KR200263140Y1 - Water tank connection apparatus for electric humidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a bucket coupling device for an electric humidifier, the electric humidifier having a main body having a reservoir and a vibrator therein, and a bucket disposed above the main body to supply water to the reservoir, wherein A first flow hook which protrudes from one of the contact surfaces to which the main body and the water bottle come into contact with each other and is transversely formed in the protruding direction; A first fixed hook formed to be engaged with the first flow hook in an up and down direction on the other of the contact surfaces; It is formed to be flowable on one side of the first flow hook to enable the operation access from the outside to press the first flow hook so that the first flow hook is released from the first fixed hook when the pressure from the outside A button; It characterized in that it comprises a first coupling portion formed on at least one side of the body and the water tank having a first return spring for applying an elastic force to return the button to the initial position. Thereby, the bucket coupling device of the electric humidifier which can be attached and detached easily with respect to a main body, and can improve a user's convenience is provided.

Description

WATER TANK CONNECTION APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC HUMIDIFIER}

The present invention relates to a bucket coupling device for an electric humidifier, and more particularly, to a bucket coupling device for an electric humidifier that can be easily attached and detached with respect to the main body 111.

1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional electric humidifier. As shown in the drawing, a main body 111 having a water storage chamber 112 formed therein and a water tank 121 disposed above the main body 111 to supply water to the water storage chamber 112 are provided.

A handle 122 is formed on an upper surface of the bucket 121, and a water supply port 124 is formed on one lower side thereof. The water supply port 124 is provided with a water supply valve 125 to open the water supply port 124 when the main body 111 is coupled to the water supply port 124 and to block the water supply port 124 when separated from the main body 111. At one side of the) is provided with a discharge pipe 127 along the vertical direction so that the water granulated in the reservoir 112 can be discharged to the outside.

A seating surface 116 is formed on the upper surface of the main body 111 so that the water tank 121 may be seated, and a water storage chamber 112 is formed on one side of the body 111 to accommodate predetermined water. In the bottom region of the reservoir 112, a vibrator 115 for vibrating water is formed to be in contact with water so that water can be granulated, and a water level sensing device 117 is provided on one side of the vibrator 115. . One side of the reservoir 112 is formed with an accommodating part 116 to accommodate the water flowing out through the water supply port 124 of the bucket 121, the accommodating part 116 and the reservoir 112 is a water supply pipe ( 119) is connected in communication with each other.

By this configuration, when the water tank 121 is seated on the seating surface 116 of the main body 111, the water supply valve 125 is opened, and the water of the water tank 121 flows out through the water supply port 124 to receive the receiving portion. 116 and the water supply pipe 119 flows to the reservoir 112. When water is received in the reservoir 112, the water is granulated by the vibrator 115, and the granulated water is discharged to the outside through the discharge pipe 127 by a blower fan (not shown).

By the way, in such a conventional electric humidifier, the means for coupling the main body 111 and the water tank 121 is not provided, and the water tank 121 is seated and supported on the upper surface of the main body 111, and the installation position is changed. Or, to move the humidifier during cleaning, there is an inconvenience that you must hold the main body 111 using both hands to move the main body 111 and the water tank 121.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a bucket coupling device for an electric humidifier that can be easily attached to and detached from a bucket to a user, thereby enhancing user convenience.

1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional electric humidifier,

2 is a view showing a state of use of the bucket coupling device of the electric humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 and 4 are enlarged views of the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion of FIG. 1, respectively;

5 is a side view of the button region of FIG. 3;

6 and 7 are views for explaining the operation of the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion of Figure 3, respectively.

** Description of symbols for the main parts of the drawing **

11: body 12: reservoir

15: vibrator 21: bucket

31: 1st flow hook 35: 1st fixed hook

37: button 39: rotating pin

41: first return spring 43: lower support

45: upper support

The object is, according to the present invention, in the electric humidifier having a main body having a reservoir and a vibrator therein, and a bucket disposed above the main body for supplying water to the reservoir, wherein the main body and the bucket are mutually A first flow hook protruding from one of the contact surfaces to be in contact with the other and being movable in a protruding direction; a first flow hook formed to engage the first flow hook in an up and down direction with the other of the contact surfaces; 1 fixed hook; It is formed to be flowable on one side of the first flow hook to enable the operation access from the outside to press the first flow hook so that the first flow hook is released from the first fixed hook when the pressure from the outside A button; The button is achieved by the bucket coupling device of the electric humidifier, characterized in that it comprises a first coupling portion formed on at least one side of the body and the bucket having a first return spring for applying an elastic force to return to the initial position.

Here, the first flow hook and the button are formed integrally with each other and installed in the main body, it is preferable that the rotation support portion for rotating the button is formed on the opposite side of the first flow hook of the button.

The pivot support includes a pivot pin integrally formed along a horizontal direction at a predetermined distance downward from the button, a lower support projecting upward from a bottom surface of the main body to support the pivot pin at a lower side, and the main body. It is effective to include an upper support protruding downward from the upper surface of the rotation pin to prevent upward departure of the pivot pin.

A second flow hook which protrudes from one of the mutual contact surfaces of the main body and the water bottle to the other side on the opposite side of the first coupling part and is arranged to be transversely movable in the protruding direction, and the other of the main body and the water tank; A second fixed hook disposed to be engaged with the second flow hook in an up and down direction from a contact surface of the second flow hook, and to the second flow hook to return to an initial position where the second flow hook is engaged with the second fixed hook. It is preferable to include a second coupling portion having a second box spring member for applying an elastic force.

The second flow hook is installed in the main body, it is effective that the rotation support portion is formed on the lower side of the second flow hook to support the second flow hook to rotate.

A first inclined surface that allows the second flow hook to facilitate relative rotation with respect to the second fixed hook when coupled to an end portion that is engaged with the second fixed hook of the second flow hook; It is preferable that a second inclined surface is formed so that the two flow hooks can facilitate relative rotation with respect to the second fixed hook.

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

2 is a view showing the use state of the bucket coupling device of the electric humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 and Figure 4 is an enlarged view of the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion of Figure 1, respectively 5 is a side view of the button region of FIG. 3, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are views for explaining the operation of the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion of FIG. 3, respectively. As shown in these figures, the electric humidifier is coupled to the main body 11 having the water storage chamber 12 and the vibrator 15 therein, and to receive water therein and detachably coupled to the upper side of the main body 11. A bucket 21 is provided.

An inner side of the main body 11 is formed with a reservoir 12 and a receiving portion 16, and a vibrator 15 is provided at the bottom of the reservoir 12. One side of the vibrator 15 is provided with a water level sensing device 17, the reservoir 12 and the receiving portion 16 is connected to each other by a water supply pipe (19).

A handle 22 is formed on an upper surface of the bucket 21, and a water supply port 24 is formed at one side of the bottom portion to correspond to the accommodation portion 16. The water inlet 24 is provided with a water supply valve 25 for opening the water inlet 24 when engaging with the main body 11 and blocking the water inlet 24 when separated.

On the other hand, in the mutual contact area of the main body 11 and the bucket 21 includes a first coupling portion 30 and the second coupling portion 50 for detachably coupling the bucket 21 to the main body 11; Bucket coupling device of the electric humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured.

The first coupling part 30 is formed on the first flow hook 31 and the water tank 21 which protrude upwardly along one side of the main body 11 and are arranged to be movable horizontally in the protruding direction. The first fixing hook 35 is formed to be engaged with each other in the vertical direction and the flow hook 31, the button is formed so that one side is exposed to the outside of the main body 11 integrally with the first flow hook (31) 37, a first return spring 41 disposed behind the button 37 for returning the button 37 to the initial position, and an agent for rotatably supporting the button 37 below the button 37. It is comprised including the 1 time rotation support part 61. As shown in FIG.

An opening 18 is formed in the main body 11 so that one side of the button 37 is exposed, and the upper surface of the first flow hook 31 is exposed on the upper surface thereof, and the through hole 20a is rotatable. Is formed.

The first flow hook 31 is formed in the upper region of the button 37 to protrude outward through the through hole 20a in the vertical direction. A latching jaw 32a is formed in the bottom bottom surface of the first flow hook 31 along the horizontal direction, and an inclined surface 32b is formed in the upper surface to facilitate contact with the first fixing hook 35. It is.

The lower end of the button 37 has a predetermined extension portion 38 extending in the vertical direction, the lower end of the extension portion 38 is formed with a predetermined rotation pin 39 extending in the horizontal direction. A pair of flow preventing jaws 40 protruding along the radial direction in contact with the upper support and the lower support to be described later in the longitudinal direction of the rotation pin 39 to prevent the flow along the horizontal direction, respectively Each is formed.

The first pivot support portion 42 is a pair of protrusions protruding upward from the bottom surface of the main body 11 so that the end portion forms a “Ｕ” cross-sectional shape so that the pivot pin 39 can be partially received from the lower side so as to be rotatably supported. A lower support 43 and a pair of upper supports extending downward from the upper surface of the main body 11 and having an inverted end portion having an inverted " 형 " shape to partially receive and support the upper region of the pivot pin 39 in a rotatable manner; It is comprised including 45.

A first hook receiving portion 34a is formed at one side of the bucket 21 so as to rotatably support the upper region of the first flow hook 31, and a first hook receiving portion 34a is formed inside the first hook receiving portion 34a. The first fixing hook 35 is formed to be engaged with the first flow hook 31 along the vertical direction. In the upper region of the first fixing hook 35, a latching jaw 36a extending in a horizontal direction is formed, and at the bottom thereof, the locking jaw 36a is in sliding contact with the inclined surface 32b formed on the upper surface of the first flow hook 31. The inclined surface 36b is formed so that it may be.

On the other hand, the second coupling portion 50, and the second flow hook 51 which is protruded upwardly on the other side of the main body 11 and disposed so as to be opposed to the first flow hook 31 of the main body 11 and In addition, the second fixed hook 55 and the second flow hook 51 formed in the bucket 21 to be engaged with the second flow hook 51 in the vertical direction are disposed on one side of the second flow hook 51, A second return spring 61 which exerts an elastic force on the second flow hook 51 in a direction to be engaged with the second fixing hook 55 and a second rotation support part which rotatably supports the second flow hook 51. It is comprised including 62.

The upper bottom surface of the second flow hook 51 is provided with a locking jaw 52a extending in a horizontal direction and a second inclined surface 52c inclined upwardly with respect to the protruding direction from the locking jaw 52a. The first inclined surface 52b is formed to be inclined downward with respect to the protruding direction.

The second hook receiving portion 34b is formed on the opposite side of the first hook receiving portion 34a of the water tank 21, and the second fixed hook 55 is provided inside the second hook receiving portion 34b. have. The upper end of the second fixing hook 55 is provided with a latching jaw 56a extending along a horizontal direction, and the bottom of the second fixing hook 55 is easily formed with the first inclined surface 52b formed on the upper side of the second flow hook 51. An inclined surface 56b which is inclined upward with respect to the protruding direction is formed to be able to contact.

The second pivot support 62 is a pair of lower supports 63 protruding upward from the bottom surface of the main body 11 to pivotally support the pivot pin 59 from below, and an upper surface of the main body 11. It is configured to include a pair of upper support (65) protruding downward from the pivot pin (59) to support the pivot from above.

By this configuration, each hook receiving portion 34a, 34b of the bucket 21 is placed on the both sides of the main body 11 so as to correspond to the first flow hook 31 and the second flow hook 51, respectively. When the bucket 21 flows downward along the vertical direction, the inclined surfaces 32a and 52b and the first fixing hooks 35 and the second formed on the upper surfaces of the first flow hook 31 and the second flow hook 51, respectively. The inclined surfaces 36b and 56b formed at each bottom of the fixed hook 55 are in sliding contact with each other.

At this time, the first flow hook 31 and the second flow hook 51 are centered around the rotation pins 39 and 59 in the direction in which the first return spring 41 and the second return spring 61 are respectively compressed. As it rotates and slides, each inclined surface passes through the first fixing hook 35 and the second fixing hook 55 to return to the initial position by the elastic force of the corresponding return springs 41 and 61.

Accordingly, each of the locking jaws 32a, 36a, 52a, 56a of the first flow hook 31 and the first fixed hook 35, and the second flow hook 51 and the second fixed hook 55 are mutually By being in contact with each other along the vertical direction, it is possible to suppress the separation of the water tank 21 with respect to the main body 11.

On the other hand, when the bucket 21 is to be separated from the main body 11, by holding the handle 22 of the bucket 21 and pressing the exposed area of the button 37 inward, it is formed integrally with the button 37 The first flow hook 31 is rotated along the clockwise direction of the drawing about the pivot pin 39 to release the engaged state. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, when the first coupling part 30 is pulled upward, the bucket 21 is inclined, and the second fixing hook 55 is disposed relative to the second flow hook 51. The end of the locking jaw 56a comes into contact with the second inclined surface 52c of the second flow hook 51. As a result, the second flow hook 51 is rotated while the second return spring 61 is slightly compressed to easily engage the release state, and the water tank 21 is simply separated from the main body 11.

In the above-described and illustrated embodiments, the first coupling hook having the first flow hook, the first fixing hook, the button, and the first return spring is formed on one side of the main body and the bucket, and the second flow hook and the second fixing hook on the other side. Although the case where the 2nd coupling part provided with the hook and the 2nd return spring is formed for example is demonstrated, it can also be comprised so that a 1st coupling part may be formed in the both sides of a main body and a water tank, respectively.

In addition, the first coupling portion is formed on one side of the main body and the water tank, and the other side may be configured to be formed on the main body and the water catching jaw to be engaged with each other in the vertical direction.

As described above, according to the present invention, a first flow hook which protrudes upward from the main body and is movable horizontally in the protruding direction, and a first fixed hook which is engaged with the first flow hook in the water tank in the vertical direction; (1) the first return spring exerting elastic force on the first flow hook to an initial position where the flow hook is engaged with the first fixed hook, and one side is exposed to the outside so that the first flow hook is disengaged from the first fixed hook. By providing a first engaging portion having a button to press on at least one side of the main body, there is provided a water tank coupling device of the electric humidifier that can easily detach the water tank relative to the main body to enhance the user's convenience.

Claims (6)

An electric humidifier having a main body having a reservoir and a vibrator therein and a bucket disposed above the main body for supplying water to the reservoir, wherein the main body and the bucket are in contact with each other. A first flow hook protruding toward and formed to be transversely transverse to the protruding direction; A first fixed hook formed to be engaged with the first flow hook in an up and down direction on the other of the contact surfaces; It is formed to be flowable on one side of the first flow hook to enable the operation access from the outside to press the first flow hook so that the first flow hook is released from the first fixed hook when the pressure from the outside A button; And a first coupling part provided on at least one side of the main body and the bucket, the first return spring applying an elastic force to return the button to the initial position. The method of claim 1, The first flow hook and the button are integrally formed with each other and installed in the main body, the rotating support portion for rotating the button on the opposite side of the first flow hook of the button is formed of the electric humidifier, characterized in that Bucket linkage. The method of claim 2, The pivot support includes a pivot pin integrally formed along a horizontal direction at a predetermined distance downward from the button, a lower support projecting upward from a bottom surface of the main body to support the pivot pin at a lower side, and the main body. Bucket coupling device of the electric humidifier, characterized in that it comprises an upper support protruding downward from the upper surface of the pivot pin to prevent upward departure. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, A second flow hook which protrudes from one of the mutual contact surfaces of the main body and the water bottle to the other side on the opposite side of the first coupling part and is arranged to be transversely movable in the protruding direction, and the other of the main body and the water tank; A second fixed hook disposed to be engaged with the second flow hook in an up and down direction from a contact surface of the second flow hook, and to the second flow hook to return to an initial position where the second flow hook is engaged with the second fixed hook. A bucket coupling device of an electric humidifier, characterized in that it comprises a second coupling portion having a second box spring member for applying an elastic force. The method of claim 4, wherein The second flow hook is installed in the main body, the bucket coupling device of the electric humidifier, characterized in that the rotation support portion is formed to support the second flow hook to rotate below the second flow hook. The method of claim 4, wherein A first inclined surface that allows the second flow hook to facilitate relative rotation with respect to the second fixed hook when coupled to an end portion that is engaged with the second fixed hook of the second flow hook; 2. The bucket coupling device of the electric humidifier, characterized in that the second inclined surface is formed to facilitate the relative hook relative to the second fixed hook.