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    • 专利摘要:
    An air humidification device (1) comprises a housing (2) with a front and a rear, on which housing an air inlet opening (3) and an air outlet opening as well as a water connection (5) for supplying water is provided. A porous ceramic plate is arranged in the housing in its air duct, which is formed between the air inlet opening and the air outlet opening, such that the air passing through the air humidification device flows through the ceramic plate. The ceramic plate is surrounded at least on the end face by a frame, which frame is detachably and reattachably fixed in the housing. The housing has a detachable and re-attachable housing wall part (4), upon removal of which the frame with the ceramic plate is accessible and can be removed from or inserted into the housing. In this way, easy cleaning of the ceramic plate is possible.
    公开号:CH715517A1
    申请号:CH01365/18
    申请日:2018-11-06
    公开日:2020-05-15
    发明作者:Münzberg Gerhard；De Boer c/o Andrea Neils Michael
    申请人:Condair Group Ag；
    IPC主号:
    专利说明:

    Field of the Invention
    The invention relates to an air humidifying device comprising a housing with a front and a rear and an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening and with a water connection for supplying water and with a porous ceramic plate, which in the air duct of the housing, the housing between the air inlet opening and the air outlet opening is configured such that the air passing through the air humidification device flows through the ceramic plate. The invention further relates to the use of the air humidification device for humidifying air in an apartment or a family home.
    background
    Air humidification devices are known in various designs. In particular, air humidification devices are known on the market, which can be attached to air ducts or air boxes of a building ventilation system of a family home, so that humidified air can be supplied to all rooms connected to the ventilation. Such air humidifiers use knitted metal as elements in which the air comes into contact with the water. Such metal knits can prove to be unstable and unsuitable for hygiene. From CH 687 417 it is known to use porous ceramic bodies as evaporation elements in an air humidification device which is arranged directly in an air duct. Porous ceramic bodies in humidifiers are also known from CH 696 694, EP 1 522 797, EP 1 522 798 and EP 1 541 932. Ceramic bodies are used in large humidifiers and, as mentioned in CH 687 417, are cleaned by a pyrolytic process or by acidification to maintain the hygienic requirements. However, this is too expensive in practice for small air humidification systems for apartments or single-family houses.
    Presentation of the invention
    The invention has for its object to provide an improved humidifier, which is particularly suitable for use in ventilation systems of single-family homes or apartments.
    This object is achieved in that the ceramic plate is at least partially surrounded on the end face by a frame, which frame is detachably fastened in the housing, and that the housing has a detachable and re-attachable, in particular arranged on the front of the housing, housing wall part , when the frame is removed, the ceramic plate is accessible and can be removed from the housing or inserted into it.
    This configuration of the air humidifier makes it possible to simply remove the ceramic plate from the housing. The frame, which is generally made of plastic, enables on the one hand the handling of the ceramic plate, which has sharp edges, without there being any risk of injury to the user. Furthermore, the frame is easy to handle due to its detachable fastening in the housing and results in a well-defined insertion of the ceramic plate and frame unit in the housing. The detachable housing wall part is particularly preferably arranged on the front of the housing, which further facilitates the handling of the ceramic plate.
    Preferably, the frame and the housing have cooperating locking fasteners, which results in easy removal and insertion of the ceramic plate. The air humidification device is preferably equipped with only a single ceramic plate, which likewise facilitates handling and the preferred type of cleaning. It is namely preferred that the frame and the ceramic plate are dishwasher-safe, which allows easy cleaning in a household dishwasher. In this way, hygienic operation of the air humidification device can be ensured in a simple manner by the user. Correspondingly, the size of the ceramic plate with the frame surrounding it at least partially is such that it can be placed in a conventional household dishwasher for cleaning. The ceramic plate is preferably designed as a simple plate with flat plate sides, which is also advantageous for cleaning.
    Preferably, the water supply of the air humidification device is set up in its housing so that the water for air humidification is led from the water connection of the housing to the ceramic plate or is given to this, in particular is given directly to an end face of the ceramic plate. The direct delivery of water to the ceramic plate enables efficient humidification, so that sufficient humidification can be achieved for a single-family house or apartment with a single ceramic plate. In particular, it is provided that the water can be dispensed onto the top of the frame by the water guidance of the air humidification device in the housing and the frame has water guidance elements for distributing the water on the top.
    It is further preferred for simple mounting of the air humidification device on the outside of an air duct or an air box of a building ventilation system that the air inlet opening on opposite sides of the housing has a connection for an air hose and the connection that is not used can be closed. It is further preferably provided that the air outlet opening is arranged on the rear of the housing. This facilitates installation on the outside of an air duct or air box in the building ventilation system. It is further preferred that the size of the air outlet opening at the rear essentially corresponds to the width times the length or area of the ceramic plate not covered by the frame. A large amount of air can thus be emitted to the air duct through the preferably single ceramic plate. A collar around the air outlet opening permits the essentially airtight connection to a corresponding opening in an air duct to which the air humidification device is mounted. The rear of the housing is preferably configured such that the rear of the housing can be fastened to an outer surface of an air duct or an air box of a building ventilation system. In this way, the air outlet opening can be aligned with an opening in the air duct or in the air box, and the humidified air emerging from the air humidification device reaches the air duct or the air box directly.
    The invention further relates to the use of an air humidification device according to the invention for humidifying air via the building ventilation of an apartment or a family home according to claim 11. The advantages mentioned are achieved.
    Brief description of the drawings
    Further refinements, advantages and applications of the invention result from the dependent claims and from the following description with reference to the figures. Show:<tb> <SEP> FIG. 1 shows a view of an embodiment of the air humidification device with a frontal view of its housing;<tb> <SEP> FIG. 2 shows a view of the rear of the housing of the air humidification device from FIG. 1 with a ceramic plate inserted in the housing;<tb> <SEP> FIG. 3 the view of FIG. 2 with the ceramic plate removed;4 shows a view of the housing from the front, the housing wall part which can be detached from the housing being detached from the housing;<tb> <SEP> FIG. 5 is a front view in which the ceramic plate with the frame is ready for removal from the housing;<tb> <SEP> Figure 6 is a front view of the lower part of the housing in the open state with the water inlet and part of the water pipe in the housing.
    Way (s) of carrying out the invention
    Figure 1 shows a front view of an air humidification device 1. This has a housing 2. An air inlet opening 3 is provided on the left side of the housing, and an air hose (not shown) for supplying air to the air humidification device 1 can be fastened to the air inlet opening 3 by means of a connector 33, which can belong to the device 1 or to the air hose of a building ventilation system. The air humidification device 1 is fastened on the outside to an air duct or air box 20 of a building ventilation, which is only indicated, in particular a ventilation of a family home. Furthermore, the device 1 has a water connection 5, to which a line feeding water into the air humidification device can be connected. A water drain 6 is generally provided for residual water, which residual water has not been carried away by the air flowing through the air humidification device 1 during the humidification process and has dripped downward from the humidification element, which is a ceramic plate. The designations "bottom", "top", "right" and "left" as well as "front" and "rear" refer to the normal position of the air humidification device 1 shown in FIG. The housing 1 also has a housing wall part 4 which is detachable from the housing 1 and can be fastened again, upon removal of which a humidification element of the air humidification device, which is formed by a porous ceramic plate, is accessible and can be removed from the housing or inserted into it, which is still possible is explained in more detail. The housing can be made mainly of plastic and can be essentially cuboid or cube-shaped, possibly with rounded edges, or essentially cylindrical.
    Figures 2 and 3 show a view of the rear 8 of the housing 2. This has the air outlet opening 10. This can be surrounded by a collar 11 which, when the air humidifying device 1 is mounted on the air duct via an opening in the latter, projects into the air duct. A seal 13 can be provided for the airtight seat of the air humidification device 1 on the air duct. In FIG. 2, the ceramic plate 12 of the air humidification device 1 is mounted in the housing, so that the air which flows into the housing at the connection piece 33 flows out of the housing through the porous ceramic plate 12 and into the air duct. A corresponding air routing path through internal housing parts is provided in the housing 2, which need not be explained further to the person skilled in the art here and can be provided in various ways. This air duct is sealed airtight, so that essentially all of the air that enters the housing via the connector 33 and the air inlet opening 3 exits the housing through the air outlet opening 10. The air absorbs the desired moisture as it flows through the porous ceramic plate 12, which is sprinkled with water. In Figure 3, the ceramic plate with its frame has been removed from the housing so that the view through the air outlet opening 10 into the housing is clear.
    Figure 4 again shows the view from the front. It can be seen that the air inlet opening 3 can also be provided on the right side of the housing. If there are air inlet openings on both the right and left of the housing, the air inlet opening that is not required is sealed airtight by a stopper. Depending on the installation situation of the air humidification device 1 on the air duct or air box of the respective building ventilation system, the left-hand air inlet opening or, as shown in FIG. 4, the right-hand air inlet opening 3 can be used to connect the air hose by means of a connector 33, while the other side of the air inlet opening is closed.
    Figure 4 further shows that the detachable and re-attachable housing wall part 4 has been released and removed from the housing. It will be attached to it again later. It can be seen that behind the housing wall part 4, the ceramic plate 12 is accessible, which is visible here from its other side than in FIG. 2. The ceramic plate 12 is arranged in a frame 14, which runs around the front of the ceramic plate and has at least individual retaining tabs, which Hold ceramic plate 12 in the frame. The frame can be completely closed all round or only partially closed. Instead of individual holding tabs, the frame can also have a circumferential edge on the front and rear, which holds the ceramic plate in the frame. In the figures, the frame 14 is shown with only one line. The specific design of a frame made of a plastic material according to the above information is immediately clear to the person skilled in the art and the frame therefore does not have to be shown in more detail here.
    The frame 14 is releasably held and reattachable in the housing, so that the frame with the ceramic plate can be removed from the housing by releasing the frame from the housing and subsequently inserted and fastened again in the housing. FIG. 5 shows the completely removed wall part 4 of the housing and is also intended to show that the frame has already been detached from the housing. It is possible that the frame 14 with the ceramic plate is tilted slightly forward so that the frame with the ceramic plate can be better removed from the housing upwards. To release and attach the frame in the housing, a releasable snap-in connection with elements on the housing and on the frame can be provided, which is indicated by the only indicated elastic tabs 15 in FIG. 5, which tabs can be provided on the housing and releasable in corresponding counterparts on the frame can intervene. On its underside, the frame can rest and be suspended in the housing, for example in an upwardly open U-shaped rail in the housing. Such detachable and re-establishable connections are known to the person skilled in the art and these need not be explained further here. The frame with the ceramic plate can be removed from the position tilted forward in particular. The insertion takes place in the reverse order. After inserting the frame with the ceramic plate, the wall part 4 of the housing is reattached to it. The frame with the ceramic element is arranged airtight by means of a seal or several seals in the housing, so that the air has to flow through the ceramic element.
    Since the air humidification device with the ceramic plate is arranged on the outside of an air duct or an air box of a building ventilation system, the ceramic plate is easily accessible for cleaning. The removal of the porous ceramic plate from the housing of the air humidification device 1 can be done easily and safely thanks to the frame, which is usually made of a plastic and protects the operator's hands from the sharp-edged parts of the ceramic plate. The removal of the ceramic plate allows it to be cleaned in a simple manner. For easy removal and cleaning, only a single ceramic plate is preferably provided in the air humidification device 1 and its dimensions with the frame are preferably selected such that the frame with the ceramic plate can be placed in a household dishwasher, so that the ceramic plate and the frame can be washed can be done with a dishwasher detergent and a dishwasher cleaning program. Accordingly, the frame must be made of a dishwasher-safe plastic; the ceramic plate is generally dishwasher-proof anyway. This simple cleaning option, which results from the simple and safe removal and reinsertion, permits hygienic operation of the air humidification device 1 with simple maintenance of the desired cleaning intervals for the ceramic plate or for the humidifier of the air humidification device 1.
    Figure 6 shows the preferred supply of water for air humidification through the air humidification device 1. Figure 6 shows a view of the lower region of the air humidification device 1 with the housing open. It can be seen that a line 16 leads upward from the water connection 5 in the housing and directs the water introduced into the air humidification device at the water connection 5 upwards to the top of the housing. The water supply can be determined by a controllable electrical valve 17. This valve 17 can be controlled by the electronic control 18 of the air humidification device 1. It is known to the person skilled in the art how to design the control in order to control the valve. Using one or more sensors (not shown) in the airway, the control can determine the actual humidity of the air and compare it with the desired and adjustable target humidity of the air. This is also known to the person skilled in the art and is not explained further here.
    At the upper end of line 16, the water is discharged from the line onto the ceramic plate. This is preferably done in such a way that the water is dispensed onto the top of the frame and the top of the frame is designed with only indicated water guiding elements 19, in particular channel-like water guiding elements, for substantially uniform distribution of the water along and onto the upper end face of the ceramic plate, for which purpose the water guiding elements have corresponding openings in the bottom thereof. Instead of this preferred embodiment, the line could also have several outlet points in order to discharge the water onto the ceramic plate.
    While preferred embodiments of the invention are described in the present application, it should be clearly pointed out that the invention is not limited to these and can also be carried out in other ways within the scope of the following claims.
    权利要求:
    Claims (11)
    [1]
    1. Air humidification device (1), comprising a housing (2) with a front and a rear (8), on which housing an air inlet opening (3) and an air outlet opening (10) and a water connection (5) for supplying water is provided, and with a porous ceramic plate (12), which is arranged in the housing in its air duct, which is formed between the air inlet opening and the air outlet opening, in such a way that the air passing through the air humidification device flows through the ceramic plate, characterized in that the ceramic plate at least on the end face is surrounded by a frame (14), which frame is detachably and reattachably fixed in the housing, and that the housing has a detachable and reattachable housing wall part (4), the frame (14) of which is accessible and removed when the ceramic plate is removed can be removed from or inserted into the housing.
    [2]
    2. Air humidification device according to claim 1, wherein a single ceramic plate (12) is provided, and in particular wherein the ceramic plate has flat plate sides.
    [3]
    3. Air humidification device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the frame (14) and the housing have cooperating locking fastening means.
    [4]
    4. Air humidification device according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the frame and the ceramic plate are dishwasher-safe.
    [5]
    5. Air humidification device according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the air inlet opening (3) is designed such that a connection for an air hose is provided on opposite sides of the housing, wherein the respectively unused connection of the two connections can be closed by a closure.
    [6]
    6. Air humidification device according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the air outlet opening (10) is arranged on the rear of the housing.
    [7]
    7. Air humidification device according to claim 6, wherein the size of the air outlet opening (10) on the rear side substantially corresponds to the surface of the ceramic plate not covered by the frame, and wherein the air outlet opening has a collar (11) which extends around the air outlet opening and projects away from the rear side .
    [8]
    8. Air humidification device according to one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the rear (8) of the housing is configured such that the housing can be fastened with its rear surface substantially flat to an outer surface of an air duct or an air box of a building ventilation system, so that the air outlet opening with an opening in the air duct or in the air box can be aligned.
    [9]
    9. Air humidification device according to one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a water guide in the housing from the water connection (5) is provided in such a way that the water for air humidification is released onto the ceramic plate, in particular is released directly onto the ceramic plate, and in particular onto the upper one Front side of the ceramic plate is released.
    [10]
    10. Air humidification device according to claim 9, wherein the water guide is designed to first deliver the water to the top of the frame and the frame has water guide elements (19) on the upper side for distributing the water to the end face of the ceramic plate.
    [11]
    11. Use of an air humidification device according to one of claims 1 to 10 for humidifying air via the building ventilation of an apartment or a family home, wherein the air humidification device is mounted on the outside of an air duct or an air box of the building ventilation and the humidified air via the air outlet opening of the air humidification device in releases the inside of the air duct or air box.
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