JPS61208455A - Air circulating machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To regulate indoor circumstance or the amount of volatile gas of aromatic substance in accordance with the desire of users and increase the function of the machine by a method wherein a box body, accommodating the aromatic substance extracted out of trees, is entered into or taken out of air stream, passing through an electrostatic filter or active carbon filter, freely. CONSTITUTION:An air cleaner is equipped with a main body 1, blow-off ports 2, air circulating vanes 3, a motor 4, ventilating air partitioning wall 5 and suction ports 7. An air cleaning filter 8 is formed by stacking the active carbon fiber filter and an electric fiber layer filter. An aroma generating means 9 accommodates an aroma pack, containing the aromatic substance extracted out of Japanese cypress, pine, cedar, eucalyptus or the like impregnated in a pulse piece in the box body. A box body cover is provided with a venting port 13 and an operation control switch 19. The box body 10 can be moved up-and-down by guide ribs 14 and is provided with springs 15 for pushing up as well as a temporary fixing section 16 employed when it is received in the main body 1. Further, the box body is also provided with a releasing button 17 for the temporary fixing section and an aroma cover 18 capable of adjusting the area of an aroma generating venting port 14.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention provides an air cleaner that passes through air contaminated with airborne dust, house ducts, etc., removes fine dust, odors, etc., and adds aromatic substances. Regarding.

[Background of the invention]

Conventionally, air circulation machines that add aromatic fragrances mask (conceal) and deodorize unpleasant odors using the scent of flowers. JP-A-59-185813 describes adding an aromatic fragrance to a part of the container to eliminate bad odors. As described above, the main aim of the prior art was deodorization. On the other hand, cedar.

Among the aromatic substances emitted by trees such as pine and cypress,
In addition to its deodorizing effect, it has antiseptic properties, and it is becoming clear that the scent of the tree is effective in recovering from mental fatigue.

[Purpose of the invention]

The purpose of the present invention is to remove fine particles of dust and odors by purification means such as electrostatic filters and activated carbon filters. The objective is to provide an air circulation machine that can forcefully add air to the air.

[Summary of the invention]

Using edible mochi, we confirmed that aromatic substances extracted from trees such as Japanese cedar, cedar, and pine have deodorizing and sterilizing effects. In the experiment, mochi was placed in two containers, and in only one container, pulp pieces were impregnated with tree extract (aromatic substance) and allowed to coexist. As a result, there was a significant difference in mold growth, and a bactericidal effect was observed. Although the effect varies depending on the size of the container, the thickness of the rice cake, the amount of ingredients in the tree extract, etc., we confirmed that it has a bactericidal effect.

The goal is to incorporate these findings into air purifiers to improve performance.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10. 1 is the air cleaner body, 2 is the air outlet.

3 is an air circulation blade, 4 is an electric motor, and 5 is a ventilation partition wall. 6 is a front cover, and 7 is a suction port. 8
is an air purifying filter, which is formed by stacking an activated carbon fiber filter and an electric fiber layer filter. 9 is a fragrance generating means, and as shown in FIG.
A fragrance pack 12 in which a pulse piece 11 contains an aromatic substance extracted from cypress, pine, cedar, eucalyptus, etc.
is stored. 13 is a vent provided in the box cover. 14 is an operation control switch.

In FIG. 6, the box 10 is exposed to the upper surface of the main body to add a fragrance generating substance, and in FIG. 7, the box 10 is placed inside the main body 1 so that only the purifying means 8 has a cleaning effect.

This shows the case where no aroma generation is added. The important point when adding the fragrance generation shown in FIG. Stream B, which is more volatile than aromatic substances, is added to stream A at the outlet side.

The reason for this is the deodorizing and bactericidal effects of aromatic substances,
Taking full advantage of the mental fatigue recovery effect of a fresh scent, the airflow from the outlet circulates throughout the room, returning to the inlet in the form of a combination of dirty air particles, which removes the This has an important meaning as a complete process in which the air is purified by the purifying means 8. Tree extract is an essential oil containing polymeric compounds such as isoprene-based compounds α-pinene, porunyl acetate, borneol, and hinokitiol, and essential oils from the same plant have a constant composition and content of each component type. The object of the present invention is achieved by combining this component with unpleasant odor components and germs to prevent the growth of deodorizing bacteria and adding a fragrance that is pleasant to the human body to the blown air stream.

Although the addition of the fragrance of the present invention brings about effects depending on the living space, 2.Due to the diversity of daily life, there are times when it is not desirable to emit even fragrance, and when it is unnecessary, the fragrance emitting product is consumed. From the point of view of improving economical efficiency by reducing the amount of water, it would be convenient if the operation could be selected for only the cleaning effect without generating fragrance. The state shown in FIG. 7 shows that the box 10 is moved downward and is blocked from the air flow A by the partition wall 5.
The figure shows the details of the aroma generating means 9, and the box body 1o
can be moved up and down by guide ribs 14, 15 indicates a spring for pushing up the upper part, and 16 indicates a temporary fixing part when lowered and stored in the main body 1.

Reference numeral 17 indicates a release button of the temporary fixing part. 18 is a scent cover that allows fine adjustment of the area of the scent generating vent 14.

19 is a push button. As shown in Fig. 9, the shape of the vent 13 is small when the scent cover is first opened (indicated by 13a), and it changes greatly as it is opened. Fragrance is volatile at room temperature, and when the amount of fragrance generated with the same opening area over the number of days of use is graphed as shown in Figure 10E, there is a tendency for the change to be large at first and gradually decrease. On the other hand, graph F is a fine adjustment of the fragrance cover 18 described above, in which the opening is changed small at first, and later changed to a large extent, thereby simplifying the adjustment.

As described above, the present invention has great practical value as an air circulation machine that can optionally forcibly add fragrance.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the box body that stores the aromatic substances extracted from trees in the airflow passing through the electrostatic filter or the activated carbon filter can be taken in and out. Therefore, the amount of volatile gas of the aromatic substance can be adjusted according to the indoor environment and the user's wishes, and a highly efficient air purifier can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view, FIG. 2 is a front view, and FIG. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view, Fig. 5 is a partial sectional view of the fragrance generating means, Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the main part when the box is taken out from the main body, and Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the main part when the box is taken out from the main body. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the structure of the vertical movement of the box body, FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the scent cover, and FIG. 10 is a diagram of changes in the amount of fragrance produced. 1...Main body, 3...Circulation blade, 8...Purification means, 9...4 eyes

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a configuration that has a circulation blower inside the main body and has an inlet and an outlet, the box housing the aroma generating means is provided close to the exhaust flow from the electrostatic filter or activated carbon filter, and the box An air circulation machine characterized by having a partition wall so that the vent of the fragrance generating means opens and closes as the body moves.