Patent Application
20240328664
This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202320708171.4 filed Apr. 3, 2023, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure belongs to the field of humidification devices and, in particular, relates to a humidifier having an adjustable spray angle.
Nowadays, more and more people use humidifiers to enhance indoor air humidity and temperature to improve environmental comfort. To satisfy the user requirements, Chinese Utility Model patent application Ser. No. 20/212,0592664.7 discloses a mist outlet nozzle structure for a humidifier. The mist outlet nozzle in the humidifier can adjust the mist outlet angle in an up-down direction, effectively enlarging the mist outlet area, and the user experience can be improved. However, in practice, to spray water mist to a further region, the speed of airflow mixed with water mist needs to be increased. If the preceding humidifier is used in this case, when the airflow with a relatively high speed impacts on an arc-shaped cover, the arc-shaped cover may slide within a mist outlet cavity. As a result, the stability of the mist outlet angle of the mist outlet nozzle is reduced, and the user requirements cannot be satisfied.
Based on the preceding, there is an urgent need for a humidifier having an adjustable spray angle to solve the technical problems existing in the related art.
The present disclosure provides a humidifier having an adjustable spray angle so that not only the spray angle can be adjusted to enlarge the spray area, but also the stability of the spray angle can be ensured, thereby improving the user experience.
The present disclosure adopts the technical solutions below.
The humidifier having an adjustable spray angle includes a humidifier body and a spray assembly.
A surface of the humidifier body has a mist outlet.
The spray assembly has a spray outlet which communicates with the mist outlet and is rotatably disposed on the humidifier body to enable adjustment of a spray angle of the spray outlet.
One of the spray assembly and the humidifier body has at least two altering grooves arranged in parallel, another one of the spray assembly and the humidifier body is provided with an altering adjustment member, and the altering adjustment member is configured to move from one altering groove to another altering groove along a rotation direction of the spray assembly to alter the spray angle.
In the description of the present disclosure, it is to be noted that orientations or position relations indicated by terms such as “center”, “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “in”, “out” are orientations or position relations based on the drawings. These orientations or position relations are intended only to facilitate the description of the present disclosure and simplify the description and not to indicate or imply that a device or element referred to must have such specific orientations or must be configured or operated in such specific orientations. In addition, terms such as “first” and “second” are used merely for the purpose of description and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. Terms “first position” and “second position” are two different positions.
In the description of the present disclosure, it is to be noted that unless otherwise expressly specified and limited, the term “mounted”, “connected to each other”, or “connected” is to be construed in a broad sense, for example, as securely connected or detachably connected; mechanically connected or electrically connected; directly connected to each other or indirectly connected to each other via an intermediary; or internally connected between two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, specific meanings of the preceding terms in the present disclosure may be understood based on specific situations.
Technical solutions of the present disclosure are clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings. Apparently, embodiments described herein are part, not all, of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Based on the embodiments of the present utility mode, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art are within the scope of the present utility mode on the premise that no creative work is done.
A humidifier having an adjustable spray angle provided in the present disclosure is described below in conjunction with
Referring to
In the humidifier having an adjustable spray angle provided in this embodiment, the spray assembly 1 is rotatably disposed on the humidifier body 100 so that the spray angle of the spray outlet 10 can be adjusted, enlarging the spray area. Consequently, a user can adjust the spray angle according to the position of an object to be sprayed so that the function of adjusting the spray angle of the humidifier can be fulfilled. In addition, when the spray angle of the spray assembly 1 is adjusted, the altering adjustment member 3 can move from one altering groove 2 to another altering groove 2 to alter the spray angle. After the spray angle is adjusted, the altering adjustment member 3 can perform limiting engagement inside one of the at least two altering grooves 2 so that the spray angle of the spray assembly I can be secured, ensuring the stability of the spray angle and improving the user experience.
It is to be understood that the humidifier in this embodiment may also select an evaporative humidifier, a waterjet humidifier, or a centrifugal humidifier, which falls within the protection scope of the present disclosure as long as the spray angle of water and mist inside the humidifier can be adjusted and can remain stable under the action of the airflow impact.
Optionally, one of the spray assembly 1 and the humidifier body 100 is provided with a buckling shaft 4, and the other one of the spray assembly 1 and the humidifier body 100 is provided with an engagement portion 5 having a buckling groove 51. The buckling shaft 4 is rotatably disposed inside the buckling groove 51 along the rotation direction of the spray assembly 1 so that the requirement of multi-angle rotation connection between the spray assembly 1 and the humidifier body 100 can be satisfied. During assembly, the buckling shaft 4 may be mounted on the engagement portion 5 from the opening of the buckling groove 51 by use of pressing. This is not only convenient for installation and simple in structure but also provides a stable connection.
Exemplarily, in conjunction with
Certainly, in some other embodiments, the groove bottom of the arc-shaped groove 120 disposed on the humidifier body 100 may also be provided with one sinking groove having the preceding mist outlet 110, and the preceding buckling shaft 4 is securely sandwiched between two opposite sidewalls of the sinking groove. Correspondingly, the preceding engagement portion 5 is correspondingly disposed on the arc-shaped protrusion 111 of the spray assembly 1, and when the buckling shaft 4 is rotatably disposed inside the engagement portion 5, the rotation connection between the buckling shaft 4 and the buckling groove 51 can also be achieved at this time, and the fitness between the arc-shaped protrusion 111 and the arc-shaped groove 120 can also be achieved. Therefore, those skilled in the art can select specific disposed positions of the engagement portion 5 and the buckling shaft 4 according to actual requirements.
Further, in this embodiment, to prevent the buckling shaft 4 from obstructing the airflow path, two ends of the spray outlet 10 are provided with two grooves 112 respectively, one buckling shaft 4 is securely disposed inside each groove 112, two engagement portions 5 are correspondingly disposed on the arc-shaped groove 120, and the two buckling shafts 4 are rotatably connected to the two engagement portions 5 respectively. This can prevent the airflow from impinging on the buckling shaft 4 when the airflow flows toward the spray outlet 10 and effectively ensure the flow speed of the airflow. Moreover, the two buckling shafts 4 and the two engagement portions 5 are provided so that the connection between the spray assembly 1 and the humidifier body 100 can be more stable, thereby facilitating the prolongation of the service life of the humidifier.
Optionally, in this embodiment, in conjunction with
Optionally, in this embodiment, three altering grooves 2 are provided. When the adjustment block 32 is limited in and engaged with the middle altering groove 2, the adjustment block 23 is in the vertical position at this time, and the spray outlet 10 vertically faces upward. When the adjustment block is limited in and engaged with altering grooves 2 on two sides, the angle of the spray outlet 10 is adjusted at this time with the range from −20° to 20° (based on the vertical line) so that the requirements of the number of the altering grooves 2 and the adjustable range of the angle of the spray outlet 10 in an actual working condition can be satisfied. Certainly, those skilled in the art may select the number of the altering grooves 2 and the adjustable range of the angle of the spray outlet 10 according to different actual production requirements, user requirements and use environments.
Further, in this embodiment, the bottom of the spray assembly 1 is provided with a mounting hole 114, a portion of the adjustment block 32 is limited in and passes through the mounting hole 114 and engages inside the respective altering groove 2, and the elastic member 31 extends into the spray assembly 1 through the mounting hole 114. This can enable the other portion of the adjustment block 32 and the elastic member 31 to be enclosed inside the spray assembly 1 and enable only the portion of the adjustment block 32 to extend outside the mounting hole 114 to engage with the respective altering groove 2. Compared with the configuration in which the overall structure of the altering adjustment member 3 is disposed on the surface of the spray assembly 1, this can reduce the space occupied by the altering adjustment member 3 in the height direction to some extent, improve the connection stability between the altering adjustment member 3 and the spray assembly 1 and facilitate the smooth adjustment of the spray angle of the spray assembly 1.
Optionally, in conjunction with
The restriction of the limiting mounting portion 113 can enable the adjustment block 32 to stably perform the telescoping movement, prevent the adjustment block 32 from being tilted during the telescoping movement and further strengthen the connection stability between the altering adjustment member 3 and the spray assembly 1. Moreover, the spray assembly 1 is separable so that the efficiency of mounting, disassembling, replacing and repairing the altering adjustment member 3 can be improved.
Further, referring to
Optionally, in this embodiment, two opposite ends of the lower housing 11 are provided with two limiting mounting portions 113 respectively, and one altering adjustment member 3 is disposed inside each limiting mounting portion 113 so as to facilitate the adjustment of the angle of the spray outlet 10 by the spray assembly 1.
Further, with continued reference to
In the humidifier having an adjustable spray angle provided in the present disclosure, the spray assembly is rotatably disposed on the humidifier body so that the spray angle of the spray outlet can be adjusted, enlarging the spray area. Consequently, a user can adjust the spray angle according to the position of an object to be sprayed so that the function of adjusting the spray angle of the humidifier can be fulfilled. In addition, since, in the humidifier, the one of the spray assembly and the humidifier body has the at least two altering grooves arranged in parallel, and the other one of the spray assembly and the humidifier body is provided with the altering adjustment member. When the spray angle of the spray assembly is adjusted, the altering adjustment member can move from one altering groove to another altering groove to alter the spray angle. After the spray angle is adjusted, the altering adjustment member can be limited in and engaged with one of the at least two altering grooves so that the spray angle of the spray assembly can be secured, ensuring the stability of the spray angle and improving the user experience.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202320708171.4 | Apr 2023 | CN | national |
