JP2002364891A - Air cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air cleaner that is reduced in depth dimension so that the cleaner may be installed without restriction and the cleaner may not become a hindrance. SOLUTION: This air cleaner is provided with a main body 1 having an air inlet 2 in the lower part of its front face, an air outlet 3 on the front side of its top face, and air course 10 which are connected to each other on the backside of the main body 1 so that the air courses 10 may communicate with the air inlet 2 and the air outlet 3. In the lower air course 10 of the main body 1, dust collecting means 4 and 5 are provided closely to the air inlet 2 and deodorizing means 6 and 7 are provided closely to the dust collecting means 4 and 5 on the downstream sides of the means 4 and 5. In the upper air course 10 of the main body 1, blowers 8 and 9 are provided closely to the air outlet 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air purifier for purifying indoor air.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a conventional air purifier, and FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a main body of an air purifier, which is formed in a substantially box shape having a large width and a large depth, and a suction port 12 provided on a front surface of the main body 11.
The outlet 1 is provided on the rear side of the upper surface of the main body 11.
3 are provided.

A pre-filter 14 is provided downstream of the suction port 12 in the main body 11 and removes coarse dust taken in together with the air sucked into the main body 11 from the suction port 12. And a dust collection filter that is provided downstream of the pre-filter 14 and removes fine dust that cannot be removed by the pre-filter 14. Reference numeral 16 denotes a plasma unit provided on the downstream side of the dust collection filter 15 in the main body 11, and is a sawtooth discharge electrode 1
6a and a plate-shaped counter electrode 16 installed opposite thereto
a high voltage is applied between the electrodes to decompose the odor components in the air from which dust has been removed by corona discharge. Reference numeral 17 denotes a deodorizing filter provided on the downstream side of the plasma unit 16 in the main body 11 to adsorb and remove odor components that could not be completely decomposed by the plasma unit 16 to the activated carbon. Reference numeral 18 denotes a fan provided on the downstream side of the deodorizing filter 17 in the main body 11 and below the outlet 13, and is rotated by a motor 19 provided on the shaft thereof, and sucks indoor air from the inlet 12 into the main body 11. Ingest,
It is discharged from the outlet 13.

[0004] When a power switch (not shown) provided in the air purifier is turned on, a motor 19 is driven to rotate a fan 18 so that indoor air is sucked into the suction port 1.
2 is sucked into the main body 11. Then, the sucked air passes through a pre-filter 14, a dust collecting filter 15, a plasma unit 16 and a deodorizing filter 17 installed from the front to the rear in the main body 11, as shown by arrows in FIG. Dust taken in with the air and odors in the air are removed. Then, the purified air is discharged from the outlet 13 into the room.

[0005]

The conventional air purifier as described above has a pre-filter 14, a dust filter 15, a plasma unit 16, Deodorizing filter 1
7. The motor 19 and the fan 18 are arranged in a line from the front to the rear of the main body 11. For this reason, the air taken into the main body 11 is
4 and other components 14 to 17, dust and odor are removed and purified, but the main body 11
However, there is a problem that the installation location is restricted such that a large space is required when installing the air purifier, particularly a wide space in the depth direction is required. Further, even when the main body 11 can be installed, the main body 11 has a large depth, so that the main body 11 protrudes forward.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to provide an air purifier which has a reduced depth dimension, is not restricted in installation, and does not hinder the installation. It is.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at a lower portion of a front surface, a discharge port at a front side of an upper surface, and is internally connected at a rear side and blows out from the suction port. A main body formed with an air passage communicating with the mouth, and a dust collecting means provided in the lower air passage of the main body in proximity to the suction port, and a deodorizing means provided in proximity to the downstream side of the dust collecting means. A blower is provided in the upper air passage of the main body in the vicinity of the outlet.

[0008] An air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at a lower portion of a front face, and a blow port at a front side of an upper face.
It has a main body in which an air passage connected from the suction port to the discharge port is formed inside and connected to the rear side, and a dust collecting means is provided in the lower air path of the main body in proximity to the suction port, In the upper air passage, a blower is provided near the outlet, and deodorizing means is provided near the upstream side of the blower.

An air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at a lower portion of a front face, and a blow port at a front side of an upper face,
It has a body connected inside on the back side and formed with an air passage communicating from the suction port to the discharge port, and a dust collection means is provided in the lower air path of the body in proximity to the suction port, and the upper part of the main body And a blower is provided in the air path in proximity to the outlet, and deodorizing means is further provided at a connection portion of the air path of the main body.

An air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at a lower portion of a front surface, and a blow port at a front side of an upper surface.
It has a main body with an air passage connected from the suction port to the air outlet connected inside on the back side, and a pre-filter close to the suction port, downstream of the pre-filter, in the air path at the bottom of the main body Providing a dust collection filter in close proximity, a plasma unit in proximity to the downstream side of the dust collection filter, and a deodorizing filter in proximity to the downstream side of the plasma unit, and a blower fan and blower fan close to the air outlet in the upper air path of the main unit It is provided with a motor that rotates.

An air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at a lower portion of a front surface, and a blow port at a front side of an upper surface,
It has a main body in which an air passage connected from the suction port to the outlet is formed inside and connected to the rear side, and in the air path at the bottom of the main body, the pre-filter close to the suction port and the downstream side of the pre-filter Providing a dust collecting filter close to the main unit, a blower fan close to the blower outlet, a motor close to the upstream side of the blower fan to rotate the blower fan, a deodorizing filter close to the upstream side of the motor, A plasma unit is provided adjacent to the upstream side of the deodorizing filter.

An air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at a lower portion of a front face, and a blow port at a front side of an upper face,
It has a main body in which an air passage connected from the suction port to the outlet is formed inside and connected to the rear side, and in the air path at the bottom of the main body, the pre-filter close to the suction port and the downstream side of the pre-filter Providing a dust filter close to the main unit, a blower fan close to the outlet, a motor close to the upstream side of the blower fan, a motor that rotates the blower fan, and a deodorizing filter close to the upstream side of the motor The plasma unit is further provided at a connection portion of the air passage of the main body.

[0013] In the air purifier according to the present invention, the plasma unit is provided on the entire connecting portion of the air passage of the main body.

In the air purifier according to the present invention, the plasma unit is provided at a substantially middle portion in a vertical direction of a connecting portion of an air passage of the main body.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of an air purifier, which is formed in a substantially box shape having a small width and a small depth. In the main body 1, for example, the inside of the main body 1 is divided into an upper part and a lower part and connected on the back side. A U-shaped air path 10 is provided. And
A suction port 2 for communicating the outside of the main body 1 with the most upstream side (lower front side) of the air passage 10 is provided at a lower part of the front surface of the main body 1, and the most downstream side of the air path 10 is provided at a front side of the upper surface of the main body 1. Outlet 3 for communicating the side (upper front side) with the outside of main body 1
Is provided.

A dust collecting means 4 is provided adjacent to the air passage 10 in the main body 1 downstream of the suction port 2 and removes coarse dust taken in together with the air sucked into the main body 1 from the suction port 2. The pre-filter 5 is a dust-collecting filter which is provided near the downstream of the pre-filter 4 in the air passage 10 in the main body 1 and is a dust collecting means for removing fine dust that could not be removed by the pre-filter 4. . Reference numeral 6 denotes a plasma unit which is provided adjacent to the air passage 10 in the main body 1 on the downstream side of the dust collection filter 5 and serves as a deodorizing means for removing odor of air from which dust has been removed. Flat-plate counter electrode 6 installed oppositely
For example, by applying a negative high voltage to the discharge electrode 6a and applying a positive high voltage to the counter electrode 6b, a corona discharge occurs between the electrodes, and dust is removed by the corona discharge. Breaks down odor components in the air. Reference numeral 7 denotes a deodorizing filter which is provided near the downstream side of the plasma unit 6 in the air passage 10 in the main body 1 and which is a deodorizing means for adsorbing and removing odorous components which could not be completely decomposed by the plasma unit 6 to activated carbon. is there. Reference numeral 8 denotes a fan which is provided near the outlet 3 of the air passage 10 of the air passage 10 in the main body 1, and is a blower for discharging the purified air from the outlet 3 from which dust and odor have been removed.
It is rotationally driven by a motor 9 which is a blower provided upstream of the fan 8.

In the first embodiment, the connecting portion 10a connecting the lower portion and the upper portion of the air passage 10 is a space in which no components are arranged.

In the first embodiment thus configured, when a power switch (not shown) provided in the air purifier is turned on, the motor 9 is driven and the fan 8 rotates, The indoor air is sucked into the main body 1 from the suction port 2. The sucked air passes through a pre-filter 4, a dust filter 5, a plasma unit 6, and a deodorizing filter 7 installed below the air passage 10 in the main body 1 as shown by an arrow in FIG. Removes dust and odor contained in air. And
The purified air moves upward of the air passage 10, and is discharged from the outlet 3 to the outside of the main body 1 (inside the room) through the outer periphery of the fan 9 from the substantially central portion (the shaft 9 a portion) of the fan 9.

As described above, the pre-filter 4, the dust filter 5, the plasma unit 6, and the deodorizing filter 7 for purifying the air taken into the main body 1 are provided at the lower side of the air passage 10, and the air blowing for taking in and discharging the air is provided. The device (fan 8 and motor 9) is provided on the upper part of
The connecting part 10a connecting the upper part and the lower part of the main body 1 on the back side of the main body 1 is a space in which no components are arranged, so that the purifying ability of the air taken in the main body 1 is not reduced. The depth of the air purifier can be reduced, and an air purifier can be obtained that does not interfere with the installation at any location.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In the second embodiment, in the air purifier according to the first embodiment, a pre-filter 4 and a dust collection filter 5 are provided from the upstream side at a lower portion of an air passage 10 formed in a main body 1 of the air purifier, and the entire connecting portion 10a is provided. A deodorizing filter 7, a motor 9 and a fan 8 are provided above the air passage 10 from the upstream side. The plasma unit 6 is provided almost entirely from the upper part to the lower part of the connecting part 10a of the air passage 10.

With this configuration, substantially the same operation and effect as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, and since the plasma unit 6 is provided on the entire connecting portion 10a of the air passage 10, the depth of the main body 1 can be reduced. It is possible to further reduce the size, and to obtain an air purifier that does not interfere with installation at any place.

Embodiment 3 FIG. FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of Embodiment 3 of the present invention. The third embodiment is different from the air purifier according to the first embodiment in that a pre-filter 4 and a dust filter 5 are provided from the upstream side at a lower portion of an air passage 10 formed in a main body 1 of the air purifier. A plasma unit 6 is provided substantially at the middle of the vertical direction,
0, a deodorizing filter 7, a motor 9 and a fan 8 are provided from the upstream side.

With this configuration, substantially the same operation and effect as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the plasma unit 6 is provided substantially at the middle of the connecting portion 10a of the air passage 10 in the vertical direction. 1 can be further reduced in size, the size of the plasma unit 6 can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced, and an air purifier that does not interfere with installation at any location can be obtained. .

In the first to third embodiments, the pre-filter 4 and the dust collecting filter 5 are provided for removing dust taken in with the air, and the plasma unit 6 and the dust collecting filter 5 are used for removing odors in the air. Although the case where the deodorizing filter 7 is provided is shown, dust may be removed by the dust collecting filter 5 by omitting the pre-filter 4, and the plasma unit 6 may be omitted to remove odor by the deodorizing filter 7. It may be performed. In these cases, the same effect is obtained, and the pre-filter 4
The cost can be reduced by omitting parts such as
It is possible to further reduce the depth of the main body 1.

[0025]

As described above, the air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at the lower part of the front surface, a blow port at the front side of the upper surface, and is internally connected at the rear side to blow out from the suction port. A main body formed with an air passage communicating with the mouth, and a dust collecting means provided in the lower air passage of the main body in proximity to the suction port, and a deodorizing means provided in proximity to the downstream side of the dust collecting means. Since the air supply device is provided in the upper air passage of the main body in the vicinity of the outlet, the depth dimension of the main body can be reduced without lowering the purification ability of the air taken into the main body, It is possible to obtain an air purifier that does not interfere with the installation at any place.

The air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at a lower portion of a front surface, and a blow port at a front side of an upper surface,
It has a main body in which an air passage connected from the suction port to the discharge port is formed inside and connected to the rear side, and a dust collecting means is provided in the lower air path of the main body in proximity to the suction port, In the upper air path, a blower is provided near the outlet and the deodorizing means is provided near the upstream side of the blower, so that the same effect as described above can be obtained.

[0027] The air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at a lower portion of a front face, and a blow port at a front side of an upper face,
It has a body connected inside on the back side and formed with an air passage communicating from the suction port to the discharge port, and a dust collection means is provided in the lower air path of the body in proximity to the suction port, and the upper part of the main body An air blower is provided near the air outlet in the air path of the main body, and deodorizing means is provided at the connection part of the air path of the main body, so that the depth dimension of the main body can be made smaller, and It is possible to obtain an air purifier that does not interfere with the air purifier.

The air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at a lower portion of a front surface, and a blow port at a front side of an upper surface,
It has a main body with an air passage connected from the suction port to the air outlet connected inside on the back side, and a pre-filter close to the suction port, downstream of the pre-filter, in the air path at the bottom of the main body Providing a dust collection filter in close proximity, a plasma unit in proximity to the downstream side of the dust collection filter, and a deodorizing filter in proximity to the downstream side of the plasma unit, and a blower fan and blower fan close to the air outlet in the upper air path of the main unit An air purifier that has a rotating motor enables the depth of the main unit to be reduced without reducing the ability to purify the air taken into the main unit. Can be obtained.

The air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at a lower portion of a front face, and a blow port at a front side of an upper face,
It has a main body in which an air passage connected from the suction port to the outlet is formed inside and connected to the rear side, and in the air path at the bottom of the main body, the pre-filter close to the suction port and the downstream side of the pre-filter Providing a dust collecting filter close to the main unit, a blower fan close to the blower outlet, a motor close to the upstream side of the blower fan to rotate the blower fan, a deodorizing filter close to the upstream side of the motor, Since the plasma unit adjacent to the upstream side of the deodorizing filter is provided, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

[0030] The air purifier according to the present invention has a suction port at a lower portion of a front face, and a blow port at a front side of an upper face,
It has a main body in which an air passage connected from the suction port to the outlet is formed inside and connected to the rear side, and in the air path at the bottom of the main body, the pre-filter close to the suction port and the downstream side of the pre-filter Providing a dust filter close to the main unit, a blower fan close to the outlet, a motor close to the upstream side of the blower fan, a motor that rotates the blower fan, and a deodorizing filter close to the upstream side of the motor In addition, since the plasma unit is provided at the connection part of the air passage of the main body, the depth dimension of the main body can be further reduced, and it is possible to obtain an air purifier that does not interfere with any place at the time of installation. it can.

In the air purifier according to the present invention, the same effect as described above can be obtained because the plasma unit is provided on the entire connecting portion of the air passage of the main body.

In the air purifier according to the present invention, since the plasma unit is provided substantially at the intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the connecting portion of the air passage of the main body, the same effect as above can be obtained and the cost can be reduced. An air purifier can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a conventional air purifier.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 body, 2 inlet, 3 outlet, 4 pre-filter, 5 dust filter, 6 plasma unit, 7 deodorizing filter, 8 fan, 9 motor, 1
0 Air passage, 10a connection part.

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A main body having a suction port at a lower portion of a front surface, a blow port at a front side of an upper surface, and an air passage connected to the inside at the rear side and communicating from the suction port to the blow port. A dust collecting means is provided in the lower air passage of the main body in proximity to the suction port, and a deodorizing means is provided in the vicinity of the downstream side of the dust collecting means, and an upper air passage of the main body is provided. An air purifier provided with an air blower in close proximity to the outlet. 2. A main body having a suction port at a lower portion of a front surface, a blow port at a front side of an upper surface, and an air passage connected to the inside at a rear side and communicating from the suction port to the blow port. Dust collecting means is provided in the lower air passage of the main body in proximity to the suction port, and a blower is provided in the upper air passage of the main body in close proximity to the air outlet; An air purifier characterized in that deodorizing means is provided near the upstream side of the device. 3. A main body having a suction port at a lower portion of a front surface, a blow port at a front side of an upper surface, and having an air passage formed therein which is connected on the rear side and communicates from the suction port to the blow port. Dust collecting means is provided in the lower air passage of the main body in close proximity to the suction port, and a blower is provided in the upper air passage of the main body in close proximity to the blow-out port. An air purifier characterized in that deodorizing means is provided at a connection portion of an air passage. 4. A main body having a suction port at a lower portion of a front surface, a blow port at a front side of an upper surface, and an air passage connected to the inside on the rear side and communicating from the suction port to the blow port. A pre-filter close to the suction port, a dust collecting filter near the downstream side of the pre-filter, a plasma unit close to the downstream side of the dust collecting filter, and the plasma Provide a deodorizing filter close to the downstream side of the unit, in the air path at the top of the main body,
An air purifier comprising a blower fan close to the outlet and a motor for rotating the blower fan. 5. A main body having a suction port at a lower portion of a front surface, a blow port at a front side of an upper surface, and having an air passage formed therein and connected to a rear side thereof and communicating from the suction port to the blow port. A pre-filter close to the suction port and a dust collection filter close to the downstream side of the pre-filter are provided in an air passage at a lower portion of the main body, and an air passage at an upper portion of the main body is provided at the outlet. A blower fan, a motor that rotates the blower fan that is adjacent to the upstream side of the blower fan, a deodorizing filter that is close to the upstream side of the motor, and a plasma unit that is close to the upstream side of the deodorizing filter. And air purifier. 6. A main body having a suction port at a lower portion of a front surface, a blow port at a front side of an upper surface, and having an air passage formed therein which is connected on the rear side and communicates from the suction port to the blow port. A pre-filter close to the suction port and a dust collection filter close to the downstream side of the pre-filter are provided in an air passage at a lower portion of the main body, and an air passage at an upper portion of the main body is provided at the outlet. Proximate blower fan, a motor that is close to the upstream side of the blower fan and rotationally drives the blower fan, and a deodorizing filter that is close to the upstream side of the motor are provided, and a plasma unit is further provided at a connection part of the air passage of the main body. An air purifier characterized by the following. 7. The air purifier according to claim 6, wherein the plasma unit is provided on an entire connection part of the air passage of the main body. 8. The air purifier according to claim 6, wherein the plasma unit is provided substantially at an intermediate portion in a vertical direction of a connecting portion of the air passage of the main body.