US 11,807,977 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)
Filed by QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Shandong (CN); and Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd., Shandong (CN)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/701,924.
Application 17/701,924 is a continuation of application No. 17/423,994, previously published as PCT/CN2020/070458, filed on Jan. 6, 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 2022/0213634 A1, Jul. 7, 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 an atomizing cavity therein;
an atomizing element capable of atomizing a liquid and provided in the atomizing cavity;
an air inlet, a liquid inlet, and a mist outlet which are communicated with the atomizing cavity and are provided on the housing;
a communicating cavity which is independent of the atomizing cavity and is formed in the housing, wherein 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
a valve mechanism 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,
wherein the housing comprises a housing body and a first housing cover, wherein a transverse rib and a vertical rib are provided on the first housing cover, the transverse rib is fixedly connected to three sequentially adjacent inner side surfaces of the first housing cover, and the vertical rib is fixedly connected to two opposite ones of the three sequentially adjacent inner side surfaces, so that the transverse rib, the vertical rib and the three inner side surfaces jointly enclose the communicating cavity; and
wherein the first communication hole and the second communication hole are arranged on the transverse rib, the mist outlet is disposed at a bottom of the housing, the atomizing generator further comprises a connecting pipe, and the mist outlet is connected to the second communication hole through the connecting pipe.