KR20030019162A - Humidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a humidifier capable of adjusting the humidifying rate according to required humidifying quantity. CONSTITUTION: The humidifier 1 state operating to start a fan motor 26 in a blower 25 to suck air from a room under humidification into an intake air passage A via an air purifying filter 14 and an air intake 13, and a sirocco fan 27 accelerates the air in a fan casing 28 to send out the air down from a blowout hole 29 to a protective member 37. The air then flows through the member 37, a vaporizing filter 19 and, to explain in detail, a space defined by flat plate-like cloths 42 and corrugated cloths 43 forming filter components 44 for vaporizing water contained in the filter 19 to humidify the air passing the filter 19, and the air thus humidified through the filter 19 is then discharged via a blowout air passage B and blowout holes 11 into the room under humidification, thereby humidifying in the room.

Description

Humidifier {Humidifier}

The present invention relates to a humidifier in which a part is immersed in a water tank receiving water from a water supply tank and mixed with vaporized water and air in a vaporization filter that sucks up the water by a capillary phenomenon, and is supplied to a room by a blower to perform humidification. will be.

Conventionally, the vaporization filter in this type of humidifier is formed by folding a single cloth member having good absorbency into a pleated box shape as shown in FIG. 8, or a plurality of sheets having good absorbency as shown in FIG. The cloth member was formed by bonding in a honeycomb form.

However, in the above-mentioned vaporization filter, since it is flexible, it is difficult to make each space | interval constant at the time of bending especially in the example shown in FIG. 8. In the example shown in FIG. Since it was impossible to do this, it was difficult for both to determine the amount of vaporization filter required with respect to vaporization amount.

Then, in view of the said problem, an object of this invention is to provide the humidifier which can adjust a humidification amount according to a required humidification amount.

1 is an external perspective view of a humidifier.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part of the humidifier.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the front panel, the vaporization filter, the water supply tank and the tank storage chamber covering plate taken out from the case body;

4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the structure of a fan casing of a blower;

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of a main part of the humidifier;

6 is a perspective view of the filter structure;

7 is an exploded perspective view of the vaporization filter;

Fig. 8 is a view showing a conventional vaporization filter in which one cloth member having good water absorption is formed by folding a wrinkled box shape.

Fig. 9 shows a conventional vaporization filter formed by adhering a plurality of cloth members having good absorbency in a honeycomb form.

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

1: humidifier

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

16: drip tray

18: tank

18A: Auxiliary water tank

19: ignition filter

25: blowhole

26: Shirok Fan

42, 43: cloth member

44: filter structure

To this end, in the first invention, a part is immersed in a water tank receiving water from a water supply tank, and the vaporized water vapor and air are mixed in a vaporization filter that pulls up the water by capillary action, and is supplied to a room by a blower and humidified. In the humidifier for performing the vaporization filter, a plurality of filter members formed by adhering the vaporized filter to the flat cloth member and the wavy cloth member are formed in parallel, and the space formed by the cloth member is formed in the water tank. It is arrange | positioned so that it may become parallel to the surface of the water.

The second invention is characterized in that the size of the space formed by the two cloth members and the pitch of the formed space are formed according to the amount of vaporization.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, one Embodiment of this invention is described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7, reference numeral 2 denotes an outer case of the humidifier 1, and the outer case 2 is formed of a synthetic resin, respectively, and an upper plate 4 and a bottom plate which form the case body 3, respectively. (5), the circumferential side plate 6, the tank cover plate 7, and the front panel 8 which were detachable with respect to the case main body 3 are comprised. The upper plate 4 is provided with an operating portion 9 for the display portion, and has a long horizontal width having the discharge guide grating 10 formed integrally with the upper plate 4 located at the front end portion of the upper plate 4. A discharge port 11 is formed, and an inverted U-shaped handle 12 for carrying the axle is transported around the operation unit 9 so as to be capable of ups and downs.

On the upper side of the peripheral side plate 6, a lattice-shaped air inlet 13 is arranged in parallel with the rear part of the peripheral side plate and one side part, and the air inlet 13 is equipped with an air purification filter 14, The top plate 4 is screwed (not shown) and the bottom plate 5 is similarly screwed (not shown) to the peripheral side plate.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the bottom plate 5 is formed with a drip tray 16 receiving the water for humidification supplied from the cartridge type water supply tank 15 at the right side, On the other part side which pinched the partition wall 17 integrally formed with 5), the water tank 18 which stores the water supplied to the water receiving part 16 from the water supply tank 15 to predetermined water level is formed, This water tank 18, the lower end part is provided with the vaporization filter 19 mentioned later in the state immersed in the water in the water tank 18. As shown in FIG.

A perimeter wall 20 is integrally formed with the bottom portion 5 on the entire outer circumference of the bottom plate 5, and the front side wall portion 21 of the perimeter wall 20 is the drip tray 16. Rather, the height of the portion X away from the drip tray 16 is set to about 10 mm to 30 mm higher.

The front panel 8 has a plurality of locking portions 22 formed at both left and right ends of the panel, and the plurality of locking portions 22 are formed at the engaging portions 23 formed at both left and right ends of the peripheral side plate 6, respectively. By enclosing each case, the case was covered with the open surface Z of the front surface of the main body 3. Reference numeral 24 denotes a quantity confirmation window of the water supply tank 15 provided in the front panel 8 to face the water supply tank 15 in the state accommodated in the outer case 2.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a blower installed in the transverse direction in the upper part of the case body 3, and the blower 25 is a fan motor 26 and a sirocco fan which is a cross flow fan journaled to the motor shaft of the fan motor 26 ( 27 and a fan casing 28 in which the sirocco fan 27 is accommodated. In addition, you may comprise with a crossflow fan instead of the sirocco fan 27. As shown in FIG.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the blower 25 sirocco the indoor air sucked into the absorption side air flow path a in the outer case 2 through the air purification filter 14 and the air intake port 13. By accelerating to the fan 27 and sending it downward from the tuyeres 29 of the fan casing 28 and blowing it to the vaporization filter 19, the vaporization filter 19 is passed through and the vaporization filter 19 is carried out at that time. ) And the humidified air is discharged to the humidification chamber outside the humidifier 1 via the air outlet b and the discharge port 11.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the fan casing 28 is constituted by divided casings 28A and 28B divided into left and right, and the left and right divided casings 28A and 28B are made of synthetic resin, respectively. And a flow path partition wall 30 for partitioning the suction side air flow path a and the blowout side air flow path b, and the horizontal partition wall 31 in which the air vent 29 is formed. will be.

The fan casing 28 is assembled by abutting side end portions of the respective divided casings 28A and 28B to each other to be joined by screws.

In addition, the fan casing 28 fixes the flow path partition wall 30 and the horizontal partition plate 31 to the exterior case 2 by screws (not shown), respectively, thereby providing the flow path partition wall 30 and the horizontal partition. It is fixed to the exterior case 2 via both the walls 31. Moreover, the right end part of the said horizontal partition wall 31 is screwed (not shown) to the upper end of the said partition board 17, and in this way, the said fan casing 28, the flow path partition wall 30, and the horizontal The partition wall 31 serves as a structure for increasing the assembly strength of the outer case 2.

In addition, the flow path partition wall 30 formed integrally with the split casing 28B on one side (right side) has a fan motor 26 and an outer case so as to cover the front of the fan motor 26 of the blower 25. It is located between the front panel 8 of (2).

The vaporization filter 19 is detachably installed in the water tank 18 while the lower part of the vaporization filter is immersed in the water stored in the water tank 18, and the front panel 8 is attached to the case body 3. Is detachably attached to the water tank 18 from the opening surface Z of the front face of the case main body 3 in the state removed from the front side.

In addition, as shown in Fig. 5, the water tank 18 has an auxiliary water tank unit 18A connected to the water tank unit 16 via a connection path 32 inside one side in the longitudinal direction. The pair of sterilization electrodes 33 and 34 are held in the folder 35 to sterilize the humidifying water (tap water) stored in the water tank 18 in the tank portion 18A. One level detection electrode 36 is provided in a state adjacent to the electrodes 33 and 34, and the pair of bactericidal electrodes 33 and 34 and one level detection electrode 36 respectively drain the lower part. It is installed in the auxiliary water tank part 18A in the state immersed in. Normally, the level detecting electrode 36 requires a pair like the disinfecting electrodes 33 and 34, but the disinfecting electrode 33 in one direction on the side opposite to the level detecting electrode 36 is different. The water level detecting electrode also serves as a configuration.

Reference numeral 37 denotes between the bactericidal electrodes 33 and 34 and the water level detection electrode 36 and the vaporization filter 19, that is, the bactericidal electrodes 33 and 34 and the water level detection electrode 36 and the case body 3. It is a protective member having air permeability provided between the open surface Z of the (). The protective member 37 is composed of a lattice-shaped porous member molded of synthetic resin, and the vaporization filter 19 is taken out to clean the water tank 18 during cleaning, inspection and replacement of the vaporization filter 19. At this time, the finger of the human body is prevented from touching the germicidal electrodes 33 and 34 and the water level detection electrode 36.

In addition, the protective member 37 is interposed between the guide grooves 38 and 38 provided at both ends thereof in the case body [3, the inner surface of the circumferential side plate 6] to be fixed in the case body 3, In addition, the protection member 37 in the state inserted in the guide grooves 38 and 38 is prevented from being pulled out by the horizontal partition wall 31 in which the air vent 29 of the said blower 25 was provided.

Reference numeral 39 in FIG. 2 denotes a controller for controlling the operation of the humidifier, 40 is a filter pressing member for pressing the vaporization filter 19, and the filter pressing member 40 has elasticity.

Next, based on FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the vaporization filter 19 will be described in detail. First, the flat member 42 and the wavy cloth member 43 are bonded to each other to form a filter member 44, and this holding member 45 is provided in a state where a plurality of the filter member 44 are provided in parallel. The vaporization filter 19 is comprised so that it may be stored in the furnace-formed space and it will hold | maintain with this one holding support 45 and the other holding support 46. FIG.

That is, the both holding supports 45 and 46 are made of a synthetic resin material, and the one holding support 45 is open for accommodating the group of the construct 44 on one side, and the other side of the lattice shape. The window is formed, and the locking part 47 is formed in the upper and lower sides. In addition, the other retaining support 46 is similarly opened on one side for accommodating the group of constructs 44, and the other side is formed with a lattice window, and the locking portion 47 is disposed on both sides. An engagement groove 48 to be fitted is formed. And the opening peripheral side edge part of the said one holding support body 45 is made into thin parts (not shown), and the cutout part 49 is formed in the opening peripheral side edge part of the said other holding support body 46, and the said filter In the state where the structure 44 was made together in multiple states, it is accommodated in the space formed in the one support body 45, and it pinched by the support body 46 of a direction different from the one support body 45, and the said other support body 46 The vaporization filter 19 is constituted by fitting the thin portion to the cutout portion 49 formed at the end portion of the opening circumferential side of the cuff and fitting the locking portion 47 to the engagement groove 48.

In addition, the protection member 37 and the said so that the space formed by the said cloth member 42 and 43 in the said tank 18 with the vaporization filter 19 comprised in this way may be parallel with the water surface in the said tank 18. The vaporization is arranged so as to face the discharge side air flow path (b), with an elastic filter pressing member (40) interposed between the horizontal partition wall (31) and the upper surfaces of both retaining supports (45, 46). The filter 19 is pressed and fixed.

In addition, the materials of the two cloth members 42 and 43 are made of PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) having good absorption of rayon and strong elasticity, but 40 to 60% by weight of rayon and 40 to 60% by weight of PVA. When produced, and preferably made of 50% by weight of rayon and 50% by weight of PVA, the effect of having good water absorption and strong elasticity is remarkable.

And the height of the wave of the said wave-shaped filter structure 44 is 2.2 mm-3.2 mm, for example, about 2.7 mm, and the wave pitch is 4.4 mm-5.7 mm, for example 5.2 mm, To make. In addition, since the filter structure 44 is made into a wave shape, it is elastic to some extent, and the eyes at the time of the parallel arrangement are not crushed, and the number of the number of this filter structure 44 provided in parallel can be adjusted according to the required amount of humidification. Therefore, it is possible to secure an efficient humidification amount. Of course, you may adjust the magnitude | size of the said filter structure 44, ie, the length of the longitudinal and horizontal sides, the magnitude | size of the space formed by both cloth members 42 and 43, and the pitch of the space formed.

By constructing as mentioned above, when the water supply tank 15 in which humidification water, such as tap water, was accommodated was set in the exterior case 2, the water in this water supply tank 15 will drop-drop and supply to the drip tray 16. This water is supplied from the drip tray portion 16 to the auxiliary drip tray portion 18A via the connection path 32, and the water is collected at a predetermined level in the water tank 18. Water collected in the water tank 18 is sucked up into the vaporization filter 19 by capillary action.

In the above-described state, when the operation switch on off switch (not shown) installed in the operation unit 9 is turned on to start the operation of the humidifier 1, the fan motor 26 of the blower 25 is started to humidify. The air in the chamber is sucked into the intake side air flow path a via the air purification filter 14 and the air intake port 13, and the air is accelerated by the shirok fan 27 in the fan casing 28, The accelerated air is discharged downwardly from the tuyeres 29, passes through the protection member 37, and then passes through the vaporization filter 19, in detail, the space formed by the two cloth members 42 and 43, respectively. Here, the water impregnated in the vaporization filter 19 is vaporized, and in this way, the humidified air (air mixed with the vaporized water vapor) at the time of passing through the vaporization filter 19 is the delivery-side air flow path b. And the discharge port 11 are discharged into the humidification chamber, and the humidification of the humidification chamber is performed.

On the other hand, when the pair of bactericidal electrodes 33 and 34 provided in the auxiliary tank 18A are energized, HC10 (hypochlorous acid) having a high sterilizing power is generated by the bactericidal electrodes 33 and 34. The water stored in the water tank 18 and the auxiliary water tank portion 18A is disinfected.

If the humidifier 1 is operated for a long time, dust or the like sucked from the room is accumulated in the vaporization filter 19, and when the vaporization filter 19 is so-called clogged, it is necessary to clean the vaporization filter 19. . In this case, when the front panel 8 of the outer case 2 is removed, the front surface of the case main body 3 is opened. Thus, after removing the filter pressing member 40 from the case main body 3, Using the direction Z, the vaporization filter 19 can be taken out from the water tank 18 to the outside. In this way, the vaporization filter 19 taken out outside is assembled and used again in the water tank 18 after cleaning.

According to this embodiment, the water vapor tank and the air vaporized by mixing the vaporized water and the vaporized by the vaporization filter 19 which sucks up the water by a capillary phenomenon in which a part of the tank 18 receives the water supply from the water supply tank 15 A humidifier (1) supplied to the room and humidified by 25), and the vaporizing filter (19) is formed by adhering the vaporized filter (19) to a flat cloth member (42) and a wavy cloth member (43). The vaporization filter 19 is disposed so that the space formed by the two cloth members 42 and 43 is parallel to the water surface of the water tank 18, and then vaporized according to the necessary amount of water. An appropriate amount of humidification can be obtained by increasing or decreasing the number of filter structures 44 constituting the filter 19.

In addition, an appropriate amount of humidification can be obtained by forming the size of the space formed by the two cloth members 42 and 43 and the pitch of the formed space corresponding to the amount of vaporization.

In addition, while the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various alternatives, modifications, or variations are possible to those skilled in the art based on the above description, and various alternatives and modifications described above without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Or variations.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a humidifier capable of adjusting the amount of humidification corresponding to the amount of humidification required.

Claims (2)

In the humidifier in which a part is immersed in the water tank receiving the water supply from the water supply tank, the vaporization filter that sucks up the water by the capillary phenomenon to mix the vaporized water and air and supply it to the room by a blower to perform humidification. And a plurality of filter structures formed by adhering a flat cloth member and a wave-like cloth member to each other, and the filter structures are arranged so that the space formed by the both cloth members is parallel to the water surface in the water tank. Humidifier. The humidifier according to claim 1, wherein the size of the space formed by the two cloth members and the pitch of the formed space are formed according to the amount of vaporization.