Wickless humidifier
A humidifier includes a water containing arrangement for containing water and a nebulizing device for nebulizing water from the water containing arrangement. Further, the humidifier includes an evaporation chamber arranged over the nebulizing device and the evaporation chamber terminates at an impactor. A fan is arranged to generate an air flow through the evaporation chamber towards the impactor. The impactor includes an inner body having a plurality of apertures, and an outer body having a plurality of further apertures fluidly connected to the plurality of apertures. The plurality of further apertures are offset relative to the plurality of apertures, such that each aperture of the plurality of apertures in the inner body faces a section of a material of the outer body that is spatially separated from the aperture of the plurality of apertures. Further, described is an impactor for use with such a humidifier.
1 . A humidifier comprising:
a water containing arrangement for containing water and a nebulizing device for nebulizing water from said water containing arrangement;
an evaporation chamber arranged over said nebulizing device, wherein said evaporation chamber terminates at an impactor; and
a fan arranged to generate an air flow through said evaporation chamber towards the impactor,
wherein the humidifier is configured to make an outlet flow from the fan enter the evaporation chamber at an entrance to the evaporation chamber, and
wherein the impactor comprises an inner body having a plurality of apertures, and an outer body having a plurality of further apertures fluidly connected to said plurality of apertures, wherein said plurality of further apertures are offset relative to said plurality of apertures, such that each aperture of the plurality of apertures in the inner body faces a section of a material of the outer body that is spatially separated from said aperture of the plurality of apertures.
2 . The humidifier of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of apertures is arranged in a plurality of spatially separated linear arrays of apertures and the plurality of further apertures is arranged in a plurality of linear channels extending in a same direction as said plurality of spatially separated linear arrays of apertures.
3 . The humidifier of claim 2 , wherein each section of said material of the outer body comprises a pair of opposing side walls extending along said plurality of linear channels towards the inner body.
4 . The humidifier of claim 1 , wherein the impactor has a cuboid or a cylindrical shape.
5 . The humidifier of claim 1 , wherein the impactor further comprises a plurality of drainage holes, wherein each drainage hole being arranged to drain the water collected by the section of the material of the outer body from the impactor.
6 . The humidifier of claim 5 , further comprising at least one drainage channel extending from the impactor towards the water containing arrangement, wherein said plurality of drainage holes are aligned with said at least one drainage channel.
7 . The humidifier of claim 6 , wherein the inner body and the outer body extend in a same direction as said at least one drainage channel, or wherein the inner body and the outer body extend across the evaporation chamber.
8 . The humidifier of claim 1 , wherein the inner body and the outer body are made of or coated with a hydrophobic material.
9 . The humidifier of claim 1 , wherein the water containing arrangement comprising a water tray in fluid communication with a water reservoir, wherein the nebulizing device is positioned in said water tray.
10 . The humidifier of claim 1 , wherein the nebulizing device comprises a piezoelectrically actuated mesh structure for forming water droplets from the water from said water containing arrangement and expelling the formed water droplets into the evaporation chamber.
11 . The humidifier of claim 10 , wherein an actuator of said piezoelectrically actuated mesh structure is configurable to adjust a vibration frequency of the piezoelectrically actuated mesh structure.
12 . The humidifier of claim 10 , wherein the piezoelectrically actuated mesh structure is arranged over a chamber having a water inlet, wherein said chamber comprising a sponge material is arranged to transport the water from the water inlet to the piezoelectrically actuated mesh structure, and wherein said sponge material is removable from said chamber.