CN114263898A

CN114263898A - Steam device based on multiple spray heads

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Publication number: CN114263898A
Application number: CN202111420140.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡志升; 胡旭
Original assignee: Hunan Ruisente Electronic Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Hunan Ruisente Electronic Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-26
Filing date: 2021-11-26
Publication date: 2022-04-01

Abstract

The application discloses a multi-nozzle-based steam device, which comprises a pipeline, a first nozzle and a heating thick film; a passage for containing steam and allowing the steam to flow is arranged in the pipeline; the first nozzles face the interior of the pipeline and are used for spraying water towards the passage; a heating thick film is provided at least on the outer surface of the conduit, the heating thick film being for heating and in thermally conductive connection with the conduit to heat the water in the passageway to obtain steam. The steam generator is beneficial to timely generation of steam, reduces power and energy consumption required by steam generation, and is beneficial to miniaturization design.

Description

Steam device based on multiple spray heads

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of thick film heating, in particular to a steam device based on multiple spray heads.

Background

In current steam devices, such as cosmetic moisturizing devices or humidifiers, the principle and process of steam generation is: the water contained in the container is heated to generate steam. However, the water contained in the container is not flowable, and if a large amount of water is heated to be steam, the power required for heating the steam is high, which results in high power consumption; moreover, because the power is high, the volume of the heated components is large, and the miniaturization design of the steam device is difficult to meet, so that the application scene is very limited.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a steam device based on many shower nozzles for the timely production of steam reduces required power of steam production and energy consumption, is favorable to steam device's miniaturized design.

The embodiment of the application provides a steam device based on many shower nozzles, includes: the pipeline, the first shower nozzle and the heating thick film. A passage for containing steam and allowing the steam to flow is arranged in the pipeline; the first nozzles face the interior of the pipeline and are used for spraying water towards the passage; a heating thick film is provided at least on the outer surface of the conduit, the heating thick film being for heating and in thermally conductive connection with the conduit to heat the water in the passageway to obtain steam.

In some embodiments, the steam device further comprises a stem disposed inside the pipe, a surface of the stem being provided with external spiral grooves forming a spiral channel with an inner surface of the pipe.

In some embodiments, the first spray head is disposed in the outer helical groove in a direction perpendicular to the stem.

In some embodiments, the pitch of the outer spiral grooves gradually decreases in the direction of circulation of steam within the spiral channel.

In some embodiments, the outer helical groove is spaced from the inner surface of the pipe; alternatively, the diameter of the pipe is gradually reduced along the direction of steam flow in the spiral passage, and the outer spiral groove is in contact with the inner surface of the pipe.

In some embodiments, the steam device further comprises a second spray head disposed at one end of the pipe and adapted to spray water toward the passage.

In some embodiments, the second nozzle is disposed at the center of one end of the pipe along the extension direction of the pipe, and the range of the water sprayed by the second nozzle is larger than or equal to the diameter of the pipe.

In some embodiments, the spraying direction of the second spray head is the same as the circulation direction of the steam in the pipeline, or the spraying direction of the second spray head faces the upper inner wall of the pipeline.

In some embodiments, the included angle between the spraying direction of the second spray head and the circulation direction of the steam in the pipeline is alpha, and alpha is more than or equal to 0 degrees and less than or equal to 60 degrees.

In some embodiments, heating the thick film comprises: the heating coil is arranged on the outer surface of the pipeline; the heating coil is arranged on the insulating layer; the packaging layer is arranged on the insulating layer and covers the heating coil; alternatively, heating the thick film comprises: the heating coil is at least arranged on the outer surface of the pipeline; the packaging layer is arranged on the outer surface of the pipeline and covers the heating coil.

In some embodiments, the steam device further comprises a direction regulating valve, the direction regulating valve is arranged at an outlet of the pipeline for allowing the steam to be discharged, and the direction regulating valve is used for regulating the circulation direction of the steam after the steam is discharged from the outlet.

In some embodiments, the steaming device comprises an electric iron, a cosmetic hydration meter, or a humidifier.

As described above, the steam device based on many shower nozzles of this application embodiment, through a plurality of first shower nozzles to the interior shower water of pipeline, the water that sprays out can the inner wall contact of large tracts of land and pipeline, in time and abundant receiving pipe inner wall's heat and become steam, the production of steam is comparatively timely, and required power and energy consumption are lower, the small of heating the thick film, can paste the surface of arranging the pipeline in, be favorable to steam device's miniaturized design, and the energy consumption of heating the thick film is less, can further reduce required power and the energy consumption of production steam.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a multi-nozzle based vapor device according to a first embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a multi-nozzle based vapor device according to a second embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the steam device shown in FIG. 2 after adjusting the blowing direction of steam;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a multi-nozzle based vapor device according to a third embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a partial structure of a conduit provided with a heated thick film according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a top view of a heated thick film according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the pipe shown in FIG. 5 taken along the line A-A';

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a stem according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the stem shown in fig. 8 taken along the direction B-B'.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the technical solutions of the present application will be described below in detail with reference to specific embodiments and accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the embodiments described below are only some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. In the following embodiments and technical features thereof, all of which are described below may be combined with each other without conflict, and also belong to the technical solutions of the present application.

It should be understood that in the description of the embodiments of the present application, the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing technical solutions and simplifying the description of the respective embodiments of the present application, and do not indicate or imply that a device or an element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a multi-nozzle based steam device according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 1, the steam device 10 includes: a pipe 11, a plurality of first showerheads 121 and a heated thick film 13.

The duct 11 is provided with a passage for receiving steam and allowing the steam to flow therethrough, and the flow direction of the steam is shown by an open arrow in fig. 1.

The plurality of first nozzles 121 are disposed on the pipe wall between the two ends of the pipe 11, and the first nozzles 121 face the inside of the pipe 11 and are used for spraying water toward the passage. The two ends of the pipe 11 are respectively the opposite ends of the flow path of the steam in the pipe 11.

A heating thick film 13 is provided at least on the outer surface of the pipe 11, the heating thick film 13 being for heating and being in heat conducting connection with the pipe 11 to heat the water in the passageway and to obtain steam.

The heating thick film 13 is provided on the outer surface of the pipe 11, the heating thick film 13 heats the pipe 11 and the water contained in the pipe 11 to obtain steam, the steam is discharged through the pipe 11, the flow direction of the steam in the pipe 11 may be the direction indicated by the open arrow in fig. 1 to 3, the function of heating while humidifying is realized, and drying caused by heating alone is avoided. Spray water in to pipeline 11 through first shower nozzle 121, the water that sprays out can the large tracts of land contact with the inner wall of pipeline 11, in time and the heat of abundant receiving pipe 11 inner wall and become steam, the production of steam is comparatively timely, and required power and energy consumption are lower, heat thick film 13 small, can paste the surface of arranging pipeline 11 in, be favorable to steam device 10's miniaturized design, and the energy consumption of heating thick film 13 is less, can further reduce required power and the energy consumption of production steam.

It should be understood that the heating thick film 13 can be further disposed inside the pipe 11, for example, the heating thick film 13 is a planar structure with a whole surface, the flowing direction of the steam is located on and/or parallel to the plane of the heating thick film 13, and the steam is generated after the spraying water falls on the heating thick film 13. Both opposite sides of the heated thick film 13 may be heated.

Referring to fig. 2 to 4, the steam device 10 may further include a second nozzle 122, the second nozzle 122 is disposed at one end of the pipe 11, and the second nozzle 122 is used for spraying water toward the passage. The sprayed water can be in contact with the inner wall of the pipeline 11 in a large area, the heat of the inner wall of the pipeline 11 is timely and sufficiently received to be changed into steam, the steam is timely generated, and the required power and the energy consumption are low.

Of course, in other embodiments, the steam device 10 may not be provided with the second spray nozzle 122, but only a plurality of first spray nozzles 121, and the sprayed water may be in contact with the inner wall of the pipeline 11 in a large area, so as to generate steam with low power and energy consumption.

The embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific expression form of the steam device 10, and in an actual scenario, the steam device 10 may be an air conditioner (for example, a vehicle air conditioner), an electric iron, a beauty and water supplement instrument, a humidifier, or the like.

The steam device 10 may further include a direction regulating valve 111, and the direction regulating valve 111 is disposed at the outlet of the duct 11 for regulating the flow direction of the steam discharged from the outlet, thereby regulating the blowing direction of the steam. In some embodiments, the direction-regulating valve 111 may include a plurality of baffles arranged at intervals and a connecting member connecting the plurality of baffles, and the direction of each baffle is changed through the connecting member, for example, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, each baffle is deflected downwards, and the direction of steam blowing is downward; for example, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, each baffle is deflected upward and the direction of the steam blow is upward. Alternatively, in the horizontal direction shown in fig. 1 to 4, the orthographic projection of the plurality of baffles when deflected to the maximum angle covers the orthographic projection (i.e., the orthographic projection of the cross section) of the duct 11.

The duct 11 may have an internal hollow structure, and its cross-sectional shape includes, but is not limited to, a circle as shown in fig. 1 to 4, and may also be a polygon such as a rectangle. For example, the conduit 11 may be a rectangular body, with a heated thick film 13 disposed on at least one of the six outer surfaces of the conduit 11; the conduit 11 is preferably a cylindrical conduit to facilitate the timely removal of steam from the conduit 11 for rapid heating and humidification.

In some embodiments, the heating thick film 13 may be disposed on the outer surface of the pipe 11 and connected to the pipe 11 in a heat conducting manner, so as to facilitate the water and steam to obtain more heat. The heating thick film 13 on the pipeline 11 can be independently arranged and independently controlled, the pipeline 11 can be divided into a plurality of areas, each area is provided with the independently controlled heating thick film 13, and the heating thick film 13 heats water and steam through one or part of the pipeline 11 so as to realize the heating and humidifying requirements at lower temperature; when the heating and humidifying requirements at a high temperature are satisfied, a plurality of or all of the heating thick films 13 may be used simultaneously for heating and humidifying.

The pipe 11 may be made of a material with a suitable thermal expansion coefficient, such as a metal or an alloy, and the pipe 11 is expanded by heating and then is in close thermal contact with the heating thick film 13 and the heat-generating coil of the heating thick film 13, which further facilitates the rapid heat transfer to the pipe 11 and the rapid steam generation.

In some embodiments, the second nozzle 122 is disposed at the center of one end of the pipe 11 along the extending direction of the pipe 11, and the range of the water sprayed by the second nozzle 122 is greater than or equal to the diameter of the pipe 11. By centre is understood: taking the cylindrical pipe 11 as an example, the cross section of the pipe 11 is circular, and at the center of the circular shape, the water sprayed by the second spray heads 122 can fully contact with the inner wall of the pipe 11, which is beneficial to timely changing the water into steam.

In some embodiments, the second spray heads 122 spray in the same direction as the vapor flows through the duct 11, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, for example. Alternatively, the spraying direction of the second spray heads 122 is directed toward the upper inner wall of the duct 11, as shown in fig. 4, for example. The spraying direction of the second spray head 122 can be understood as follows: the center of the coverage area of the water sprayed by the second spray heads 122 faces away from the direction of the second spray heads 122, such as the direction indicated by the dashed arrows in fig. 2-4. It should be understood that the spraying direction of each first spray head 121 may also be perpendicular to the inner wall of the pipe 11 (for example, as shown in fig. 1 to 4), or may not be perpendicular to the inner wall of the pipe 11, and the included angle α between the spraying direction of the second spray head 122 and the circulation direction of the steam in the pipe 11 is the same with the inner wall of the pipe 11.

In some embodiments, an included angle between the spraying direction of the second nozzle 122 and the flowing direction of the steam in the pipeline 11 is α, and α is greater than or equal to 0 ° and less than or equal to 60 °, and by controlling the value of the included angle α, the sprayed water has a large impact force on the inner wall of the pipeline 11, and the water impacting on the inner wall of the pipeline 11 is rebounded to sputter a plurality of water drops with smaller volumes, which is more favorable for being changed into steam in time.

The heating thick film 13 may be formed on the outer surface of the pipe 11 by a film-attaching method or a printing method, and a manufacturing process, a shape, a material, and the like of the heating thick film 13 are not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the heating thick film 13 includes an insulating layer 131, a heating coil 132, and an encapsulation layer (not shown). The insulation layer 131 is provided at least on the outer surface of the pipe 11. The insulating layer 131 serves to electrically insulate the heating coil 132 from the pipe (e.g., the pipe is a metal pipe) 11. The heating coil 132 is disposed on the insulating layer 131 for receiving electricity and generating heat, for example, through a conductive pad. The encapsulation layer is disposed on the insulation layer 131 and covers the heating coil 132, and the encapsulation layer is used to prevent the heating coil 132 from being exposed, so as to prevent the heating coil 132 from being electrically contacted with an external conductive electronic component to form a short circuit.

For scenarios where heating is possible on opposite sides of the heated thick film 13, the heated thick film 13 may include a substrate with heating coils 132 and an encapsulation layer disposed on both sides of the substrate. Optionally, an insulating layer 131 is also provided, for example for an electrically conductive base substrate, the insulation between the base substrate and the heating coil 132 being achieved by the insulating layer 131 being provided between the two.

The encapsulation layer may be directly formed by a film formation method (for example, a sputtering or evaporation method) using an insulating material so as to cover the heating coil 132. It should be understood that the encapsulation layer can also be regarded as a thermal insulation layer, which not only covers the heating coil 132, but also has good thermal insulation performance, and is beneficial for transferring more heat generated by the heating coil 132 to the pipeline and avoiding transferring the heat to the outside of the pipeline.

In other embodiments where the outer surface of the conduit 11 to which the heated thick film 13 is provided is non-conductive, the heated thick film 13 may not be provided with the aforementioned insulating layer 131, but may include a heating coil 132 and an encapsulation layer. Heating coils 132 are provided directly on the outer surface of the pipe 11 for electrical connection and heat generation, for example, by conductive pads. The potting layer is disposed on the outer surface of the pipe 11 and covers the heating coil 132.

The heating thick film 13 may also be provided with conductive pads 134, with the encapsulation layer exposing the conductive pads 134 to allow electrical access to the conductive pads 134. In some embodiments, the surface of the duct 11 may be provided with a terminal plate, one end of which is used for power connection, and the other end of which is electrically connected to the conductive pad 134. In other embodiments, the exposed conductive pads 134 may be directly powered.

It should be understood that the two conductive pads 134 shown in fig. 6 are for exemplary illustration only, and embodiments of the present application do not limit the number of conductive pads 134. For example, the heating thick film 13 may be provided with four conductive pads 134, wherein two conductive pads 134 may be used for power connection, and the other two conductive pads 134 may be respectively connected to two pins of the temperature controller 135, and selectively disconnect the path of the heating coil 132 (between the two conductive pads 134) according to the temperature detected by the temperature controller 135, for example, disconnect the path between the two conductive pads 134 when the heating temperature reaches and exceeds a preset temperature, and keep the path between the two conductive pads 134 connected when the heating temperature is lower than the preset temperature, so as to stop heating.

Referring to fig. 5, 7 to 9, in some embodiments, the steam device 10 further includes a stem 14, the stem 14 is disposed inside the pipe 11, the surface of the stem 14 is provided with an external spiral groove 141, and the external spiral groove 141 and the inner surface of the pipe 11 form a spiral channel. By arranging the core column 14 in the tubular 11, the outer spiral groove 141 of the core column 14 and the inner surface of the tubular 11 form a spiral channel, and the spiral channel prolongs the circulation length and residence time of the steam in the pipeline 11, thereby being beneficial to obtaining more heat from the steam, improving the heat exchange efficiency and increasing the heating speed.

Alternatively, each first spray head 121 is arranged in the outer spiral groove 141 in a direction perpendicular to the stem 14 (for example, in a vertical direction in the orientation shown in fig. 5, 7 to 9), and water sprayed from the first spray head 121 can be in large-area contact with the surface of the stem 14, so that heat can be timely obtained from the stem 14 with good thermal conductivity, and timely generation of steam is facilitated.

The stem 14 may be an integrally formed structural member, and specific implementation forms include but are not limited to: silica gel column, ceramic column or plastic column, etc. The outer surface of the stem 14 may be provided with helical projections 142, which helical projections 142 form an outer helical groove 141. In some embodiments, the distance between the outer spiral grooves 141 decreases gradually along the circulation direction of the steam in the spiral channel, that is, the density of the outer spiral grooves 141 increases gradually closer to the outlet end of the pipe 11, and the larger the circulation length of the steam, the more heat is transferred to the steam per unit time, which is beneficial to increase the heating speed. The density of the outer spiral grooves 141 is smaller closer to the inlet end of the pipe 11, which is beneficial to the rapid circulation of steam inside the pipe 11 and increases the entering amount of the steam.

The steam device 10 may further include a fixing member 143, wherein the fixing member 143 is disposed inside the stem 14, and opposite ends of the fixing member 143 are fixed to sealing structural members (e.g., a first joint and a second joint respectively disposed at two ends of the pipe 11) at two ends of the pipe 11.

In some embodiments, the fixing element 143 may be a bolt, a nut of the bolt is disposed on a side surface of one of the first joint and the second joint facing away from the other joint and abuts against the side surface, and a screw rod penetrates through the other joint and is screwed with the nut. Alternatively, a screw having a screw thread provided on the bolt is screwed with the other of the first joint and the second joint. For example, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the nut is disposed on a side surface of the second joint facing away from the first joint and abuts against the side surface.

In some embodiments, the outer spiral groove 141 is spaced opposite to the inner surface of the pipe 11 along the radial direction of the pipe 11, a certain gap is left between the outer spiral groove 141 and the pipe 11, and the pipe 11 is not directly in heat conduction contact with the stem 14, so that the stem 14 and the outer spiral groove 141 can be prevented from being burned out when the temperature of the pipe 11 is too high, and the service life of the pipe can be prolonged.

In other embodiments, the diameter of the pipe 11 is gradually reduced along the circulation direction of the steam in the spiral passage, and the outer spiral grooves 141 are abutted against the inner surface of the pipe 11.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a heating device including the steam device 10 manufactured by the method of any of the above embodiments, thereby having corresponding advantages of the steam device 10.

The heating device may be embodied in various specific forms, including but not limited to: air conditioners (such as vehicle air conditioners), electric irons, beauty moisturizing apparatuses, humidifiers, and the like.

It should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are only some examples of the present application, and not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all structural equivalents made by those skilled in the art using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings are also included in the scope of the present application.

Although the terms "first, second, etc. are used herein to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well. The terms "or" and/or "are to be construed as inclusive or meaning any one or any combination. An exception to this definition will occur only when a combination of elements, functions, steps or operations are inherently mutually exclusive in some way.

Claims

1. A multi-nozzle based steam appliance, comprising:

a duct in which a passage for receiving steam and allowing the steam to flow is provided;

the first spray heads are arranged on the pipe wall between the two ends of the pipeline, face the interior of the pipeline and are used for spraying water towards the passage;

a heating thick film disposed at least on an outer surface of the conduit, the heating thick film for heating and in thermally conductive connection with the conduit to heat water within the passageway for steam generation.

2. The steam device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a stem disposed inside the pipe, wherein the stem is provided with an outer spiral groove on a surface thereof, and the outer spiral groove forms a spiral channel with an inner surface of the pipe.

3. The steam appliance of claim 2, wherein the first spray head is disposed in the outer spiral groove in a direction perpendicular to the stem.

4. A steaming device as claimed in claim 2 or 3, wherein the pitch of the outer spiral grooves is gradually reduced in the direction of circulation of the steam within the spiral channel.

5. The steam appliance of claim 4, wherein the external spiral groove is spaced from an inner surface of the pipe; alternatively, the diameter of the pipe is gradually reduced in a direction in which the steam flows through the spiral passage, and the outer spiral groove abuts against an inner surface of the pipe.

6. The steam appliance of claim 1, further comprising a second spray head disposed at one end of the duct and adapted to spray water toward the passageway.

7. The steam device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second nozzle is disposed at the center of one end of the pipe in the extending direction of the pipe, and the range of the water sprayed by the second nozzle is greater than or equal to the diameter of the pipe.

8. The steam device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the spraying direction of the second spray head is the same as the circulation direction of the steam in the pipe or is directed toward the upper inner wall of the pipe.

9. Steam unit according to claim 1,

the heating thick film includes: the heating coil comprises an insulating layer, a heating coil and an encapsulating layer, wherein the insulating layer is at least arranged on the outer surface of the pipeline; the heating coil is arranged on the insulating layer; the packaging layer is arranged on the insulating layer and covers the heating coil; or,

the heating thick film includes: the heating coil is at least arranged on the outer surface of the pipeline; the packaging layer is arranged on the outer surface of the pipeline and covers the heating coil.

10. The steam device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a direction-regulating valve disposed at an outlet of the pipe for allowing the steam to be discharged, wherein the direction-regulating valve is used for regulating a flow direction of the steam discharged from the outlet.