Francis C Nutter;Yongming Sun;Robert Zhao;Christopher S. Kanel;Edisen Lu;Zhijing Wang;Sean Wang
发明人:
Francis C Nutter,Zhijing Wang,Robert Zhao,Edisen Lu,Yongming Sun,Sean Wang,Christopher S. Kanel
申请号：
US13002598
公开号：
US20120319311A1
申请日:
2010.10.20
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A UV sterilization chamber is provided to a humidifier having a water reservoir, a humidifying element and a pathway for directing water provided by the water reservoir to the humidifying element of the humidifier. The pathway is provided in a humidifier base, over which a humidifier enclosure is removably placed. The UV sterilization chamber includes a serpentine portion of the pathway and a UV radiation source positioned for illuminating the portion of the pathway with UV light. Upwardly-directed projections in the base border a perimeter of the pathway； and a downwardly-directed projection of the UV radiation source extends between the upwardly-directed projections when the enclosure is mated with the base, thereby locating the UV radiation source over the portion of the pathway. A switch disables the UV radiation source when the enclosure is removed from the base.
