Upper floater type humidifier
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing upper floater type humidifiers have complex structures in the water channel, making it difficult to clean and maintain, which affects the cleanliness and safety of the device.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a floating lever floater mounted at the bottom of the water tank via a sliding displacement driving rack, simplifying the structure within the atomizing water channel and improving control over the drain valve, with a limiting baffle plate and sliding blocks to facilitate easy maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the lever type floater is mounted in the water channel to control the drain valve, then the drain valve control is effective, but the structure in the water channel becomes complex and cleaning becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The floater is extracted from the water channel and relocated to the top of the water tank, removing the complex lever mechanism from the atomizing water channel. This allows the water channel to be simplified to only contain the atomizing assembly, making it much easier to clean and maintain while the floater remains positioned to effectively control the drain valve through the driving rack mechanism
2Ease of operation
If multiple components including lever type floater are arranged in the water channel, then the drain valve can be controlled, but the cleaning and maintenance of the water channel becomes harder
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into distinct functional zones: the floater and driving rack are separated from the atomizing water channel, with the floater mounted on the tank wall above the channel. The driving rack extends into the channel but maintains a simplified structure that doesn't interfere with cleaning operations, allowing the water channel to be easily accessed and cleaned while the control function is maintained through the external floater mechanism
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration reduces cleaning difficulties, enhances the cleanliness of the atomizing water channel, and ensures effective control of the drain valve, improving the overall maintenance and longevity of the humidifier.
Implementation Method 1
the lower slide block is matched with the limiting surface via the limiting protrusion arranged on a side surface thereof to form a mechanism capable of displacing slidably along an inclination direction of the limiting surface
Data Source
AI summary
An upper floater type humidifier which integrates a floater to a water tank is provided. The humidifier includes a water tank and a base. A bottom of the water tank is provided with a drain hole, the drain hole is internally provided with a drain valve, and the base is internally provided with an atomizing water channel. The humidifier further includes a floater, the floater is a floating lever, and one end of the floater is a control end capable of driving the drain valve and the other end of the floater is a floating end. The floater is mounted at the bottom of the water tank via a displacement driving rack to form an upper floater type structure. The floater is mounted on the base of the water tank, the structure in the atomizing water channel is simplified, the cleaning difficulty of the atomizing water channel is reduced.