Device for humidifying and ionizing air

• US 5,464,572 A
• Filed: 02/23/1994
• Issued: 11/07/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mario Bonzi
• Original Assignee: Mario Bonzi
• Inventors: Bonzi, Mario
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Khanh P.
• Application Number:
  US08/200,329
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 261/DIG. 48, 261/DIG. 4, 261/30, 250/324, 250/325, 250/326, 361/230, 361/231, 361/232
• US Class Current: 261/30
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 17/0615 spray being produced at the free surface of the liquid or other fluent material in a container and subjected to the vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 17/0669 Excitation frequencies
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 6/06 using moving unheated wet elements
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 6/12 by forming water dispersions in the air
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 8/30 by ionisation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 261/04 Auto humidifiers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 261/48 Sonic vibrators

Abstract

A device for humidifying and ionizing air includes a first chamber for humidifying the air, a second chamber, which is separate from the first chamber, for ionizing the air, and means for aspirating and expelling the air through the two chambers, keeping the streams of ionized air and of water vapor separate.

Claims

1. Device for humidifying and ionizing air, wherein it includes a first chamber (13) for humidifying air, and a second chamber (14) for ionizing air, said first chamber (13) and said second chamber (14) being separated from each other by a wall (29), means (8, 9) for humidifying air, located in said first chamber (13), means (20) for ionizing air, located in said second chamber (14), first means (11, 12) for aspirating and expelling a first stream of air through said said first chamber (13) and second means (11, 15) for aspirating and expelling a second stream of air through said second chamber (14), said wall (29) keeping said first stream and said second stream separate from each other.

2. Device according to claim 1, wherein said first means for aspirating and expelling a first stream of air is constituted by a vane fan (12), a motor (11), said vane fan (12) being mounted on one end of a shaft of said motor(11), said shaft passing through the wall (29) dividing said first (13) and second (14) chambers.

3. Device according to claim 2, wherein said second means for aspirating and expelling a second stream of air is constituted by a fan (15), a motor (11), said fan (15) being mounted on the other end of the shaft of said motor (11).

4. Device according to claim 2, wherein said first stream of air is aspirated by said vane fan (12) through first intakes (21).

5. Device according to claim 3, wherein said second stream of air is aspirated by said fan (15) through second intakes (23).

6. Device according to claim 1, wherein a water vapor chamber (27) is disposed adjacent to and in communication with said first chamber (13) and contains transducer means (9) immersed in the water contained in said chamber (27) for causing eyaporation of the water.

7. Device according to claim 6, wherein it comprises means (26) for detecting the level of the water inside said chamber (27), said means being connected to alarm means suitable to switch off the device when the water is below a certain level.

8. Device according to claim 6, wherein said transducer means (9) is constituted by a piezoelectric transducer driven by an oscillator (10).

9. Device according to claim 1, wherein it comprises electronic components (30) inside said second chamber (14) which are cooled by said second stream of air.

10. Device according to claim 9, wherein said second chamber (14) has an air baffle (19) to direct said second stream of air towards said electronic components (30).

11. Device according to claim 1, wherein said means for ionizing air are high-voltage electrodes (20).

12. Device according to claim 1, wherein said first chamber (13) has a tray (28) containing essences to perfume said first stream of humidified air.

13. Device according to claim 1, wherein said first stream of humidified air is conducted through a vapor duct (4) oriented vertically and exits through an opening (5) disposed at the top of the apparatus.

14. Device according to claim 1, wherein said second stream of ionized air exits through outlets (24), which direct said second stream of air horizontally.

15. Device according to claim 13, wherein said opening (5) for the expulsion of the humidified air is constituted by a nozzle orientable as desired.

16. Device according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a water container (2) which is detachable from the apparatus, to facilitate the filling of said container (2).