KR20150050717A - A humidifying device including lift device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a humidifying device applying a lift device to move a humidifying filter to be positioned above the water level surface of a water tank and directly sending a comfortable dry air introduced through an air purification filter in an inlet to an outlet. More specifically, after the humidifying filter ascends due to application of the lift device to be withdrawn until the upper side of the water surface, the humidifying device prevents odor of the outlet by a filter drying function when a user does not use a product for a long period of time since the present invention enables humidifying filter to be dried by air blowing.

Description

A humidifying device including a lift device < RTI ID = 0.0 >

The present invention relates to a humidifying device, and more particularly, to a humidifying device for humidifying a humidifying air by using a lift device for moving a humidifying filter beyond a water surface of a water receiving portion, .

Generally, a humidifying device is a device that generates dry humid air by heating dry air sent out of an air passage using a blower and passing the heated air through a humidified vaporization filter. When the heated air passes through the vaporization filter, the moisture permeated into the vaporization filter is heated by the heat of the heated air to become vapor, and the steam and the dry air are mixed to generate humid air. The vaporization filter is immersed in the water stored in the tray (water tank), and the vaporization filter absorbs the water in the tray by the capillary phenomenon and becomes wet.

The humidifying device can increase the humidification capacity by increasing the area of the vaporization filter. However, since the capacity of the vaporization filter to absorb moisture is limited, it is necessary to increase the width of the vaporization filter in order to greatly increase the humidifying capacity of the humidifying device have. However, for example, when the humidifying device is mounted on the floor type air conditioner, since the air conditioner itself is often formed in a vertically long shape, the lateral width of the humidification device is limited and the horizontal width of the vaporization filter can be increased There is no case.

Accordingly, in such a case, a plurality of humidifying devices, which are conventionally composed of an air blower, a heater, and a vaporizing filter, are mounted, thereby significantly increasing the humidifying amount of the humidifying device.

Hereinafter, a conventional humidification apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

The humidification device divides the main body case 1 into an upper space 3 and a lower space 4 by a partition plate 2 and communicates with the lower space 4 in a plurality of directions The turbo fan 6 located in the upper space 3 is installed in the lower space 4 in such a manner that the humidification filter 5 is mounted in the lower space 4 so as to face the plurality of suction directions, 7) side partition plate 2, as shown in FIG.

However, in the conventional humidification apparatus, a plurality of blowers and a heater are required when increasing the humidification amount by using a plurality of vaporization filters because a blower and a heater are required for each vaporization filter. When a plurality of blowers and a heater are mounted, The total size of the display device is increased, and a considerable cost is incurred.

On the other hand, the humidifying filter of the humidifying device is of a fixed type and always immersed in the water of the water receiving portion. In the conventional patented technology, the humidifying filter for uniform humidity humidifying only a part of the lower side in the water of the water receiving portion, A fiber filter capable of moving the water in the water receiving portion to the upper portion of the humidifying filter is suitable.

However, in the case of the above-mentioned humidifying filter, there is a concern that the bacteria in the water receiving portion and the humidifying filter side are rapidly propagated when the filter is used for a long period of time, and the contaminated odor is discharged from the discharge port side .

In addition, since the humidifying filter is always immersed in the water, the air cleaning function, which is a release of comfortable air that is not humidified, can not be used.

(Patent Document 1) KR10-2005-0065265 A

(Patent Document 2) JP2012-98020 A1

In order to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an air purifying filter which is provided with a separate lift device for moving the humidifying filter upward in the water level, So that the humidifier can perform the independent air cleaning function.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a humidifying device capable of raising a humidifying filter to draw the humidifying filter up to the upper part of the water surface of the water receiving part and drying the humidifying filter through blowing.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a humidifier including a lift module, And a lower module disposed at a lower portion of the upper module and detachable from the upper module, wherein the lower module includes a water reservoir for supplying water, and a water reservoir for receiving the water from the water reservoir adjacent to the water reservoir Receiving section; A humidifying filter module including a humidifying filter mounted on one side of the water tub; And a lift device for moving the humidifying filter up and down in the water receiving part to bring the humidifying filter into contact with or separate the water.

Preferably, the upper module includes a blowing unit for guiding the air introduced from the air inlet on the rear side of the upper module to be sent to the upper part through the humidifying filter when the upper module is mounted on the lower module, And a discharge port through which the air filtered by the humidifying filter is delivered is formed on the upper surface of the upper module.

Preferably, the water tub includes a water tank cover welded to the water tank, and a separate lift cover for removing / mounting the lift device is provided on the bottom surface of the water tank cover, and an upper surface of the lift shaft disposed above the lift device And a damper rubber is mounted on the inside of the lift cover to prevent vibration during operation and to seal the lift cover.

Preferably, the upper module further includes an air intake part including a suction path connected to the airflow-rich part, and covers a part of the upper surface of the humidification filter located between the humidification filter and the airflow- And is opened.

Preferably, when the upper module and the lower module are separated to a predetermined height, the operation of the blowing unit is stopped.

Preferably, the lower module includes an ion generating device positioned at a lower end of the discharge port.

In the present invention as described above, a separate lift device for moving the humidifying filter upward in the direction of the water level of the water receiving portion is applied to move the comfortable dry air introduced through the air purifying filter installed on the suction port side directly to the discharge port side Independent air cleaning function is possible.

Further, according to the present invention, the humidifying filter can be raised by raising the humidifying filter to the upper part of the water surface of the water receiving part, and then the humidifying filter can be dried through air blowing. Therefore, when the product is not used for a long time, Which is effective in preventing the release of the gas.

In addition, the present invention can prevent hygienic humidification by blocking the propagation of germs in the humidifying filter, and can also use the air cleaning function alone in a season in which humidification is not needed.

1 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional humidifying device,
2 is an exploded perspective view of a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention,
3 is a rear view of a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an upper module of a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG.
5 is a perspective view of a humidifying filter module of a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention,
6 (A) is a perspective view of a lift device of a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention,
6A is a cross-sectional view of a lift device of a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a water tub portion of a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
8 (a) and 8 (b) are a flow chart of the internal flow according to whether or not the lift device of the humidifier according to the embodiment of the present invention is operated,
9A and 9B are a rear perspective view and a rear perspective view of the upper stationary ring of the upper module of the humidifier according to the embodiment of the present invention,
10 (A) and (B) are perspective views showing a binding module of a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The components constituting the humidifying device of the present invention may be used integrally or separately as needed. In addition, some components may be omitted depending on the usage form.

Preferred embodiments of the humidifier according to the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 10. Fig. In this process, the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. In addition, the terms described below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user, the operator. Therefore, the definitions of these terms should be described based on the contents throughout this specification.

Hereinafter, a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10. FIG.

The humidifying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper module 100 and a lower module 200 located below the upper module 100 and including an upper module 100 and a detachable lower module 200.

The present invention relates to a humidifying apparatus including an independent air cleaning function and a humidifying filter drying function and includes an upper module 100 including an air inlet port 240, a discharge port 340 and a blower unit 110, The upper module 100 is assembled to the lower module 200 and then the power is supplied to the motor 112 during operation. So that the blowing device is operated.

The lower module 200 is provided with a water tank 212 for storing water at a predetermined level by receiving water from the water tank 211 and a humidifying filter module 220 located at one side of the water tank 212, Only a part of the lower side is immersed in the water of the water tank 212, and the humidifying filter 221 immersed in water is wetted to the upper side of the humidifying filter 221 in a short time according to the capillary phenomenon. In the case of the humidifying filter 221, it is preferable to apply a humidifying filter 221 made of a fiber material according to the cleaning property and the manageability. The humidifying filter module 220 includes a humidifying filter case 222 and a humidifying filter cover 223 for fixing a flexible shape in a vertical direction as a fiber material. The humidifying filter cover 223 is assembled after mounting the humidifying filter 221 inside the case 222. [ A magnet 226 may be inserted into one side of the humidifying filter cover 223 to sense a vertical movement position.

The humidifying filter case 222 has a circular receptacle 224 that can be fixedly and interlocked with the lift cap 231 so that the lifting device 230 can be operated in conjunction with the lifting and lowering movement. The shape of the circular receptor 224 is an elliptical structure in which the shape of the circular receptor 224 does not shake during mounting and moving up and down.

The lifting device 230 that allows the humidifying filter module 220 to move up and down moves the humidifying filter 221 to the upper portion of the water level surface of the water tank 212 and blows air to dry the humidifying filter 221 The pleasant air introduced through the air purifying filter 242 has a function of drying the humidifying filter 221 in which the water in the water tank 212 is not immersed and the pleasant air introduced through the air purifying filter 242 A lift device 230 (not shown) configured in the water receiving portion 210 is provided to enable an independent air cleaning function that directly transfers the air to the discharge port 340 side without changing the humidity as the water passes through the humidifying filter 221 that is not immersed in the water in the water tank 212 Uses a motor 112 having a DC 12V, and the operation of the lift shaft 232 by the internal gear structure is capable of up / down movement by a certain distance

 The lift cap 231 is larger than the lift shaft 232 at the upper portion of the lift shaft 232. When the humidification filter module 220 is seated on the lift cap 231 as described above, The filter case 222 has an elliptical circular receptacle 224 and a projection receptacle 225 on one side.

In addition, the lift shaft 232 is opened to allow a pneumatic test when the water tank 212 and the water tank cover 213 are fused.

The lift device 230 has a structure that can be disassembled from the fused water tank 212 and the water tank cover 213 and is designed to be replaceable when a failure occurs in the lift device 230. The assembly and replacement structure of the lift apparatus 230 is as follows.

A lift shaft 232 having an upper side structure capable of moving up and down by a predetermined height in the lift apparatus 230 is circular and an inner side of a circular upper side lift shaft 232 is open, The water tank cover 213 is fused and allowed to perform a pneumatic test on the upper side of the lift shaft 232.

A lift shaft rubber 234 is disposed in an upper section of the lift shaft 232 so that water does not flow into the lift shaft 232 during the upward / downward movement, and a lifting device fixing portion 234 for releasing the lift shaft rubber 234 and fixing the lift device 230, A damper rubber 238 for vibration generated during operation of the lift apparatus 230, and a damper rubber 238 for sealing the side of the lift cover 237.

The lift device fixing portion 236 and the lift cover 237 are made to be able to be fastened by screws.

The water tank cover 213 has a shape of a water tank handle 214 on the left and right sides to facilitate transportation. A water level sensor (not shown) exists in the water tank 212 to detect a certain water level.

The main module of the upper module 100 is composed of a blow-in unit 110, an air suction unit 240, and a power application unit (not shown).

When the upper module 100 is assembled to the lower module 200 and power is applied thereto, the motor 112 operates the turbo fan 111 so that the indoor air flows into the room through the air intake port located at the rear portion.

The introduced gun air passes through the humidifying filter 221 and covers the height of a part of the upper part of the humidifying filter module 220 and flows into the turbo fan 111 through the suction channel 243, So that the air flows out through the air outlet 340 again. At this time, the discharge port 340 on the upper surface of the upper module 100 has an opening radially arranged on the circumference in the right direction from the center portion of the closed circular shape.

The motor 112 for driving the turbo fan 111 can be applied to both an AC motor and a DC motor. In consideration of initial operation noise and power consumption, the application of the BLDC motor is preferable.

The air purifying filter 242 is mounted on the air suction part 240 located at the rear side of the upper module 100 so that the contaminated air in the room flows into the inside through the air purifying filter 242, The flow rate of the air passing through the humidifying filter 221 decreases as the distance from the suction unit 240 increases.

The opening area on the side of the air suction part 240 is enlarged so that the flow of the air flowing into the humidifying filter 221 can be changed to the shape of the water container 211 on the side of the humidifying filter surface 227 remote from the air suction part 240 So as to smoothly flow the air flowing into the humidifying filter surface (227).

An air flow guide 215 is disposed inside the water tub 212 to increase the amount of air flowing into the humidifying filter surface 227 farther from the air suction unit 240.

The air introduced through the humidifying filter 221 passes through the humidifying filter 221 and the turbo fan 111 between the humidifying filter 221 and the turbo fan 111, And passes through the suction passage 243.

The suction flow passage inlet 244 surrounds a portion of the humidifying filter cover 220, that is, a part of the humidifying filter cover 223, so that the air introduced through the humidifying filter 221 flows from the turbo fan 111 to the discharge port 340 ). At this time, the ion generator 120 is positioned just below the discharge port 340 to remove or neutralize contaminants in the air, thereby enhancing the purification of the indoor air.

Herein, the ion generating device used as the ion generator 120 includes H + (H ₂ O) _m (m is an arbitrary natural number) and O ₂ - (H ₂ O) _n (n is an arbitrary natural number) (H ₂ O) _m as a cation and O ₂ - (H ₂ O) _n as an anion can sterilize airborne bacteria, thereby greatly improving air quality. .

Further, when a cation is generated as H + (H ₂ O) _m (m is an arbitrary natural number) and an anion is O ₂ - (H ₂ O) _n (n is an arbitrary natural number) And has a function of sterilizing bacteria floating in the air by an oxidation reaction by hydrogen peroxide (H ₂ O ₂ ) or an OH radical (radical) as an active species generated by causing this chemical reaction. As a result, the air can be improved to be free from airborne bacteria and beneficial to health.

As described above, a mechanism for sterilizing and removing airborne germs by the action of anions and cations is as follows. When an AC voltage is applied to an opposing electrode with a dielectric interposed therebetween to cause a plasma discharge, (H ₂ O) _m is generated as cations and oxygen ion hydrate O _{2 -} (H ₂ O) _n is generated as anions, so that anions and cations are generated on the surface of airborne bacteria in the air (OH) or hydrogen peroxide (H ₂ O ₂ ), which is an active species, to remove hydrogen atoms from bacterial cells and sterilize them.

These chemical reactions are not only sterilization of hydroxyl groups (OH) as oxidation reaction, but they also oxidize various molecules which are the source of odor contained in the air and neutralize them.

In view of the above, the ion generator 120 of the present invention preferably employs a cluster ion generator for generating positive anions by discharging through an applied output voltage, or a plasma ion generator for generating ions using plasma Do.

In the case of the upper module 100, two knobs (undefined) are provided on the upper side to facilitate detachment from the lower module 200 or mounting.

The upper module 100 is assembled to the lower module 200 and then the upper module 100 is installed in the upper module 100. The lower module 200 includes the receiving part 210, (Not shown) to the power supply unit (not shown).

The lower contact member 141 exists for energizing the lower module 200, and the lower contact member 141 may have a plurality of protruding shapes. However, since there is a risk of short-circuiting when the water is high, protrusions between the lower contact members 141 are formed to prevent short-circuiting.

The lower contact member 141 is preferably made of stainless steel. The upper contact member 145 corresponds to the lower contact member 141, and it is appropriate to apply the flat upper contact member 145 to improve the contact force when assembling, and a tension member is applied For example, a spring is particularly preferable.

The upper module 100 includes a lower module fixing ring 330 for fixing the front panel 310 and the rear panel 320 to the lower module 200 in a stable manner. The upper module securing ring 330 is generally screw-tight, but hook assembly is also possible.

The contact between the upper module 100 and the lower module 200 is made by a contact member, and the structure is as follows.

A top contact member 145 of a "C" shape exists for smooth energization when contacting the bottom contact member 141 at one side of the front panel cover 143 on the side of the upper module 100.

A spring 144 is applied to each of the upper contact members 145 so as to have flexibility in contact with the lower contact member 141 in the case of the upper contact member 145, And improves the contact property.

Further, the contact member cover 146 is fixed to prevent the upper contact member 145 and the spring 144 from separating from each other. In order to smoothly move the upper contact member 145 in contact with the lower contact member 141, circular protrusions 148 are provided on the upper surface and the lower surface of the upper contact member 145 in order to apply point contact rather than surface contact. And a moving groove 147 is formed at a position in contact with the upper contact member 145.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be understood that the present invention can be changed.

1: Body case
2: partition plate
3: Upper space
4: Lower space
5: Humidification filter
6: Turbo Fans
7: Fan inlet
100: upper module
110:
111: Turbo Fans
112: motor
120: ion generator
140: binding module
141: Lower contact member
142: projecting member
143: Front panel cover
144: spring
145: upper contact member
146: contact member cover
147: Move Home
148: Circular protrusion
200: Lower module
210:
211: Bucket
212: aquarium
213: water tank cover
214: Water tray handle
215: air flow guide
220: Humidification filter module
221: Humidification filter
222: Humidifier filter case
223: Humidifier filter cover
224: Circular receptor
225: protrusion receptor
226: Magnetic
227: Humidification filter face
230: Lift device
231: Lift cap
232: Lift shaft
234: Lift shaft rubber
236: Lift device fixing part
237: Lift cover
238: Damper rubber
239: Lift cap projection
240: Air intake part
241: Suction cover
242: Air clean filter
243:
244: inlet of intake channel
310: front panel
320: Back panel
330: upper module retaining ring
340: outlet

Claims (6)

An upper module; And
And a lower module positioned below the upper module and detachable from the upper module,
The sub-
A water supply part for supplying water, and a water receiving part for receiving the water from the water reservoir adjacent to the water reservoir;
A humidifying filter module including a humidifying filter mounted on one side of the water tub; And
And a lifting device for moving the humidifying filter up and down in the water receiving part to bring the humidifying filter into contact with or separate the water,
Humidifying device.
The method according to claim 1,
The upper module further includes a blowing unit for guiding the air introduced from the air inlet on the rear side of the upper module to be sent to the upper part through the humidifying filter when the upper module is mounted on the upper module and operated and,
Wherein an upper surface of the upper module is formed with a discharge port through which the air filtered by the humidifying filter is discharged.
Humidifying device.
The method according to claim 1,
The water tub unit further includes a water tub cover welded to the water tub,
A separate lift cover for removing / mounting the lift device and a sealing rubber for preventing water leakage during upward / downward movement of the lift shaft disposed above the lift device are mounted on the bottom surface of the water tank cover,
Wherein a damper rubber for preventing vibration during operation and sealing the lift cover is mounted on the inside of the lift cover.
Humidifying device.
The method according to claim 1,
The upper module includes:
And an air intake part including a suction flow path connected to the air supply part,
Wherein a portion of the upper surface of the humidifying filter located between the humidifying filter and the blowing portion is covered and the inside of the humidifying filter is opened.
Humidifying device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein when the upper module and the upper module are separated to a predetermined height, operation of the blowing unit is stopped.
Humidifying device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the upper module includes an ion generating device located at a lower end of the discharge port.
Humidifying device.

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