CN1880859B - Dehumidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dehumidifier for improving dehumidifying efficiency and easy draining of dehumidified water to an outside of the dehumidifier. The dehumidifier includes a case, an inlet passed through the case for introduction of air from an outside of the case to an inside of the case, an outlet formed to pass through a top of the case for discharging air dehumidified in the case to the outside of the case, a desiccant assembly for absorbing moisture from air drawn into the case, a blower assembly for drawing air through the inlets and blowing the air to the outlet, a regenerator assembly for blowing hot air to the desiccant assembly for drying the desiccant assembly, a heat exchanger for condensing high temperature, humid air blown by the regenerator assembly through the desiccant assembly, to separate the moisture from the air, and a filter assembly detachably mounted to the case for cleaning air drawn through the inlet.

Description

Dehumidifier

Technical field

The present invention relates to dehumidifier, more particularly, relate to a kind of like this dehumidifier, wherein moisture is not to absorb by cold-producing medium, but by drier, so that collect moisture separately, thereby improves effect on moisture extraction.

Background technology

Generally speaking, dehumidifier reduces the humidity in room in the following manner: absorb humid air from the room, make humid air by having the heat exchanger of condenser and evaporimeter, so that from air, remove moisture, to remove the air of moisture again and discharge, wherein flow of refrigerant is by condenser and evaporimeter.

In other words, dehumidifier is by making liquid refrigerant evaporates and take away heat from the dehumidifier ambient air at the evaporimeter place.In more detail, when cold-producing medium evaporated, the temperature of evaporimeter reduced, and when air process evaporimeter, the temperature of air also reduces.

When the temperature around the evaporimeter reduces, airborne humidity condensed, thus form dew on the surface of evaporimeter.

Fig. 1 shows the sketch of correlation technique dehumidifier.

With reference to Fig. 1, the correlation technique dehumidifier is provided with: the housing 1 with the inlet (not shown) that is used to suck room air; Be installed in the filter 2 of entrance side; On housing 1, be positioned at the heat exchanger 3 of filter 2 fronts, be used for carrying out heat exchange, thereby make indoor air dehumidification with room air; Be positioned at the fan component 4 of heat exchanger 3 fronts, be used to force the room air circulation; Be positioned at the water tank 6 below the heat exchanger, be used to collect condensed water; And front panel 5, i.e. the frontal appearance of dehumidifier, it has outlet 5a.

Yet the dehumidifier of correlation technique has following problem.

Outlet 5a in the front panel 5 has destroyed outward appearance, and the emission direction of change air is very difficult.

Since need be when changing filter with housing whole or part take apart, so the dehumidifier of correlation technique has the problem of changing the filter inconvenience.

Even if because under the situation that moisture does not have to remove from air fully, also can directly be discharged into indoorly once more through the room air of over-heat-exchanger 3, so effect on moisture extraction is bad.

And, in the correlation technique dehumidifier, use compressor to make the cold-producing medium circulation, cause production cost higher, and cause very big noise and vibration during operation.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the present invention relates to a kind of dehumidifier, it can solve the one or more problems that caused by the limitation of correlation technique and defective basically.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of dehumidifier, it has high dehumidifying efficiency, low cost and low-down noise and vibration.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of dehumidifier, and its outward appearance is better, and observes the water level of the water that holds in the water tank easily.

Other advantage, purpose and a characteristics part of the present invention will be set forth in explanation subsequently, and a part will more obviously maybe can be known by the practice of invention in examination subsequently for those skilled in the art.Purpose of the present invention and other advantage can realize by the structure of specifically noting in written specification, claims and the accompanying drawing and obtain.

For realizing these purposes and other advantages and, here doing and specialize and briefly description according to purpose of the present invention, a kind of this dehumidifier is provided, comprising: housing; Pass the inlet of this housing, be used for air is guided to from the outside of housing the inboard of housing; Pass the outlet that this case top forms, the air that is used for dehumidifying at housing is discharged into the outside of housing; Dry component is used for absorbing moisture from the air that is drawn in the housing; Fan assembly sucks air and air is blown to described outlet by described inlet; The regenerator assembly is used for hot-air is blown to dry component so that make drying prescription assembly drying; Heat exchanger is used to make the regenerator assembly to blow out high temperature, malaria condensation by described dry component, so that separate moisture from air; Filter assemblies is installed to described housing in separable mode, is used for purifying by described inlet inhaled air, and this filter assemblies is set to purify described air before air arrives dry component.

Therefore dehumidifier of the present invention has the following advantages.

The moisture that from room air, absorbs moisture and absorb by independent regenerator assembly continuous drying, thus compare with the dehumidifier of correlation technique, can improve dehumidification rate.

Do not use the compressor in the prior art dehumidifier, can reduce the weight of dehumidifier and the noise of dehumidifier like this, thereby improve the convenience that dehumidifier uses.

And, can see the water level of water tank the housing from the dehumidifier outside, this has improved the convenience of using.

Description of drawings

Accompanying drawing provides further to be understood the present invention, incorporates and form the application's a part into.Accompanying drawing illustrate the specific embodiment of the present invention with specification in order to illustrate principle of the present invention.In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows the decomposition diagram of correlation technique dehumidifier;

Fig. 2 illustrates the perspective view of dehumidifier according to the preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3 illustrates the perspective view of dehumidifier among Fig. 2, and wherein filter assemblies is from wherein separating;

Fig. 4 illustrates the perspective view of the dehumidifier shown in Figure 2 of water tank separation;

Fig. 5 illustrates the perspective view of Fig. 2 dehumidifier of seeing from another direction;

Fig. 6 illustrates the detailed decomposition diagram of Fig. 2 dehumidifier;

Fig. 7 illustrates the decomposition diagram of Fig. 2 dehumidifier, is used to illustrate dehumidification process;

Fig. 8 illustrates the perspective view according to the another preferred embodiment of the present invention dehumidifier;

Fig. 9 illustrates the perspective view that Fig. 8 dehumidifier is seen from rear side;

Figure 10 illustrates the decomposition diagram of Fig. 8 dehumidifier, and wherein front panel is opened;

Figure 11 illustrates the decomposition diagram of Fig. 8 dehumidifier;

Figure 12 illustrates the perspective view according to the another preferred embodiment of the present invention dehumidifier;

Figure 13 illustrates the perspective view that Figure 12 dehumidifier is seen from rear side;

Figure 14 illustrates the dehumidifier shown in Figure 12 that water tank separates;

Figure 15 illustrates the perspective view of Figure 12 dehumidifier, and wherein rear board is separated; And

Figure 16 illustrates the decomposition diagram of Figure 12 dehumidifier.

The specific embodiment

To describe the preferred embodiments of the present invention in detail below, accompanying drawing 2-7 shows example of the present invention.As much as possible, for same or analogous parts, use identical Reference numeral among all these figure.

With reference to figure 2-7, dehumidifier comprises: the housing 10 that forms its outward appearance; Heat exchanger 20 in the housing 10, that make by heat conducting material; In the housing 10, be used for absorbing the dry component 30 of moisture from air; Be used for forcing room air to be inhaled into the fan assembly 40 of housing 10; Be used for forcing a part that is drawn into housing 10 room airs to cycle through the regenerator assembly 50 of heat exchanger 20.

Housing 10 comprises: front baffle 11, and this front baffle forms the front portion and relative front side of housing 10; Afterframe 12, this afterframe forms the rear portion and relative rear side of housing 10; With top panel 13, this top panel forms the top side of housing 10.Basal disc 70 (see figure 6)s are arranged below the housing 10, and it forms the bottom of housing 10.

The opposite side of each downside opens wide in front baffle 11 and the afterframe 12, is the inlet 11a or the 12a of the essentially rectangular that is used to suck room air.

The opposite side of front baffle 11 and afterframe 12 opens wide, for being used to put into and take out the filter opening 11b and the 12b of filter assemblies 80.Filter opening 11b and 12b are directly over inlet 11a and 12a.

With reference to Fig. 3, when attaching/detaching is used to purify the filter assemblies 80 of the room air that sucks by inlet 11a or 12a, flatly slidably housing 10 is put into/pulled out to filter assemblies 80 in a side of housing 10.Filter assemblies 80 comprises: filter 81 is used for from the air impurity screening; Filter head housings 82 is used to lay and keeps filter 81; With filter guiding piece 83, be used to lay and supporting filter shell 82, and slide along filter opening 11b and 12b.

Guiding rib 12d inwardly stretches out from the inner surface of front baffle 11 and afterframe 12, is used for supporting filter guiding piece 83 slidably.Therefore, if the user holds an end of filter assemblies 80, and make filter assemblies 80 slide through filter opening 11b and 12b, then filter guiding piece 83 moves smoothly along guiding rib 12d, thereby moves into/shift out housing 10.

Filter 81 can comprise one that selects from following filter: is used for from prefilter, the odor removal filter that is used for taste removal that filters the dust of large-size by inlet 11a and 12a inhaled air, the dust de-entrainment filter that is used for collecting dust by electric effect, and the HEPA filter that is used to remove fine dust; Perhaps above-mentioned various filters are combined into the assembly of a unit.

With reference to Figure 4 and 5, the downside of front baffle 11 has a water tank opening 11c, is used for water tank 71 is put into/taken out, and water tank 71 is contained in the water that dehumidifies in the dehumidifier.Water tank opening 11c is below inlet 11a and 12a.

The top panel 13 that forms housing 10 top sides is rectangle basically, and has: fore display unit 13a is installed, is used to show the mode of operation of dehumidifier; With the outlet 15 at rear portion, the air that is used for dehumidifying at dehumidifier is discharged into indoor.

Therefore, dehumidifier of the present invention sucks air by the offside of housing 10, moisture is removed from air, and given off by the top side of housing 10.

Although do not illustrate, display unit 13a has a plurality of operating knobs that are used to operate dehumidifier, and has dehumidifier handle 19 at display unit 13a with between exporting 15, is convenient to mobile dehumidifier.

Although do not illustrate, this dehumidifier handle 19 can be an one-touch type, and wherein by once pushing, dehumidifier handle 19 just moves from top panel 13 up/down, and spring and touching device are positioned at the opposite end.Dehumidifier handle 19 is placed among the dehumidifier handle groove 13c in the top panel 13.

There is a discharging shutter 14 at 15 places in outlet, are used to control from exporting the direction of 15 discharge air.Although do not illustrate, discharging shutter 14 be mounted to can by independent drive unit around outlet 15 front end edge upwards/under direction rotate.

Therefore, when dehumidifier did not move, discharging shutter 14 moved to the downside of outlet 15 to close outlet 15, and when dehumidifier moved, discharging shutter 14 moved to the upside of outlet 15 so that open outlet 15.

Simultaneously, with reference to Fig. 6, a control box 18 is arranged below the top cover 13, it is electrically connected on display unit 13a, the operating knob etc., is used to control the operation of dehumidifier.Although not shown, also have the member of a plurality of for example circuit boards, be used for the operation of whole control dehumidifier.

There is a heat exchanger 20 front side of housing 10 inside, is used for carrying out heat exchange with the room air that sucks by inlet 11a and 12a.Heat exchanger 20 has the heat exchanger of two-layer different size, and they have at regular intervals a plurality of metal tubes that are provided with, communicate with each other, and the air that is used to regenerator assembly 50 is blown out is incorporated into wherein, from wherein flowing through, and from wherein discharging.An osculum (not shown) is arranged at the bottom of heat exchanger 20, is used for condensed water is discharged from heat exchanger 20.

There is the regeneration lid 57 of the heater housing 55 that will describe corresponding to the back back of heat exchanger 20.Regeneration cover 57 lower surface and is had air by the opening (not shown), and the internal communication of this opening and heat exchanger 20 is used for and will be directed to heat exchanger 20 by the air that regenerator assembly 50 circulates.

57 back cover in regeneration a dry component 30, is used for absorbing moisture from the room air by inlet 11a suction.This dry component 30 comprises: the dry element 32 that is used for absorbing from air moisture, rotatably install, be used to hold the runner 33 of dry element 32, be used for supporting the runner housing 35 of runner 33, and be used to rotary power is provided so that the motor 33a of rotating wheel 33 in the mode of optional commentaries on classics.

Dry element 32 is a dish type, is made of paper, and has a plurality of through holes as honeycomb.In more detail, dry element 32 is made like this: by two-layer cellular paper roll being risen and combine, thereby form a plurality of through holes, and wherein be impregnated with desiccant solution.

Therefore, when the through hole of room air in super-dry element 32, moisture is absorbed in the dry element, thus dry air.

Dry element 32 is dish type and is installed on the runner 33.Runner 33 is a circular frame, and has gear on excircle.On the outside of runner 33, a runner driven wheel 33b by runner motor 33a rotation is arranged.Runner driven wheel 33b is meshed with the excircle of runner 33, thereby makes runner 33 rotations.

Therefore runner motor 33a makes runner 33 rotate slowly that (for example, 1RPM), dry element 32 is from by absorbing moisture the air wherein.

Runner 33 is contained in the runner housing 35, and supports thereon.Runner housing 35 has roughly square tabular, central opening.Around the open centre of runner housing 35, runner lid 36 forms the circular rim of stretching out from that.Hold runner 33 in the runner lid 36.

There is a rotating shaft 35a at center at runner lid 36, and it is the pivot of runner 33, is supported by a plurality of support arms 37, and support arm radially extends to the center from the edge of runner lid 36.

The upside on runner housing 35 right sides has a circulating line 39, be used for air is directed to regenerator assembly 50 from heat exchanger 20, the downside on runner housing 35 right sides is motor 33a, and it and runner driven wheel 33b connect into a unit, are used to rotary power is provided so that rotating wheel 33.

In dry component 30 back, with a member of the regenerator assembly 50 described, a heater 56 is arranged as hereinafter, be used to heat is provided so that make dry element 32 dryings.Heater 56 is roughly fan-shaped, and is contained in the heater housing 55, and this housing part anterior and top is opened wide.

Therefore, because heater housing 55 is mounted to fan-shaped regeneration runner 38 and is complementary, therefore heater housing 55 is used for making continuously the part regeneration of dry element 32, so that dry this part, wherein runner 38 is divided by runner arm 37 at the upside of runner housing 35.

The rear portion of heater 56 is fan assemblies 40, is used for sucking room air by force by inlet 12a.Fan assembly 40 comprises: be used for sucking by inlet 12a the fan 41 of room air, be used to hold, the fan shroud 43 of supports fan 41, and be used to fan 41 that the fan electromotor 42 of rotary power is provided.

Fan shroud 43 is roughly the square plate shape, and the center has circular open, thereby forms the runner of the room air that the rotary power by fan 41 sucks.Discharge flow path 48 is arranged at the top of fan shroud 43, and the room air that is used for sucking by fan 41 is discharged into the dehumidifier outside.

The opening portion of fan shroud 43 has an electric machine support 44, is used to hold a part and the supports fan motor 42 of fan electromotor 42.The offside of electric machine support 44 has a motor cabinet 42a, is used for fastening fan electromotor 42.

The front of fan assembly 40 upsides is a regenerator assembly 50, is used to make the part of the room air that sucks by inlet 12a to pass through, and the 12a that wherein enters the mouth passes housing 10 and forms.

Regenerator assembly 50 comprises: regeneration fan 52, be used to hold and support the regeneration fan cover 54 of regeneration fan 52, be used to rotary power is provided so that the regeneration motor 53 of rotation regeneration fan 52, be used to heat is provided so that make the heater 56 of dry element 32 dryings, and the heater housing 55 that is used to hold heater 56.This regeneration fan 52 can be a centrifugal fan, and for example sirocco fan still can use polytype fan.

Regeneration fan cover 54 is roughly dish type, is used for regeneration fan 52 is installed in wherein.Regeneration fan cover 54 has the suction opening that is communicated with circulating line 39 at the center, one side and in the outlet that is communicated with heater housing 55 that has of downside.

Therefore, when regeneration fan 52 rotations, air is drawn in the regeneration fan cover 54 by force by circulating line 39, and is discharged into heater case body 55.

In other words, regeneration fan cover 54 is directed to heater 56 and regeneration runner 38 with air from regeneration fan 52, so that keep making the part of the dry element 32 that rotates in the position relative with it dry.

Simultaneously, a drain pan 60 is arranged below the heat exchanger 20, the condensed water of automatic heat-exchanger 20 and it is directed to water tank 71 is used to collect.Drain pan 60 is rectangle basically, has the rhone that protrudes upward, and is used for condensed water is directed to water tank 71 from heat exchanger 20.

A basal disc 70 is arranged below the drain pan 60, and it is the bottom of housing 10, connects front baffle 11 and afterframe 12 with being used for fixing.Basal disc 70 is a box-shaped, and a side relative with front baffle 11 opened wide, and has the drawer 90 that is installed in wherein, and drawer 90 can be placed into, pull out basal disc 70, holds water tank 71 in the drawer 90.

Preferably, drawer 90 is the box-like of open-top, and its front surface aligns with front baffle 11.

Water tank 71 has hexahedron box-shaped, open-top.A tank lid 73 that is installed to separably on it is arranged at the top of water tank 71, is used for the open-top of opening/closing water tank 71.At the opposite side of tank lid 73, a plurality of tank lid securing members 77 are arranged, be used for hooking respectively the fastening protruding 71a of water tank 71 opposite side upsides.

Preferably, there is a water tank handle 72 at the center at tank lid 73 tops, is convenient to handle water tank 71.One side of water tank handle 72 has a tank entry 74, and this inlet is communicated with rhone 61 bottoms, is used for water is directed to water tank 71.

An inlet cover 75 is arranged on the tank entry 74, be used for preventing taking out/water flows out from water tank 71 when putting into water tank 71.

Preferably, float 78 is arranged in the water tank 71, be used for along with the SEA LEVEL VARIATION that is incorporated into water tank/move down.Float is connected to sensor, thereby can be observed full-water level by display unit 13a from the outside of housing.

Describe the operation of dehumidifier of the present invention in detail below with reference to Fig. 7.

Shown in big arrow, when the room air of the humidity rotary power by fan 41 is drawn in the housing 10 through inlet 12a (see figure 2), airborne impurity is removed when air process filter 80 (see figure 3)s, and by heat exchanger 20 process dry components 30.

In this case, when the through hole of air in super-dry element 32, airborne moisture is from wherein removing, and is discharged into discharge flow path 48 by the fan 41 of fan assembly 40.Then, the air that is discharged in the discharge flow path 48 is discharged into indoor by discharging shutter 14.

Then, shown in small arrow, in the regenerative process of dry element 32 continuous dryings that make dry component 30, air is blown by force by the rotation of regeneration fan 52, and by heater housing 55 process heaters 60, be heated to form hot-air, thereby hot-air makes the moisture evaporation that absorbs in the dry element 32.

Move by regeneration runner 38 heat exchanger 20 through the high temperature of super-dry element 32, humid air, and be incorporated into regeneration and cover 57.Then, high temperature, humid air cycle through the inside of heat exchanger 20, and in cyclic process when the lower room air of high temperature, malaria and the temperature that sucks by inlet 11a and 12a carries out heat exchange, humidity condensed wherein.Condensed water is discharged into the rhone 61 of drain pan 60 by the osculum (not shown) of heat exchanger bottom, and is contained in the water tank 71.

Simultaneously, through over-heat-exchanger 20 and from wherein removing the air repetitive cycling of moisture, wherein under the effect of regeneration fan 52, air is again directed into regeneration runner 38 by runner housing 35 and circulating line 39, thereby repeats to make the regenerative process of dry element 32 continuous dryings.

Therefore, dehumidifier of the present invention is removed moisture by two strands of air streams from room air.Therefore, the room air that fan 41 sucks is through super-dry element 32, and airborne moisture is absorbed in dry element 32, and by exporting 15 outsides that are discharged into dehumidifier.

Meanwhile, when dehumidifier makes high temperature air flow through recovery stream road 38 under the effect of regeneration fan 52, dehumidifier is separated moisture again from the dry element of a part, and blow to heat exchanger 20, so that in heat exchanger 20 places condensation and from air, remove moisture, and air is circulated under the effect of regeneration fan 52.

By above-mentioned dehumidification process, if fill water in the water tank 71, the float (not shown) detects full-water level, and by the display unit 13a on the top cover 13 full-water level is notified to the user.Then, as shown in Figure 4, the user pulls out drawer 90 by water tank opening 11c, holds the handle 72 on the water tank 71, pulls out water tank 71 from drawer 90, and water is turned.

Next, with reference to the dehumidifier of Fig. 8 to 11 description according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.The parts identical with previous embodiment will use identical Reference numeral, and will omit detailed description.

The dehumidifier of second embodiment comprises: housing 110, heat exchanger 20, dry component 30, fan assembly 40 and regenerator assembly 50.Heat exchanger 20, dry component 30, fan assembly 40 and regenerator assembly 50 are identical with the embodiment of front, and it is described in detail in this omission.

With reference to Fig. 8 and 9, housing 110 comprises: the larnacilla shell main body 111 with open front and rear portion; Front panel 112 is mounted to the front portion of opening/closing shell main body 111; Rear board 113 is mounted to the rear portion of closed housing main body 111.

Front panel 112 is connected to shell main body 11 passing on left the hinge (not shown), thus the front portion of opening/closing shell main body 111 when plate 112 is along horizontal rotation in front.

The height of front panel 112 and rear board 113 is lower than the open front and the rear portion of shell main body 111.Therefore, the downside of plate 112 and rear board 113 has and the preceding inlet 112a of shell main body 111 internal communication and the 113a that afterwards enters the mouth in front.

Rear board shown in the embodiment 113 is fixedly secured to shell main body 111, and is different therewith, similar to front panel 112, and the mode that rear board 113 also can optional commentaries on classics is hinged to a side of housing 110.

With reference to Figure 10 and 11, filter assemblies 180 is installed to below the shell main body 111 in separable mode, is used to purify the room air that sucks by preceding inlet 112a and back inlet 113a.

Filter assemblies 180 advances or pulls out shell main body 111 slidably by the front of shell main body 111.Filter assemblies 180 comprises: be used for the filter 181 from the air impurity screening; Be used to lay and keep the filter head housings 182 of filter 181; With the filter guiding piece 183 that is used to lay with supporting filter shell 182, it slides through the front portion of housing 110.The width of filter guiding piece 183 is consistent with the width and the degree of depth of shell main body 111 with the degree of depth.Although not shown, filter guiding piece 183 is placed on the guiding rib in the shell main body 111, so that slide along this guiding rib.

By opening front panel 112, and promote the front end of filter guiding piece 183, can easily filter assemblies 180 be pulled down or be installed on the shell main body 111 from shell main body 111 to the place ahead of shell main body 111 pulling or to the rear of shell main body 111.

Filter 181 can comprise one that selects from following filter: is used for from prefilter, the odor removal filter that is used for taste removal that filters the dust of large-size by preceding inlet 112a and back inlet 13a inhaled air, the dust de-entrainment filter that is used for collecting dust by electric effect, and the HEPA filter that is used to remove fine dust; Perhaps above-mentioned various filters are combined into the assembly of a unit.

Being placed on above the filter assemblies 180 is water tank 171, is used for being contained in the water of shell main body 111 dehumidifying.Water tank 171 is placed on the tank bracket 175, and tank bracket 175 is the shape of essentially rectangular plate, is positioned at the inboard of shell main body 111.Tank bracket 175 can be fixedly secured to the inboard of shell main body 111, perhaps can be mounted to along fore-and-aft direction and slide.

Slidably under the situation, the user can advance or pull out shell main body 111 with water tank 171 by tank bracket 175 is slided at tank bracket 175.

Simultaneously, the upside of plate 112 front portions has a display window 113a in front, is used to show the duty of dehumidifier.Display window 113a is transparent or translucent basically, is used to show the icon of current indoor humidity of indication and dehumidifier running status.

A plurality of operating knob 113b are arranged on shell main body 111 tops, make the user from dehumidifier outside operation dehumidifier, there is dehumidifier handle 119 back of operating knob 113b, is convenient to mobile dehumidifier.

Identical with the dehumidifier handle of previous embodiment, this dehumidifier handle 119 can be an one touch type, and wherein just from housing 110 tops upwards/down mobile by once pushing dehumidifier handle 119, spring and touching device are in its opposite end.Dehumidifier handle 119 be placed on shell main body 111 tops in dehumidifier handle groove 111a in.

The rear side of shell main body 111 has an outlet 115, is used for guiding the air that dehumidifies at dehumidifier, thereby is discharged into indoor once more.Outlet 115 has discharging shutter 114, is used to control the direction of discharged air.Although not shown, discharging shutter 114 is mounted to and can rotates along last/following direction by the axle of independent drive unit around the rear end.

Therefore, when dehumidifier did not move, discharging shutter 114 moved to the downside of outlet 115 to close outlet 115, when dehumidifier moves, discharging shutter 114 moves to the upside of outlet 115 so that open outlet 115, thereby control is from exporting the direction of 115 discharge air.

Below with reference to Figure 12 to 16 another preferred embodiment of the present invention is described.

Except the part of housing 210, the present embodiment dehumidifier is arranged on the unit that is used to dehumidify in the housing 210, and promptly heat exchanger 20, dry component 30, fan assembly 40 and regenerator assembly 50 are identical with previous embodiment.

The housing 210 of the dehumidifier of present embodiment has the roughly shape of hexahedron box-shaped, and first half and latter half are separable.In other words, housing 210 comprises: front baffle 211, and this front baffle forms the outward appearance of leading edge, sidepiece and the bottom of housing 210 first halfs; Afterframe 212, this afterframe forms the outward appearance of back edge, sidepiece and the bottom of housing 210 latter halfs.The top panel 213 that forms housing 210 top outward appearances is arranged at the top of front baffle 211 and afterframe 212.

The open front of front baffle 211, the rear portion opened of afterframe 212.Front panel 216 and rear board 217 are respectively installed to the open front of front baffle 211 and the unlimited rear portion of afterframe 212.Front panel 216 and rear board 217 are rectangular slabs of projection, thereby on the whole for housing 210 provides the capacity sense, so that improve aesthetic feeling.

Rear board 217 is connected to afterframe 212, thus the edge of rear board 217 and afterframe 212 spaced apart preset distances, to form the gap.Gap between rear board 217 and the afterframe 212 is formed for room air is drawn into inlet 210a in the housing 210.Therefore, when dehumidifier moves, room air by the inlet 210a that forms along the edge of rear board 217 from housing 210/down and a left side/right side be drawn into the housing 210.

The height of front panel 216 is lower than front baffle 211, thereby in front between the limit, top side of the limit, top side of plate 216 and front baffle 211 openings, and form the space between the bottom side of the bottom side of plate 216 and front baffle 211 openings in front.

Space between the limit, top side of the limit, top side of plate 216 and front baffle 211 openings is used to discharge the air of dehumidifying for outlet 215 in front.Export 215 places discharging shutter 214 is arranged.

Discharging shutter 214 has a plurality of shutters that are configured to a unit, the opposite side of its opposite end hinged (not shown) former frame frame 211, thereby make shutter 214 can be forward/rear is to rotation.

Although discharging shutter 214 can be designed to the independent drive unit rotation by for example stepper motor, it is heavier than the top side with respect to the downside of hinge that but discharging shutter 214 can be designed to, and therefore discharges shutter 214 by rotating along front/rear direction through exporting 215 air discharged pressure.

Therefore, when dehumidifier does not move, discharging shutter 214 rotates along direction backward, to close outlet 215, when dehumidifier moves, discharging shutter 214 rotates by the pressure edge direction forward of discharged air, so that open outlet 215, thereby control is by exporting the direction of 215 dehumidified air of discharging.

Space between the base of front panel 216 bases and front baffle 211 openings is the water tank opening 218 that is used to put into, pull out water tank 271.

Water tank 271 has the handle 272 that is rotatably installed on it.Top surface in water tank 271 front sides is useful on the handle groove 273 of putting into handle 272.Therefore, when handle 272 was put into handle groove 273, handle 272 revealed the outside.Preferably, the top surface of handle 272 aligns substantially with front panel 216.

Simultaneously, top panel 213 is an essentially rectangular, and has the display unit 213a at the center of being installed in, and is used to show the duty of dehumidifier.

There are a plurality of operating knob 213b that are used to operate dehumidifier in the right side of display unit 213a and left side.The rear side of display unit 213a has dehumidifier handle 219, is convenient to mobile dehumidifier.Dehumidifier handle 219 is placed in the top panel 213 roughly

Among the dehumidifier handle groove 213c of shape.

Rear board 217 is connected to afterframe 212 in the bottom of afterframe 212 by the hinge (not shown), so that rotate along up/down.

Filter assemblies 280 is installed to the opening of afterframe 212 in separable mode, is used to purify the room air that sucks by import 210a.

The shape of filter assemblies 280 is consistent with the shape of afterframe 212 openings, and comprises in separable mode and be fastened to the filter head housings 282 of afterframe 212 and be contained in filter 281 in the filter head housings 282.

Filter 281 is used for from the air impurity screening, can comprise one that from following filter, selects: be used for from prefilter, the odor removal filter that is used for taste removal that filters the dust of large-size by inlet 210a inhaled air, the dust de-entrainment filter that is used for collecting dust by electric effect, and the HEPA filter that is used to remove fine dust; Perhaps above-mentioned various filters are combined into the assembly of a unit.

When needs were changed filter assemblies 280, the user can be rotated down rear board 217 so that open filter assemblies 280, from the filter head housings 282 of afterframe 212 separator-filter assemblies 280, and a new filter assemblies 280 was installed on afterframe 212.

Because dehumidification process is identical with previous embodiment, therefore omit detailed description to this process.

Under the prerequisite that does not break away from the spirit or scope of the present invention, those of ordinary skills obviously can carry out various modifications and variation to the present invention.Therefore various modifications and variations are contained in the present invention, as long as they are in the scope of appended claims and equivalent thereof.

Claims (20)

1. dehumidifier comprises:

Housing;

Pass the inlet of this housing, be used for air is guided to from the outside of housing the inboard of housing;

Pass the outlet that this case top forms, the air that is used for dehumidifying at housing is discharged into the outside of housing;

Dry component is used for absorbing moisture from the air that is drawn in the housing;

Fan assembly is used for sucking air and air being blown to described outlet by described inlet;

The regenerator assembly is used for hot-air is blown to dry component so that make the dry component drying;

Heat exchanger is used to make the regenerator assembly to blow out high temperature, malaria condensation by described dry component, so that separate moisture from air; And

Filter assemblies is installed to described housing in separable mode, is used for purifying by described inlet inhaled air, and this filter assemblies is set to purify described air before air arrives dry component.

2. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein filter assemblies comprises:

Be used for from the filter of air impurity screening; With

The filter support section is fastened near the position the inlet described in the housing in separable mode, is used for supporting filter.

3. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 2, wherein said filter support section comprises:

Be used to hold the filter head housings of filter; With

The filter guiding piece, filter head housings is laid thereon in separable mode, unloads so that slidably be installed on the described housing or from described housing.

4. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inlet is positioned at the downside of described housing, and described filter assemblies slidably is installed to the position directly over the described inlet or unloads from this position.

5. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing has opening in a side, and the panel of a plate shape is mounted to the spaced apart preset distance of a side with described housing, thereby forms described inlet between a described side of described panel and described housing.

6. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1 also comprises the water tank that is installed in the housing, so that can be pushed into housing by the downside of described housing or pull out from housing, is used to receive and be contained in the water of heat exchanger place condensation.

7. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 6 also comprises the box-shaped drawer that is installed in described housing downside, thereby can slip into/skid off described housing, the space that it has unlimited top and is used to hold water tank.

8. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 6 also comprises the water tank support member that is installed in described enclosure interior, is used to lay and support water tank.

9. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 8, wherein said water tank support member are mounted to and can slip into described housing or skid off from described housing.

10. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing comprises handle at the top.

11. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said dry component comprises:

Dry element is used for absorbing moisture from air;

Dry runner is rotatably installed, and is used to hold dry element;

Dry runner housing is used for rotatably supporting dry runner; With

Rotary unit is used to make dry runner rotation.

12. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 11, wherein said rotary unit comprises:

Gear is along the excircle formation of dry runner;

Runner driven wheel with described gears engaged; With

The runner motor is used to rotary power is provided so that the rotating wheel driven wheel.

13. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fan assembly comprises:

Fan is used for producing suction air inhalation power;

Fan shroud is used to hold and supports described fan; And

Fan electromotor is installed on the described fan shroud, is used to make the fan rotation.

14. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said regenerator assembly comprises:

Regeneration fan is used for drying to dry component;

The regeneration fan cover is used to hold regeneration fan;

Generator is used to revolving force is provided so that the regeneration fan rotation again;

Heater is used for the air that the thermal regeneration fan blows out;

The heater housing is used to hold this heater, and the one side is communicated with the regeneration fan cover, and opposite side is communicated with the part of dry component, is used for air is directed to dry component from regeneration fan;

Regeneration lid, the air that is used for passing dry component by regeneration fan is directed to the inboard of heat exchanger; With

Circulating line, the air that is used for passing heat exchanger is directed to regeneration fan.

15. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1 also is included in the front panel that described housing front portion is connected to housing.

16. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1 also is included in the rear board that described housing rear portion is connected to housing.

17. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing comprises:

Box-shaped front baffle with unlimited rear portion; With

Be connected to the box-shaped afterframe at described front baffle rear portion.

18. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing have the operating knob that is used to show the display unit of dehumidifier running status and is used for applying to dehumidifier operational order at the top.

19. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing forwardly comprises display window, is used to show the mode of operation of dehumidifier.

20. dehumidifier as claimed in claim 1 also comprises the discharging shutter that is installed to described outlet one side in movable mode, is used for the described outlet of opening/closing.

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