KR20030011586A - Humidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enhance the safety of a humidifier where electrodes such as a sterilization electrode and a water level detection electrode, are arranged in a water tank for storing humidification water. CONSTITUTION: The humidifier comprises a case body 1A having an air suction opening 11 and an air delivery opening 9 and provided, at the bottom part thereof, with a water tank 16 for storing water supplied from a water supply tank 13 up to a specified level, a panel 6 fixed removably to the case body, a humidification filter 17 disposed in the water tank, and a fan 22 for vaporizing water permeated the humidification filter by supplying air thereto wherein the humidification filter 17 can be fixed removably to the open surface Z of the case body by removing the panel 6 from the case body 1A. Electrodes 31 and 32 for sterilizing water in the water tank 16 are disposed at appropriate parts of the water tank 16 and a ventilating protective member 35 is provided between the sterilization electrode and the open surface Z of the case body 1A.

Description

Humidifier {HUMIDIFIER}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a humidifier having a humidification filter, and more particularly to a humidifier having an electrode for disinfection which sterilizes water in a water tank provided with a humidification filter.

As a humidifier of this kind, it has an air inlet and an outlet, and at the bottom the water supply

An external case provided with a water tank for storing a predetermined level of water supplied from the tank, a humidification filter installed in the water tank, and a blower for evaporating water penetrating the humidification filter by the humidification filter, is provided in place. The applicant has previously proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-280639 a structure in which a bactericidal electrode that achieves the bactericidal action of water in a water tank is provided.

However, in the above-described humidifier according to the prior art, when the cleaning of the humidification filter is clogged or the humidification filter is replaced with a new product, the water tank or the water supply path for installing the humidification filter is exposed and installed in the water tank or the water supply path. There was a fear that the customer would touch the finger on one of the disinfection electrodes. In general, since the disinfection electrode is made of a thin metal plate such as stainless steel or titanium alloy, if a customer accidentally touches the electrode for disinfection, the finger may be injured and the humidification filter may be removed. In the case of contact with, the antibacterial electrode may be damaged.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described situation, and an object thereof is to improve the safety of a humidifier in which electrodes such as an antibacterial electrode and a water level detection electrode are provided in a water tank for storing humidifying water.

1 is an external perspective view of a humidifier showing an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part of the humidifier;

3 is a cross sectional view of a main part of the humidifier;

4 is an exploded perspective view of the front panel, the humidification filter, the water supply tank, and the tank housing chamber cover plate removed from the case body;

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

A: Humidifier

1: exterior case

1A: Case body

2: ceiling plate

3: bottom plate

4: surrounding plate

6: front panel (removable panel)

7: control panel

9: discharge port

11: air intake

12: air purification filter

13: cartridge type water supply tank (water supply tank)

14: drip tray

16: tank

16A: Auxiliary tank part (water tank)

17: humidification filter

18: peripheral wall of the bottom plate

18A: Front peripheral wall

19: locking part of the front panel

22: blower

22A: Crossflow Fan

22B: Fan Casing

31, 32: electrode for disinfection

33: Holder

34: water level detection electrode

35: protection member

39: filter pressing member

The invention according to claim 1 has an air inlet and a discharge port, and has a case body provided with a water tank for storing a predetermined level of water supplied from a water supply tank, a detachable panel detachably mounted to the case body, and the water tank. A humidifier having a humidification filter installed in the air purifier and a blower that blows through the humidification filter and vaporizes the water penetrated into the humidification filter, and removes the detachable panel from the case body, thereby allowing the humidification filter to be detachable from the open surface of the case body. In this case, a sanitizing electrode is provided in place of the water tank in order to sanitize the water in the tank, and a protective member having air permeability is provided between the sanitizing electrode and the open surface of the case body.

The invention according to claim 2 has an air inlet and a discharge port, a case main body having a water tank for storing a predetermined level of water supplied from a water supply tank, a detachable panel detachably mounted to the case main body, and the water tank. A humidifier having a humidification filter installed in the air purifier and a blower that blows through the humidification filter and vaporizes the water penetrated into the humidification filter, and removes the detachable panel from the case body, thereby allowing the humidification filter to be detachable from the open surface of the case body. As an appropriate place, the electrode for sterilization and the water level detection electrode for detecting the water level in the tank are provided in place of the water tank, and a protective member having ventilation is provided between the electrodes and the open surface of the case body. It is characterized by one.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in the humidifier according to claim 1 or 2, a porous member formed of a synthetic resin is used as the protective member.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that, in the humidifier according to claim 1 or 2, the protective member is configured such that both ends thereof are inserted into guide grooves provided opposite to the case main body and fixed in the case main body.

The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that, in the humidifier according to claim 4, the protection member in a state of being inserted into the guide groove is prevented from being pulled out by a horizontal partition plate provided with a blower of the blower.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, one Embodiment of this invention is described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes an outer case of the humidifier A, and the outer case 1 is formed of a synthetic resin, respectively, and the ceiling plate 2 and the bottom plate constituting the case main body 1A. 3) The peripheral side plate 4 and the tank cover plate 5, and the front panel 6 as a detachable panel made detachable with respect to the case main body 1A, are also combined with a display part in the said ceiling plate 2. The operating part 7 of the ceiling plate 2 is provided, and at the front end of the ceiling plate 2, a horizontally long discharge port 9 is formed having the ceiling plate 2 and the discharge guide grating 8 of the integral molding. Moreover, around the said operation part 7, the handle 10 of the inverted inverted shape provided in the ups and downs is provided.

On the upper side of the peripheral side plate 4, a lattice type air inlet 11 is formed, which is connected to the rear part and one side part thereof, and the air inlet 11 is equipped with an air purification filter 12, and the peripheral side plate. At 4, the ceiling plate 2 is fixed with screws (not shown), and the bottom plate 3 is similarly fixed with screws (not shown).

As shown in Figs. 2 to 4, the bottom plate 3 has a drip tray 14 receiving the humidifying water supplied from the cartridge type water supply tank 13 at the right side, and at the same time, the bottom plate 3 ) And a water tank 16 for storing a predetermined level of water supplied from the water supply tank 13 to the drip tray 14 at the other side which sandwiches the partition wall 15 integrally formed. The humidification filter 17 is provided in the state in which the lower end was immersed in the water in the water tank 16. As shown in FIG.

In the entire outer circumference of the bottom plate 3, a peripheral wall 18 is formed integrally with the bottom plate 3, and the front wall 18A of the peripheral wall 18 is smaller than the drip tray 14 side. The height of the part X away from the drip tray 14 is set to about 10-30 mm high.

The front panel 6 has a plurality of locking portions 19 formed at both left and right ends thereof, and the engaging portions 20 formed at the left and right ends of the peripheral side plate 4 are formed by the plurality of locking portions 19, respectively. By attaching and respectively attaching, the open surface of the front surface of the case main body 1A is covered. Reference numeral 21 denotes a quantity confirmation window of the water supply tank 13 provided in the front panel 6 as opposed to the water supply tank 13 in the state accommodated in the outer case 1.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a blower provided in the transverse direction in the upper portion of the case main body 1A, and the blower 22 includes a drive motor (not shown) and a cross flow fan such as a cylindrical blower fan journalized on the motor shaft of the drive motor. 22A and the fan casing 22B which accommodated this cross flow fan 22A.

As shown in FIG. 2, the blower 22 cross-flows the indoor air sucked into the intake side air flow path a in the outer case 1 through the air purification filter 12 and the air intake port 11. By accelerating to the fan 12A and taking it out from the tuyeres 23 of the fan casing 22B and blowing it to the humidification filter 17, the humidification filter 17 is passed through to the humidification filter 17 at that time. The water which permeates is vaporized and this humidified air is discharged to the humidification chamber via the air outlet side b and the discharge port 9.

The fan casing 22B is constituted by divided casings 24 and 25 divided into two right and left as shown in Fig. 4, and these left and right divided casings 24 and 25 are each formed of a synthetic resin and And integrally molding the partition plate 26 and the horizontal partition plate 27 for partitioning the suction side air passage a and the blowout side air passage b, and the joint portions of the suction side air passage a and the horizontal partition plate 27 are fixed to the screw 28. Are combined by.

The humidification filter 17 is detachably installed in the water tank 16 while its lower part is immersed in the water stored in the water tank 16, and the front panel 6 is removed from the case body 1A. The water tank 16 is detachable from the open surface Z of the front surface of the case main body 1A.

In addition, as shown in Fig. 3, the water tank 16 has an auxiliary water tank 16A which is connected to the drip tray 14 via a communication path 30 at one corner of the longitudinal direction. In the auxiliary water tank unit 16A, a pair of antiseptic electrodes 31 and 32 for sterilizing the humidifying water (tap water) stored in the water tank 16 are held and installed in the holder 33. One level detecting electrode 34 is provided in a state adjacent to the pair of germicidal electrodes 31 and 32, and the pair of germicidal electrodes 31 and 32 and one level detecting electrode 34 are respectively It is provided in 16 A of auxiliary water tank parts in the state immersed in the lower part. In addition, although the level detection electrode 34 generally requires a pair like the disinfection electrodes 31 and 32, one of the disinfection electrodes 31 on the side opposite to the level detection electrode 34 is different. It also has a structure that doubles as the level detection electrode.

Reference numeral 35 denotes between the germicidal electrodes 31 and 32 and the water level detection electrode 34 and the humidification filter 17, that is, the germicidal electrodes 31 and 32 and the water level detection electrode 34 and the case body 1A. A protective member having air permeability provided between the open surfaces Z. The protective member 35 is composed of a lattice-shaped porous member molded of a synthetic resin, and is used to clean, inspect, and replace the humidification filter 17 or to humidify the filter. When taking out (17) and cleaning the water tank 16, a person's hand is prevented from touching the germicidal electrodes 31 and 32 and the water level detection electrode 34.

In addition, both ends of the protection member 35 are inserted into guide grooves 37 and 37 provided opposite to each other in the case body 1A (inner surface of the peripheral plate 4), and fixed in the case body 1A. In addition, the protection member 35 in the state inserted in the guide grooves 37 and 37 is prevented from being pulled out by the horizontal partition plate 27 in which the ventilation port 23 of the said blower 22 was provided.

In Fig. 2, reference numeral 38 denotes a controller for controlling the operation of the humidifier, and reference numeral 39 denotes a filter pressing member for pressing the humidification filter 17, and the filter pressing member 39 has a spring property.

In this embodiment, when the water supply tank 13 in which humidification water, such as tap water, was accommodated was set in the exterior case 1, the water in this water supply tank 13 is supplied dropwise to the drip tray 14, This water is supplied to the auxiliary water tank 16A from the drip tray 14 via the communication path 30, and water is stored in the water tank 16 at a predetermined water level. The water stored in the water tank 16 is sucked into the humidification filter 17 by capillary action.

In the above-mentioned state, when the on-off switch (not shown) which is the operation switch provided in the operation part 7 is turned on, and operation | movement of the humidifier A is started, the drive motor (not shown) of the blower 22 will start. The air of the humidification chamber is sucked into the intake side air flow path a through the air purification filter 12 and the air inlet port 11, and the air is flowed into the cross-flow fan 22A such as a cylindrical blowing fan in the fan casing 22. Is accelerated by the air blower 23, and the accelerated air is discharged downwardly from the tuyeres 23, passes through the protection member 35, and then passes through the humidification filter 17, where the water contained in the humidification filter 17 The vaporized and humidified air passing through the humidification filter 17 in this way is discharged to the humidification chamber via the air outlet side b and the discharge port 9 to humidify the humidification chamber.

On the other hand, when a pair of bacteria elimination electrodes 31 and 32 provided in the auxiliary water tank 16A are energized by the bacteria elimination electrodes 31 and 32, HC10 (hypochlorous acid) having a high sterilizing power is generated. The water stored in the water tank 16 and the auxiliary water tank 16A is disinfected.

Here, when the humidifier A is operated for a long time, when the dust or the like sucked from the room accumulates in the humidification filter 17 and the humidification filter 17 becomes so-called clogged, it is necessary to clean the humidification filter 17. . In this case, when the front panel 6 of the outer case 2 is removed, the front face of the case main body 1A is opened. Therefore, after removing the filter pressing member 39 from the case main body 1A, the above-described opening surface ( The humidification filter 17 can be taken out from the water tank 16 using Z). In this way, the humidification filter 17F taken out outside is assembled and used again in the water tank 16 after cleaning.

When cleaning the water tank 16 in which the humidification filter 17 is removed, hands are put into the water tank 16. In this case, the germicidal electrodes 31 and 32 and the water level detection provided in the auxiliary water tank 16A are detected. Since the electrode 34 is protected by the protective member 35 provided in front of them, for example, when a customer cleans the humidification filter 17 or the water tank 16, the finger accidentally removes the electrodes 31 and 32 for disinfection. ) And the water level detection electrode 34 can be prevented, and at the time of assembling the humidification filter 17, a part of the humidification filter 717 is used for the germicidal electrodes 31 and 32 and the water level detection electrode 34. It can also prevent contact with.

Moreover, since the said porous member formed from the synthetic resin is used for the said protective member 35, the antibacterial electrode 31 and 32 and the water level detection electrode 34 are reliably, without increasing the air resistance by that much. It can protect easily, and also it is excellent in corrosion resistance and can also manufacture easily.

In addition, since both ends of the protection member 35 are inserted into guide grooves 37 provided opposite to the case main body 1A and fixed in the case main body 1A, without using a special fixing part separately, It can be installed in a predetermined position in the outer case 1 by a simple operation.

In addition, since the protection member 35 in the state inserted in the said guide groove 37 is the structure which is prevented from being pulled out by the horizontal partition plate 27 in which the blower opening 23 of the said blower 22 was provided, at the time of assembly, The assembled protection member 35 is less likely to be inadvertently removed, thereby improving safety.

As described above, according to the present invention as set forth in claim 1 or 2, when cleaning the water tank in which the humidification filter is removed or when assembling the humidification filter in the water tank, the finger or the humidification filter is used for the bactericidal electrode, the water level detection electrode, or the like. It is possible to prevent the contact of the electrode of the electrode by the protection member, so that the customer touches the electrode and hurts the finger or the humidification filter touches the electrode to damage the electrode in advance, thereby preventing the storage of humidifying water The safety of the humidifier in which electrodes, such as a disinfection electrode and a water level detection electrode, was installed in a water tank can be improved.

Claims (5)

A case body having an air intake port and a discharge port, and having a water tank for storing a predetermined level of water supplied from the water supply tank at the bottom, a detachable panel detachably mounted to the case body, a humidification filter provided at the water tank, The humidifier which blows with this humidification filter and vaporizes the water which permeated the humidification filter, removes a detachable panel from the case main body, and makes the humidification filter detachable from the opening surface of a case main body. A humidifier comprising: an antibacterial electrode for disinfecting water in the tank, and a protective member having a breathability between the electrode for disinfection and the open surface of the case body. A case body having an air intake port and a discharge port, and having a water tank for storing a predetermined level of water supplied from the water supply tank at the bottom, a detachable panel detachably mounted to the case body, a humidification filter provided at the water tank, The humidifier which blows with this humidification filter and vaporizes the water which permeated the humidification filter, removes a detachable panel from the case main body, and makes the humidification filter detachable from the opening surface of a case main body. A humidifier characterized in that a bactericidal electrode for sterilizing water in the water tank and a water level detection electrode for detecting the water level in the water tank are provided, and a protective member having ventilation is provided between the electrodes and the open surface of the case body. . The humidifier according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the protective member is a porous member molded of a synthetic resin. The humidifier according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the protection member is configured such that both ends thereof are inserted into guide grooves provided opposite to the case body and are fixed in the case body. The humidifier according to claim 4, wherein the protection member inserted into the guide groove is prevented from being pulled out by a horizontal partition plate provided with a blower of the blower.