KR20140028586A - Humidification apparatus having the rotating humidification filter - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a rotary humidification filter-type humidifier which is to prevent a rotating humidification filter from being separated from the rotational track thereof. The disclosed humidifier comprises: a humidification filter having a ring-shaped frame at the outer circumference thereof and capable of being rotated in the outer circumferential direction thereof; a driving part supplying a rotational driving force to the humidification filter; and a rotating force transmitting member rotating while touching the outside of the frame in order to transmit the driving force of the driving part to the humidification filter and rotating the humidification filter through a frictional force. The rotating force transmitting member, when being rotated, guides the frame in order to prevent the humidification filter from moving toward the width direction of the frame. The disclosed humidifier is to fix the rotational track of the humidification filter through the shape of a contact part between the rotating force transmitting member and the humidification filter without an extra guide.

Description

HUMIDIFICATION APPARATUS HAVING THE ROTATING HUMIDIFICATION FILTER}

The present invention relates to a rotating humidification filter type humidification apparatus, and more particularly, to a rotating humidification filter type humidification apparatus in which the humidification filter is prevented from deviating from the rotational track during the rotation operation of the humidification filter.

In general, a humidifying apparatus for artificially generating and spraying moisture to increase indoor humidity may include a heated humidifying apparatus in which a method of generating moisture naturally sprays steam generated by heating water stored in a water tank to a predetermined temperature; Ultrasonic vibration of the water stored in the tank by ultrasonic vibration to spray the micronized water particles into the room, and a combined humidification device equipped with a heating and ultrasonic humidification method simultaneously.

Recently, a humidification filter absorbs water in a tank and vaporizes the absorbed water by blowing, or vaporizes water attached to the disk surface by blowing by rotating a portion of a plurality of disks in a bath. Natural (ventilating) humidifiers using such methods are also used.

In general, in the case of the natural humidifier, the blower fan sucks external air, and the air sucked by the blower fan is atomized while passing through the humidification filter. The atomized air is discharged to the outside through the humidifier discharge port to humidify the dry room.

1 is a front view schematically showing an interlocking structure of a humidifying filter and a driving unit of a conventional humidifying apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the humidifying apparatus according to the related art, the rotational force transmitting member 15 and the plurality of supporting rollers 30 of the driving unit 10 are arranged along the circumference of the frame 25 of the humidifying filter 20. Arranged at a plurality of points is configured to hold the humidification filter 20 in cooperation with each other.

At this time, when the driving unit 10 is operated to rotate the rotational force transmitting member 15, the humidifying filter 20 in contact with it rotates.

In addition, the aberration 40 in which the lower part is immersed in a water tank (not shown) is coupled to one support roller 30 disposed below the humidification filter 20, and the combined support roller 30 and the rotational behavior are integrated. It is configured to, and is configured to supply the water of the tank to the humidification filter 20 while rotating.

In such a configuration, the humidification filter 20 continuously rotates and absorbs moisture over the entire surface of the filter while the humidifier is humidified.

However, in the structure for holding and rotating the outer circumferential surface of the humidification filter 20 frame 25 as described above, the humidification filter 20, the support roller 30, and the rotational force transmission member 15 are configured in a flat cylindrical shape and rotated. In operation, the humidifying filter 20 flows in the width direction.

That is, when the humidification filter 20 is rotated for a long time, due to various factors such as the imbalance of the force transmission to the contact portion of the rotational force transmission member 15, the load imbalance due to the inclination of the device, the unbalance of the bearing force of the support roller 30 , The humidification filter 20 is out of the first rotation trajectory will occur.

As such, when the humidification filter 20 is out of the rotation trajectory, a problem may occur in which the humidification filter 20 is separated from the rotational force transmitting member 15.

In addition, although not shown in the related art, in order to solve such a problem, an additional guide (not shown) for fixing the humidification filter 20 in the axial direction may be additionally installed.

The present invention has been made on the basis of the prior art as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rotary humidification filter type humidification device that the rotation trajectory of the humidification filter is fixed without a separate guide.

As one aspect for achieving at least some of the above objects, the present invention is an annular frame constituting the outer circumference, the humidification filter rotatable in the outer circumferential direction; A driving unit providing a rotation driving force to the humidification filter; And a rotational force transmission member that rotates in contact with the outside of the frame and transmits the driving force of the driving unit to the humidification filter, and rotates the humidification filter through frictional force. Provided is a rotary humidifying filter type humidifying device for guiding the frame such that the filter does not flow in the width direction of the frame.

Preferably, the rotational force transmission member is formed such that the outer peripheral surface is inclined downward toward the central portion from both sides in the longitudinal direction, the central portion may be concave.

In one embodiment, the frame has an outer circumferential surface may be formed convex in the center portion corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the rotational force transmission member.

In another embodiment, the rotational force transmitting member may be configured to have a length longer than the width of the frame.

In another embodiment, the frame is formed with a guide groove along the outer circumferential surface, the rotation force transmitting member is formed with a guide rail protruding corresponding to the guide groove along the outer circumferential surface, the guide rail is accommodated in the guide groove In the state, the humidification filter and the rotational force transmission member may rotate.

Here, gears meshing with each other may be formed on the outer circumferential surface of each of the frame and the rotational force transmitting member.

On the other hand, at least one of the frame and the rotational force transmission member may be provided with a friction member for providing a friction force to the contact portion between the frame and the rotational force transmission member on the outer peripheral surface.

In addition, the rotary humidification filter type humidification device may further include a support roller in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the frame, holding the humidification filter in cooperation with the rotational force transmission member.

According to an embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration, it is possible to obtain the effect of fixing the rotation trajectory of the humidification filter without a separate guide through the shape of the contact portion of the rotational force transmission member and the humidification filter.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by forming an inclined surface on the rotational force transmission member can be obtained the effect that the humidification filter is automatically moved to the correct position of the rotational track during the rotation operation.

1 is a front view schematically showing an interlocking structure of a humidifying filter and a driving unit of a conventional humidifying apparatus.
2 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing the configuration of a humidifying apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention.
3 is a front view schematically showing an interlocking structure of a humidifying filter and a driving unit of the humidifying apparatus of FIG. 2.
4 is a front view illustrating an interlocking structure of the humidification filter and the rotational force transmitting member according to the first embodiment shown in part (a) of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a front view illustrating an interlocking structure between a humidifying filter and a rotational force transmitting member according to a second embodiment shown in part (b) of FIG. 3.
FIG. 6 is a front view illustrating an interlocking structure of the humidification filter and the rotational force transmitting member according to the third embodiment of FIG. 3 (c).

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Furthermore, the singular forms "a", "an," and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

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

First, referring to Figure 2, looks at the overall structure of the humidifier according to embodiments of the present invention. 2 is an exploded perspective view schematically illustrating a configuration of a humidifying apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 2, the humidifying apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a device housing 110, blowing fan 120, water tank 130, humidification filter 140, aberration 150, The driving unit 160 and the roller support frame 170 is included.

The device housing 110 is a blower fan 120, the water tank 130, the humidification filter 140, the aberration 150, and the roller support frame 170, the appearance is built, the front of the device housing 110 blowing An air inlet 112 may be provided to suck air when the fan 120 is operated. The upper portion of the device housing 110 may be cleaned or humidified via the air cleaning filter 190 and the humidification filter 140. The discharge port 114 through which the discharge may be provided.

Here, the air cleaning filter 190 may filter the air sucked into the device housing 110 when the blower fan 120 is driven. Through this, the humidifying apparatus 100 according to the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented as a humidified air cleaner including a humidifying function as well as an air cleaning function. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it may be obvious that the air cleaning filter 190 may be implemented only by the humidification device 100 in which the air cleaning filter 190 is excluded.

In addition, the blower fan 120 may be installed inside the device housing 110 to provide suction to the air inside the device housing 110.

In addition, the water tank 130 may be provided in a space between the air cleaning filter 190 and the blowing fan 120 to accommodate water. In embodiments of the present invention, the water tank 130 may be inserted into the installation opening 117 formed on the side of the device housing 110, it may have a structure that is mounted inside the device housing 110.

Here, a water tank 132 provided to supply water to the water tank 130 may be installed at one side of the water tank 130.

On the other hand, the humidification filter 140, the annular frame 145 constitutes the outer circumference, it may be configured to be rotatable in the outer circumferential direction. The humidification filter 140 may be absorbed by receiving the water contained in the water tank 130, it may be made of a breathable structure.

Through this, the moisture absorbed in the humidification filter 140 is atomized by the air passing through when the air sucked by the blower fan 120 passes through the humidification filter 140, the device housing 110 contained in the air ) May be discharged to the outside.

On the other hand, the aberration 150 is provided so that the lower part is immersed in the water tank 130, is configured to rotate and supply the water contained in the water tank 130 to the humidification filter 140.

That is, in the embodiments of the present invention, the humidification filter 140 may not be submerged in the water tank 130, and may receive water from the water tank 130 through the aberration 150. Through this, the humidifying apparatus 100 according to the embodiments of the present invention may have a structure that can prevent scale generation and microbial propagation that may occur in the structure in which the humidification filter 140 is directly immersed in the water tank 130. have.

Although not specifically illustrated, for the above operation, in the embodiments of the present invention, the aberration 150 may be provided along the outer circumference of the spoon-shaped structure that can float water, and rotates the water with the spoon while rotating The water may be supplied to the humidification filter 140 by floating on the humidification filter 140.

On the other hand, the driving unit 160 may rotate the humidification filter 140 by providing a rotation driving force to the humidification filter 140. The driving unit 160 may be implemented by various types of known technologies that may transmit rotational force to an external device through a rotor, such as a motor.

On the other hand, the roller support frame 170 is a structure for supporting the support roller 180 to be described later, it is formed in the bucket 132 may be located on one side of the humidification filter 140.

Next, referring to Figures 3 to 6, looks at the interlocking structure of the humidification filter 140 and the drive unit 160 of the humidifier 100 according to the embodiments of the present invention. 3 is a front view schematically illustrating an interlocking structure of the humidification filter 140 and the driving unit 160 of the humidifying apparatus 100 according to the embodiments of the present invention, and the partial enlarged view (a) of FIG. Embodiment 1, (b) is a perspective view which shows 2nd Example, and (c) shows 3rd Embodiment.

4 is a front view of the first embodiment shown in partial enlarged view (a) of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a front view of the second embodiment shown in partial enlarged view (b) of FIG. 3 is a front view of the third embodiment shown in (c).

First, as shown in FIG. 3, the humidifying apparatus 100 according to the embodiments of the present invention cooperates with the rotational force transmission member 165 and the rotational force transmission member 165 in connection with the rotation axis of the driving unit 160. It may include a plurality of support rollers 180 for holding the humidification filter 140.

The rotational force transmitting member 165 may rotate the outer circumferential surface in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the frame 145 and rotate the humidification filter 140 through frictional force. That is, the rotational force transmitting member 165 is a member having a cylindrical or cylindrical structure which is connected to the rotational axis of the driving unit 160 to provide the driving force of the driving unit 160 to the humidification filter 140, and has a frame 145 on the outer circumferential surface thereof. The contact with the outer circumferential surface of the) is formed to rotate and the frame 145 can be rotated by pushing the outer circumferential surface of the frame 145 in the rotation direction from the contact.

On the other hand, the support roller 180 may be installed on the roller support frame 170 to contact the outer peripheral surface of the frame 145, it is freely rotatable so as not to interfere with the rotation operation of the frame 145.

As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of the supporting rollers 180 may be disposed at different points around the humidification filter 140 to hold the humidification filter 140 in cooperation with the rotational force transmitting member 165.

Meanwhile, the support roller 180 supporting the lower end of the humidification filter 140 among the plurality of support rollers 180 may be configured as a rotation shaft of the aberration 150. Through this, the rotational force of the humidification filter 140 can be transmitted to the aberration 150, and as a result, it is possible to rotate both the humidification filter 140 and the aberration 150 through one drive unit 160.

In embodiments of the present invention having such a configuration, the rotational force transmitting member 165 may guide the frame 145 so that the humidification filter 140 does not flow in the width direction of the frame 145 during rotation.

In other words, while the rotational force transmitting member 165 and the frame 145 are interlocked to rotate, the rotational force transmitting member 165 fixes the horizontal position of the frame 145 so that the humidification filter 140 does not leave the rotational track. can do.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention operating as described above will be described.

≪ Embodiment 1 >

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 4, the rotational force transmitting member 165 may have an outer circumferential surface formed to be inclined downward from both sides to the center in the longitudinal direction, and thus the center may be concave.

In addition, the frame 145 may have the outer circumferential surface of the frame 145 convex in correspondence with the outer circumferential surface of the rotational force transmitting member 165. That is, in view of the cross section, the rotational force transmitting member 165 may have an intaglio triangle shape, and the frame 145 may be configured as an embossed triangular shape corresponding to the negative triangle shape of the rotational force transmitting member 165.

In such a configuration, even if the humidification filter 140 is not positioned at a position where the humidification filter 140 is completely in contact with the rotational force transmitting member 165, the frame 145 of the humidification filter 140 slides along the inclined surface during the rotational operation and the rotational force transmitting member Complete contact with 165. That is, the humidification filter 140 has a feature that can be automatically positioned in the correct position through the rotation operation.

On the other hand, during this automatic orbital movement operation, the humidification filter 140 may be configured to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the rotational force transmission member 165 while rotating in contact with the rotational force transmission member 165. That is, the contact portion with the outer circumferential surface of the rotational force transmitting member 165 may be movable in the diagonal direction.

Therefore, in the first embodiment of the present invention, it may be more preferable that a gear for transmitting torque between both is not formed on the outer circumferential surface of the frame 145 of the humidification filter 140 and the outer circumferential surface of the rotational force transmitting member 165.

In other words, when gears meshing with each other are formed on the outer circumferential surfaces of the frame 145 and the rotational force transmission member 165, the contact portion between the frame 145 and the outer circumferential surface of the rotational force transmission member 165 is formed of the rotational force transmission member 165. Since it is difficult to move in a diagonal direction from the outer circumferential surface, it is preferable that the outer circumferential surfaces of the frame 145 and the rotational force transmitting member 165 are configured to be smooth.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, a gear having a low height may be formed on the outer circumferential surfaces of the frame 145 and the rotational force transmitting member 165 to allow the humidification filter 140 to move in the width direction.

On the other hand, when the outer circumferential surface of the frame 145 and the rotational force transmission member 165 as described above is smooth, the friction force between the frame 145 and the rotational force transmission member 165 is insufficient, the rotational force of the rotational force transmission member 165 is A phenomenon in which the frame 145 is not stably transmitted may occur.

In order to solve this problem, at least one outer circumferential surface of the frame 145 and the rotational force transmission member 165 may be provided with a friction member 167 for providing a frictional force to a contact portion between the frame 145 and the rotational force transmission member 165. Can be. The friction member 167 may be made of a material having a high coefficient of friction, such as rubber.

Second Embodiment

As shown in the partial enlarged view (b) of FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the rotational force transmitting member 165 is formed such that its outer circumferential surface is inclined downward from both side portions to the center portion in the longitudinal direction as in the first embodiment, so that the center portion is concave. Can be formed.

Here, the rotational force transmitting member 165 may be configured to have a length longer than the width of the frame 145.

In addition, unlike the first embodiment, the outer circumferential surface of the frame 145 may be configured to be flat in the width direction as in the shape of the conventional frame 145.

The humidifying apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment corresponds to a configuration in which the frame 145 of the conventional humidifying filter 140 is used in order to obtain an effect of preventing the departure of the rotational track of the humidifying filter 140.

In such a configuration, the rotational force transmitting member 165 has a length that can accommodate the frame 145 on the inclined surface as shown in FIG. 5, so that the outer circumferential surface of the frame 145 is concave of the rotational force transmitting member 165. Although not convex in response to the outer circumferential surface, the trajectory of the frame 145 may be fixed through the inclined surface.

In addition, the rotational force transmitting member 165 may automatically position the frame 145 automatically through a rotational motion as in the first embodiment, and a friction member 167 may be further provided on the outer circumferential surface.

Third Embodiment

As shown in the enlarged partial view (c) of FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, a guide groove 148 may be formed in the frame 145 of the humidification filter 140 along an outer circumferential surface thereof, A guide rail 168 protruding from the guide groove 148 may be formed along an outer circumferential surface thereof.

Through this, the humidification filter 140 and the rotational force transmitting member 165 may rotate in a state where the guide rail 168 is accommodated in the guide groove 148. That is, through the guide groove 148 and the guide rail 168, the humidification filter 140 can rotate with a constant rotational track without flowing in the width direction during the rotation operation.

In addition, gears (indicated by horizontal lines) meshed with each other may be formed on the outer circumferential surface of each of the frame 145 and the rotational force transmission member 165 so as to facilitate the rotational force transmission operation between the frame 145 and the rotational force transmission member 165. have.

Here, although the gears are formed in both the rotational force transmission member 165 and the guide rail 168 in the partial enlarged view (c) and FIG. 6 of FIG. 3, the rotational force transmission member 165 and the guide rail 168 of FIG. It should be noted that the configuration in which the gear teeth are formed only in any one is possible.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 6, there is no gap in the width direction between the guide groove 148 and the guide rail 168, so that both are tightly adhered to each other, but the guide groove 148 and the guide rail 168 are thus If it is formed to be tightly coupled to the rotational force transmission member 165 may be somewhat difficult to mount the humidification filter 140.

Therefore, to compensate for this, the width of the guide rail 168 is formed to be smaller than the width of the guide groove 148 so as to facilitate the mounting of the humidification filter 140 to the rotational force transmission member 165, although not shown. As a result, a gap may be formed between the guide groove 148 and the guide rail 168.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to particular embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following claims I would like to make it clear.

100: humidification device 110: device housing
120: blowing fan 130: water tank
140: humidification filter 145: frame
148: guide groove 150: aberration
160: drive unit 165: rotational force transmission member
167: friction member 168: guide rail
170: roller support frame 180: support roller
190: air cleaning filter

Claims (8)

A humidifying filter having an annular frame constituting an outer circumference and rotatable in an outer circumferential direction;
A driving unit providing a rotation driving force to the humidification filter; And
And a rotational force transmitting member rotating in a state in contact with the outside of the frame to transmit the driving force of the driving unit to the humidification filter and rotating the humidification filter through frictional force.
The rotational force transmission member is a rotary humidification filter type humidification device for guiding the frame so that the humidification filter does not flow in the width direction of the frame during rotation. The method of claim 1,
The rotational force transmission member,
Rotating humidification filter type humidifying device, characterized in that the outer peripheral surface is formed inclined downward toward both sides from the central portion in the longitudinal direction, the center portion is concave. 3. The method of claim 2,
The frame is a rotary humidification filter type humidification device, characterized in that the outer peripheral surface is formed in the center convex corresponding to the outer peripheral surface of the rotational force transmission member. 3. The method of claim 2,
The rotational force transmission member is a rotary humidification filter type humidification device, characterized in that the length is longer than the width of the frame. The method of claim 1,
The frame is formed with a guide groove along the outer circumferential surface,
The rotation force transmitting member is formed with a guide rail protruding corresponding to the guide groove along the outer peripheral surface,
The humidification filter and the rotating humidification filter type humidifying device, characterized in that the humidifying filter and the rotational force transmission member is rotated in a state where the guide rail is accommodated in the guide groove. 6. The method of claim 5,
Rotating humidification filter-type humidification device, characterized in that gears are engaged with each other on the outer peripheral surface of the frame and the rotational force transmission member. The method of claim 1,
At least one of the frame and the rotational force transmission member is a rotary humidifying filter type humidification device, characterized in that the outer peripheral surface is provided with a friction member for providing a friction force in the contact portion between the frame and the rotational force transmission member. The method of claim 1,
And a support roller in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the frame and holding the humidification filter in cooperation with the rotational force transmitting member.

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