CN104174234A - Loofah filter element and air cleaner - Google Patents

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CN104174234A
CN104174234A CN201410404413.6A CN201410404413A CN104174234A CN 104174234 A CN104174234 A CN 104174234A CN 201410404413 A CN201410404413 A CN 201410404413A CN 104174234 A CN104174234 A CN 104174234A
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The invention provides a loofah filter element and an air cleaner with a filtering medium, which can avoid complicated industrial production, can be cleaned repeatedly, and can be degraded after the service life ends. The loofah filter element comprises a first loofah layer for performing primary filtration, a first activated carbon layer for performing secondary filtration, and a second loofah layer for performing tertiary filtration, wherein the first activated carbon layer is arranged between the first loofah layer and the second loofah layer. The air cleaner comprises a shell, an air inlet and an air outlet in two ends of the shell, a primary filtering layer arranged in the shell and above the air inlet, an exhaust guiding device arranged in the shell and above the primary filtering layer, and the loofah filter element arranged between the exhaust guiding device and the air outlet. The loofah filter element and the air cleaner provided by the invention can avoid complicated industrial production, can be cleaned repeatedly, and can be degraded in a buried way and the like when the loofah filter element and the air cleaner can not be used.

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A kind of luffa filter core and air cleaner
Technical field
The present invention relates to air cleaner field, refer to especially a kind of luffa air cleaner.
Background technology
Air cleaner refers to and can adsorb, decomposes or transform various air pollutants, effectively improves the product of air cleanliness.The filter core of crossing that family expenses in the market of the prior art or commercial air cleaner carry out air cleaner adopts papery, active carbon and plastic foam net to form more, need to pass through complicated industrial production and filter by above-mentioned filter core excessively, and because paper is excessive, intensive and inhomogeneous as its gap of filter medium, to the poor filtration effect of air, and, paper as filter medium need to change after entering long-time use;
Because plastic foam net belongs to non-degradable material, become rubbish when arriving after service life in addition, environment is affected.
Therefore a kind of air cleaner of the filter medium that there is the industrial production of avoiding complicated, can repeatedly clear up and can degrade after reaching service life in the urgent need to.
Summary of the invention
The present invention proposes a kind of luffa filter core and air cleaner of the filter medium that has the industrial production of avoiding complicated, can repeatedly clear up and can degrade after reaching service life.
Technical scheme of the present invention is achieved in that
A kind of luffa filter core, comprising:
The first luffa layer, for carrying out single filter;
The first active carbon layer, for carrying out cascade filtration;
The second luffa layer, for carrying out three-stage filtration;
The first active carbon layer is arranged between the first luffa layer and the second luffa layer.
As further technical scheme, also comprise:
Protecting border, is arranged on the first luffa layer, the first active carbon layer and the second luffa layer outline.
Preferably, the first luffa layer arranges along luffa dimension shape pipe direction; The second luffa layer arranges along luffa dimension shape pipe direction.
Preferably, the first luffa layer and the second luffa layer are rear compressing by cutting.
The invention also discloses a kind of air cleaner, comprising:
Housing, and be arranged on air inlet and the gas outlet at housing two ends;
Elementary filtering layer, for carrying out primary filter, is arranged in housing, and is placed in air inlet top;
Ejectment device of air, for introducing from air inlet through air, and discharges the air of introducing from gas outlet, be arranged in housing, and be placed in elementary filtering layer top;
Also comprise: luffa filter core, is arranged between ejectment device of air and gas outlet.
As further technical scheme, also comprise:
Control device, is connected with ejectment device of air.
As further technical scheme, also comprise: the second active carbon layer, is arranged between ejectment device of air and luffa filter core.
Preferably, on luffa filter core, be provided with some bayonet locks, on housing, be provided with for some grooves of some bayonet lock clampings.
Preferably, elementary filtering layer is the elementary filtering layer of luffa.
Preferably, the density in the hole of elementary filtering layer is less than the density in the hole of luffa filter core.
The beneficial effect of technical solution of the present invention:
1, luffa is natural grows up to, and only needs simple shape processing just can complete, and without loaded down with trivial details generation processing, provides operating efficiency when reducing costs;
2, luffa structure is dimension tubulose, and on it, has some microcellular structures, and gas permeability strong filter is effective;
3, when use reached after certain time limit, can be by using clear mode of soaking or rinse to clean luffa filter core;
4, compared with papery filter medium of the prior art, can Reusability, improve the service life of air cleaner, and then reduce the frequent more cost of use of renew cartridge;
5, when luffa filter core reaches service life, the operation such as can directly bury, because luffa is developed and formed by plant, can directly in soil, degrade when burying etc. after operation;
6,, by the bayonet lock and the groove that arrange, can realize under the prerequisite fixedly securing and realize fast and mounting and dismounting.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the embodiment of the present invention or technical scheme of the prior art, to the accompanying drawing of required use in embodiment or description of the Prior Art be briefly described below, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, do not paying under the prerequisite of creative work, can also obtain according to these accompanying drawings other accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of an embodiment of air cleaner in the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of another embodiment of air cleaner in the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the part-structure enlarged drawing of luffa filter core of the present invention.
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1, luffa filter core; 11, the first luffa layer; 12, the first active carbon layer; 13, the second luffa layer; 2, housing; 3, air inlet; 4, gas outlet; 5, elementary filtering layer; 6, ejectment device of air; 7, the second active carbon layer; 8, control device.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is only the present invention's part embodiment, instead of whole embodiment.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, not making the every other embodiment obtaining under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.
As shown in Figure 3, a kind of luffa filter core that the present invention proposes, comprising:
The first luffa layer 11, for carrying out single filter;
The first active carbon layer 12, for carrying out cascade filtration;
The second luffa layer 13, for carrying out three-stage filtration;
The first active carbon layer 12 is arranged between the first luffa layer 11 and the second luffa layer 13.
Papery filter medium, by rear air being carried out to multiple filtration to papery filter medium is folding, there are some small holes after amplifying several times in it, after air enters into papery filter medium, airborne impurity just can not pass through this small hole as seen, and then realize the filtration to air;
Luffa, by gains after air-dry peeling after sponge gourd growth, it is many staggered being combined to form of dimension tube, and there are some micropores on this dimension tube, in prior art, pass through the adsorptivity feature of luffa, be usually used in carrying out the cleaning of tableware, by dimension tube and some micropores, the oil on tableware adsorbed, and then realize the cleaning to tableware;
In the present invention, luffa filter core 1 comprises the first luffa layer 11, the first active carbon layer 12 and the second luffa layer 13, the first active carbon layer 12 is arranged between the first luffa layer 11 and the second luffa layer 13, wherein the first luffa layer 11 and the second luffa layer 13 housing 2 are by the manual shape needing of pruning out, can carry out by cutting rear compressing mode in the present invention the making of the first luffa layer 11 and the second luffa layer 13, and, in the present invention for guaranteeing better to carry out the circulation of air, preferred the first luffa layer 11 arranges along luffa dimension shape pipe direction, the second luffa layer 13 arranges along luffa dimension shape pipe direction, is ensureing on the intensity basis of luffa like this, and realization is filtered fully and be ventilative,
In the time that gas enters into the first luffa layer 11, entering by 11 pairs, the first luffa layer the impurity being mingled with in air filters, like this, together entering impurity with air is just filtered by the first luffa layer 11, and the filtration at this place makes air and the impurity that is mingled with in the time entering the first luffa layer 11, the first luffa layer 11 adsorbs (by the impurity in micropore blocks air) by micropore to airborne impurity, so just, filter out and be mixed in airborne impurity, this is single filter; Air enters into the first active carbon layer 12 after by the first luffa layer 11, in the time that air enters into the first active carbon layer 12, carries out the filtration of airborne pernicious gas by the first active carbon layer 12, and this is cascade filtration; After air entered the first active carbon layer 12, enter into the second luffa layer 13, again carry out airborne impurity to filter by the second luffa layer 13, this is three-stage filtration;
By above-mentioned three-stage filtration, realize the filtration to airborne impurity, pernicious gas and harmful substance, and in the time that blocking the first luffa layer 11 and the second luffa layer 13 completely, can directly clear up by the mode of washing impurity, after having cleared up, can directly use, so just can realize and repeatedly clean Reusability; And after the first luffa layer 11 and the second luffa layer 13 reach service life, can the first luffa layer 11 and the second luffa layer 13 directly be degraded in soil by the processing such as burying, avoid the pollution to environment.
As further technical scheme, also comprise:
Protecting border, is arranged on the first luffa layer 11, the first active carbon layer 12 and the second luffa layer 13 outline.
Avoid the first luffa layer 11, the first active carbon layer 12 and the second luffa layer 13 impaired in the process using; strengthen its service life; the outline place preferably having combined at the first luffa layer 11, the first active carbon layer 12 and the second luffa layer 13 in the present invention arranges protecting border; protect the first luffa layer 11, the first active carbon layer 12 and the second luffa layer 13 not fragile by protecting border, improve its service life.
Preferably, the first luffa layer 11 arranges along luffa dimension shape pipe direction; The second luffa layer 13 arranges along luffa dimension shape pipe direction.
Preferably, the first luffa layer 11 and the second luffa layer 13 are rear compressing by cutting.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, the invention also discloses a kind of air cleaner, comprising:
Housing 2, and be arranged on air inlet 3 and the gas outlet 4 at housing 2 two ends;
Elementary filtering layer 5, for carrying out primary filter, is arranged in housing 2, and is placed in air inlet 3 tops;
Ejectment device of air 6, for introducing from air inlet 3 through air, and discharges the air of introducing from gas outlet 4, be arranged in housing 2, and be placed in elementary filtering layer 5 tops;
Also comprise: luffa filter core 1, is arranged between ejectment device of air 6 and gas outlet 4.
Air inlet 3 and gas outlet 4 are separately positioned on housing 2 two ends, and in the present invention, air inlet 3 is arranged on housing 2 bottoms, and gas outlet 4 is arranged on housing 2 tops, and air is discharged through bottom after bottom enters after filtering; Elementary filtering layer 5 is arranged in housing 2, and be placed in air inlet 3 tops, this elementary filtering layer 5 can use traditional papery filter medium or fiber filter media, but consider processing cost, recycle rate, the reason such as clean difficulty and environmental protection, preferably use the elementary filtering layer 5 of luffa; Ejectment device of air 6 is arranged in housing 2 and is placed in elementary filtering layer 5 tops, is entered with gas outlet 4 and discharges from air inlet 3 by the operation air of ejectment device of air 6; Luffa filter core 1, is arranged in housing 2, and is placed between ejectment device of air 6 and gas outlet 4;
Operational phase, under the effect of ejectment device of air 6, air enters from air inlet 3, filter by elementary filtering layer 5, in apparatus of the present invention, the density in the hole of elementary filtering layer 5 is less than the density in the hole of luffa filter core 1, like this in the time carrying out primary filter, larger impurity in air can be filtered, this is primary filter, certainly according to the difference of environment for use, also can will use elementary filtering layer 5 and the luffa filter core 1 of same hole density; After primary filter completes, air enters into luffa filter core 1 under the effect of ejectment device of air 6, and three layers by luffa filter core 1 are carried out air to filter thoroughly; And air after filtration being completed under the effect of ejectment device of air 6 discharges from exhaust outlet, complete the filtration to air, repeat like this to filter, air cleaner surrounding air is filtered.
In the time that elementary filtering layer 5 and luffa filter core 1 need to be cleared up, the mode that can directly rinse by clear water is cleared up, and can continue to use after having cleared up.
Technique scheme compared with prior art, just luffa filter core 1 can be completed without the operation by complicated, in reducing costs, increase work efficiency, and when can ensureing ventilation due to the characteristic of luffa structure, carry out the filtration of impurity in air, and compared with prior art papery filter medium, can directly clean by the mode of washing, can Reusability after having cleaned, compared with prior art without frequent renew cartridge more, in the situation that reducing costs, extend the service life of luffa filter core 1; When luffa filter core 1 or elementary filtering layer 5 reached after service life, can be by the mode such as burying, during being placed into the soil, luffa filter core 1 or elementary filtering layer 5 degrade.
As further technical scheme, also comprise:
Control device 8, is connected with ejectment device of air 6.
For improving the action row of air cleaner, control device 8 is preferably set in the present invention, control starting or stoping of ejectment device of air 6 by control device 8, and can carry out the setting of time, realize and automatically start or automatically stop.
As further technical scheme, also comprise: the second active carbon layer 7, is arranged between ejectment device of air 6 and luffa filter core 1.
In the present invention, the second active carbon layer 7 is preferably set between ejectment device of air 6 and luffa filter core 1, coordinates with luffa filter core 1 by the second active carbon layer 7, realize double filtration, improve the quality of air after filtering.
Preferably, on luffa filter core 1, be provided with some bayonet locks, on housing 2, be provided with for some grooves of some bayonet lock clampings.
Improve the speed of installation and removal for improving the fixing firmness of luffa filter core 1 when, some bayonet locks are preferably set in the present invention on luffa filter core 1, on housing 2, be provided with some grooves, by by the clamping of bayonet lock and groove, realize the installation to luffa filter core 1, in the process of dismounting, unclamp respectively bayonet lock and just can realize the dismounting of luffa filter core 1, in ensureing fixing dynamics, improve like this speed of installation and removal.
Preferably, elementary filtering layer 5 is the elementary filtering layer 5 of luffa.
Preferably, the density in the hole of elementary filtering layer 5 is less than the density in the hole of luffa filter core 1.
These are only preferred embodiment of the present invention, in order to limit the present invention, within the spirit and principles in the present invention not all, any amendment of doing, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., within all should being included in protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a luffa filter core, is characterized in that, comprising:
The first luffa layer (11), for carrying out single filter;
The first active carbon layer (12), for carrying out cascade filtration;
The second luffa layer (13), for carrying out three-stage filtration;
Described the first active carbon layer (12) is arranged between described the first luffa layer (11) and described the second luffa layer (13).
2. luffa filter core as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, also comprises:
Protecting border, is arranged on described the first luffa layer (11), described the first active carbon layer (12) and described the second luffa layer (13) outline.
3. luffa filter core as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described the first luffa layer (11) arranges along luffa dimension shape pipe direction; Described the second luffa layer (13) arranges along luffa dimension shape pipe direction.
4. luffa filter core as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described the first luffa layer (11) and described the second luffa layer (13) are rear compressing by cutting.
5. an air cleaner, comprising:
Housing (2), and be arranged on air inlet (3) and gas outlet (4) at described housing (2) two ends;
Elementary filtering layer (5), for carrying out primary filter, is arranged in described housing (2), and is placed in described air inlet (3) top;
Ejectment device of air (6), for introducing from described air inlet (3) through air, and the air of introducing is discharged from described gas outlet (4), be arranged in described housing (2), and be placed in described elementary filtering layer (5) top;
It is characterized in that, also comprise: the luffa filter core (1) as described in claim 1~4, is arranged between described ejectment device of air (6) and described gas outlet (4).
6. air cleaner as claimed in claim 5, is characterized in that, also comprises:
Control device (8), is connected with described ejectment device of air (6).
7. air cleaner as claimed in claim 5, is characterized in that, also comprises: the second active carbon layer (7), is arranged between described ejectment device of air (6) and described luffa filter core (1).
8. air cleaner as claimed in claim 5, is characterized in that, on described luffa filter core (1), is provided with some bayonet locks, on described housing (2), be provided with for some grooves of some described bayonet lock clampings.
9. air cleaner as claimed in claim 5, is characterized in that, described elementary filtering layer (5) is the elementary filtering layer of luffa (5).
10. air cleaner as claimed in claim 9, is characterized in that, the density in the hole of described elementary filtering layer (5) is less than the density in the hole of described luffa filter core (1).
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