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Granted Patent B2
US 10,060,640 · App. 15/125,521 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Floating type humidifier

Inventor: Min Seok Kim (Incheon, KR)
Assignee: MIRO CO. LTD.
F24F6/12B01F3/0407F24F6/00F24F13/20B01F2215/0091F24F2006/008F24F2013/207
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Patent No.
US 10,060,640
App. No.
15/125,521
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a floating type humidifier, and particularly, a floating type humidifier which can prevent, when a floating type humidifier discharging water particles or vapor while floating on water in a water tank loses a balance thereof and falls, the water stored in the water tank from flushing abruptly and even though a water tank falls due to external force such as an earthquake or carelessness of a user, water stored in the water tank is prevented from being abruptly discharged to minimize a cleaning operation which occurs as much water is discharged, the floating type humidifier can prevent foreign materials from being input in the water stored in the water tank, and the floating type humidifier can be stably used even at places including a hospital, a kindergarten, and a home where a lot of children move.

Claims (24)

1. A floating type humidifier comprising:

a water tank having a shape in which a top is opened;

a floating body which has a water inflow hole through which water stored in the water tank flows and a space part formed therein and floats in the water stored in the water tank;

a humidifier case detachably coupled to the floating body; and

a cover covering the opened top of the water tank, having a through-hole into which a top of the humidifier case is inserted to be exposed to the outside, and detachably coupled to the water tank,

wherein an ultrasonic vibrator is inserted into the water inflow hole of the floating body and generates water particles or vapor with the water which flows from the water tank, and

wherein a guide pipe that guides the water particles or vapor generated by the ultrasonic vibrator to the outside and has a guide hole defined on one side surface is coupled to a top of the water inflow hole of the floating body.

2. The floating type humidifier of claim 1 , wherein the cover includes

a plate covering the opened top of the water tank, and

a protrusion which protrudes downwards from a periphery of the plate, and

an inner circumference of the protrusion is detachably coupled to an outer surface of the top of the water tank.

3. The floating type humidifier of claim 1 , wherein the humidifier case has a shape in which an outer diameter gradually decreases from a bottom to the top of the humidifier and the top of the humidifier case is inserted into the through-hole with a gap.

4. The floating type humidifier of claim 3 , wherein a circumferential inner surface of the cover defining the through-hole is rounded so as to have surface-contact with an outer surface of the top of the humidifier case.

5. The floating type humidifier of claim 1 , wherein a packing member is provided on the circumferential inner surface of the cover defining the through-hole.

6. The floating type humidifier of claim 1 , wherein a handle is provided on the cover.

7. The floating type humidifier of claim 1 , wherein the cover includes

a plate covering the opened top of the water tank, and

a protrusion which protrudes downwards from a periphery of the plate, and

an outer circumference of the protrusion is detachably coupled to an inner surface of the top of the water tank.

8. The floating type humidifier of claim 7 , wherein the cover moves in a height direction of the water tank according to a water surface height and is detachably coupled to the inner surface of the top of the water tank.

9. The floating type humidifier of claim 1 , wherein the cover is made of a plastic material or a rubber material having elastic force.

10. The floating type humidifier of claim 1 , wherein a cap for controlling an emission amount and an emission direction of the water particles or vapor is provided on the top of the humidifier case, and

an emission hole through which the water particles or vapor is discharged is formed at the cap.

11. The floating type humidifier of claim 1 , wherein a water injection hole is formed on the cover and a plug is detachably coupled to the water injection hole.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2018
From: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
To: MIRO CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 044611/0553 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2016
From: KIM, MIN SEOK
To: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 039705/0667 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0027982 · Mar 10, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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