CN211476201U

CN211476201U - Humidifier

Info

Publication number: CN211476201U
Application number: CN201921559371.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郭建刚; 陈志洪; 李保
Original assignee: Guangdong Xinbao Electrical Appliances Holdings Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Xinbao Electrical Appliances Holdings Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-18
Filing date: 2019-09-18
Publication date: 2020-09-11
Anticipated expiration: 2029-09-18

Abstract

The utility model relates to a humidifier. This humidifier includes: the air conditioner comprises a machine body, a fan and a controller, wherein the machine body is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, and an accommodating cavity is formed in the machine body; the water tank is arranged in the accommodating cavity; the heating assembly is arranged in the water tank; the evaporation assembly is arranged in the accommodating cavity and comprises a movable unit and a driving unit connected with the movable unit, at least part of the movable unit is positioned in the water tank, and the driving unit can drive the movable unit to move so as to stir the water in the water tank to evaporate the heated water to form water vapor. The utility model discloses a water heating to the little steam state of uniform temperature in heating element will the water tank to water through evaporation subassembly stirring water in the water tank stirs and turns, so that the moisture rapid evaporation of heating, and discharge from the gas outlet, reach the humidification effect, can be when guaranteeing high humidification volume, with heating temperature control in certain extent, need not to heat to the boiling, guarantee humidifier safety in utilization.

Description

Humidifier

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a life electrical apparatus technical field, concretely relates to humidifier.

Background

The existing humidifiers in the market are classified into direct evaporation type, electric heating type, ultrasonic type and the like, and the advantages and the disadvantages of various humidifiers are obvious. Taking direct evaporation type and electric heating type as examples, direct evaporation type has low humidification amount, large noise, and is easy to breed bacteria. The electric heating humidifier can achieve the humidification effect only by boiling water, is unsafe to use, and is easy to scald people.

Chinese patent application publication No. CN104456805A discloses a humidifier which improves humidification efficiency by providing a flow dividing device. However, the moisture evaporation is realized by heating the air, and the humidifier is damaged due to the influence of the excessively high heating temperature.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above problems in the prior art, an object of an aspect of the present invention is to provide a humidifier to increase the amount of humidification and control the water temperature within a safe range, while reducing noise.

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a humidifier, including:

the air conditioner comprises a machine body, a fan and a controller, wherein the machine body is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, and an accommodating cavity is formed in the machine body;

the water tank is arranged in the accommodating cavity, the air inlet is communicated with the water tank to form an air inlet duct, and the water tank is communicated with the air outlet to form an air outlet duct;

the heating assembly is arranged in the water tank, at least partially extends into the water in the water tank and is used for heating the water in the water tank;

an evaporation assembly disposed in the accommodating chamber, the evaporation assembly including a movable unit and a driving unit connected to the movable unit, at least a portion of the movable unit being located in the water tank, the driving unit being capable of driving the movable unit to move so as to agitate water in the water tank to evaporate the heated water to form water vapor;

and the fan assembly is arranged in the air inlet duct and/or the air outlet duct.

The utility model provides a humidifier passes through mutually supporting of heating element and evaporation subassembly, can be when guaranteeing high humidification volume, with heating temperature control in certain extent, need not to heat to boiling, guarantees humidifier safe in utilization. Dry air gets into from the wind channel that admits air, and moist air flows from the wind channel of giving vent to anger, and the air flows in order, can improve circulation of air speed to improve humidification efficiency. In addition, the fan assembly is arranged in the air outlet duct, so that water vapor can be quickly and effectively discharged, and the humidifying efficiency is improved; the fan subassembly sets up in the wind channel of admitting air can be fast with dry air introduction organism for circulation of air improves humidification efficiency.

In some embodiments, one end of the heating assembly is mounted in the body, and the other end of the heating assembly is suspended in the water tank. The heating assembly is suspended in the water tank, so that the heating assembly is convenient to disassemble and assemble, and the heating assembly is completely contacted with water in the water tank, so that the heating speed can be increased, and the humidifying efficiency is improved.

In some embodiments, the movable unit is a roller, the roller is fixed in the body through a rotating shaft, and the driving unit is connected with the roller through a transmission unit. The roller is used as a movable unit to stir water in the water tank, the stirring range is wide, and the humidifying efficiency and the humidifying effect can be further improved; in addition, the gyro wheel can last steady rotation, realizes the regularity of rivers and stirs.

In some embodiments, the transmission unit is a gear transmission unit, the gear transmission unit includes a first gear and a second gear which are engaged with each other, the roller is coaxially connected with the first gear through the rotating shaft, external teeth of the first gear are engaged with external teeth of the second gear, the second gear is coaxially connected with a driving shaft of the driving unit, and the driving unit rotates to drive the roller to rotate through rotation of the gear transmission unit, so as to stir water in the water tank. Adopt gear drive unit, the transmission is steady reliable, and can arrange first gear and gyro wheel coaxial, the accommodation space in the make full use of organism, rationally distributed compactness.

In some embodiments, the fan assembly is a centrifugal fan assembly, and includes an impeller and a fan motor, an output shaft of the fan motor is connected to the impeller, and the rotation of the fan motor can drive the impeller to rotate. The centrifugal fan component has large air outlet quantity and quick air outlet speed and can accelerate the flow of air and/or water vapor.

In some embodiments, the humidifier further comprises a wind guiding mechanism for guiding the airflow, wherein the wind guiding mechanism comprises a first wind guiding mechanism arranged at a position close to the air inlet and/or a second wind guiding mechanism arranged at a position close to the air outlet. The air guide mechanism can guide the direction of air flow, concentrates air inlet and outlet, reduces disordered flow of air and improves the humidifying effect.

In some embodiments, the air inlet and the air outlet are both disposed at the top of the housing. The structure of top air inlet and top air outlet is beneficial to the flow of air and/or water vapor, and the humidifying effect is improved.

In some embodiments, the machine body includes an upper housing and a lower housing that are butted against each other, the lower housing forms the water tank, and the upper housing and the lower housing are detachably and fixedly connected by a fixing mechanism. The machine body is arranged into a detachable structure, so that the disassembly, the assembly and the maintenance are convenient, and the cleaning and the replacement of parts in the water tank are convenient; in addition, the lower shell is directly used as the water tank, so that the volume of the water tank can be increased, the capacity of water in the water tank is improved, the humidification quantity is further improved, and in addition, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a humidifier passes through the water heating of heating element in with the water tank to the little steam state of uniform temperature to water flow through evaporation subassembly stirring in the water tank stirs, so that the moisture rapid evaporation of heating, and discharge from the gas outlet, reach the purpose of humidification, cooling. Through mutually supporting of heating element and evaporation plant, can be when guaranteeing high humidification volume, with heating temperature control in certain extent, need not to heat to boiling, guarantee humidifier safe in utilization. In addition, the fan assembly arranged on the air outlet duct accelerates the discharge of water vapor, and improves the humidification efficiency.

Drawings

In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like reference numerals may describe similar components in different views. Like reference numerals having letter suffixes or different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar components. The drawings illustrate various embodiments, by way of example and not by way of limitation, and together with the description and claims, serve to explain the embodiments of the invention. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts, where appropriate. Such embodiments are illustrative, and are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive embodiments of the present apparatus or method.

Fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a front cross-sectional view of a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

1-machine body, 11-air inlet, 12-air outlet, 13-control panel, 101-upper shell and 102-lower shell;

2-a water tank; 3-a heating assembly;

4-evaporation assembly, 41-roller, 42-shaft, 431-first gear;

5-a fan assembly; 61-a first wind guiding mechanism, 62-a second wind guiding mechanism.

Detailed Description

In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the drawings of the embodiments of the present invention are combined below to clearly and completely describe the technical solution of the embodiments of the present invention.

Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention belongs. The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in the description herein do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather the terms are used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed before the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships may also be changed accordingly.

To maintain the following description of the embodiments of the present invention clear and concise, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and components may be omitted.

Fig. 1 and 2 show a schematic structural diagram of a humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a humidifier, including:

a body 1 having an air inlet 11 and an air outlet 12, the body 1 having an accommodating chamber formed therein;

a water tank 2 arranged in the accommodating cavity;

the heating component 3 is arranged in the water tank 2 and used for heating the water in the water tank 2;

and an evaporation assembly 4 disposed in the accommodating chamber, wherein the evaporation assembly 4 includes a movable unit and a driving unit connected with the movable unit, at least a part of the movable unit is located in the water tank 2, and the driving unit can drive the movable unit to move so as to stir the water in the water tank 2 to evaporate the heated water to form water vapor.

The utility model provides a humidifier passes through heating element 3 and heats the little steam state to the uniform temperature with the water in the water tank 2 to stir the rivers in the water tank 2 through evaporation subassembly 4 and turn, so that the moisture rapid evaporation of heating, among the moisture evaporation process, rapid vaporization becomes steam, absorbs the heat simultaneously, and steam suspends in the middle of the air after, is absorbed at once by the air, makes moist air and steam discharge from gas outlet 12, reaches the purpose of humidification, cooling. Through mutually supporting of heating element 3 and evaporation subassembly 4, can guarantee high humidification volume the time, with heating temperature control in certain extent, need not to heat to boiling, guarantee humidifier safe in utilization.

In some embodiments, the humidifier further comprises a controller (not shown) to which the heating assembly 3 and the evaporation assembly 4 are electrically connected, respectively, to control the heating of the heating assembly 3 and the movement of the evaporation assembly 4.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the water tank 2 is disposed at the bottom of the machine body 1, the air inlet 11 and the air outlet 12 are both disposed at the top of the machine body 1, the air inlet 11 is communicated with the water tank 2 to form an air inlet duct, the water tank 2 is communicated with the air outlet 12 to form an air outlet duct, the machine body 1 is communicated with the outside air through the air inlet duct and the air outlet duct, and after dry air enters the air inlet duct from the air inlet 11, water vapor generated by water evaporation is absorbed, so that the air in a moist micro-vapor state and the water vapor flow out from the air outlet 12 through the air outlet duct to humidify the indoor environment.

In some embodiments, the positions of the air inlet 11 and the air outlet 12 are not limited to the top of the machine body 1, for example, the air inlet 11 may be disposed on the top of the machine body 1, and the air outlet 12 may be disposed on the side wall of the machine body 1, so as to form a top-inlet and side-outlet structure. The top air inlet and top air outlet structure in this embodiment is beneficial to the respective communication of the air inlet 11, the air outlet 12 and the water tank 2, and is beneficial to the air flow.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the machine body 1 includes an upper housing 101 and a lower housing 102 butted against each other, the lower housing 102 forms the water tank 2, and the upper housing 101 and the lower housing 102 are detachably fixedly connected by a fixing mechanism. The machine body 1 is arranged into a detachable structure, so that the disassembly, the assembly and the maintenance are convenient, and the cleaning and the replacement of parts in the water tank 2 are convenient; further, by using the lower case 102 as the water tank 2 as it is, the volume of the water tank 2 can be increased, the capacity of water in the water tank 2 can be increased, the amount of humidification can be increased, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. In other embodiments, a water tank 2 may be separately placed in the receiving cavity of the body 1.

In some embodiments, the body 1 is a cylindrical body, for example, in this embodiment, the body 1 is a square cylindrical body, in other embodiments, the body 1 may also be a cylindrical or elliptical cylindrical body, and the present invention is not limited in particular.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, one end of the heating assembly 3 is fixedly installed in the machine body 1, and the other end of the heating assembly 3 is suspended in the water tank 2 for heating the water in the water tank 2. The heating component 3 is a heating pipe, a heating sheet or a heating wire and the like. The heating temperature of the heating component 3 is preferably 50-70 ℃, so that a safer heating temperature is provided for the humidifier; in addition, the heating device can also play a role in sterilization and air purification in the heating process.

Further, the periphery of heating element 3 is wrapped with the waterproof layer for protect heating element 3.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the movable unit of the evaporation assembly 4 is a roller 41, and the roller 41 is fixed in the machine body 1 through a rotating shaft 42. Specifically, the roller 41 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 42, two ends of the rotating shaft 42 are respectively fixedly connected with the inner wall of the machine body 1, and the driving unit drives the roller 41 to rotate and stir the water flow in the water tank 2 so as to accelerate the evaporation speed of the water in the water tank 2 and improve the humidification effect.

In some embodiments, the driving unit may be a driving motor, a driving cylinder, a driving electric cylinder, or the like, which is not particularly limited. Preferably, the driving unit is a driving motor, is fixedly installed in the upper housing 101, and is electrically connected to a controller disposed in the upper housing 101, so that the control is precise, and the occupied space is small.

Further, in this embodiment, the driving unit is connected to the roller 41 through a transmission unit, the transmission unit is a gear transmission unit, the gear transmission unit includes a first gear 431 and a second gear (not shown) that are engaged with each other, as shown in fig. 1, the roller 41 is coaxially connected to the first gear 431 through a rotating shaft 42, an external tooth of the first gear 431 is engaged with an external tooth of the second gear, the second gear is coaxially connected to a driving shaft of a driving motor, the driving motor rotates to drive the first gear 431 to rotate, the first gear 431 rotates to drive the second gear to rotate, and the second gear can drive the roller 41 to rotate, so as to stir water flow in the water tank 2.

In other embodiments, the transmission unit may be other mechanical transmission structures such as a link mechanism, a cam mechanism, and the like. The transmission structure can convert the rotation of the driving unit into the motion (rotation or movement) of the transmission unit, and then convert the motion of the transmission unit into the motion rotation, so as to realize the continuous and stable rotation of the roller 41. The mechanical transmission structure is reliable in action and low in cost, and is suitable for occasions with fixed actions such as the rotation of the roller 41 and the like.

The roller 41 can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise when rotating, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the air inlet 11 is disposed on the left side of the top of the machine body 1, and the air outlet 12 is disposed on the right side of the top of the machine body 1, therefore, the rotating direction of the roller 41 is preferably counterclockwise, so that the water vapor can flow to the air outlet 12 along with the rotation of the roller 41, and the humidification efficiency and the humidification effect are improved.

In other embodiments, the movable unit may also be a stirring unit, and the driving shaft of the driving mechanism may be directly connected to the stirring shaft of the stirring unit, so that the stirring unit is driven to rotate or swing around the stirring shaft by the rotation of the driving mechanism to stir the water flow in the water tank 2.

In this embodiment, the movable unit is provided as the roller 41, which has a wider stirring range than the stirring type structure, and can further improve the humidification efficiency and the humidification effect. The gear transmission mechanism drives the roller 41 to rotate, and the gear transmission mechanism has the advantages of reasonable structure, compact layout, stable and reliable transmission and low noise.

In some embodiments, the humidifier further comprises a fan assembly 5, and the fan assembly 5 is disposed in the air outlet duct for quickly and efficiently discharging water vapor.

Specifically, fan subassembly 5 is the centrifugal fan subassembly, including impeller and fan motor, fan motor's output shaft and impeller are connected to fan motor is connected with the controller electricity, and the controller control fan motor rotates and can drives the impeller and rotate, and the impeller rotates and can accelerate the vapor circulation, blows off the vapor (and/or the moist air after mixing with vapor) in organism 1 from gas outlet 12, makes it get into indoor fast, in order to carry out the humidification to the indoor environment.

The shell of the fan component 5 is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, the air outlet is communicated with the air outlet 12, vapor formed by evaporation enters the air channel of the fan component 5 from the air inlet and is discharged from the air outlet, and then enters the room through the air outlet 12, so that the humidifying effect is achieved. The air inlet and/or the air outlet are arranged in a grid shape or a thin strip shape, so that air inlet or air outlet can be more uniform. The impeller is preferably a centrifugal squirrel-cage vortex impeller consisting of a plurality of blades, and has the advantages of large air outlet quantity, quick air outlet and capability of accelerating the circulation of water vapor.

In some embodiments, the fan assembly 5 may also be disposed in the machine body 1 near the air inlet 11, that is, the fan assembly 5 is disposed in the air inlet duct, so as to quickly introduce dry air into the machine body 1, and mix with water vapor in the machine body 1 to form humid air, and quickly flow out from the air outlet 12, so as to improve the humidification efficiency.

In some embodiments, the humidifier further comprises a wind guide mechanism disposed within the body 1 for guiding the flow of air. The air guide mechanism is disposed near the air inlet 11 and/or the air outlet 12. Specifically, the air guide mechanism can be an air guide plate, the air guide plate is adopted to guide the direction of air flow, air inlet and air outlet are concentrated, disordered flowing of air can be reduced, and the humidifying effect is improved. In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the air guiding mechanism includes a first air guiding mechanism 61 disposed near the air inlet 11 and a second air guiding mechanism 62 disposed near the air inlet 12, the first air guiding mechanism 61 is a vertical air guiding mechanism, and can guide the dry air entering the machine body 1 to the water tank 2 to accelerate the mixing of the dry air and the water vapor; the second air guiding mechanism 62 is an inclined air guiding plate, and can quickly guide the generated water vapor to the fan assembly 5 in an inclined manner, so that the water vapor can quickly flow out of the machine body 1, and the humidifying effect is improved.

In some embodiments, the humidifier further includes a water inlet for supplying water to the water tank 2, the water inlet being provided on the body 1.

In some embodiments, the humidifier further includes a control panel 13 disposed on the surface of the body 1, the control panel 13 is electrically connected to the controller, and the control panel 13 is provided with control buttons and corresponding LED indicators, so that a user can adjust parameters of the humidifier, such as start, stop, heating power, rotation speed of the rollers, wind speed, and humidification rate.

The working process of the utility model is as follows:

when needs humidification, the controller control heating element 3 heats the water in the water tank 2 to control drive unit rotates and drives gyro wheel 41 and rotate, in order to stir the water in the water tank 2, accelerate the evaporation of water, simultaneously, controller control fan subassembly 5 rotates vapor escape organism 1, in order to carry out the humidification to the indoor environment.

The utility model discloses space in the make full use of organism 1, compact structure sets up rationally, under the same condition of 1 volumes of organism, and the humidification volume is big, and the humidification is effectual. The water flow is stirred by the rotation of the roller 41, the rotation is stable, and the noise is low.

The above embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is defined by the claims. Various modifications and equivalents of the invention can be made by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the invention, and such modifications and equivalents should also be considered as falling within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A humidifier, comprising:

2. The humidifier of claim 1, wherein one end of the heating assembly is fixed in the body and the other end of the heating assembly is suspended in the water tank.

3. The humidifier according to claim 1, wherein the movable unit is a roller, the roller is installed in the body through a rotating shaft, and the driving unit is connected with the roller through a transmission unit.

4. The humidifier according to claim 3, wherein the transmission unit is a gear transmission unit, the gear transmission unit comprises a first gear and a second gear which are meshed with each other, the roller is coaxially connected with the first gear through the rotating shaft, external teeth of the first gear are meshed with external teeth of the second gear, the second gear is coaxially connected with a driving shaft of the driving unit, and the driving unit rotates to drive the roller to rotate through rotation of the gear transmission unit, so that water in the water tank is stirred.

5. The humidifier of claim 1, wherein the fan assembly is a centrifugal fan assembly including an impeller and a fan motor, an output shaft of the fan motor is coupled to the impeller, and rotation of the fan motor rotates the impeller.

6. The humidifier of claim 1, further comprising a wind guide mechanism for guiding the flow of air, the wind guide mechanism comprising a first wind guide mechanism disposed proximate the air inlet and/or a second wind guide mechanism disposed proximate the air outlet.

7. The humidifier of any one of claims 1-6, wherein the air inlet and the air outlet are both disposed at a top of the body.

8. The humidifier according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the body comprises an upper housing and a lower housing butted with each other, the lower housing forms the water tank, and the upper housing and the lower housing are detachably and fixedly connected by a fixing mechanism.