Humidification and air cleaning apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10101044-B2
Application number	US-201615337914-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2016
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a humidification and air cleaning apparatus. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus includes a water tank storing water, a visual body forming at least a portion of the water tank and formed of a transparent material, a water tank inlet formed at the water tank and communicating the inner and outer sides of the water tank, a water tank humidification medium covering the water tank inlet, formed of a water absorbing material, and providing humidification on air passing through the water tank inlet, a watering housing disposed inside the water tank, drawing water of the water tank into the inside, pumping the drawn water upwardly when rotating, and spraying the pumped water, a watering motor providing a torque to the watering housing, a lower nozzle disposed at the watering housing and spraying the pumped water to the water tank humidification medium, and a upper nozzle disposed at the watering housing and spraying the pumped water to the visual body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A humidification and air cleaning apparatus comprising:
a water tank to store water;
a visual body disposed on the water tank and formed of a transparent material;
a water tank inlet formed at the water tank to communicate with the inner and outer sides of the water tank;
a water tank humidification medium disposed at the water tank inlet and formed of a water absorbing material to humidify air passing through the water tank inlet; and
a watering housing rotatably disposed inside the water tank to spray water of the water tank,
wherein the watering housing having, a lower nozzle disposed at the watering housing to spray water to the water tank humidification medium, and a upper nozzle disposed at the watering housing to spray water to the visual body.

2. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the upper nozzle is located higher than the lower nozzle.

3. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the upper nozzle is located higher than the water tank inlet.

4. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the lower nozzle is located higher than the water tank.

5. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the visual body is located higher than the water tank inlet.

6. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein water sprayed from the upper nozzle flows down to a lower side of the visual body and wets the water tank humidification medium.

7. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein water sprayed from the lower nozzle wets the water tank humidification medium, and then flows down to the water tank.

8. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a lower end of the water tank humidification medium overlaps an upper end of the water tank, and the lower nozzle sprays water to the overlapping portion of the water tank humidification medium.

9. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a water tank humidification medium housing where the water tank humidification medium is installed, wherein the water tank humidification medium housing is separably mounted at the water tank.

10. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a water tank humidification housing where the water tank humidification medium is installed, wherein the water tank humidification medium housing is separably mounted at the visual body.

11. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a water tank humidification housing where the water tank humidification medium is installed, wherein an upper end of the water tank humidification medium housing is mounted at the visual body and a lower end of the water tank humidification medium housing overlaps an upper end of the water tank.

12. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a lower end of the water tank humidification medium housing is located inside the water tank.

13. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a storage space temporarily storing stored water is formed at a lower side of the water tank humidification housing and the lower nozzle sprays water to the storage space.

14. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the storage space overlaps the water tank and is located at an inner side of the water tank.

15. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the lower end of the water tank humidification medium is located at the storage space.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Son Sanghyuk
• Lee Jungwoo
• Kim Taeyoon
• Choi Jieun
• Lee Kunyoung
• Lee Jongsu
• Lee Kyoungho

Classifications

• F24F6/04 Primary

  using stationary unheated wet elements · CPC title

• B01F3/04085

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F3/04021

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• F24F13/20

  Casings or covers · CPC title

• B01D2279/50

  for air conditioning · CPC title