US 12,345,442 B2
Humidifier
Yuzo Higashiyama, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,193.
Application 17/659,193 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/033979, filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-190177 (JP), filed on Oct. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0235952 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 6/02 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 6/025 (2013.01) [A61M 16/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A humidifier, comprising:
a housing case;
a water storage tank inside the housing case; and
a humidification promoting mechanism configured to vaporize water stored in the tank, wherein a gas humidified by the humidification promoting mechanism is discharged from the tank,
wherein an attachment/detachment port that enables the tank to be taken in and out opens in the housing case,
wherein a first case hole that communicates inside of the housing case with an outside of the housing case opens in the housing case,
wherein a first tank hole that communicates an inside of the tank with an outside of the tank opens in the tank,
wherein a first seal member separates a first gas flow path leading to an inside of the tank through the first case hole and the first tank hole from an external space of the housing case between the housing case and the tank, and
wherein the first seal member, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a bottom surface of the tank, extends along an inner surface of the housing case, and sandwiches the tank from both sides in one direction parallel to the bottom surface of the tank.