CN-117109101-B - Humidifier and control method thereof

CN117109101BCN 117109101 BCN117109101 BCN 117109101BCN-117109101-B

Abstract

The invention discloses a humidifier and a control method thereof, wherein the humidifier comprises a shell and a water tank, the shell is arranged on the water tank, a support column, a driving device and an atomizing device are arranged in the shell, a scraping brush assembly for cleaning the inner wall of the shell is rotatably arranged on the outer surface of the support column, the driving device is in transmission connection with the scraping brush assembly to drive the scraping brush assembly to rotate, a plurality of water spray ports are arranged on the scraping brush assembly and correspond to the inner wall of the shell, a mist outlet channel communicated with the mist outlet and a water outlet channel communicated with the water spray ports are arranged on the support column, the water outlet channel is communicated with the water tank, and the atomizing device is arranged between the mist outlet channel and the water tank. According to the invention, the water in the water tank is transmitted into the water outlet channel and is sprayed to the inner wall of the shell through the water spray port, and the scraping brush assembly is driven to rotate through the driving device, so that the automatic cleaning of the inner wall of the whole shell is realized, the cleaning of the whole humidifier without dead angles is realized, and the automatic cleaning effect of the humidifier is improved.

Inventors

CHEN WENXU
XU YINING
ZHANG YUAN

Assignees

珠海格力电器股份有限公司

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20230824

Claims (9)

1. The humidifier is characterized by comprising a shell and a water tank, wherein the shell is arranged on the water tank, a support column, a driving device and an atomizing device are arranged in the shell, a scraping brush assembly used for cleaning the inner wall of the shell is rotatably arranged on the outer surface of the support column, the driving device is in transmission connection with the scraping brush assembly to drive the scraping brush assembly to rotate, a plurality of water spray ports are arranged on the scraping brush assembly, the water spray ports are arranged corresponding to the inner wall of the shell, a mist outlet channel communicated with the mist outlet and a water outlet channel communicated with the water spray ports are arranged on the support column, the water outlet channel is communicated with the water tank, and the atomizing device is arranged between the mist outlet channel and the water tank; The support column comprises an inner barrel and an outer barrel, wherein the outer barrel is rotatably sleeved on the inner barrel, the driving device is in transmission connection with the outer barrel, the scraping brush assembly is arranged on the outer surface of the outer barrel, the mist outlet and the mist outlet channel are arranged in the inner barrel, and the water outlet channel is arranged between the outer barrel and the inner barrel or in the inner barrel; The fog outlet channel is arranged in the inner barrel, a connecting pipe is connected to the outer barrel, the connecting pipe extends from the inner wall of the outer barrel to the inner barrel and extends to the water tank, the water outlet channel is arranged in the connecting pipe, one end of the connecting pipe is communicated with the water spraying port on the scraping and brushing assembly, and the other end of the connecting pipe is communicated with the water tank.
2. The humidifier of claim 1, wherein the wiper assembly comprises a connection portion and a wiper body, one end of the connection portion is connected to the outer surface of the support column, the other end of the connection portion is connected to the wiper body, the wiper body is vertically arranged, and the water spray ports are arranged in a plurality and vertically spaced along the wiper body.
3. The humidifier of claim 2, wherein the wiper body is provided with a brush in contact with the inner wall of the housing.
4. The humidifier of claim 2, wherein the wiper assembly is provided in plurality and spaced along the outer surface of the support post.
5. The humidifier of claim 1 wherein the tank includes a fresh water tank and a foul water tank, the fresh water tank being in communication with the outlet passage and the mist outlet passage, respectively, and the foul water tank being in communication with the bottom of the housing.
6. The humidifier of claim 5, wherein the water tank further comprises a detergent box, a three-way valve is disposed in the water tank, a first end of the three-way valve is communicated with the water outlet passage and the mist outlet passage, a second end of the three-way valve is communicated with the clean water tank, and a third end of the three-way valve is communicated with the detergent box.
7. The humidifier of claim 1, wherein an ultrasonic sensor is disposed within the housing.
8. A control method of a humidifier according to any one of claims 1-7, comprising: when an atomization instruction is received, controlling the atomization device to atomize water in the water tank through an atomization channel, and spraying the atomized water out of the mist outlet; when a cleaning instruction is received, the driving device is controlled to drive the scraping and brushing assembly to rotate, and water in the water tank is sprayed out of the water spraying port through the water outlet channel, so that cleaning is realized.
9. The control method according to claim 8, characterized by further comprising: detecting the scale thickness of the inner wall of the shell; Judging whether the thickness of the scale exceeds a set value; and when the thickness of the scale exceeds a set value, a cleaning instruction is sent out.

Description

Humidifier and control method thereof Technical Field The invention relates to the technical field of humidifying equipment, in particular to a humidifier and a control method thereof. Background At present, the humidifier on the market adopts the atomizing piece to discharge water smoke into the air generally, and water smoke persists inside the humidifier for a long time, if the humidifier does not do drying treatment for a long time, inside can produce the incrustation scale, and the incrustation scale is untimely to handle and is polluted water easily, and the water smoke that polluted water produced is discharged in the air, can produce the influence to human health. Patent number CN214065145U proposes a humidifier with automatic cleaning and draining, which adopts a mode of separating a water tank and a machine cabin in a shell to control water level and draining, and discharges the water inside before exhausting after the water in the humidifier is used up, so as to avoid scale deposition, but does not clean the scale on the inner wall of the humidifier well, and has poor cleaning effect. Disclosure of Invention The invention aims to provide a humidifier and a control method thereof, and aims to solve the problems of poor cleaning effect and the like of the existing humidifier. The embodiment of the invention provides a humidifier, which comprises a shell and a water tank, wherein the shell is arranged on the water tank, a support column, a driving device and an atomizing device are arranged in the shell, a scraping brush assembly for cleaning the inner wall of the shell is rotatably arranged on the outer surface of the support column, the driving device is in transmission connection with the scraping brush assembly to drive the scraping brush assembly to rotate, a plurality of water spray ports are arranged on the scraping brush assembly, the water spray ports are arranged corresponding to the inner wall of the shell, a mist outlet channel communicated with the mist outlet and a water outlet channel communicated with the water spray ports are arranged on the support column, the water outlet channel is communicated with the water tank, and the atomizing device is arranged between the mist outlet channel and the water tank. Further, the support column comprises an inner barrel and an outer barrel, the outer barrel is rotatably sleeved on the inner barrel, the driving device is in transmission connection with the outer barrel, the scraping brush assembly is arranged on the outer surface of the outer barrel, the mist outlet and the mist outlet channel are arranged in the inner barrel, and the water outlet channel is arranged between the outer barrel and the inner barrel or in the inner barrel. Further, the scraping brush assembly comprises a connecting part and a scraping brush body, one end of the connecting part is connected to the outer surface of the supporting column, the other end of the connecting part is connected with the scraping brush body, the scraping brush body is vertically arranged, and a plurality of water spraying ports are arranged and are arranged along the scraping brush body at vertical intervals. Further, the scraping brush body is provided with a brush which is in contact with the inner wall of the shell. Further, the scraping brush component is provided with a plurality of scraping brush components, and the scraping brush components are arranged at intervals along the outer surface of the supporting column. Further, the tank includes a fresh water tank and a foul water tank, the fresh water tank is respectively communicated with the discharge passage and the mist discharge passage, and the foul water tank is communicated with the bottom of the housing. Further, the water tank further comprises a detergent box, a three-way valve is arranged in the water tank, a first end of the three-way valve is communicated with the water outlet channel and the mist outlet channel, a second end of the three-way valve is communicated with the water purifying box, and a third end of the three-way valve is communicated with the detergent box. Further, an ultrasonic sensor is arranged in the shell. The embodiment of the invention also provides a control method of the humidifier, which comprises the following steps: when an atomization instruction is received, controlling the atomization device to atomize water in the water tank through an atomization channel, and spraying the atomized water out of the mist outlet; when a cleaning instruction is received, the driving device is controlled to drive the scraping and brushing assembly to rotate, and water in the water tank is sprayed out of the water spraying port through the water outlet channel, so that cleaning is realized. Further, the method further comprises the following steps: detecting the scale thickness of the inner wall of the shell; Judging whether the thickness of the scale exceeds a set value; and when the thickness of the scale exceeds a