JPH1183096A - Table combination type air cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive silent table combination type air cleaner having high suction performance. SOLUTION: A base 2 is set on the floor face A at the side of a common table and a section 4 to be supported is supported above the top plate 1a of the table 1 through an L-shaped arm 3 by means of the base 2. A suction port 5 is located at the lower part of the section 4 to be supported and blow-out ports 6 are arranged on the upper and side parts of the section 4 to be supported. An effective induction air flow covering the substantially entire region of smoking space S above the table 1 is generated through short circuit effect. Since the air cleaner can be combined later with a common table, a general purpose air cleaner can be obtained at low cost.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a table combination type air cleaner disposed at a smoking corner or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an air purifier installed in a smoking corner of an office or the like, a table integrated type in which a dust collecting device is integrated into a table and smoke is sucked from above the table. It has become mainstream. In this type, the air outlet is provided below the table, while the suction port is provided at a position close to the upper surface of the table. Therefore, it is not possible to generate an effective airflow for inducing smoke floating above the table to the suction port side. In addition, when a smoker sitting on a chair beside a table smokes in a normal sitting position, the suction port is lower than the mouth (smoking position) of the person, so the suction performance is poor. 20
Only smoke in the range of ３０30 cm could be inhaled.

[0003] Therefore, when the air volume is increased in order to enhance the suction performance, there is a problem that the operating noise is increased. In addition, in the case of the table integrated type, since a dedicated table is used, the manufacturing cost is extremely high. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a table-combination type air purifier having a high suction performance and a low cost.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a table-combined air cleaner according to the first aspect of the present invention, in which a purifier is provided in an air passage communicating between an inlet and an outlet. In the air purifier in which the means and the blowing means are arranged, a base mounted on the floor, and a supported portion supported above the table via the arm by the base and including at least the suction port and the air outlet. It is characterized by having.

[0005] In this configuration, since it can be used after being combined with an existing general table, its versatility is high and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. In addition, since both the suction port and the air outlet are arranged above the table, an effective airflow can be generated that covers substantially the entire area of the smoking space above the table. Can be sucked into the inlet well. In addition,
The air purifier may be one that can stand alone on the floor, or one that is held on a table or fixed to a table leg or top plate to maintain its posture. It may be.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the air cleaner of the first aspect, the base has a fixing portion for fixing the base to a table in a state where the base is separated from the floor surface, and the purifying means and the air blowing means are covered. It is characterized in that it is provided on a support portion. In this case, since the necessary functional components can be configured in a unit incorporated in the supported portion above the table, the supported portion becomes somewhat large, but the overall air purifier can be made compact. After the base is fixed to the table, it can be handled integrally with the table, which is convenient. Further, since the base is not placed on the floor, the space below the table can be effectively used.

According to a third aspect of the invention, there is provided an air purifier according to the first aspect, wherein the purifying means is provided on a base. In this case, the size of the supported portion can be reduced, so that the space above the table can be widely used. The air purifier of the invention according to claim 4 is:
In claim 1, the base supports the supported portion via an arm, and the air passage is formed in the arm. In this case, a function as an air path can be added while reducing the weight of the supporting arm. Further, the arm has a pipe shape, and sufficient strength can be secured.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air purifier according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein a suction port is provided at a lower portion of the supported portion, and the air is blown to an upper portion or a side portion of the supported portion. An outlet is provided so that a part of the wind is blown downward, and a part of the blown air is short-circuited to the suction port side above the table.
In this case, the short circuit effect can be enhanced, and the suction efficiency can be improved.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air purifier according to the fifth aspect, wherein the outlet includes an outlet that blows obliquely downward. In this configuration, since the blowout wind is blown obliquely downward from some of the blowout ports, the short circuit effect is further enhanced,
As a result, the suction airflow to the suction port can be set to a sufficient strength, so that the suction efficiency can be significantly improved.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a state in which a table combination type air purifier as one embodiment of the present invention is combined with a separate table. With reference to FIG. 1, the present air purifier can be used in combination with an existing table 1 with its base 2 placed on a floor surface A. The supported portion 4 is connected to the top plate 1 of the table 1 by the base 2 via the L-shaped arm 3.
It is supported above a. Reference numeral 26 denotes a service door to be described later. Reference numeral 5 denotes an inlet, and 6, 34, and 35 denote outlets. The suction port 5 and the outlets 6, 34, 35 are all arranged above the table 1.

The arrows in FIG. 1 and the schematic arrows in FIG. 5 indicate the flow of air on the table 1, and substantially cover the smoking space S on the table 1 and induce airflow by a short circuit. K is caused to occur. The air purifier may be capable of standing on its own, or may be held on the table 1 to maintain its posture. Further, the base 2 may be fixed to the leg 1b of the table 1, or the arm 3 may be fixed to the top plate 1a of the table 1.

Referring to FIG. 2 which is a schematic perspective view of the air purifier, and FIG. 3 which is a schematic cross-sectional view, the lower part of the supported part 4 is provided with the suction port 5 composed of a large number of scattered round holes. The outlet 6 is provided in the upper part of the supported part 4 and includes a plurality of slits. The arm 3 is hollow, and the inside of the supported part 4 and the inside of the base 2 are communicated through the arm 3, so that an air path 7 communicating the suction port 5 and the outlet 6 is formed. Is formed.

The air path 7 includes a suction air path 8 that connects the suction port 5 to the inside of the base 2, and an outlet air path 9 that connects the inside of the base 2 to the air outlet 6. Both air paths 8 and 9 are separated by a partition plate 10 in the arm 3. Also,
The above-mentioned outlet 35 communicating with the outlet air passage 9 is formed at a bent portion of the arm 3. The air outlet 35 blows out air in a direction opposite to the direction in which the supported portion 4 extends. On the other hand, the tip of the supported portion 4 is provided on the side opposite to the outlet 35 (the arm 3).
The outlet 34 for blowing air is formed on the side opposite to the above.

In the base 2, an electric dust collecting unit 13 composed of an ionizing unit 11 and an electrostatic roll filter 12 is provided.
And photocatalyst unit 1 that decomposes pollutants contained in cigarette smoke
4, a lamp 15 for irradiating the photocatalyst section 14 with light containing ultraviolet rays, and a blower fan 16 for generating a ventilation flow from the suction port 5 to the blowout port 6 in the air path 7.
The electric dust collecting unit 13 including the ionizing unit 11 and the roll filter 12, the photocatalytic unit 14, and the lamp 15 constitute a purifying unit.

The ionization section 11 has a known structure for charging dust particles in a ventilation flow by performing corona discharge from an ionization line (discharge line) to a counter electrode plate. The roll filter 12 removes the dust particles from the air flow by electrostatically charging the charged dust particles.
Examples of the photocatalyst portion 14 include a plurality of paper-made corrugated sheets or the like on which a photocatalyst (for example, titanium oxide having an anatase-type crystal structure) is applied, and the whole is formed in a honeycomb shape. The photocatalyst mainly removes odor components of cigarette smoke (especially pungent odor). In addition, as the lamp 15, a cold cathode type ultraviolet lamp using glow discharge and having a long life can be exemplified. A reflector is provided for effective use of the light from the lamp 15.

The blower fan 16 comprises a pair of sirocco fans on both sides of a motor 17 having two shafts. Referring to FIG. 3, the contaminated air sucked from suction port 5 is supplied to arm 3
After entering into the base 2 through the suction air passage 8 in the inside and the opening 17 on the upper surface of the base 2 and being purified by the roll filter 12 and the photocatalyst unit 14, the blower fan 12, the opening 18 on the side surface of the base 2 and the arm 3 The air is blown out from the air outlets 35, 6, and 34 through the air outlet air passage 9.

Next, referring to FIG. 4 which is an exploded perspective view of the air purifier, the base 2 has a box-shaped casing 19, and the casing 19 is provided between a top plate 20 and a bottom plate 21. , A channel-shaped side plate 22 surrounding the three sides and a back plate 23 closing the rear of the side plate 22 are arranged. The top plate 20 is formed with the opening 17 that communicates with the suction air passage 8, and the side plate 22 is formed with the opening 18 that communicates with the blow air passage 9. The side plate 22 has a maintenance opening 24 for performing maintenance inside the casing 19.
And a third door 21 for opening and closing the door.

Reference numeral 26 denotes an electrical component box in which an electrical component such as a unit for applying a high voltage to the ionization section 11 is provided.
Reference numeral 27 denotes a holder for holding the electrostatic precipitator 13 and the photocatalyst 14 in the casing 19. The above supported part 4
Is formed by a channel-shaped suction grille 28 in which a large number of the suction ports 5 are dispersedly arranged, and an upper surface of the supported portion 4 is constituted by an outlet grille 29 in which the plurality of outlets 6 are dispersedly arranged. I have. In addition, both grills 28, 2
A partition plate 30 for vertically partitioning the air path is sandwiched between 9. 31 and 32 are end caps for closing the adjacent ends of both grills 28 and 29 collectively. Grill 2
The outlet air passage 9 is provided in the end cap 31 on the distal end side of each of the ends 8 and 29.
The above-described outlet 34 is formed in communication with the outlet. Reference numeral 33 denotes a pair of pre-filters arranged along the inner surface of the suction grill 28.

According to the present embodiment, since it can be combined with the existing general table 1 by retrofitting, the versatility is high, and the manufacturing cost can be significantly reduced as compared with the conventional table integrated type. it can. In the conventional example in which the air outlet is arranged below the table, an effective induced airflow cannot be generated. However, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. Exit 6,
Since both 34 and 35 can be arranged above the table 1, the blowing air blown out from the outlets 6, 34 and 35 is short-circuited to the inlet 5 to cover substantially the entire area of the smoking space S above the table 1. As a result, an effective airflow K can be generated, so that smoke can be efficiently sucked.

Particularly, since the suction port 5 is provided at the lower part of the supported part 4 and the air outlet 6 is provided at the upper part or the side part of the supported part 4, a very effective induced airflow K is generated. Can be. Further, a roll filter 1 as a purifying means
2 and the photocatalyst part 14 are arranged on the base 2,
The supported part 4 can be reduced in size, and the space above the table 1 can be widely used, which is convenient.

Since the air passage 7 (8, 9) is used in the arm 3 for supporting the supported portion 4, the arm 3
The function as an air path can be added while reducing the weight of the device. Further, the arm 3 is formed in a pipe shape, and sufficient strength can be secured. As shown in FIG. 6, some of the outlets 6a of the outlets 6 are disposed on the supported part 4 so as to blow out the blow air obliquely downward to generate the induced airflow K1, thereby, Enhance the short circuit effect as a whole, and make the suction port 5 as a whole
The airflow K, K1 to the air can be made sufficiently strong. In this case, the suction efficiency can be significantly improved.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention. 1, the present embodiment is different from the embodiment of FIG. 1 in that in the embodiment of FIG. 1, mechanisms related to purification and air blowing (a roll filter 12 and a photocatalyst unit 14 as a purification unit and a blowing fan 16). ) Is disposed on the base 2, but in the present embodiment, the electric dust collector 13 as a purifying means is used.
And the blower fan 16 are incorporated in the supported part 4 having the inlet 5 and the outlet 6. In addition, base 2
A pair of holding plates 36 and 3 for holding the top plate 1a of the table 1
6 and fixing bolts 37 for adjusting the distance between the holding plates 36, 36. That is, this base 2
Can be fixed to the table 1 while being separated from the floor surface, and after being fixed, it can be handled as being integral with the table 1.

In this case, as in the embodiment of FIG. 1, the suction port 5 and the air outlet 6 are arranged on the table 1, so that the suction efficiency can be increased by the short circuit effect. Further, since the necessary functional components can be configured in a unit in which the supported part 4 above the table 1 is incorporated, the supported part 4 becomes somewhat large, but the whole air cleaner can be made compact. In addition, since the base 2 can be integrated with the table 1 by fixing the base 2, it can be handled integrally with the table 1 after fixing, and the handling is convenient. Further, since the base 2 is not placed on the floor, the space below the table 1 can be effectively used.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, a dust collector provided with an anode plate and a dust collecting electrode plate may be used instead of a roll filter. Various changes can be made within the scope of the present invention, such as using an activated carbon filter.

[0025]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since it can be combined with an existing general table by retrofitting, the versatility is high, and the manufacturing cost can be significantly reduced as compared with the conventional table integrated type. it can. In particular, since both the inlet and the outlet are arranged above the table, it is possible to generate an effective induced airflow covering substantially the entire area of the smoking space above the table by the short circuit effect. Can be aspirated.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the necessary functional parts can be configured in a unit in which the required functional parts are incorporated in the supported portion above the table, the supported portion is slightly larger, but the overall air purifier is compact. can do. After the base is fixed to the table, it can be handled integrally with the table, which is convenient. Further, since the base is not placed on the floor, the space below the table can be effectively used.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the size of the supported portion can be reduced, and the space above the table can be widely used. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to add a function as an air path while reducing the weight of the supporting arm. Further, the arm becomes a pipe shape, and sufficient strength can be secured.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the suction efficiency can be improved by enhancing the short circuit effect.
According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the short circuit effect can be further enhanced, and the induced airflow to the suction port can be set to a sufficient strength. As a result, the suction efficiency can be significantly improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of an installed state of an air purifier as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the air purifier.

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of the air purifier.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the air purifier.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of air on a table.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of air on a table in an air cleaner according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an air purifier according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 Table 2 Base 3 Arm 4 Supported part 5 Suction port 6, 6a Blow-out port 7 Air path 8 Suction air path 9 Blow-out air path 12 Roll filter (Purification unit) 14 Photocatalyst unit (Purification unit) 16 Ventilation fan (Blowing unit)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code FI B03C 3/02 B03C 3/82 3/82 B01D 53/36 E

Claims (6)

[Claims] An air passage communicating between an inlet (5) and an outlet (6).
(7) In an air purifier in which purifying means (12, 14) and air blowing means (16) are arranged, a base (2) placed on the floor surface and an arm (3) by the base (2). Through the table
(1) supported above the inlet (5) and outlet
And a supported part (4) including at least (6). The base (2) has fixing portions (36, 37) for fixing to the table (1) while being separated from the floor surface,
The purifying means (12, 14) and the blowing means (16) are
The table combination type air purifier according to claim 1, wherein the air purifier is provided in (4). 3. The air cleaner according to claim 1, wherein said purifying means (12, 14) is provided on a base (2). 4. A combination air cleaner according to claim 3, wherein said air path (7) includes air paths (8, 9) formed in said arm (3). . 5. A suction port (5) is provided below the supported part (4), and an air outlet (6) is provided on an upper part or a side part of the supported part (4).
And a part of the blowing air is blown at the suction port above the table (1).
(5) The table combination type air purifier according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the table combination type is short-circuited to the side. 6. An air cleaner according to claim 5, wherein said outlet comprises an outlet for blowing obliquely downward.