JP3140154B2 - Smoking partition - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a smoking partition having a function of treating tobacco smoke generated by smoking in a space surrounded by the partition.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, adverse effects of smoking have been recognized in health awareness in particular, and restrictions on smoking areas have been implemented in order to prevent the effects on non-smokers socially.

Heretofore, it has been common practice in such a compartment to surround one corner of a room with a partition and install an air purifier therein. Hereinafter, the configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.

[0004] An air purifier 102 is disposed in a partition 101 formed in a substantially U-shape in the figure. The air intake 103 of this air purifier 102 is
The air outlet 104 is provided above the inside surrounded by a circle.

[0005] In the above configuration, when smoking is performed in the partition section, the air purifier is operated to dispose of tobacco smoke in the section.

[0006]

However, according to the above-mentioned prior art, a negative pressure is applied only in the vicinity of the air suction port 103 of the air purifier 102, and the smoke of the cigarette in the vicinity can be treated.
The other part of the cigarette smoke stays in the compartment or leaks out of the compartment, giving a non-smoker a discomfort.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has a negative pressure in a section surrounded by a partition, and prevents outflow of cigarette smoke out of the section by a local air curtain effect and an air purifying function. The first purpose is to do so.

A second object is to prevent the outflow of tobacco smoke to the outside of the partition at low cost by using an air purification function and an air circulation function inside the partition.

A third object is to efficiently and inexpensively discharge cigarette smoke and flow out of the compartment by an air purifying function and a ventilation function having a local air curtain effect in the section surrounded by the partition. Is to prevent it.

[0010]

A first means for achieving the first object of the present invention is a partition formed in a substantially U-shape, and an air purifier is provided on one side of the substantially U-shape. An air intake port is disposed on the inner surface side of a space surrounded by a substantially U-shape, and an air outlet is disposed on the upper side of the space, and an air cleaner is provided above the space surrounded by a substantially U-shape. And a control circuit having an air purifier disposed in the partition and an operation switch for interlocking control of the air purifier disposed in the upper part of the space.

A second means for achieving the second object is a blower for air circulation, which is provided on one side of the substantially U-shaped partition described in the first means. This is the configuration.

Further, a third means for achieving the third object is an air purifier disposed on the upper surface of a space surrounded by the substantially U-shaped partition described in the first means. Is used as a ventilation inlet.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when smoking is performed in the partition section, when the operation switch is operated, the air purifier disposed in the partition and the air purifier disposed in the upper section of the section are activated. Is operated, and the inside of the partition section becomes a negative pressure, so that the smoke of the tobacco does not flow out of the partition section, and the smoke is sucked into the air purifier to be adsorbed. The treated air is discharged from the air outlet of the air cleaner into the upper space of the partition. The released air attracts smoke rising to the upper part of the compartment by a local air curtain effect, and is adsorbed by an air purifier disposed in the upper space.

Further, according to the configuration of the second means, when the operation switch is operated, the air circulation blower disposed in the partition operates, and the inside of the partition section becomes negative pressure, and the smoke of tobacco flows out of the partition section. Instead, the smoke is sucked into the circulation blower and released into the upper space of the partition. The released air attracts smoke rising to the upper part of the compartment by a local air curtain effect, and is adsorbed by an air purifier disposed in the upper space.

According to the configuration of the third means, smoke generated by smoking in the partition section becomes negative pressure in the section due to the operation of the air purifier, does not flow out of the section, and is adsorbed by the air purifier. At the same time, the smoke rising to the upper part of the compartment is discharged outside from the ventilation inlet.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in the drawing, a partition 1 is arranged in a substantially U-shape at an appropriate place in a room, and a floor-standing type air cleaner 2 is arranged on each side thereof. The air purifier 2 has an intake port 3 on the inner surface side of a space surrounded by the partition 1, and an air outlet 4 on the upper surface of the air purifier 2.

On the other hand, a ceiling-suspended air purifier 5 is provided at the center of the upper part of the space surrounded by the partition 1, and this air purifier 5 has an intake port 6 on the lower surface and an outlet 7 on the side surface. are doing. The air purifiers 2 and 5 are provided with a control circuit 9 built in the control box 8 so as to operate in conjunction with each other.

In the above configuration, when smoking is performed inside the partition 1, the air purifiers 2 and 5 start operating by the control circuit 9 built in the control box 8. Since the inside of the partition section has a negative pressure, as shown in FIG. 2, an air flow A in which air flows in from outside the partition section is generated, and a circulating air stream B is generated in the section. It becomes easy to absorb the smoke of tobacco. At the same time, the airflow blown out from the air outlet 4 is directed upward, so that a local air curtain effect is generated and an airflow C directed upward from the partition 1 is generated.
The surrounding air is sucked in by the air intake port 6, and the air flow C is attracted, and the air flow C becomes an air flow toward the air intake port 6, so that the smoke of the tobacco above the partition section can be easily treated. As described above, the airflows A, B, and C can prevent the smoke of the cigarette from leaking out of the partition section, and can effectively treat the smoke of the cigarette.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in the figure, a circulation blower 10 is arranged on each side of the partition 1 arranged in a substantially U-shape. This circulation blower 10
The air inlet 3 is provided on the inner surface side of the space surrounded by the partition 1, and the outlet 4 is provided on the upper surface of the circulation blower 10.

On the other hand, an air purifier 5 suspended from the ceiling is disposed in the upper center of the space surrounded by the partition 1, and this air purifier 5 has an air inlet 6 on the lower surface and an outlet 7 on the side surface. are doing.

A control circuit 9 built in a control box 8 is provided so that the circulating blower 10 and the air purifier 5 operate in conjunction with each other.

In the above configuration, when smoking occurs inside the partition 1, the circulation blower 10 and the air cleaner 5 start operating by the control circuit 9 built in the control box 8. Fig. 2
As shown in (1), an airflow A in which air flows in from outside the partition section is generated, and a circulating airflow B is generated in the section, so that tobacco smoke is easily sucked into the air inlet 3. This air is blown out from the air outlet 4 and rises upward to cause a local air curtain effect, thereby generating an airflow C going upward from the partition 1, but ambient air is sucked into the air inlet 6 of the air cleaner 5. Air C
Becomes an airflow toward the air intake port 6, and the smoke of the tobacco above the partition section is easily absorbed. As described above, the smoke of the tobacco induced by the airflow B is transmitted to the circulation blower 1.
The air is sucked into the air purifier 5 and is blown upward to generate an airflow C, and is sucked into the suction port 6 of the air purifier 5, so that the suction treatment can be performed without leaking to the outside of the partition 1.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in the drawing, an air purifier 2 is provided on each side of a partition 1 arranged in a substantially U-shape. This air purifier 2 is provided with an intake port 3 on the inner surface side of the space surrounded by the partition 1,
The outlet 4 is provided on the upper surface of the air purifier 2.

On the other hand, a ventilation inlet 11 and a ventilation duct 12 of a ceiling duct type ventilation fan are arranged in the upper center of the space surrounded by the partition 1. Further, a control circuit 9 built in the control box 8 is provided so that the ceiling duct type ventilation fan and the air purifier 5 operate in conjunction with each other.

In the above configuration, when smoking occurs inside the partition 1, the control circuit 9 built in the control box 8 causes the air purifier 2 and the ceiling duct type ventilation fan to start operating. Negative pressure inside the partition compartment
As shown in FIG. 2, an airflow A is generated such that air flows in from outside the partition, and a circulating airflow B is generated inside the partition.
Is generated, and the smoke of the tobacco is sucked into the air suction port 3 to be easily absorbed and absorbed. This processing air is blown out from the air outlet 4 and goes upward, so that a local air curtain effect is generated, and an airflow C is generated upward from the partition 1. However, the surrounding air is discharged by the ventilation inlet 11 of the ceiling duct type ventilation fan. Since the air is sucked, the air flow C becomes the air flow toward the ventilation intake port 11, and the smoke of the tobacco in the upper part of the partition section is easily discharged to the outside through the ventilation duct. As described above, the airflows A, B, and C can prevent tobacco smoke from leaking to the outside of the partition section, and can effectively adsorb tobacco smoke and discharge it to the outside of the room.

[0027]

As is apparent from the above embodiment, according to the present invention, there is provided a smoking partition which has an effect of treating cigarette smoke generated by smoking in the partition without flowing out of the partition. Can be provided.

Further, by using the air purifier provided in the partition of the smoking partition as a circulating blower, the smoking partition can be greatly reduced in cost due to the air purifying function in the section and the air circulating function. Can be provided.

Further, by utilizing the ventilation inlet of the ceiling duct type ventilation fan already installed in the building or the like, the same effect as that of the above-mentioned smoking partition can be obtained, and the versatile and cost-effective smoking is reduced. Partition can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a smoking partition according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 2A is a schematic plan view of the first embodiment; FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram of the airflow distribution of the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the third embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional smoking partition.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Partition 2 Air purifier 3 Air inlet 4 Air outlet 5 Air purifier 6 Air inlet 7 Air outlet 8 Control box 9 Control circuit 10 Circulating blower 11 Ventilation inlet 12 Ventilation duct

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] A partition formed in a substantially U-shape;
An air purifier is disposed on one side of the substantially U-shape such that an air intake port faces an inner surface side of a space surrounded by the substantially U-shape, and an air outlet faces upwardly of the space. A control circuit having an air purifier disposed in an upper part of a space surrounded by a letter shape, an air switch disposed in the partition, and an operation switch for interlocking control of the air purifier disposed in the upper part of the space Partition with smoking. 2. The smoking partition according to claim 1, wherein the air purifier disposed on one side of the substantially U-shaped partition is an air circulation blower. 3. The smoking partition according to claim 1, wherein an air purifier disposed on the upper surface of the space surrounded by the substantially U-shaped partition is used as a ventilation inlet.