HUMIDIFIER

• US 20100243432A1
• Filed: 08/11/2008
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ikemizu, Mugihei
• Application Number:
  US12/740,152
• Publication Number:
  US 20100243432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 204/196.370
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/32 with ultraviolet light
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/505 by oligodynamic treatment
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2006/006 with water treatment
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 6/043 with self-sucking action, e.g. wicks
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 6/08 using heated wet elements

Abstract

Provided is a humidifier (1) capable of enhancing microbicidal and antimicrobial effects of a vaporizing part therein. The humidifier (1) comprises: a humidifying filter (500) for vaporizing water; and a light irradiating part (700) for irradiating with light the vaporizing part (500) having applied thereto the water to be vaporized, and the water vaporized from the vaporizing part (500) includes silver ions.

Claims

1. A humidifier (1) comprising

a vaporizing part (500) for vaporizing water;

and

a light irradiating part (700) for irradiating with light the vaporizing part (500) having applied thereto the water to be vaporized, wherein

the water vaporized from the vaporizing part (500) includes silver ions.

2. The humidifier (1) according to claim 1, comprising

electrodes (611, 612) including silver, wherein

the silver ions are silver ions eluted from the electrodes (611, 612) through electrolysis.

3. The humidifier (1) according to claim 1, wherein

the light irradiated by the light irradiating part (700) includes visible light.

4. The humidifier (1) according to claim 1, comprising:

a water storage part (320) for storing the water supplied to the vaporizing part (500); and

a water storage part light irradiating part (700) for irradiating with the light the water stored in the water storage part (320), wherein

the water stored in the water storage part (320) includes the silver ions.

5. The humidifier (1) according to claim 1, comprising:

a water storage part (320) for storing the water supplied to the vaporizing part (500);

a water storage part light irradiating part (700) for irradiating with the light the water stored in the water storage part (320); and

a water supplying part for sending the water stored in the water storage part (320) to the vaporizing part (500).