JP3105474U - Indoor air purifier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a suitable indoor environment by effectively absorbing and removing harmful substances discharged indoors from building materials and the like.
SOLUTION: This is an indoor air purifier in which a purifying material made of strip-like charcoal for purifying air is stored in a container, wherein the container is provided with ventilation holes 26a, 22a at a bottom portion and an upper portion, A cartridge 20 formed in a box shape in which the purifying material 10 is stored, and a box shape in which an upper portion in which the cartridge 20 is detachably stored is formed with an open upper portion, and a ventilation port 46 for introducing air to a lower side are provided. A casing 42 provided, and an apparatus main body 40 having a blower 44 disposed at the bottom of the casing 42. The blower 44 introduces room air into the container from the vent 46, The purified air flows through the cartridge 20 and is discharged from a vent hole 22 a provided in an upper portion of the cartridge 20.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an indoor air purifier, and more particularly, to an indoor air purifier using charcoal as a purifying material.

  Newly constructed houses use building materials that contain various chemicals, and various adhesives are used to bond the wall cloth. Harm is a problem. Especially in a closed house, indoors are easily filled with chemicals, health hazards due to harmful chemicals become a problem, indoors smells related to the living environment such as food and sick people are easily trapped, and odors can not be removed even with ventilation There is a problem.

Various methods and devices have been proposed as a method for removing such harmful chemical substances and odors emitted into a room. For example, a method of providing a dust removing layer between an air inlet and an air outlet and using a purifying material such as activated carbon or zeolite for removing dust (for example, Patent Document 1), a diatomaceous earth formed in a granular or powder form Is formed in a block shape having a through hole therein, and is disposed in an air circulation path in a house (for example, Patent Document 2), using a porous fired body in which ceramic is coated on the surface of carbon. (For example, see Patent Document 3).
JP-A-7-98134 JP-A-10-122623 JP-A-10-286449

  As described above, it has been well known that a material having a large gas adsorption surface area such as activated carbon is used as a purifying material for indoor air, and these adsorbing materials are used for a filter of a ventilation device. Things have also been done. However, a conventional indoor air purifier using granular or powdered charcoal as a purifying material has a problem that indoor purification is not always performed efficiently.

  In addition, in the case of a conventional indoor air purifier, a structure in which a purifying device is attached as a filter to a ventilator or a ventilator is often used, and in such a case, it is not possible to purify or deodorize so effectively. In addition, there is a problem in that when the device is attached to a ventilation device or a ventilation device, the device becomes large and cannot be used easily.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an indoor purification device using charcoal as a purification material, and to remove harmful substances of building materials discharged indoors. Since it can be effectively adsorbed and removed and has an effective deodorizing effect, it is possible to effectively remove living odors of sick people and the like, to obtain a suitable living environment, and to achieve a sterilizing effect. It is intended to provide a simple and easy-to-use indoor air purifier that can provide a more comfortable living environment.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration.
That is, an indoor air purifier in which a purifying material made of strip-like charcoal for purifying air is stored in a container, wherein the container is provided with ventilation holes at a bottom portion and an upper portion, and the purifying material is stored therein. A casing formed in a box shape, a casing in which an upper portion in which the cartridge is removably housed is formed in an open shape, and a ventilation port for introducing air to the lower side, and a casing portion. And a main body having a blower disposed at the bottom of the cartridge. The blower provides room air into the container from the ventilation port, flows through the cartridge, and is provided above the cartridge. Purified air is discharged from the vent.
Further, the cartridge is formed in a rectangular box shape which can be slid into the casing portion, and in a state where the cartridge is mounted on the casing portion, the outer shapes of the cartridge and the casing portion are rectangular box shapes. It is characterized by the following.

Further, a sterilizing function material to be irradiated with a gamma ray of about 100 times natural radiation is stored in the cartridge. As the sterilizing function material, thorium, uranium, monazite containing titanium oxide, a shaped material such as silica is added, and a sintered body having a diameter of several mm can be suitably used. What is stored in a net bag and stored in the container can be preferably used.
Further, the indoor air purifier containing a purifying material made of flake-like charcoal for purifying air and a sterilizing functional material irradiated with gamma rays about 100 times natural radiation in the container, A vent is provided on the bottom side and a vent is provided on the top side, and a blower is provided for introducing room air into the container from the vent and flowing through the container to release purified air from the vent. It is characterized by having been done.

  In the indoor air purifier according to the present invention, since the purifier is configured by mounting the cartridge containing the purifying material to the apparatus main body, the purifying material is easy to handle and the indoor air can be effectively purified. It becomes possible. In addition, by using the sterilizing function material in combination with a purifying material made of charcoal, indoor air is more effectively purified, and a suitable indoor environment can be obtained by sterilization and deodorization.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the indoor air purifier according to the present invention. The drawing separately shows a cartridge 20 filled with charcoal formed in a strip shape as the purifying material 10 and an apparatus main body 40 to which the cartridge 20 is mounted.
The cartridge 20 is formed in a rectangular box shape, and a lid 22 is detachably provided on an upper portion of each cartridge. A flange portion 24 is provided on a peripheral portion of the lid portion 22, and a ventilation hole 22 a is provided in the lid portion 22. A vent 26 a is provided in the bottom 26 of the cartridge 20 so that the cartridge 20 can be ventilated up and down.

  When the charcoal as the purifying material 10 is stored in the cartridge 20, a charcoal is filled by laying a ventilation sheet on the bottom 26 so that the charcoal is not discharged from the vent hole 26a. Charcoal as the purifying material 10 is filled almost to the vicinity of the lid 22 of the cartridge 20. As a result, the charcoal is filled to a considerable thickness in the cartridge 20.

  The charcoal used as the purifying material 10 uses thinned wood. If the charcoal is burned at a high temperature of about 1000 ° C., a dense and porous charcoal can be obtained. In the present embodiment, charcoal obtained by a normal charcoal burning method of about several hundred ° C. is used. The charcoal contained in the cartridge 20 is formed into a strip having a width of about 1 to 3 mm and a length of about 2 to 20 mm. The flake-like charcoal is obtained by crushing a tree into chips and then carbonizing the flakes. The reason why the charcoal formed in the form of strips is used as the purifying material 10 is that the cartridge 20 can be filled with charcoal in a dense state, and that the airflow in the cartridge 20 when the charcoal is filled is increased. This is to allow a space (gap) to flow through and increase the contact area between the coal and the air current.

In the present embodiment, a molding material such as silica is added to monazite (including thorium, uranium, titanium oxide, etc.) on the charcoal filled in the cartridge 20 to form spherical sintered particles having a diameter of several mm. The sterilizing material 30 is stored in a net bag 32. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the cartridge 20 is filled with charcoal as the purifying material 10 and the mesh bag 32 containing the sterilizing material 30 is placed on the charcoal. The mesh bag 32 contains a predetermined amount of a sterilized functional material 30 formed in a spherical shape.
In the present embodiment, the monazite used in the sterilizing function material 30 is irradiated with gamma rays about 100 times that of natural radiation, and has a direct sterilizing effect and generates free radicals in the air. Thus, an effective sterilizing and deodorizing effect is exhibited.

  In FIG. 1, an apparatus main body 40 includes a casing portion 42 formed in a box shape with an open top, a blower portion 44 having a motor and a fan, and a bottom portion of the casing portion 42. And a ventilation port 46 provided on the side surface on the side. The inside dimensions of the casing portion 42 are provided so as to match the outside dimensions of the cartridge 20, and the cartridge 20 is provided so as to be inserted into the casing portion 42 and entirely housed in the casing portion 42. Stoppers 47a and 47b that lock the bottom of the cartridge 20 when the cartridge 20 is inserted into the casing 42 are provided on the inner surface of the casing 42. The ventilation port 46 is located below the stoppers 47a and 47b.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the cartridge 20 is mounted on the apparatus main body 40 and the indoor air purifier is used. The cartridge 20 is housed so as to fit completely inside the casing portion 42 of the apparatus main body 40, and the outer shape of the indoor air purifier becomes a complete box shape in a use state. In this state, the indoor air purifier is installed and used at an appropriate position on the indoor floor or the like.
When the switch 48 is turned on in the indoor air purifier, the blower unit 44 starts operating, and the room air is taken into the apparatus main body 40 from the ventilation port 46 to perform the cleaning action. In the blower section 44, an airflow is generated by the fan in a direction in which room air is introduced into the apparatus main body 40 from the ventilation port 46, and the room air taken into the apparatus main body 40 from the ventilation port 46 is supplied to the cartridge 20 from the bottom side of the cartridge 20. Enter within 20.

The space between the bottom of the cartridge 20 and the bottom of the casing portion 42 is a space for introducing room air into the apparatus main body 40, and the air taken into this space flows through a vent hole 26 a opened in the bottom 26 of the cartridge 20. 20 enters the purifying material 10 filled in 20. The indoor air that has entered the purifying material 10 is purified by the action of the purifying material 10, and is discharged into the room through the vent hole 22a of the lid 22 provided on the upper part of the cartridge 20.
The action of introducing the indoor air into the apparatus main body 40 by the blower unit 44 is to generate a slow airflow. However, by operating the indoor air purifier for a certain time, the indoor air sequentially passes through the indoor air purifier. By the convection of the room air, the entire room air is gradually purified.

In the indoor air purifier of the present embodiment, since the charcoal as the purifying material 10 is thickly filled in the cartridge 20, when the indoor air passes through the purifying material 10, it comes into contact with the charcoal, and the purifying process is effectively performed. Is made.
Further, in the indoor air purifier of the present embodiment, since the sterilizing function material 30 is accommodated inside the cartridge 20, the indoor air is sterilized by the action of the sterilizing function material 30, and a suitable deodorizing effect is obtained. Can be. FIG. 3 illustrates how the purifying material 10 and the sterilizing function material 30 interact with the air passing through the cartridge 20. By storing the sterilizing function material 30 in the mesh bag 32, the action of the sterilizing function material 30 can be suitably exerted on the air flowing through the cartridge 20.
Note that, instead of placing the sterilizing function material 30 on the surface of the cleaning material 10, the sterilizing function material 30 can be disposed so as to be buried in the cleaning material 10.

Uranium and thorium contained in the sterilizing material 30 have an action of producing radon gas, and the radon gas produced by the sterilizing material 30 is supplied to the room together with convection of air. Radon gas has a health-promoting action such as activation of the immune system and an increase in various hormones. According to the indoor air purifier of the present embodiment, it is possible to purify indoor air and obtain a health-promoting action.
In addition, by irradiating the sterilizing function material 30 with a mercury lamp or a fluorescent lamp, it is possible to exert a sterilizing and deodorizing effect by the action of the photocatalyst included in the sterilizing function material 30. Thereby, the purifying action of the indoor air can be performed more effectively.

The indoor air purification device of the present embodiment is formed in a simple box shape, can be used anywhere in a room, and is easy to handle. In addition, there is an advantage that the convection of the indoor air is naturally performed by operating the apparatus for a certain period of time during use, so that an effective purifying action is performed and the method of use is simple.
Note that the charcoal as the purifying material 10 filled in the cartridge 20 is used after being used for a certain period of time and then replaced with a new purifying material 10. It is also easy to remove the lid 22 from the cartridge 20 and replace the purifying material 10 with a new one. The cartridge 20 itself is replaced with a cartridge 20 containing the new purifying material 10 and is mounted on the apparatus body 40. You may. In any case, it can be used very easily and can be suitably used for purifying indoor air.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the apparatus main body 40 and the cartridge 20 formed in a box shape are formed separately, but the purifying material is not contained in the apparatus main body 40 and the cartridge 20 but in a single container. 10 and the sterilizing function material 30 are housed, indoor air is introduced into the container, and the room air is allowed to flow through the container so as to come into contact with the purifying material 10 and the sterilizing function material 30, thereby purifying the same as described above. The function of the material 10 and the sterilizing function material 30 can be obtained. Further, the position of the blower 44 for generating the airflow in the container may be either the lower side or the upper side of the container.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an embodiment of the indoor air purifier according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a use state of the indoor air purifier according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an internal structure of a cartridge used in the indoor air purifier according to the present invention.

Explanation of reference numerals

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Purification material 20 Cartridge 22 Lid part 22a, 26a Vent hole 30 Sterilization functional material 32 Mesh bag 40 Device main body 42 Casing part 44 Ventilation part 46 Vent port 48 Switch

Claims (6)

An indoor air purifier containing a purifying material made of strip-shaped charcoal for purifying air in a container,
The container is
Vent holes are provided at the bottom and top, and a cartridge is formed in a box shape in which the purifying material is stored, and a cartridge is formed in a box shape in which an upper portion in which the cartridge is detachably stored is opened, and a lower portion is formed. A casing provided with a vent for introducing air, and an apparatus body having a blower disposed at the bottom of the casing,
Indoor air introduced into the container from the ventilation port by the blower, and purified air is discharged from a ventilation hole provided at an upper portion of the cartridge through the inside of the cartridge; Purifier. The cartridge is formed in a rectangular box shape that can slide into the casing portion,
2. The indoor air purifier according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge and the casing have a rectangular outer shape when the cartridge is mounted on the casing.   The indoor air purifier according to claim 1, wherein a sterilizing function material to be irradiated with gamma rays of about 100 times natural radiation is stored in the cartridge.   4. The room according to claim 3, wherein the sterilizing function material is formed by adding a molding material such as silica to monazite containing thorium, uranium, and titanium oxide to form sintered particles having a diameter of several mm. Air purifier.   The indoor air purifier according to claim 3, wherein the sterilizing function material is housed in a mesh bag and housed in the container. An indoor air purifier containing a purifying material made of strip-like charcoal for purifying air and a sterilizing function material irradiated with gamma rays about 100 times natural radiation in a container,
A vent is provided on the bottom side of the container, and a vent is provided on the top side,
An indoor air purifier, further comprising: a blower that introduces indoor air into the container from the vent and flows through the container to release purified air from the vent.

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