Patent ID: 8209990
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A23L,B05B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A temperature-regulating appliance equipped with cooling means and an electrostatically atomizing unit, said appliance being configured to have a temperature-regulated space and a cold space divided by a partition, said temperature-regulated space being configured to have its temperature regulated by an air from said cold space cooled by said cooling means, said atomizing unit comprising: an emitter electrode being configured to condense thereon water from within the surrounding air when being cooled; a high voltage source being configured to apply a high voltage to the water on said emitter electrode to electrostatically charge the water for atomizing it into a mist of charged minute water particles; wherein said emitter electrode is configured to have its front end exposed to said temperature-regulated space and to have its opposite rear end held in heat transfer relation with said cold space through said partition so as to be cooled by said cold space for condensing the water on said emitter electrode, and said atomizing unit comprises a casing configured to accommodate the emitter electrode and the high voltage source, said casing having a front wall and a rear wall spaced from each other, and being mounted at its rear wall on said partition, said front wall being formed with an outlet for introducing the air from said temperature-regulated space and discharging said mist into said temperature-regulated space, and said emitter electrode being provided with a cooling coupler which projects out through said rear wall into said partition, only said cooling coupler projecting into said partition.