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US 12,215,890 B2Granted
Indoor unit for an air conditioner
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJunseok Bae, Younggu Lee, Hwanhak Jang, Kangyoung Kim, Moonshin Kim, Seongkuk Mun
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Abstract
An indoor unit for an air conditioner in which the water level of a steam generator is linked with the water level of a supply chamber for supplying water to the steam generator, and a supply floater, which is lowered or raised according to the water level of the supply chamber, opens and closes a supply flow channel for supplying water to the supply chamber. The indoor unit for an air conditioner can control the water supply through the level of water stored in the steam generator.
Claims17
A humidification assembly, comprising:
- a water tank;
- a humidification fan;
- a water supply assembly coupled to the water tank such that water in the water tank flows into the water supply assembly,
- wherein the water supply assembly drains water having flowed into the water supply assembly through a chamber housing pipe;
- a steam generator configured to evaporate water stored therein to generate humidified air;
- a drain assembly that drains water having flowed into the drain assembly through a drain inlet;
- a water connection pipe coupled to the chamber housing pipe,
- wherein water drained from the water supply assembly flows through the water connection pipe;
- and
- a drain connection pipe coupled to the drain inlet,
- wherein water drained from the steam generator flows through the drain connection pipe,
- wherein the steam generator comprises:
- a first water pipe coupled to the water connection pipe;
- a second water pipe coupled to the drain connection pipe;
- and
- a humidification housing forming a water storage space in which water is stored and evaporated,
- wherein the humidification housing comprises an air inlet through which air flows into the water storage space and a humidified air outlet through which the humidified air is discharged,
- wherein the second water pipe is disposed closer to the air inlet than to the humidified air outlet,
- wherein the humidification fan is disposed above the humidification housing, and blows air into the humidification housing through the air inlet, and
- wherein air introduced through the air inlet flows downward at the location where the air inlet is formed.
17 more elements
An air conditioner, comprising:
- a cabinet forming an internal space, and comprising a suction port through which air is sucked in and a discharge port through which air is discharged;
- and
- a humidification assembly disposed in the internal space,
- wherein the humidification assembly comprises:
- a water tank;
- a humidification fan;
- a water supply assembly coupled to the water tank such that water in the water tank flows into the water supply assembly,
- wherein the water supply assembly drains water having flowed into the water supply assembly through a chamber housing pipe;
- a steam generator configured to evaporate water stored therein to generate humidified air;
- a drain assembly that drains water having flowed into the drain assembly through a drain inlet;
- a water connection pipe coupled to the chamber housing pipe,
- wherein water drained from the water supply assembly flows through the water connection pipe;
- and
- a drain connection pipe coupled to the drain inlet,
- wherein water drained from the steam generator flows through the drain connection pipe,
- wherein the steam generator comprises:
- a first water pipe coupled to the water connection pipe;
- a second water pipe coupled to the drain connection pipe;
- and
- a humidification housing forming a water storage space in which water is stored and evaporated,
- wherein the humidification housing comprises an air inlet through which air flows into the water storage space and a humidified air outlet through which the humidified air is discharged, and
- wherein the second water pipe is disposed closer to the air inlet than to the humidified air outlet,
- wherein the humidification fan is disposed above the humidification housing, and blows air into the humidification housing through the air inlet, and
- wherein air introduced through the air inlet flows downward at the location where the air inlet is formed.
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