Humidifying apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016348929-A1
Application number	US-201615167812-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 27, 2016
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a humidifying apparatus which may be prevented from being contaminated. A humidifying apparatus comprises a water tank configured to store water, a filter assembly configured to filter the water stored in the water tank and a humidifying assembly configured to perform humidification by absorbing and vaporizing the water filtered by the filter assembly, a drain flow passage provided at a lower surface of the humidifying assembly, wherein residual water remaining after being absorbed in the humidifying assembly is recovered in the water tank via the drain flow passage, and a guide rib configured to guide the water recovered in the water tank is provided in the water tank.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A humidifying apparatus comprising:
a water tank in configured to store water; a filter assembly configured to filter the water stored in the water tank; a humidifying assembly configured to perform humidification by absorbing and vaporizing the water filtered by the filter assembly; a drain flow passage provided at a lower surface of the humidifying assembly, wherein residual water remaining after being absorbed in the humidifying assembly is recovered in the water tank via the drain flow passage; and a guide rib configured to guide the water recovered in the water tank is provided in the water tank.

2 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the lower surface of the humidifying assembly, a height of one side of the humidifying assembly at which the drain flow passage is provided from a bottom surface on which the humidifying assembly is located is formed to be lower than a height of an other side thereof from the bottom surface.

3 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the drain flow passage is positioned to be biased toward one side of the humidifying assembly.

4 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a pump connected to the flow passage, wherein the residual water remaining after being absorbed in the humidifying assembly is pumped by the pump and recovered in the water tank.

5 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a valve for opening and closing the drain flow passage is provided at the drain flow passage.

6 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the water filtered by the filter assembly is supplied to the humidifying assembly, and circulating water remaining after being filtered flows into the water tank.

7 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a circulation flow passage through which the circulating water flows-in is further provided at the water tank.

8 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the circulation flow passage and the drain flow passage are provided as a single flow passage.

9 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein, in the water tank, an inlet hole configured to communicate with a flow passage in which the circulation flow passage and the drain flow passage are provided as one is formed.

10 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the water tank is positioned below the humidifying assembly, and the inlet hole is provided in an upper surface of the water tank.

11 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a pump configured to pump the water stored in the water tank and allow the pumped water to be delivered to the filter assembly.

12 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a supply flow passage through which water supplied to the pump passes is provided at the water tank.

13 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the supply flow passage extends toward a bottom surface of the water tank.

14 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein a height of an end of the supply flow passage from the bottom surface of the water tank is in a range of 1/10 to ¼ of a height from the bottom surface of the water tank to an upper surface thereof.

15 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein an inlet hole through which circulating water of the filter assembly and the residual water of the humidifying assembly flow-in is provide in the water tank, and the supply flow passage is configured to communicate with the inlet hole.

16 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the supply flow passage includes a first supply flow passage that extends from the inside of the water tank to the inlet hole and a second supply flow passage that is bent and extended from the first supply flow passage.

17 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first supply flow passage extends parallel to the bottom surface of the water tank.

18 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the second supply flow passage is bent from the first supply flow passage and extends toward the bottom surface of the water tank.

19 . The humidifying apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the supply flow passage includes a third supply flow passage that is bent from the second supply flow passage.

20 . A humidifying apparatus comprising:
a humidifying pad configured to absorb and vaporize water; a distributor in which a plurality of spray holes are provided to supply water to the humidifying pad; a filter assembly connected to the distributor and configured to supply purified water to the distributor; a water tank in which water supplied to the filter assembly is stored and a guide rib configured to guide flowing-in water is provided; and a humidifying pad frame into which the humidifying pad is mounted and a drain flow passage is provided at a lower surface thereof, wherein one side of the lower surface of the humidifying pad frame at which the drain flow passage is provided to have an inclined surface in such a manner that a height of the one side of the lower surface of the humidifying pad frame from a bottom surface is lower than a height of the other side thereof from the bottom surface, and water drained via a distribution flow passage is recovered in the water tank.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Sang Hoon
• Kim Jeong Myeong
• Park Yong Jong
• Cho Han Wook

Classifications

• F24F6/04 Primary

  using stationary unheated wet elements · CPC title

• F24F2006/008

  Air-humidifier with water reservoir · CPC title

• F24F2006/006

  with water treatment · CPC title

• F24F2006/046

  with a water pump · CPC title