thereof, and an inlet valve 6 is mounted at the center of the lid 17.

The main body 1 has a water tank portion 2 in which a water tank 13 is seated on one side thereof, and a protruding jaw 8 for opening the inlet valve 6 of the water tank 13 at the center of the water tank 13. ) Is formed to protrude.

On the other side of the bucket part 2, the heater part 5 and the ultrasonic part 4, that is, the humidification tank is located, the bucket part 2 and the heater part 5 is connected to the flow path (9a) and the heater part (5) The ultrasonic part 4 is connected to the flow path 9b again, and a valve 6 is installed between the heater part 5 and the ultrasonic part 4.

Looking at the configuration of the ultrasonic unit 4 in more detail, first, the ultrasonic unit 4 is divided into the heater unit 5 and the ultrasonic unit 4 by the valve 6, the lower end of the heater unit 5 (7) is provided and the vibrator 10 is provided at the lower end of the ultrasonic portion (4).

The valve 6 is located in the flow path 9b between the heater part 5 and the ultrasonic part 4, the structure of which is projected in the vertical direction of the flow path 9b, as shown in FIG. A spring 23 made of a shape memory alloy in the valve housing 20 in which the inlet 18 and the outlet 19 are formed in the fixture 23 and the flow path 9b in which the valve 6 is inserted into and fixed to the groove 29. ) And a book valve 22 are installed.

One end of the spring 21 is fixed to the inner wall of the valve housing 20 toward the inlet 18 and the other end is coupled to the book valve 6. The spring 21 of the shape memory alloy material has a water temperature of 75 degrees or more. When it expands, the book valve 6 blocks the outlet port 19 to block the flow of water, and when it reaches a temperature below that, the spring contracts and the outlet port 19 is opened.

The valve 6 isolates or communicates with the heater unit 5 or the ultrasonic unit 4, but the generated humidifying particles contain the atomized humidifying particles of the atomizing tubes 14 and 30 located on the upper side of the ultrasonic unit 4. It is discharged through the discharge port 15 which collects and discharges to the side

Looking at the operating state of the present invention configured as described above, first, the water stored in the bucket 13 is introduced into the bucket portion 2 of the main body 1 through the inlet valve 6 is to be stored.

The water in the bucket part 2 flows into and flows into the ultrasonic part 4 and the heater 7 part 5 through the flow path 9a installed at the bottom, and the flowed water is about 75 ° C. by the heater 7. Heated to a degree and sterilized.

The sterilized water is moved back to the ultrasonic part 4 through the flow path 9b, and the water moved to the ultrasonic part 4 is cooled in the air in the ultrasonic bath, and the cooled water is applied to the ultrasonic wave generated by the vibrator 10. As a result, the particles are humidified and released to the outside.

At this time, the operation of the heater unit 5 may be stopped or only the ultrasonic unit 4 may be stopped by the user's selection. When the heater unit 5 is stopped, the humidifier is humidified only by the ultrasonic wave and the ultrasonic unit 4 is stopped. If only) is stopped, heating and humidification is performed only by the heater 7.

First, the case where only the heater section 5 is operated is explained. The water moved from the bucket section 2 to the heater section 5 through the flow path 9b is not immediately heated by the heater 7 and immediately the valve 6 It moves to the ultrasonic part 4 via) and is humidified by ultrasonic waves.

Since the spring 21 installed in the valve 6 is made of a shape memory alloy which expands only when the temperature is 75 ° C. or higher, the book valve 6 does not block the outlet 19 and the heater part 5 is closed. Water is moved to the ultrasonic part 4.

Next, the case where only the ultrasonic section 4 is stopped operation will be described. Water moved from the bucket section 2 to the heater section 5 through the flow path 9a is heated by the heater 7, but the ultrasonic section Since water is not humidified and consumed by ultrasonic waves (4), there is no movement of water and the temperature of the water confined to the heater unit 5 increases.

When the temperature of the water rises to 75 ° C. or more, the spring 21 of the shape memory alloy material inside the valve 6 expands, and the book valve 6 attached to the end of the spring 21 blocks the outlet 19. When the water in the heater unit 5 continues to rise in temperature, the water is at a boiling point or more and water vapor generated while the water is boiling is discharged to the outside.

In this process, if the heater unit 5 is stopped again and ultrasonic humidification starts, the temperature of the water in the heater unit 5 decreases, and when the temperature decreases, the spring 21 of the valve 6 contracts and the book valve The discharge port 19 blocked by (6) is opened again, and the water moves to the ultrasonic part 4 again.

Water vapor or atomized humidified particles made by the heater 7 or the ultrasonic part 4 are discharged to the outside of the humidifier through the atomization pipe 14 together with the discharged air blown from the blower 11.

That is, the water vapor and the humidified particles of the atomization made in the ultrasonic unit 4 are collected in the atomization pipe 14 and the upper end along the atomization pipe 14 together with the blowing air blown from the blower 11 installed at the bottom of the main body 1. It is sprayed to the outside of the humidifier through the discharge port 15 formed in the.

Therefore, the present invention is an ultrasonic humidifier that can save energy where the ambient temperature is high and is not significantly affected by the presence or absence of bacterial contamination of the water inside the humidifier, the heater humidifier where the ambient temperature is low, and the ambient temperature is high. Where it is necessary to prevent bacterial contamination, the humidification type can be selected according to the user's choice with an ultrasonic humidifier of heat sterilized water.

Here, the valve 6 installed on the heater 9 and the flow path 9b of the ultrasonic unit 4 to control the flow of water may be replaced by various forms. In addition to the method using a shape memory alloy, a thin metal plate may be used. It is a type that can control the flow of water by encapsulating a highly volatile liquid such as ether or alcohol in the bellows and controlling the flow of water. A type using a cylinder sealed with wax can be applied.

As described above, the present invention is to install the flow path blocking means in the flow path between the heater and the ultrasonic unit of the heater sterilization ultrasonic humidifier, so that the user to fit the humidifier, ultrasonic humidification or ultrasonic humidification of heat sterilized water to the surrounding environment By making it selectable, a single humidifier can be multifunctional, which improves the practicality and usefulness of the humidifier.

The present invention as described above is capable of various modifications and changes by those skilled in the art through the detailed description and drawings of the invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope described in the appended claims. Will do.

Claims (3)

A bucket 13 for storing water and supplying water intermittently, a bucket part 2 on which the bucket 13 is seated, and a heater part 5 on which the heater 7 is mounted, and a vibrator 10 are provided. A main body 1 having an installed ultrasonic part 4 and installed on a flow path 9b between the heater part 5 and the ultrasonic part 4 and having flow path blocking means for controlling the flow of water, and an ultrasonic part Humidifier, characterized in that formed on the upper side of the (4) consists of a atomizing pipe 14, the discharge port 15 is formed on the top The humidifier according to claim 1, wherein said flow path blocking means is a valve (6) which opens and closes according to the temperature of water using a shape memory alloy. The method of claim 1, wherein the flow path blocking means is a valve in which a thin metal plate is formed in a bellows shape and is opened and closed according to the temperature of water using a bellows in which a highly volatile liquid such as ether or alcohol is enclosed therein. Humidifier.