US 12,467,645 B2
Room humidifier
Lucas Lappe, Austin, TX (US); Justin Seidenfeld, Austin, TX (US); Aaron Saxton, New York, NY (US); King Shing Chan, Hong Kong (HK); and Yuk Cheung Wong, Hong Kong (HK)
Assigned to Hyku Home Inc
Filed by Hyku Home Inc, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/483,791.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,565, filed on Oct. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107100 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 6/04 (2006.01); F24F 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 6/043 (2013.01) [F24F 2006/008 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a humidifier, the method comprising the steps of:
operating a blower that passes air about or through a humidifying wick that has been made wet by water located within a reservoir of water, and through a channel over which a puck configured to provide volatile diffusion of a fragrance into surrounding air resides, the puck consisting of a unibody piece and disposed vertically above both the blower and the channel within a recess inset into a top surface of an enclosure encasing at least the blower and reservoir of water, such that at least a bottom side of the puck abuts the recess;
determining a first absolute or relative time at which the wick ceases to be made wet by the water by receiving a signal from a water sensor disposed within the reservoir of water, the signal indicating that the reservoir of water has become dry; and
automatically deactivating the blower at a second absolute or relative time, the second absolute or relative time being (a) a predetermined amount of time after the first absolute or relative time, (b) later than the first absolute or relative time, and (c) predetermined based on at least one measured ambient humidity.