Dehumidifier

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10557639-B2
Application number	US-201615156235-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2016
Priority date	May 15, 2015
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a dehumidifier which has an improved structure capable of improving a user convenience of a water container. The dehumidifier includes a main body including an inlet port and an outlet port, a heat exchanger which exchanges heat with air introduced through the inlet port and a water container which accommodates condensate and is separately coupled to the main body in a sliding manner. The water container includes a handle rotatably coupled to the water container.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dehumidifier comprising:
a main body including an inlet port and an outlet port;
a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air introduced through the inlet port; and
a water container configured to accommodate condensate and separately coupled to the main body in a sliding manner,
wherein the water container includes:
a handle rotatably coupled to the water container; and
a recessed member recessively formed inward from an exterior of the water container below the handle to enable the handle to be gripped through the recessed member when the water container is coupled to the main body, and

wherein the handle is coupled to an inner side of a rear surface of the water container and disposed within the recessed member such that the handle is disposed beneath a top surface of the water container when in an ungripped position.

2. The dehumidifier of claim 1 , wherein the outlet port is provided at the main body to be opened and closed at a front of the main body, and
wherein the water container is separated from the main body forward of the main body in a sliding manner.

3. The dehumidifier of claim 1 , wherein a water container seating portion recessively formed for the water container to be seated is provided on one surface of the main body, and
wherein a coupling portion separately coupled to a protrusion rib formed on one surface of the water container by elastic deformation is provided on the water container seating portion.

4. The dehumidifier of claim 1 , wherein a water container seating portion recessively formed for the water container to be seated is provided on one surface of the main body, and
wherein the water container is separately coupled to the water container seating portion to form an exterior of at least one of a front surface and side surfaces of the dehumidifier together with the main body.

5. The dehumidifier of claim 1 , wherein the recessed member is recessively formed at a front surface of the water container to be adjacent to the handle.

6. The dehumidifier of claim 5 , wherein the recessed member is welded to the front surface of the water container.

7. The dehumidifier of claim 1 , wherein the handle is separately coupled to the water container.

8. The dehumidifier of claim 1 , wherein the handle includes:
a support portion separately coupled to the water container; and
a grip portion connected to the support portion to be gripped.

9. The dehumidifier of claim 8 , wherein the support portion and the grip portion are integrally formed with each other.

10. The dehumidifier of claim 8 , wherein the grip portion includes a first surface facing an inner side of the water container, and
wherein the first surface includes a curved surface which is convex toward the inner side of the water container.

11. The dehumidifier of claim 10 , wherein the grip portion further includes a second surface facing an outside of the water container, and
wherein the second surface forms a part of an exterior of the dehumidifier when the water container is coupled to the main body.

12. The dehumidifier of claim 11 , wherein the grip portion further includes a third surface which connects the first surface to the second surface, and
wherein at least one of a connection portion between the first surface and the third surface and a connection portion between the second surface and the third surface includes a curved surface.

13. The dehumidifier of claim 8 , wherein a plurality of handle installation portions each of which includes a coupling hole and protrudes toward an inner side of the water container are provided at an inner wall of the water container, and
wherein a coupling protrusion which protrudes toward an outside of the handle and is separately coupled to the coupling hole is provided at the support portion.

14. The dehumidifier of claim 13 , wherein the coupling protrusion is separable from the coupling hole when the handle is leaned toward a rear of the water container.

15. The dehumidifier of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the water container and the handle is formed of a transparent material.

16. A dehumidifier comprising:
a main body including an inlet port and an outlet port;
a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air introduced through the inlet port; and
a water container slidably coupled to the main body, the water container configured to linearly move from an inserted position in which the water container is inserted into the main body to a decoupled position in which the water container is separated from the main body,
wherein the water container includes:
a handle separately coupled to the water container; and
a recessed member recessively formed inward from an exterior of the water container below the handle to enable the handle to be gripped through the recessed member when the water container is coupled to the main body,

wherein the handle further is configured to be gripped when the water container is separated from the main body and when the water container separated from the marry body is lifted and transferred, and
wherein the handle is coupled to an inner side of a rear surface of the water container and disposed within the recessed member such that the handle is disposed beneath a top surface of the water container when in an ungripped position.

17. The dehumidifier of claim 16 , wherein the outlet port is provided at the main body to be opened and closed at a front of the main body; and
wherein the water container is separated from the main body in a sliding manner forward of the main body.

18. The dehumidifier of claim 16 , wherein a water container seating portion recessively formed for the water container to be seated is provided on a front surface of the main body, and
wherein the water container is separately coupled to the water container seating portion such that a front surface of the water container is configured to form an exterior of a front surface of the dehumidifier together with the main body.

19. The dehumidifier of claim 16 , wherein the handle is leaned toward a front of the dehumidifier when the water container is coupled to the main body, and one surface of the handle leaned toward the front of the dehumidifier forms an exterior of a front surface of the dehumidifier together with the water container and the main body.

20. The dehumidifier of claim 16 , wherein the handle is disposed such that a surface of the handle is substantially flush with a surface of the water container, and wherein the surface of the handle is substantially flush with a surface of the main body when the water container is inserted in the main body.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ahn Jong Chul
• Yoon Sang Ki
• Yoon Ha Young
• Kim Kwon Jin
• Kim Nak Hyun
• Kim Young Hoon
• Choi Kang Ho

Classifications

• F24F13/30

  Arrangement or mounting of heat-exchangers · CPC title

• F24F13/28

  Arrangement or mounting of filters · CPC title

• F24F1/022

  comprising a compressor cycle · CPC title

• F24F2003/1446

  by condensing · CPC title

• F24F13/222

  for evacuating condensate · CPC title