JP6740351B2 - Insect trap and air treatment device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an insect trapping device and an air treatment device equipped with this insect trapping device.

In recent years, the number of dust-like substances such as PM (Particulate Matter) 2.5 has increased in the atmosphere, and the number of weather conditions has increased. There is. In regions such as Japan where the rainy season is prone to high humidity, dehumidifiers are often used in homes and offices. In addition, the number of infectious diseases transmitted by insects, especially mosquitoes, is increasing worldwide, and the demand for insect traps in general households is also increasing.

On the other hand, from the viewpoint of convenience, as shown in Patent Document 1, an air purifier having a trapping function has been proposed. In the configuration shown in Patent Document 1, an insect trapping portion that traps insects is provided in the ventilation path between the suction port that inhales air and the filtration filter that filters the air sucked in from the suction port. As a result, in the configuration shown in Patent Document 1, it is possible to prevent the scales of captured insects or the dust of carcasses from scattering to the outside.

International publication number WO2015/111246 (Published July 30, 2015)

In the configuration disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the insect trapping part is removed from the housing of the insect trapping unit in order to replace the insect trapping part, the insects trapped by the insect trapping part are visible. As a result, there is a concern that the configuration disclosed in Patent Document 1 may cause discomfort for some users.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is an insect trapping device that does not cause discomfort to a user when exchanging an insect trapping part, and an air treatment device including the insect trapping device. To provide a device.

In order to solve the above problems, the insect trapping device according to an aspect of the present invention has a housing having an opening, a surface arranged in the housing, for capturing insects, and a back surface covering the opening. A sheet-shaped insect trapping member and a protrusion formed on the back surface, the protrusion being arranged so that the opening can be grasped from the outside of the housing in a state where the back surface covers the opening. It is characterized by having a section and.

In order to solve the above problems, an insect trapping device according to another aspect of the present invention, a housing with an opening formed, is arranged in the housing, the surface for trapping insects, and a sheet-like having a back surface. An insect trapping member and a protruding portion formed on the insect trapping member, and in a state where the insect trapping member is fixed inside the housing, the insect trapping member is arranged so that it can be grasped from the outside of the housing by the opening. And a cover sheet for covering the surface of the insect trapping member, and one end of the cover sheet has the surface, the surface side of the projection, and between the surface and the projection. It is fixed to at least one of the above, and the cover sheet is attached to the surface by pulling the protrusion from the outside of the housing.

According to each aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that the user is not uncomfortable when the insect trapping part is replaced.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an air purifier to which the air treatment device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the air cleaner shown in FIG. It is a perspective view when the cover member shown in FIG. 1 is seen from the inside. (A) is a perspective view of an example of a protrusion part, (b) is a perspective view of the 1st modification of a protrusion part, (c) is a perspective view of the 2nd modification of a protrusion part, (d) FIG. 8A) is a cross-sectional view of an insect trapping sheet according to an example of realizing the structure of FIG. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 3. It is a figure which shows in detail the opening and the protrusion part of the air cleaner shown in FIG. 2, and its vicinity. It is a figure which shows the state which pulled the protrusion part from the outer side of the cover member in the state shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which pulled the protrusion part from the outer side of the cover member in the state shown in FIG. It is a perspective view of the modification with respect to FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the air cleaner to which the air treatment apparatus of Embodiment 2 of this invention is applied. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the lid part of the air cleaner shown in FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the air cleaner to which the air treatment device of Embodiment 3 of the present invention is applied. It is a figure which shows in detail the opening and protrusion part of the air cleaner shown in FIG. 12, and its vicinity, and has shown the state which pulled the protrusion part from the outer side of the cover member in the state shown in FIG.

Modes for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13.

[Embodiment 1]
Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, as an example, a case where the air treatment device of the present invention is applied to an air cleaner will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of the air purifier of the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the air purifier shown in FIG. In each of the following figures, white arrows indicate the flow of air.

(External structure of air purifier)
As shown in FIG. 1, the air purifier 1 has a structure to be installed on a floor surface of a living room or the like, for example, and has a main body housing 2 having a substantially elliptical cross section, and a cover member 3. The main body housing 2 and the cover member 3 form a housing of the air cleaner 1. The cover member 3 is detachably attached to the back surface side of the main body housing 2. An insect catching sheet (insect catching member) 31 having an adhesive surface is attached to the inner surface of the cover member 3. The color of the back surface of the main body housing 2 and the outer surface of the cover member 3 is black. A dark color such as black is a color that insects such as mosquitoes prefer, and by making the color of the back surface of the main body housing 2 and the outer surface of the cover member 3 dark, the insects can be easily attracted to the vicinity of the cover member 3. ing.

A sleeve portion 12 made of transparent resin is provided on the peripheral portion of the upper surface of the main body housing 2, and an operation portion 6 is provided on the front surface of the upper surface of the main body housing 2. The operation unit 6 has a plurality of buttons (not shown), and the user operates the buttons to set the operation of the air cleaner 1. For example, the operation of the air cleaner 1 is turned on/off, the air volume of the blower 10 is changed, and the discharge device 11 is turned on/off.

An opening 201 is formed across the cover member 3 and a mounting plate 34 described later. The opening 201 is formed at a position overlapping the insect trap sheet 31, and is opened at the center of the insect trap sheet 31. The opening 201 has a rectangular shape in plan view, and the lateral width of the opening 201 is larger than the lateral width of the insect trapping sheet 31. Further, the insect trap sheet 31 has a protrusion 202. The protrusion 202 extends from the inside of the cover member 3 through the opening 201. Therefore, the user can grab the protrusion 202 from the outside of the cover member 3 through the opening 201.

(Internal structure of air purifier)
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a plurality of suction ports (air suction ports) 4 are formed in the cover member 3, and an inflow port 20 is formed in the back surface of the main body housing 2. An insect trapping space (air flow path) 25 is formed between the cover member 3 and the back surface of the body casing 2, and the suction port 4 of the cover member 3 and the inflow port 20 of the body casing 2 form the insect trapping space 25. Communicate with each other. It should be noted that FIG. 1 shows a state in which a part of the suction port 4 of the main body housing 2 is visible from the suction port 4 of the cover member 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, an air outlet (air outlet) 5 is formed on the upper surface of the main body housing 2. An air blowing passage 7 is formed inside the main body housing 2, and the suction port 4 and the air outlet 5 are connected via the insect trapping space 25, the inflow port 20, and the air blowing passage 7.

The pre-filter (air processing unit) 8, the HEPA filter (air processing unit) 9, the blower 10 and the blower passage 7 in the air passage 7 from the inflow port 20 toward the air outlet 5, that is, from the upstream side to the downstream side of the wind flow. A discharge device (air treatment unit) 11 is provided.

The blower 10 is a centrifugal fan that takes in air in the axial direction and exhausts it in the circumferential direction, and is provided in the lower portion of the main body housing 2. The blower 10 has a motor 10a and an impeller 10b attached to the rotating shaft of the motor 10a. In the air purifier 1, by disposing the blower 10 in the lower portion of the main body housing 2, the flow passage area of the air flow formed by the blower 10 is gradually increased without increasing the vertical length of the main body housing 2. Can be expanded. The blower 10 can be set to a plurality of blowing levels, for example, “fine”, “weak”, “medium”, and “strong” by operating the operation unit 6. The blower 10 may be an axial fan.

The pre-filter 8 is formed by welding a polypropylene mesh to a rectangular frame having a plurality of stages and rows of windows made of a synthetic resin such as ABS. The mesh has a mesh size that does not allow insects such as mosquitoes and flies to pass through. The pre-filter 8 collects large dust in the air.

In the HEPA filter 9, a frame member 9b is welded by hot melt so as to cover the filter member 9a. The HEPA filter 9 can collect fine dust in the air containing fine particulate matter such as PM2.5. A deodorizing filter having an adsorbent such as activated carbon may be arranged between the pre-filter 8 and the HEPA filter 9. In this case, the odorous components in the air can be adsorbed to deodorize the air.

The discharge device 11 has an electrode (not shown) that performs corona discharge by applying a high voltage, and the electrode faces the inside of the air passage 7. The discharge generates active species such as ions, electrons, radicals and ozone. The ions may be only positive ions, only negative ions, or both ions. A voltage having an AC waveform or an impulse waveform is applied to the electrodes in this embodiment. When the voltage applied to the electrodes is positive, positive ions are generated, and when the voltage is negative, negative ions are generated. The discharge device 11 generates positive ions and negative ions and sends them out from the outlet 5 to remove bacteria and deodorize the living room.

(Cover member and insect sheet)
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the cover member 3 as viewed from the inner surface side (main body housing 2 side). 4A is a perspective view of an example of the protrusion, FIG. 4B is a perspective view of a first modification of the protrusion, and FIG. 4C is a second modification of the protrusion. It is a perspective view of an example, and Drawing 4 (d) is a sectional view of an insect trapping sheet concerning an example of realization of the structure of Drawing 4 (c). In addition, about (a)-(c) of FIG. 4, in order to show the comparison of each example simply, only the structure of the back surface 31R is shown. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. The cover member 3 has, for example, an engagement piece (not shown) that engages with an engagement hole (not shown) provided in the main body housing 2, and is attachable to and detachable from the main body housing 2. .. The cover member 3 is curved so as to be convex rearward, and a plurality of (five in this embodiment) suction ports 4 are vertically arranged at both left and right ends. The suction port 4 may be one.

The insect trapping sheet 31 has, for example, a configuration in which an adhesive 33 is arranged on one surface of the base material sheet 32, and is attached to a mounting plate 34 or engaged by an engaging portion (not shown). The insect trapping sheet 31 may be directly attached to the cover member 3 or directly engaged with the cover member 3 by an engaging portion (not shown) without providing the attachment plate 34. The insect trapping sheet 31 may be as hard as cardboard or softer than it. Further, the mounting plate 34 is formed with an opening 204 which is a part of the opening 201. The insect trap sheet 31 and the mounting plate 34 are black. The base material sheet 32 is formed of, for example, paper or a resin film. The adhesive 33 is not particularly limited, but for example, an acrylic adhesive can be used.

The adhesive 33 may be water-soluble. Examples of the material of the water-soluble adhesive 33 include dextrin, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, starch and gum arabic. As a result, the cover member 3 can be removed from the main body housing 2, and the surface of the adhesive 33 on which insects, dust and the like have adhered can be washed off with water or the like. Therefore, the frequency of exchanging the insect trap sheet 31 can be reduced.

Further, the insect trapping sheet 31 and the attachment plate 34 are darkly colored such as black in order to easily attract insects to the insect trapping sheet 31.

The insect trapping sheet 31 is a sheet-shaped member having a front surface 31F and a back surface 31R. The surface 31F functions as an adhesive surface and catches insects. On the other hand, the back surface 31R is attached to the mounting plate 34 (or the cover member 3 when the mounting plate 34 is not provided) by a sticking or engaging portion (not shown), and covers the opening 201.

Further, a protrusion 202 is formed on the back surface 31R of the insect trap sheet 31. The protruding portion 202 may be formed by processing a part of the back surface 31R (may be formed by a part of the back surface), or may be formed on the back surface 31R (a member different from the insect trapping sheet 31). As) may be attached. However, in consideration of the fixing strength of the protrusion 202 with respect to the insect trapping sheet 31, the protrusion 202 is more preferably formed by processing a part of the back surface 31R.

As shown in FIG. 4A, it is conceivable that a U-shaped notch 214 is formed near the center of the back surface 31R, and a part of the back surface 31R is raised according to the notch 214 to form the protrusion 202.

As a first modification of the protrusion 202, as shown in FIG. 4B, a vertically long U-shaped notch 214A is made near the center of the back surface 31R, and a part of the back surface 31R is cut in accordance with the notch 214A. It is conceivable to erect it to form the protrusion 202A.

Further, as a second modified example of the protrusion 202, as shown in FIG. 4C, it is possible to apply a protrusion 202B attached to the back surface 31R. The protrusion 202B is made of, for example, a resin such as polypropylene. In this case, the protruding portion 202B has a T-shaped portion 215 formed at the end as shown in FIG. 4D, and the T-shaped portion 215 is sandwiched between the base sheet 32 and the adhesive 33. It is fixed.

Further, the insect catching sheet 31 is formed with a fold 203 that encourages the insect catching sheet 31 to bend with the front surface 31F inside. Since the fold 203 is formed, the insect trap sheet 31 can be easily bent with the surface 31F inside. Further, according to FIG. 3, the opening 201 and the fold line 203 overlap each other. In this case, since the opening 201 and the bent portion of the insect trap sheet 31 overlap each other, the bent insect trap sheet 31 can smoothly pass through the opening 201.

The attachment plate 34 is attached to the cover member 3 in the following manner, for example. As shown in FIG. 3, engaging holes 34 a are formed at four corners (at least two upper four corners) of the mounting plate 34, and a pair of left and right hook-shaped engaging pieces (not shown) are provided on the upper surface of the inner surface of the cover member 3. ) Is provided in a protruding state, and a pair of left and right support portions 34b having an L-shape in a front view having a groove (not shown) into which the mounting plate 34 is inserted are provided in the lower portion of the inner surface of the cover member 3.

Thereby, the engaging hole 34a of the mounting plate 34 is engaged with the engaging piece of the cover member 3, the left and right end portions of the lower end portion of the mounting plate 34 are placed on the support portion 34b, and the mounting plate 34, that is, the insect trapping sheet. 31 can be detachably attached to the cover member 3. In this case, the insect trap sheet 31 faces the pre-filter 8. When the mounting plate 34 is not provided, the base sheet 32 of the insect trapping sheet 31 is mounted on the cover member 3 in the same manner as the mounting plate 34 is mounted on the cover member 3.

The attracting light source 21 may be provided in the insect trapping space 25 (see FIG. 2). The attracting light source 21 is, for example, an ultraviolet light emitting diode that emits ultraviolet light of about 365 nm that attracts insects such as mosquitoes. By providing the attracting light source 21, it becomes easy to attract insects such as mosquitoes into the trapping space 25.

Further, an odor generating unit 22 that generates an odorous substance that attracts insects may be provided on the inner surface of the cover member 3 (see FIG. 3 ). The odorous substance is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include lactic acid. By providing the odor generating unit 22, it becomes easy to attract insects such as mosquitoes to the trapping space 25. The location of the odor generating unit 22 is not limited to the inner surface of the cover member 3 as long as it is within the insect trapping space 25, and may be the rear surface of the main body housing 2, for example.

In addition, the base material sheet 32 of the insect trapping sheet 31 may contain an odor substance to form the odor generating portion. Further, the odor generating portion may be formed by applying the pressure sensitive adhesive 33 and the odorous substance on the base material sheet 32 so as to be adjacent to each other in a zigzag pattern or a striped pattern. Further, the odor generating portion may be formed by containing an odor substance in the adhesive 33 of the insect trap sheet 31. That is, an odorous substance may be provided on the insect trap sheet 31 to form the odor generating portion. Alternatively, an odorous substance may be applied to the mounting plate 34 to form the odor generating portion.

(Normal operation of the air cleaner)
The normal operation of the air purifier 1 having the above configuration will be described. When the air purifier 1 starts to operate, the blower 10 operates so that the suction port 4, the insect trapping space 25, the inflow port 20, the prefilter 8, the HEPA filter 9, the blower passage 7, the discharge device 11, and the blowout port 5 are routed. Wind flow occurs. In this case, the pre-filter 8 removes large dust in the air. The HEPA filter 9 removes fine dust in the air containing PM2.5 and the like. The discharge device 11 applies ions to the air. Therefore, the air purified by the pre-filter 8 and the HEPA filter 9 and given the ions by the discharge device 11 is sent out from the outlet 5 into the living room.

(Air purifying action of the air cleaner)
Next, the insect trapping operation of the air purifier 1 will be described. The mosquitoes near the air purifier 1 enter the insect trapping space 25 through the suction port 4 as the air flows into the suction port 4. In this case, by heating the insect trapping sheet 31 to a temperature that attracts mosquitoes using, for example, a heater (not shown), the mosquitoes that have entered the trapping space 25 are attracted by the heat of the insect trapping sheet 31 so that Easily caught.

(Exchange of insect trap sheet)
From here, the procedure for exchanging the insect trapping sheet 31 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing in detail the opening 201, the protrusion 202 and the vicinity thereof (that is, the region J in FIG. 2) of the air purifier 1 shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which the protrusion 202 is pulled from the outside of the cover member 3 in the state shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which the protrusion 202 is pulled from the outside of the cover member 3 in the state shown in FIG. 7. In each of the drawings shown below, a black arrow indicates a direction in which the protrusion 202 is pulled.

When replacing the insect trapping sheet 31, the user pulls the protrusion 202 from the outside of the cover member 3 as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8. As a result, the insect trap sheet 31 is pulled out to the outside of the cover member 3 through the opening 201. When the base material sheet 32 of the insect trapping sheet 31 is engaged with the attachment plate 34 (or the cover member 3), the engagement is weakened by pulling the protrusion 202, and the insect trap sheet 31 is attached to the attachment plate 34 (or the cover member 3). ). Further, at this time, the insect trapping sheet 31 is bent, for example, at the fold 203 (see FIG. 3) with the front surface 31F inside. As a result, in the insect trap sheet 31 pulled out to the outside of the cover member 3, the front surface 31F itself is attached to the front surface 31F, and the front surface 31F cannot be seen by the user.

According to the air purifier 1, when the insect trapping sheet 31 is removed from the cover member 3 to replace the insect trapping sheet 31, the insects trapped by the insect trapping sheet 31 cannot be seen. As a result, according to the air purifier 1, the user does not feel uncomfortable.

Here, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the inner wall of the opening 201 is rounded in an arc shape in a longitudinal sectional view based on a virtual circle 205 (so-called R is formed). As a result, the end of the inner wall of the opening 201 on the insect trap sheet 31 side is rounded. Accordingly, when the insect trap sheet 31 is pulled out, the insect trap sheet 31 can slide on the same end portion, so that the insect trap sheet 31 can be prevented from being caught at the same end portion.

Further, as described above, the opening 201 is opened at the center of the insect trapping sheet 31. Thereby, when the insect trapping sheet 31 is bent, one end of the front surface 31F reaches the other end of the front surface 31F. As a result, since the surface 31F itself can be attached to the end of the surface 31F, the insects and the like captured at the end of the insect trapping sheet 31 can be made invisible.

(Aperture shape)
In the air purifier 1, the opening 201 has a rectangular opening shape in plan view. However, the opening according to the present invention may be formed in other opening shapes such as a round opening shape in a plan view and various polygonal opening shapes in a plan view. That is, as long as the insect trapping sheet 31 can pass through the opening 201, the opening shape of the opening 201 does not matter.

In addition, the fold 203 in the air purifier 1 is a straight fold. However, the fold line according to the present invention can be applied with various shapes that promote the bending of the insect trapping sheet 31 with the surface 31F inside.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a modified example with respect to FIG. In FIG. 9, the cover member 3C is provided with an opening 201A having a circular opening shape in plan view, and the insect trap sheet 31 is provided with a fold 203A. The folds 203A radially extend in eight directions from a portion overlapping the opening 201A. The fold line 203A is not limited to extend in eight directions, but may extend in four directions in a diagonal line of the insect trap sheet 31.

[Embodiment 2]
Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 10: is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the air cleaner to which the air treatment apparatus of Embodiment 2 of this invention is applied. In the following, for the sake of brevity, only the configuration of the air purifier 1A shown in FIG. 10 different from that of the air purifier 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

The air purifier 1A shown in FIG. 10 differs from the air purifier 1 shown in FIG. 1 in that a cover member 3A is provided instead of the cover member 3. Further, the cover member 3A is different from the cover member 3 in that, in addition to the configuration of the cover member 3, the cover member 3A has a lid portion 206 that closes the opening 201 from the outside of the cover member 3A. A handle 207 is formed on the lid 206. The user holds the handle 207 and can easily open and close the opening 201 with the lid 206.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a lid portion 208 which is a modified example of the lid portion 206. The lid 208 has a recess 209 and a handle 210 formed so as to project from the recess 209. The user holds the handle 210 and can easily open and close the opening 201 by the lid 208.

By closing the opening 201 with the lid portion 206 or the lid portion 208, the opening 201 and the protruding portion 202 are hidden from the user, so that the design can be improved.

[Embodiment 3]
(Structure of air cleaner)
A third embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 12 is a vertical cross-sectional view of an air cleaner to which the air treatment device according to the third embodiment of the present invention is applied. In the following, for the sake of brevity, only the configuration of the air purifier 1B shown in FIG. 12 different from that of the air purifier 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

The air purifier 1B shown in FIG. 12 is different from the air purifier 1 shown in FIG. 1 in that a cover member 3B is provided instead of the cover member 3. Further, the cover member 3B is different from the cover member 3 in the points described below.

An opening 211 is formed in the cover member 3B. The opening 211 is formed above the insect trap sheet 31. The opening 211 is formed in a size that allows the protrusion 212 formed on the insect trapping sheet 31 in the cover member 3B to pass therethrough. Further, a protrusion 212 is formed on the upper end of the insect trap sheet 31. The protrusion 212 extends from the inside of the cover member 3B through the opening 211. Therefore, the user can grab the protrusion 212 from the outside of the cover member 3B through the opening 211.

Further, in the air purifier 1B, one end of the cover sheet 213 is fixed over the surface 31F and the surface 31F side of the protrusion 212. Note that one end of the cover sheet 213 may be fixed to only one of the front surface 31F and the front surface 31F side of the protruding portion 212. Further, when the front surface 31F and the protruding portion 212 are separated from each other, one end of the cover sheet 213 may be fixed between the front surface 31F and the protruding portion 212. In FIG. 12, the cover sheet 213 is provided in a roll shape that is sequentially wound from the other end of the cover sheet 213. At this time, the roll-shaped portion of the cover sheet 213 may be wound around and held by a core (not shown). In the case of the cover sheet 213 in which the bent shape is easily memorized, the roll-shaped portion is not wound around the core. It may be held. The cover sheet 213 may be a film or the like coated with a release agent that does not peel off when the surface 31F of the complement sheet 31 is covered. Further, it is not always necessary to apply a release agent.

(Exchange of insect trap sheet)
From here, the procedure for exchanging the insect trap sheet 31 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing in detail the opening and the protrusion and the vicinity thereof (that is, the region K in FIG. 12) of the air purifier shown in FIG. 12, and in the state shown in FIG. 12, the outside of the cover member. It shows a state in which the protruding portion is pulled out from.

When replacing the insect trapping sheet 31, the user pulls the protrusion 212 from the outside of the cover member 3B as shown in FIG. As a result, the insect trap sheet 31 is pulled out to the outside of the cover member 3B through the opening 211. Further, at this time, one end of the cover sheet 213 is caught by the wall of the opening 211, whereby the cover sheet 213 sticks to the front surface 31F. Thereby, in the insect trapping sheet 31 pulled out to the outside of the cover member 3B, the cover sheet 213 is attached to the front surface 31F so that the user cannot see the front surface 31F.

According to the air purifier 1B, when the insect trapping sheet 31 is removed from the cover member 3B in order to replace the insect trapping sheet 31, the insects trapped by the insect trapping sheet 31 cannot be seen. As a result, the air purifier 1B does not give the user any discomfort.

(Combination with each configuration according to the first and second embodiments)
The configuration of the protrusion 212 itself may be the same as the configuration of the protrusion 202, the protrusion 202A, or the protrusion 202B (see FIG. 4) itself. Further, similarly to the opening 201 (see FIG. 6 ), the end of the inner wall of the opening 211 on the insect trapping sheet 31 side may be rounded. Furthermore, the cover member 3B may have a lid portion (see FIGS. 10 and 11) that closes the opening 211 from the outside of the cover member 3B.

[Summary]
The insect trapping apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a housing (main body housing 2 and cover member 3) having an opening, a front surface arranged in the housing for capturing insects, and a back surface covering the opening. A sheet-shaped insect trapping member (insect trap sheet 31) having and a projecting portion formed on the back surface, wherein the back surface covers the opening, the opening may be gripped from the outside of the housing. And a projecting portion arranged so as to be possible.

According to the above configuration, when exchanging the insect trapping member, the user pulls the protrusion from the outside of the housing. As a result, the insect trapping member is pulled out to the outside of the housing through the opening. Further, at this time, the insect trapping member bends with the surface inside. As a result, in the insect trapping member pulled out to the outside of the housing, the surface of the insect trapping member itself is attached to the surface of the insect trapping member, so that the user cannot see the surface of the insect trapping member.

According to the above configuration, when the insect trapping member is detached from the housing in order to replace the insect trapping member, the insects trapped by the insect trapping member cannot be seen. As a result, according to the above configuration, the user does not feel uncomfortable.

In the insect trapping apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the insect trapping member is formed with a fold that encourages the insect trapping member to bend with the surface inside.

According to the above configuration, the folds promote the bending of the insect trapping member with the surface inside, so that the surface itself of the insect trapping member can be easily attached to the surface of the insect trapping member.

The insect trapping apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention is formed on the insect trapping member, and a sheet-like insect trapping member having an opening formed in the casing, a front surface for catching insects, and a back surface arranged in the housing. A surface of the insect trapping member, wherein the insect trapping member is fixed to the inside of the housing, and the projecting portion is arranged so that it can be grasped from the outside of the housing through the opening. And a cover sheet for covering the one end of the cover sheet is fixed to at least one of the surface, the surface side of the protruding portion, and between the surface and the protruding portion. The cover sheet is attached to the surface by pulling the protrusion from the outside of the casing.

According to the above configuration, when exchanging the insect trapping member, the user pulls the protrusion from the outside of the housing. As a result, the insect trapping member is pulled out to the outside of the housing through the opening. Further, at this time, one end of the cover sheet is caught by the wall of the opening, whereby the cover sheet sticks to the surface of the insect trapping member. Thereby, in the insect trapping member pulled out to the outside of the housing, the cover sheet is attached to the surface of the insect trapping member so that the user cannot see the surface of the insect trapping member.

According to the above configuration, when the insect trapping member is detached from the housing in order to replace the insect trapping member, the insects trapped by the insect trapping member cannot be seen. As a result, according to the above configuration, the user does not feel uncomfortable.

An insect trapping apparatus according to aspect 4 of the present invention is the insect trap device according to any one of aspects 1 to 3, wherein the protrusion is formed by a part of the back surface.

According to the above configuration, a part of the back surface of the insect trapping member can be processed to form the protrusion.

An insect trapping apparatus according to aspect 5 of the present invention is the insect trap device according to any one of aspects 1 to 3, wherein the protrusion is attached to the back surface.

According to the above configuration, by attaching the protrusion to the back surface of the insect trapping member, the protrusion can be formed as a member separate from the insect trapping member.

In the insect trapping apparatus according to aspect 6 of the present invention, in any one of aspects 1 to 5 above, an end portion on the insect trapping member side of the inner wall of the opening is rounded.

According to the above configuration, when the insect trapping member is pulled out, the insect trapping member can slide on the end portion of the inner wall of the opening on the insect trapping member side, so that the insect trapping member can be prevented from being caught at the end portion.

An insect trapping apparatus according to aspect 7 of the present invention is the insect trap device according to any one of aspects 1 to 6, wherein the housing has a lid portion that closes the opening from the outside of the housing.

According to the above configuration, by closing the opening with the lid, the opening and the protruding portion are hidden from the user, so that the design can be improved.

An air treatment apparatus according to aspect 8 of the present invention includes the insect trapping device according to any one of aspects 1 to 7 above.

According to the above configuration, the same effect as that of the insect trapping device can be obtained in the air treatment device such as the air purifier or the dehumidifier.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in the different embodiments Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, a new technical feature can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

1, 1A, 1B Air purifier 2 Main body case (case)
3, 3A, 3B, 3C cover member (housing)
4 Suction port 5 Blow-out port 6 Operation part 7 Blower passage 8 Pre-filter 9 HEPA filter 10 Blower 11 Discharge device 12 Sleeve part 20 Inlet 21 Induction light source 22 Odor generating part 25 Insect trapping space 31 Insect trap sheet (insect trap member)
31F Front surface 31R Back surface 32 Base material sheet 33 Adhesive 34 Mounting plates 201, 201A, 211 Openings 202, 202A, 202B, 212 Protrusions 203, 203A Folds 204 Openings 205 Circles 206, 208 Lids 207, 210 Handles 209 Recesses 213 Covers Sheet 214, 214A Cut 215 T-shaped part

Claims (7)

A housing with an opening formed,
A sheet-shaped insect trapping member arranged in the housing and having a surface for trapping insects, and a back surface covering the opening,
A protrusion formed on the back surface, the protrusion being arranged so that the opening can be grasped from the outside of the housing when the back surface covers the opening. An insect trapping device. The insect trapping device according to claim 1, wherein the insect trapping member is formed with a fold line that encourages the insect trapping member to bend with the surface inside. A housing with an opening formed,
A sheet-shaped insect trapping member having a front surface arranged inside the housing and capturing insects, and a back surface,
A projecting portion formed on the insect trapping member, wherein the insect trapping member is fixed inside the housing, and the projecting portion is arranged so that it can be grasped from the outside of the housing at the opening. ,
A cover sheet for covering the surface of the insect trapping member,
One end of the cover sheet is fixed to at least one of the surface, the surface side of the protruding portion, and between the surface and the protruding portion,
An insect trapping device, wherein the cover sheet is attached to the surface by pulling the protrusion from the outside of the housing. The insect trapping device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the protruding portion is formed by a part of the back surface. The insect trapping device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the protruding portion is attached to the back surface. The insect trapping apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an end portion of the inner wall of the opening on the insect trapping member side is rounded. An air treatment apparatus comprising the insect trapping device according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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