Dehumidifier and float assembly thereof
AssigneeTcl Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.
InventorsXiongfeng Wu, Xianxiong Zhang
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a dehumidifier and a float assembly thereof, wherein the float assembly comprises a float, a press plate, a suction pipe, and a rotation shaft. The float, the suction pipe, and the press plate are fixedly connected to the rotation shaft respectively, and the suction pipe and the float are arranged at the same side of the rotation shaft, so that the suction pipe is driven by the float to synchronously rise up or fall down along with variation of water level of a water tank; the press plate is driven by the float to control a draining pump to drain when the water tank is at the high water level, thereby realizing automatic drainage. The present invention doesn't need to dispose both a fixed water tank and a movable water tank.
Claims17
A float assembly of a dehumidifier, wherein the dehumidifier comprises a housing, a draining pump, and a water tank, the housing comprises an accommodating cavity configured for accommodating the water tank, an outlet configured for allowing the water tank in and out of the housing, a first side wall being opposite to the outlet, and a microswitch mounted on the first side wall and configured to control the draining pump;
- the float assembly comprising:
- a float disposed in the water tank, a press plate configured to trigger the microswitch, a suction pipe communicating with the draining pump and configured to drain water in the water tank, and a rotation shaft rotatably connected to the housing;
- the float, the suction pipe, and the press plate are fixedly connected to the rotation shaft respectively, the suction pipe and the float are arranged at a same side of the rotation shaft, so that the suction pipe is driven by the float to synchronously rise up or fall down along with variation of a water level in the water tank;
- the suction pipe is movable between a first position and a second position, the press plate has a first state in which the press plate leaves the microswitch and a second state in which the press plate presses the microswitch, when the suction pipe moves from the second position to the first position, the press plate changes from the second state to the first state.
A dehumidifier, comprising:
- a housing, a draining pump, a water tank, and a float assembly,
- the housing comprises:
- an accommodating cavity configured for accommodating the water tank, an outlet configured for allowing the water tank in and out of the housing, a first side wall being opposite to the outlet, and a microswitch mounted on the first side wall and configured to control the draining pump;
- the float assembly comprises:
- a float disposed in the water tank, a press plate configured to trigger the microswitch, a suction pipe communicating with the draining pump and configured to drain water in the water tank, and a rotation shaft rotatably connected to the housing;
- the float, the suction pipe, and the press plate are fixedly connected to the rotation shaft respectively, the suction pipe and the float are arranged at a same side of the rotation shaft, so that the suction pipe is driven by the float to synchronously rise up or fall down along with variation of a water level in the water tank;
- the suction pipe is movable between a first position and a second position, the press plate has a first state in which the press plate leaves the microswitch and a second state in which the press plate presses the microswitch, when the suction pipe moves from the second position to the first position, the press plate changes from the second state to the first state.
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