Humidifier and air-conditioning apparatus with humidifier
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsAkira Morikawa, Takahiro Sakai, Yasutaka Inanaga, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Masaru Takada
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Abstract
A humidifier that suppresses formation of a slime, a scale, and a dew bridge in a lower portion of a humidifying member thereby preventing degradation in humidifying performance. The humidifier includes one or more porous metal bodies serving as the humidifying member and including therein a plurality of voids, a fan that blows air to the porous metal body, a water-supplying device (a supply pipe, a reservoir, and a nozzle) that supplies water to the porous metal body, and the porous metal body includes a tip portion formed in a lower end portion, in a protruding shape or a pointed shape.
Claims16
1-22. (canceled)
A humidifier comprising:
- a humidifying member having a flat plate shape and having therein a plurality of voids;
- a blower device that blows air to the humidifying member;
- and
- a water-supplying device that supplies water to the humidifying member,
- wherein
- the humidifying member is vertically erected and configured such that a thickness thereof becomes smaller from an upper position thereof toward a lower position thereof stepwise or steplessly, and
- a gap is provided between the water-supplying device and the humidifying member.
A humidifier comprising:
- a plurality of humidifying members constituted of a foamed metal, having a flat plate shape and having a surface subjected to a hydrophilic treatment, and opposed to each other with a gap therebetween;
- a water-supplying device that supplies water to the plurality of humidifying members;
- and
- a blower device that blows air to the humidifying member,
- wherein each of the humidifying members is vertically erected and configured such that a thickness of each of the humidifying members becomes smaller from an upper position of each of the humidifying members toward a lower position of each of the humidifying members stepwise or steplessly, and a gap is provided between the water-supplying device and the humidifying members.
An air-conditioning apparatus comprising a humidifier,
- the humidifier including:
- a humidifying member having a flat plate shape and having therein a plurality of voids;
- a blower device that blows air to the humidifying member;
- and
- a water-supplying device that supplies water to the humidifying member,
- wherein each of the humidifying members is vertically erected and configured such that a thickness of each of the humidifying members becomes smaller from an upper position of each of the humidifying members toward a lower position of each of the humidifying members stepwise or steplessly, and a gap is provided between the water-supplying device and the humidifying members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.