US 11,807,976 B2
Atomizing generator and clothes treatment apparatus comprising the atomizing generator
Sheng Xu, Qingdao (CN); Zhiqiang Zhao, Qingdao (CN); Dejun Wang, Qingdao (CN); Zhongkai Zhuang, Qingdao (CN); and Guangbin Sun, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd., Qingdao (CN)
Appl. No. 17/423,994
Filed by QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Shandong (CN); and Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd., Shandong (CN)
PCT Filed Jan. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/070458
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/151485, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910060553.9 (CN), filed on Jan. 22, 2019; application No. 201910165012.2 (CN), filed on Mar. 5, 2019; and application No. 201910165475.9 (CN), filed on Mar. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0081821 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 39/00 (2020.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/008 (2013.01) [D06F 39/02 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An atomizing generator, comprising:
a housing provided with a partition plate therein, the partition plate dividing the housing into an atomizing cavity and a mounting cavity which are communicated with each other, and the atomizing cavity being capable of containing a liquid, wherein the housing is provided with an air inlet, a liquid inlet and a mist outlet which are communicated with the atomizing cavity,
an atomizing element capable of atomizing the liquid in the atomizing cavity, and
a controller being provided in the mounting cavity, wherein the controller is connected to the atomizing element through a control wire to control the start/stop of the atomizing element,
wherein a communicating cavity is further provided in the housing, the atomizing cavity is communicated with the communicating cavity through a first communication hole, and the mist outlet is communicated with the communicating cavity through a second communication hole, and
wherein:
the mist outlet is disposed on a bottom surface of the housing, the atomizing generator further comprises a connecting pipe, and the mist outlet is communicated with the second communication hole through the connecting pipe; and/or
a valve mechanism is further provided in the communicating cavity, wherein the valve mechanism is configured to be capable of sealing the first communication hole and/or the second communication hole, and wherein the controller is connected to the valve mechanism to control the opening/closing of the valve mechanism.