Forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9518749-B2
Application number	US-201214345011-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2012
Priority date	Sep 14, 2011
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor, which includes: a housing having an exhaust port formed in an upper surface thereof and a suction port formed at one side of a front surface thereof; a water tank located below the suction port to store water; an injection unit having an injection nozzle located above the suction port, a pump for pulling up the water in the water tank to the injection nozzle, and a transfer tube for transferring the water pulled by the pump; a blowing fan located above the injection nozzle to carry air toward the exhaust port of the housing; a humidifying unit located below the injection nozzle so that films, each having a body surface formed to allow the water injected from the injection nozzle to flow and a plurality of tube-type spacers protruding on the body surface, are stacked in a lateral direction therein; and an eliminator located between the blowing fan and the injection nozzle to prevent water drops included in a humid air humidified by the humidifying unit from being scattered.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor, comprising:
a housing having an exhaust port formed in an upper surface thereof and a suction port formed at one side of a front surface thereof;
a water tank located below the suction port to store water;
an injection unit having an injection nozzle located above the suction port, a pump for pulling up the water in the water tank to the injection nozzle, and a transfer tube for transferring the water pulled by the pump;
a blowing fan located above the injection nozzle to carry air toward the exhaust port of the housing;
a humidifying unit located below the injection nozzle so that films, each having a body surface formed to allow the water injected from the injection nozzle to flow and a plurality of tube-type spacers protruding on the body surface, are stacked in a lateral direction therein; and
an eliminator located between the blowing fan and the injection nozzle to prevent water drops included in a humid air humidified by the humidifying unit from being scattered,
wherein a plurality of slits formed in a horizontal direction between one pair of spacers adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction are formed in the film, and
wherein the plurality of slits include a first slit protruding so that a cut position of the body surface cut by the slit is oriented toward an upper direction of the body surface and a second slit protruding so that a cut position of the body surface cut by the slit is oriented toward a lower direction of the body surface.

2. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a heat exchanger installed at the suction port to allow communication of a fluid,
wherein a barrier for separating the humidifying unit and the heat exchanger from each other is formed at the housing so that water passing through the humidifying unit does not flow into the heat exchanger.

3. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 1 , wherein the spacers are arranged alternately in a vertical direction on the same film.

4. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 1 , wherein the films are stacked so that the spacers communicate with each other.

5. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 4 , wherein the humidifying unit further includes a coupling tube inserted into the spacers of the films stacked in a lateral direction.

6. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 1 , wherein a water feeding unit for supplying water is provided at the water tank, and
wherein the forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor further comprises a floating valve for controlling the water feeding unit to open or close according to a location of a float which floats on the water.

7. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 1 , wherein a constant temperature coil is provided at the water tank to maintain the water in the water tank at a constant temperature.

8. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 1 , wherein the surface of the film of the humidifying unit is treated to have an antibacterial property.

9. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 1 , wherein the eliminator has an inlet through which the air humidified by the humidifying unit flows in, an outlet located at a side opposite to the inlet, and an anti-scattering tube provided between the inlet and the outlet so that the inlet and the outlet are alternately located in a vertical direction, and
wherein the inlet and the outlet of the eliminator have a hexagonal shape.

10. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 1 , wherein a dust-removing filter is mounted to the suction port.

11. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 2 , wherein a defrosting machine is installed at the heat exchanger.

12. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 11 , wherein a temperature-adjusting coil is formed at the heat exchanger, and
wherein the defrosting machine is located between the temperature-adjusting coils at regular arrangement.

13. A forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor, comprising:
a housing having an exhaust port formed in an upper surface thereof and a suction port formed at one side of a front surface thereof;
a water tank located below the suction port to store water;
an injection unit having an injection nozzle located above the suction port, a pump for pulling up the water in the water tank to the injection nozzle, and a transfer tube for transferring the water pulled by the pump;
a blowing fan located above the injection nozzle to carry air toward the exhaust port of the housing;
a humidifying unit located below the injection nozzle so that films, each having a body surface formed to allow the water injected from the injection nozzle to flow and a plurality of tube-type spacers protruding on the body surface, are stacked in a lateral direction therein; and
an eliminator located between the blowing fan and the injection nozzle to prevent water drops included in a humid air humidified by the humidifying unit from being scattered,
wherein a sterilizer for controlling bacterial multiplication and removing bacteria is further provided at the water tank.

14. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 13 , wherein the sterilizer irradiates UV rays into the water tank.

15. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 13 , wherein the sterilizer applies electricity into the water tank so that the water in the water tank is converted into electrolyzed water.

16. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 13 , wherein the sterilizer is an ozone water generator dissolving ozone gas in water to convert the water into ozone water.

17. A forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor, comprising:
a housing having an exhaust port formed in an upper surface thereof and a suction port formed at one side of a front surface thereof;
a water tank located below the suction port to store water;
an injection unit having an injection nozzle located above the suction port, a pump for pulling up the water in the water tank to the injection nozzle, and a transfer tube for transferring the water pulled by the pump;
a blowing fan located above the injection nozzle to carry air toward the exhaust port of the housing;
a humidifying unit located below the injection nozzle so that films, each having a body surface formed to allow the water injected from the injection nozzle to flow and a plurality of tube-type spacers protruding on the body surface, are stacked in a lateral direction therein; and
an eliminator located between the blowing fan and the injection nozzle to prevent water drops included in a humid air humidified by the humidifying unit from being scattered,
wherein the water tank is partitioned by a separation plate, and
wherein the water tank partitioned by the separation plate has a water storage unit for storing water and a supplied liquid storage unit to which a sterilizer or the water in the water storage unit is supplied, the supplied liquid storage unit communicating with the transfer tube.

18. The forced evaporative humidifier using nano-vapor according to claim 17 , wherein the separation plate has a T shape and partitions the water tank into three regions,
wherein the water tank partitioned into three regi

Assignees

• Kim Byeong Sam
• Kim Ji Young
• Kim Jong Hoon
• Kwon Ki Hyun
• Cha Hwan Soo
• Korea Food Res Inst

Inventors

• Kim Byeong Sam
• Kim Ji Young
• Kim Jong Hoon
• Kwon Ki Hyun
• Cha Hwan Soo

Classifications

• F24F3/14

  by humidification; by dehumidification · CPC title

• F24F2006/008

  Air-humidifier with water reservoir · CPC title

• F24F11/0008

  for air-humidification (F24F11/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28C1/02

  with counter-current only · CPC title

• F24F6/14 Primary

  using nozzles · CPC title