WO2013141513A1

WO2013141513A1 - Humidifier

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Publication number: WO2013141513A1
Application number: PCT/KR2013/001958
Authority: WO
Inventors: 송규완; 김진민; 김기수
Original assignee: 코웨이 주식회사
Priority date: 2012-03-22
Filing date: 2013-03-12
Publication date: 2013-09-26
Also published as: KR101916886B1; KR20130107535A

Abstract

Disclosed is a humidifier which may effectively use the water absorbed by a humidifying filter, and discharge humidified air in various directions. The disclosed humidifier includes: a housing having an air inlet part; a water reservoir mounted in the housing; a humidifying filter with the lower part thereof dipped in the water reservoir; a pressurizing space with at least a part thereof surrounded by the humidifying filter; and a blowing means arranged towards the upper part of the humidifying filter for discharging the air taken in through the air inlet part into the pressurizing space, whereby the air discharged by the blowing means into the pressurizing space passes through the humidifying filter under the inlet pressure of the air so as to be humidified and discharged towards the outside of the humidifying filter. This humidifier employs the pressurizing space with at least a part thereof surrounded by the humidifying filter so as to use uniformly the water absorbed by the upper and lower parts of the humidifying filter for humidifying the air.

Description

humidifier

The present invention relates to a humidifier, and more particularly, to a humidifier capable of effectively using the moisture absorbed by the humidification filter for humidifying and discharging the humidified air in various directions.

In general, a humidifier that artificially generates and sprays moisture to increase humidity in a room is a method of generating moisture and a heated humidifier, in which a method of spraying water generated by heating water stored in a water tank to a predetermined temperature is spontaneously sprayed into a room. Ultrasonic humidifier which is a method of spraying the stored water to ultrasonically vibrate the stored water by ultrasonic vibration, and a combined humidifier equipped with a heating and ultrasonic humidification method simultaneously.

Recently, the water attached to the surface of the disk is blown by evaporating the water moved to the upper side of the moisture absorbing member after immersing the moisture absorbing member in the water tank, or by rotating a portion of the plurality of disks in the water tank. Natural humidifiers using a method such as vaporization are also used.

1 is a schematic view showing a humidifying operation of a conventional humidifier, and a conventional humidifier is a humidifier housing 10 having an air inlet 12 and an air outlet 14 and an air inlet 12 through the air inlet 12 And a blower 20 capable of discharging the sucked air to the air outlet 14, a water tank 30 in which water used for humidification is housed, and a humidification filter in which a lower end is immersed in the water tank 30. And 40).

Here, the blower 20 may suck the air in the lateral direction and discharge the sucked air in the circumferential direction, and the air outlet port provided at the upper end of the housing 10 by a scroll casing that guides the direction of the discharged air. 14) air can be discharged.

In addition, while the blower 20 is operated, air may be introduced into the housing 10 through the air inlet 12, and a humidification filter 40 is provided in the air movement path from the air inlet 12 to the blower 20. Can be arranged.

At this time, the water absorbed by the water tank 30 is adsorbed to the upper end of the humidification filter 40, the air flowing by the blower 20 passes through the humidification filter 40 and is adsorbed to the humidification filter 40 Humidified by moisture.

The humidified air is discharged to the air outlet 14 by the blower 20 to humidify the room.

However, in such a conventional humidifier, since air is configured to move upward through the humidification filter 40, the flow of air is smaller than that near to the blower 20.

For this reason, in the conventional humidifier, as shown in FIG. 1, a part of the humidifier filter 40 far from the blower 20 (ie, the lower part of the humidification filter) is closer to the blower 20 (that is, the upper part of the humidifier filter). ) Can not be actively used for humidification.

As a result, the conventional humidifier has a disadvantage that the humidification filter 40 is not used in a balanced and efficient manner.

Therefore, there is a need for an air flow path structure of the humidifier in which the humidification filter 40 can be used in a balanced and efficient manner.

The present invention has been made to solve at least some of the problems of the prior art, as one aspect, an object of the present invention is to provide a humidifier that can be uniformly used for humidifying water adsorbed on the upper and lower parts of the humidification filter.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a humidifier capable of discharging humidified air in a wide direction.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a humidifier in which a humidification function and an air cleaning function can be alternatively or collectively performed according to a user's selection.

As one aspect for achieving at least some of the above objects, the present invention provides a housing having an air inlet; A water tank mounted inside the housing; A humidification filter of which a lower part is immersed in the water tank; A pressure applying space at least partially surrounded by the humidification filter; And a blowing means installed above the humidifying filter and discharging the air sucked through the air inlet to the pressure applying space, wherein the air discharged by the blowing means flows into the pressure applying space and is introduced therein. A humidifier is provided to humidify through the humidifying filter by pressure and to be discharged to an outer surface of the humidifying filter.

Preferably, the humidifying filter may be configured in a tubular shape or an open cross-section tubular shape of which one side is opened, and an inner space of the humidifying filter may constitute the pressure applying space.

More preferably, the pressure applying space may be configured as the humidifying filter in the remaining side portion except the side opening portion.

In such a humidifier, the humidification filter may be configured as a breathable filter.

On the other hand, the humidifier is mounted on one side of the housing may further include a bucket for supplying water to the tank.

Preferably, the housing may be provided with an air outlet corresponding to the outer surface shape of the humidification filter.

Also preferably, the blowing means may include a centrifugal blowing fan that sucks air from the side and discharges the air in the circumferential direction; And a scroll casing in which the centrifugal blower fan is accommodated and the blower is formed in the water tank direction.

In addition, in one embodiment, an air cleaning filter may be provided inside the air inlet.

On the other hand, the humidifier is an air cleaning filter provided inside the air inlet; And an air cleaning blowing means installed at an upper side of the blowing means and discharging the air sucked through the air inlet to the upper end of the housing.

Preferably, the air cleaning blowing means comprises a centrifugal blowing fan for sucking air from the side to discharge in the circumferential direction; And a scroll casing in which the centrifugal blowing fan is accommodated and a blower is formed in an upper direction of the housing.

In such a humidifier the housing may be of cylindrical shape.

Also, preferably, an air outlet may be formed at the bottom side and the top of the housing, and the air outlet formed at the bottom side of the housing may discharge humidified air or purified and humidified air, and an upper end of the housing. Purified air may be discharged to the air outlet formed in the air outlet.

Also preferably, each of the air inlet portion of the blower means side and the air inlet portion of the air cleaner blower means may be provided with an air cleaning filter that can be separated independently from each other.

According to one embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration, it is possible to obtain the effect that the water adsorbed on the upper and lower parts of the humidification filter can be uniformly used for humidification using at least a portion of the pressure applying space surrounded by the humidification filter.

In addition, according to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to obtain the effect of allowing the humidified air to be discharged to various aspects of the housing.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by separately providing the air cleaning dedicated blowing means and the humidifying blowing means, the effect that the humidification function and the air cleaning function can be performed alternatively or collectively according to the user's selection Can be obtained.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a humidification operation of a conventional humidifier.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a side cross-sectional view of the humidifier shown in FIG.

Figure 4 is a front sectional view of the humidifier shown in FIG.

5 is a plan view of the pressure applying space formed in the humidifier shown in FIG.

Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view of a humidifier according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of the humidifier shown in FIG. 6; FIG.

8 is a front sectional view of the humidifier shown in FIG. 6.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Also, the singular forms in this specification include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

In this specification, the terms "comprise", "comprise", "have" and the like have the features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or a combination thereof described in the specification. It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not intended to exclude, in advance, the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or combinations thereof.

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

First, a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. Here, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view, Figure 4 is a front sectional view, Figure 5 is a plan view of the pressure space.

2 to 5, the humidifier 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is the housing 110, the water tank 120, the humidification filter 130, the pressure applying space 600 and the blowing means ( 140, and may further include a bucket 150 for supplying water to the water tank 120 and an air cleaning filter 160 for purifying the air.

The housing 110 constitutes an external shape of the humidifier 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the housing 110 has an air inlet 112 through which external air can be introduced into the housing 110. And an air outlet 114 through which air in the housing 110 may flow out.

In one embodiment, the housing 110 may be configured as a cylindrical as shown in Figure 2, the air inlet 112 and the air outlet 114 may be provided up and down on the side portion of the cylindrical housing 110. have.

On the other hand, the water tank 120 is mounted inside the housing 110, the water tank 120 is accommodated for the water used for humidification. In one embodiment, the water tank 120 may be mounted to the lower end of the housing 110 and may be configured in a cylindrical shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the housing 110. However, it is apparent that the shape of the water tank 120 is not limited thereto and may have various forms that accommodate water and may be mounted to the housing 110.

On the other hand, the humidification filter 130 may be mounted so that the lower part is immersed in the water tank 120, it can adsorb the water contained in the water tank 120 in the immersed state. In one embodiment, the humidification filter 130 may be configured as a breathable filter in which the adsorbed water can be vaporized as the air passes through.

On the other hand, the pressure applying space 600 may be formed by at least a portion surrounded by the humidification filter 130. In other words, at least a part of the sidewall constituting the pressure applying space 600 may be configured as a humidification filter 130.

At this time, in the humidifier 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, since the side wall constituting the pressure applying space 600 is composed of the humidification filter 130, the amount of water that can be evaporated increases the humidifier 100. Humidification rate may be high.

Accordingly, the humidification filter 130 may be configured in a tubular shape or a tubular shape of which one side is open, and in one embodiment, as shown in FIG. It can be composed of).

In this case, the inner space of the humidification filter 130 may constitute a pressure applying space 600.

Here, all of the remaining side portions except the side opening of the pressure applying space 600 may be configured as a humidification filter 130. In addition, the side opening of the pressure applying space 600 may be configured to be closed by an independent member such as the housing 110, the water tank 120, or the water tank 150.

On the other hand, the shape of the humidification filter 130 is not limited to the one side open shape as described above, it may be configured in a cylindrical shape. Here, when the humidification filter 130 is configured in a cylindrical shape, the humidified air may be discharged over the entire circumference of the humidification filter 130.

On the other hand, the blowing means 140 may be installed above the humidification filter 130, it may be configured to discharge the air sucked through the air inlet 112 to the pressure applying space 600.

The blowing means 140 is applicable to the humidifier 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, if the device capable of performing the operation of discharging the sucked air to the pressure applying space 600, in a special form or function It is not limited and may be comprised with various well-known blowers.

However, in one embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 2, since the air inlet 112 may be formed on the side of the housing 110, preferably, the blowing means 140 intakes air from the side to the circumferential direction The centrifugal blower fan 142 and the centrifugal blower fan 142 are discharged to each other, and may include a scroll casing 144 having a blowhole formed in the water tank 120.

In addition, in the humidifier 100 ′ according to another embodiment of the present invention to be described below with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8, two blowing means 140.170 are provided up and down, and each of the two blowing means 140, 170 is suctioned. Since the air is configured to discharge upward and downward, the blower means 140 also has a centrifugal blower fan 142 and a scroll casing 144 so as to suck air from the side of the housing 110 as described above. It is preferable that it is configured to include).

On the other hand, in the humidifier 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the air discharged by the blowing means 140 may be introduced into the pressure applying space 600.

As such, the air introduced into the pressure applying space 600 may be temporarily accommodated in the pressure applying space 600, and the blowing means 140 continuously discharges the air into the pressure applying space 600.

Accordingly, the pressure may increase in the pressure applying space 600, and the air received in the pressure applying space 600 is continuously introduced by the blowing means 140 into the pressure applying space 600. By moving through the humidification filter 130.

In this case, almost the same pressure may be applied to the entire humidification filter 130.

In addition, the moving air may pass through the humidification filter 130 and may be discharged to the outer surface of the humidification filter 130 after being humidified. In addition, the discharged air can be discharged to the outside through the air outlet 114 formed in the housing 110.

Here, the air outlet 114 formed in the housing 110 may be formed to correspond to the outer surface shape of the humidification filter 130, the outer surface shape of the humidification filter 130 is the height of the humidification filter 130. Therefore, in one embodiment, the air outlet 114 corresponds to the height of the humidification filter 130 at the lower end of the housing 110 so that air passing through the humidification filter 130 may be discharged by moving in the horizontal direction. It is preferable that it is comprised by the height to say.

According to the humidifier 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the air discharged by the blowing means 140 is received in the pressure applying space 600, and passes through the humidification filter 130 by the inflow pressure, It is possible to uniformly flow the air from the upper end to the lower end of the humidification filter 130, through which the water adsorbed on the lower end as well as the upper end of the humidification filter 130 can be effectively used for humidification.

In addition, according to the humidifier 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, since the humidified air can be discharged over the entire surface of the humidification filter 130, as shown in Figure 5, along the circumference of the humidifier 100 The humidified air in various directions can be discharged uniformly.

Meanwhile, in one embodiment, one side of the housing 110 may be equipped with a bucket 150 for supplying water to the water tank 120, the bucket 150 is a bucket mounting portion formed on one side of the housing 110 ( 116 may be inserted into and attached to the bucket coupling portion 122 provided at the front end of the water tank 120.

In addition, in one embodiment, the bucket 150 may be configured to be in close contact with the side opening of the humidification filter 130, whereby, the pressure applying space 600, the outside of the humidification filter 130 and the bucket 150 It may be formed surrounded by the side.

Since this configuration is only one embodiment that can realize the miniaturization of the humidifier 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the mounting structure of the water tank 150 is the water tank 150 to the humidification filter 130 as described above. It is apparent that the present invention is not limited to being configured to be in close contact and can have various structures. For example, the open side of the humidification filter 130 may be closed by the housing 110 or the water tank 120 to form the pressure applying space 600.

On the other hand, the air cleaning filter 160 may be provided inside the air inlet 112 so that the air flowing into the air inlet 112 by the operation of the blowing means 140 can be purified. In other words, the humidifier 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention may purify the air through the air clean filter 160, and the humidifier air purifier may humidify the purified air through the humidification filter 130. It may be configured.

Next, a humidifier according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8. Here, Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view of a humidifier according to another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 7 is a side cross-sectional view, Figure 8 is a front sectional view.

6 to 8, the humidifier 100 ′ according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is air-cleaned in the humidifier 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. The filter 160 and the air cleaning blower 170 may be configured to further include.

That is, the water tank 120, the humidification filter 130, the pressure applying space 600, the blowing means 140 and the bucket 150 included in the humidifier 100 'according to another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. To substantially the same as the configuration included in the humidifier 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention described above with reference to FIG.

Therefore, description of the water tank 120, the humidification filter 130, the pressure applying space 600, the blowing means 140 and the water tank 150 will be omitted.

On the other hand, the air cleaning filter 160 may be provided inside the air inlet 112 formed in the housing 110 to purify the incoming air.

In addition, the air cleaning blowing means 170 may be installed on the upper side of the blowing means 140, as shown in Figure 6 to 8, the air intake through the air inlet 112, the housing ( It may be configured to discharge to the top of the 110.

In this way, in order for the blowing means 140 and the air cleaning blowing means 170 to be installed up and down, the housing 110 in another embodiment is the housing 110 in the embodiment shown in FIGS. It may be configured longer than).

In addition, the air inlet 112 is formed on the side of the housing 110, similar to the air inlet 112 shown in Figs. 2 to 4, the air blowing means 140 and the air cleaning blowing means arranged up and down It may be formed long vertically to cover the 170.

On the other hand, of the air inlet portion 112 of the air inlet portion 112 formed on the upper and lower sides in this way, each of the air inlet portion 112 on the side of the blowing means 140 and the air inlet portion 112 side of the air cleaning means 170 independently of each other A detachable lower air cleaning filter 160a and an upper air cleaning filter 160b may be provided. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and an integrated air cleaning filter 160 may be provided in the entire air inlet 112.

On the other hand, in another embodiment, the air cleaning blowing means 170 is a centrifugal blowing fan 172 and the centrifugal blowing fan 172 to suck air from the side and discharge in the circumferential direction, similar to the blowing means 140 It may be configured to include a scroll casing 174 is received.

However, unlike the scroll casing 144 of the blowing means 140, the scroll casing 174 of the air cleaning blower 170, the air discharged from the centrifugal blowing fan 172 is the upper direction of the housing 110 The air vent may be formed upward so as to be discharged.

In addition, a lower air outlet 114a through which the air passing through the humidification filter 130 may be formed at the side of the lower end of the housing 110, and at the top of the housing 110, an air cleaning blowing means ( An upper air outlet 114b through which air discharged by the 170 may be discharged to the outside of the housing 110 may be additionally formed.

Through this, humidified air or purified and humidified air may be discharged to the lower air outlet 114a, and purified air may be discharged to the upper air outlet 114b.

Here, it is possible by removing the lower air cleaning filter 160a in order to discharge only the humidified air to the lower air outlet 114a, and lower the air inlet 112 in order to discharge the purified and humidified air. It is possible by attaching the air cleaning filter 160a.

Humidifier 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention as described above includes an air cleaning means and a humidifying means integrally, it is possible to discharge the purified air to the upper, it is possible to discharge the humidified air to the lower .

In addition, since the lower air cleaning filter 160a may be selectively mounted as necessary, the humidified and purified air may be discharged to the lower portion of the housing 110.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to particular embodiments, 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 and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. I want to make it clear.

Claims

A housing formed with an air inlet;

A water tank mounted inside the housing;

A humidification filter of which a lower part is immersed in the water tank;

A pressure applying space at least partially surrounded by the humidification filter; And

And a blowing means installed above the humidification filter and discharging the air sucked through the air inlet to the pressure applying space.

Humidifier characterized in that the air discharged by the blowing means is introduced into the pressure applying space to be humidified through the humidification filter by the inlet pressure and discharged to the outer surface of the humidification filter.
The method of claim 1,

The humidification filter is composed of a tubular shape or a tubular shape of one side open.

Humidifier, characterized in that the inner space of the humidifying filter constitutes the pressure applying space.
The method of claim 2,

The pressure applying space is a humidifier, characterized in that the remaining side portion is configured as the humidification filter except the side opening.
The method of claim 2,

The humidifier filter, characterized in that consisting of a breathable filter.
The method of claim 1,

Humidifier characterized in that it further comprises a water tank mounted on one side of the housing for supplying water to the tank.
The method of claim 5,

Humidifier, characterized in that the air outlet portion corresponding to the outer surface shape of the humidification filter is formed in the housing.
The method of claim 1,

The blowing means,

A centrifugal blower fan that sucks air from the side and discharges the air in the circumferential direction; And

And a scroll casing in which the centrifugal blower fan is accommodated and a blower opening is formed in the water tank direction.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7,

Humidifier, characterized in that the air cleaning filter is provided inside the air inlet.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7,

An air cleaning filter provided inside the air inlet; And

And an air cleaning blowing means installed at an upper side of the blowing means and discharging air sucked through the air inlet to an upper end of the housing.
The method of claim 9,

The air cleaning blowing means,

A centrifugal blower fan that sucks air from the side and discharges the air in the circumferential direction; And

And a scroll casing in which the centrifugal blower fan is accommodated and a blower opening is formed in an upper direction of the housing.
The method of claim 9,

Humidifier, characterized in that the housing is configured in a cylindrical shape.
The method of claim 10,

Air outlets are formed on the side and top of the lower end of the housing,

Humidifier, characterized in that the air outlet portion formed on the lower side of the housing is discharged humidified air or purified and humidified air, the purified air is discharged to the air outlet formed on the upper end of the housing.
The method of claim 9,

A humidifier, characterized in that the air inlet portion on the side of the blowing means and the air inlet portion on the side of the air cleaning means is provided with a separate air cleaning filter independently of each other.