KR100728667B1 - Air cleaner using water - Google Patents

Abstract

An air cleaner using water is provided to maximize the air cleaning effect by forcibly contacting water with contaminated air in a room, thereby cleaning contaminated air, and make it not necessary to replace the filter by using water instead of a filter that is required to be replaced regularly. An air cleaner using water comprises: a body(1) in which a water tank(6) for containing water is embedded; a sleeve body(8) which is easily disassembled from the body and assembled with the body, and comprises a sleeve(9) and a supporting plate(10) with a plurality of suction holes(11); a floater(14) which is installed under the sleeve body, has a float function, and exhausts cleaned air; a flexible tube(13) connected between the sleeve body and the floater and formed in the zigzag corrugated form; an air suction fan(20) installed at an inner side of the sleeve body and rotated by a motor(17) to suck contaminated air; a water spray(23) installed at an inner side of the sleeve body and the flexible tube and rotated by the motor to raise and spray water; and a cleaned air exhaust port(38) formed at one side at an upper side of the sleeve body to exhaust cleaned air.

Description

Air cleaner using water

1 is a cross-sectional view showing the overall configuration of the "air purifier using water" according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken from the sleeve body and the water injection device in the "air purifier using water" according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main portion excerpt of Figure 2 according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the extraction of the impeller in the "air purifier using water" according to the present invention.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the state of the additional separation and assembly of the impeller in the "air purifier using water" according to the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing an operating state of the "air purifier using water" according to the present invention.

7 is a cross-sectional view showing the overall configuration of another embodiment of the "air purifier using water" according to the present invention.

<Brief description of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: body 2: lower body

3: upper body 4: protrusion

5: home 6: countertop

7,7a: handle groove 8: sleeve body

9: sleeve 10: support plate

11: air suction hole 12: mounting projection

13: bellows 14: plotter

15: air outlet 16: motor shaft

17: motor 18: axis of rotation

20: air suction fan 21: rotating body

23: water sprayer 24: water sprayer

25: water nozzle 26, 27: upper and lower impeller

28: pipe-shaped cylinder 29: blade

30: Impeller 33: Step Network

34: anti-vibration cushion 35: motor cap

36: vibration absorbing member 37: LED lamp

38: purifying air outlet 39: activated carbon

40: ultraviolet (ozone) lamp

The present invention relates to an air purifier using water. More particularly, the present invention relates to an air purifier using water in which contaminated air in a room is forcibly contacted with water to purify the contaminated air.

Conventional air purifiers have primarily used filters to filter contaminated air through the filters.

Such an air purifier has a problem in that when contaminants accumulate in the filter, the air purification capacity is lowered and the air contaminated by the filter is discharged as it is.

In other words, when contaminated air, which is forcedly sucked by the suction fan in the room, is sucked together with the humidity in the room, the filter is caught and the air is discharged, but the pollutant accumulates with the moisture in this case. Patients, rather, was also a factor causing the disease.

Therefore, it is often uneconomical in the home because there is a need to change a new filter frequently and a separate cost is required when replacing the filter.

And there has been an air purifier that uses polluted air to contact water with force and discharges the purified air by the fan, but this is to directly discharge the air purified by the sprayed water by the fan. In this case, it was to discharge the air as well as the sprayed water, thereby reducing and damaging surrounding electronics, electric devices, furniture, and wallpaper. The polluted substances in the air adsorbed by the water were mixed and discharged.

Therefore, the present invention has been invented to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to clean the polluted air by forcibly contacting the indoor polluted air with water, thereby improving the air purification effect. Maximizes and implements the float function by the plotter to smoothly discharge only the purified air regardless of the water level in the tank, to block the discharge of water mixed with contaminants, and to assemble the impeller with the pumping function as needed. It is possible to increase the injection rate of water even by low speed rotation of the motor to increase noise prevention, life extension and purification ability, and to easily separate and assemble so that water in the tank can be easily exchanged after use. It is to provide an air purifier using water that can facilitate the cleaning of the equipment.

As a means for achieving the object of the present invention, the main body which can be easily separated and assembled up and down, a water tank mounted inside the main body and containing water for air purification, and an upper portion of the main body. A sleeve body configured to facilitate separation and assembly on one side, and a plotter connected to the lower side of the sleeve body to discharge the purified air while adjusting the height up and down according to the water level in the tank, and having a float function; It is connected between the lower end of the sleeve body and the flutter has a bellows and has a telescopic function and to form a barrier wall to adjust the height of the floater up and down, and is installed on the support plate formed on the upper side of the sleeve body and the motor shaft A motor having a motor, a rotating shaft connected to the motor shaft and rotating, and a rotating shaft rotating by the motor It consists of an air suction fan for suction, a rotating body coupled to the rotating shaft, an impeller coupled to the rotating body and pumping water, and a water injection hole formed with a plurality of water injection holes for injecting water. Water injection device for purifying the contaminated air by spraying the pump, and the mesh provided with the net in the water injection hole and the foreign matter mesh, and a plurality of air suction holes formed in the support plate of the sleeve body, Purified air outlet formed on one side of the upper side to discharge the purified air, activated carbon mounted on the purified air outlet has an odor removal and sterilization function, and the lower one side of the tank to sterilize the water in the tank It is composed of ultraviolet (ozone) lamp.

Hereinafter, described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings shown as a preferred embodiment as follows.

First, description will be given with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 shown as an embodiment according to the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the main body 1 can be easily separated and assembled to an upper side and a lower side.

That is, the main body 1 is divided into a lower main body 2 and an upper main body 3, and a protrusion 4 having a concave-convex structure at a portion where the lower main body 2 and the upper main body 3 are combined. It is formed by the groove (5) to be coupled.

Inside the main body (1) is equipped with a water tank (6) containing water for air purification, and the handle grooves (7) (7a) are formed on both sides of the water tank (6), the water tank (6) Is preferably a transparent body.

The sleeve main body 8 is configured to be easily separated and assembled at one upper portion of the main body 1.

The sleeve body 8 is composed of a sleeve 9 in the longitudinal direction and the support plate 10 in the transverse direction as shown in Figure 2 and the support plate 10 forms a plurality of air suction holes (11), The mounting protrusion 12 protrudes to the side of the sleeve 9.

It is connected to the lower side of the sleeve body 8 by the bellows 13 to adjust the height up and down in accordance with the water level in the tank to discharge the purified air and install the plotter 14 having a float function.

The plotter 14 is formed of a hollow body so that the inner portion penetrates up and down, and a plurality of air discharge holes 15 are formed on the side to discharge purified air.

The bellows 13 is connected between the lower end of the sleeve body 8 and the plotter 14 and has a stretch function to adjust the height of the plotter 14 up and down according to the water level in the water tank 6 and the Together with the sleeve 9 forms a barrier wall.

In addition, the bellows 13 is preferably made of a non-woven fabric while in the form of wrinkles to minimize noise when water injection is made.

A motor 17 having a motor shaft 16 is provided on the support plate 10 formed at the upper side of the sleeve body 8, and the rotating shaft 18 rotates on the motor shaft 16. The coupling part, but the coupling portion is installed in the first bearing 19, the rotating shaft 18, the air suction fan 20 for sucking air and the rotating rotor 21 is released by screwing Do not combine. In addition, a second bearing 22 is formed on the rotating part of the air suction fan 20.

The rotor 21 has a function of center of gravity and separates and assembles a water injector 23 for purifying contaminated air by pumping and spraying water in the tank as shown in FIG. 2. Configure this to enable this.

The water injector 23 is composed of a water injection port 25 formed with a plurality of water injection holes 24 for injecting water in the upper portion, the lower side impeller 26 for pumping water in the water tank up and down (27).

The upper and lower impellers 26 and 27 are formed by inclining a plurality of blade pieces 29 in the same direction in the pipe-like cylindrical body 28, as shown in FIG. 4, and the lower impeller 27 In the configuration as shown in Figure 5 it can be additionally separated, assembled a plurality of impeller 30 as needed.

As a means for additionally separating and assembling the plurality of impellers 30, it is preferable to be able to be coupled by the binding groove 31 and the binding protrusion 32, and may be of another structure that can be separated and assembled. Of course.

In the water injection port 25 of the water injection device 23, as shown in FIG. 2, the foreign matter filtering network 33 made of a mesh may be inserted.

The motor 17 is provided with a vibration preventing cushion 34 and a motor cap 35 to prevent vibration when the motor 17 is driven to the outside thereof, as shown in FIG. 3, and the motor 17. Between the and the support plate 10 is installed a vibration absorbing member 36 for absorbing the vibration of the motor 17 when the motor 17 is driven to prevent the transmission of vibration to the surroundings.

The material of the vibration absorbing member 36 is preferably rubber or silicone.

And the upper side of the motor cap 35 is installed as an LED (37) lamp 37 having a function to utilize as a taillight or to attract pests such as mosquitoes in the summer when necessary.

On the upper side of the main body 1 is formed by forming a purge air outlet 38 for discharging the purified air as shown in Figure 1 and the purge air outlet 38 has an odor removal and sterilization function, etc. Activated carbon 39 may be mounted, or a material having a function of aroma may be mounted.

The lower one side of the water tank 6 is configured to install an ultraviolet (ozone) lamp 40 for sterilizing the water in the water tank 6.

By the way, the ultraviolet (ozone) lamp 40 is illustrated and described as being installed on one side of the lower part of the water tank 6, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the ultraviolet (ozone) lamp 40 is upper body 3 It may be configured to be installed inside the upper portion of, or may be configured to be installed on the side of the water tank (6).

In addition, the transparent window is made of a transparent body toward the upper front of the main body 1 so that water can be sprayed to check the state of purifying the contaminated air.

As shown in FIG. 1, a portion of the projection 4 and the groove 5 to which the lower main body 2 and the upper main body 3 are coupled constitutes a contact terminal a and b to contaminate the water in the water tank 6. When the upper body 3 is separated from the lower body 2 in order to replace water, power supply is immediately cut off from the ultraviolet (ozone) lamp 40 to protect the user from ultraviolet radiation.

In addition, by forming contact terminals in the mounting protrusions 12 of the sleeve main body 8, power lines can be omitted from the motor 17, so that the sleeve main body 8 can be easily separated from the upper main body 3. have. In addition, a power line for connecting a power source is connected to the contact terminal.

Referring to Figure 6 the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, the upper body 3 is lifted off from the lower body 2, and then separated into water by placing in the water tank 6 into the lower body 2, and then the upper body 3 is assembled to the lower body 2 again. The floater 14 floats on the water and the impeller 27 is submerged by the water level in the lower tank 6.

In this state, when the motor 17 is driven, the air suction fan 20 and the rotor 21 connected by the rotary shaft 18 rotate, and the water injector 23 rotates at the same time.

In this case, the indoor air contaminated through the air suction hole 11 is sucked by the rotation of the air suction fan 21 and at the same time, the water in the water tank 6 is rotated by the upper and lower impellers 26 and 27. Pumps water through a plurality of water injection holes 24, and the injected water flows in between the outer side of the water injection hole 25 and the sealed inner wall of the sleeve 9 and the bellows 13. Contaminants (eg, fine dust, soot, yellow sand, etc.) in air contaminated by forced contact with air completely purify the air sucked by the adsorption force of water.

The purified air is discharged through the air discharge hole 15 of the plotter 14 and the discharged purified air is discharged through the purified air discharge port 38 formed in the upper portion of the upper body (3).

The water containing the contaminated material falls again and collects in the water tank 6, and this action is repeated.

As described above, the contaminated air in the indoor atmosphere is able to maximize the purification effect of the air by completely removing the pollutants in the air by the adsorptive force of the water by the forced contact of the water.

In addition, when the purified air is discharged through the air discharge hole 15 and the purge air outlet 38 of the plotter 14, moisture in the form of fine particles is also discharged to obtain a humidification effect.

The impellers 26 and 27 are formed by inclining a plurality of blade pieces 29 in the same direction as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 to pump water in the water tank 6 by high-speed rotation (for example, 4,000 to 5,000 rpm). Because it is smoothly pumped up, the pumped water will not flow back.

In addition, since the water pumped from the lower impeller 27 is pumped upward by the upper impeller 26 as shown in FIG. 6, the pumping is made smoothly, and as shown in FIG. 5, the impeller 30 is additionally added as necessary. Can be used to assemble.

In this case, while reducing the number of revolutions of the motor (for example, 1,000 ~ 3,000rpm) can have a good pumping effect, as well as reduce the noise or vibration in accordance with the deceleration of the motor 17 can be obtained to extend the life. .

The bellows 13 can be stretched up and down to float the plotter 14 on the water surface regardless of the water level in the water tank 6 to form a sealed space between the water injection device 23 and Sufficient contact between the contaminated air and the injected water is achieved to increase the purification effect. In addition, the bellows 13 are formed in a zigzag pleated form to disperse and absorb noise during water injection, thereby mitigating the noise as much as possible. You can get the effect.

The mesh net 33 installed in the water injection port 25 may filter the contaminants in the water tank 6 to prevent the water injection hole 24 from being blocked and also prevent the water injection hole 24 from being discharged to the outside again.

By installing the vibration damping cushion 34 to the outside of the motor 17 to prevent the vibration caused by the driving of the motor 17, and to install the vibration absorbing member 36 in the lower side of the motor 17 The vibration of the motor 17 may be absorbed to prevent the vibration from being transmitted to the surroundings.

The motor cap 35 may protect the motor 17 from an external impact, and the like, and the LED lamp 37 configured in the motor cap 35 may be used as a tail light when necessary or as a summer mosquito. It has the function of attracting and exterminating pests.

That is, when pests such as mosquitoes are attracted, they are sucked through the suction hole 11 by the air suction fan 20 and dropped into the water in the water tank 6 to be eradicated.

When the activated air 39 made of charcoal or the like is mounted on the purge air outlet 38, an effect of removing odor and sterilization can be obtained, and when the air freshener is installed, the effect of aroma can be obtained.

The ultraviolet (ozone) lamp 40 formed at one side of the water tank 6 sterilizes the water in the water tank 6 so that the water in the polluted water tank 6 can be cleaned and kept fresh.

The sight glass 41 installed in the upper front of the main body 1 allows the user to check a state in which water is sprayed to purify the contaminated air.

The upper body 3 can be easily separated and assembled from the lower body 2 by forming the protrusions 4 and the grooves 5 having the uneven structure on the coupling portion between the lower body 2 and the upper body 3. The water in the water tank 6 can be replaced easily.

That is, when the water in the water tank 6 needs to be changed, the upper body 3 is lifted up and separated from the lower body 2, and the handle grooves 7 and 7a of the water tank 6 are gripped so that the water tank 6 is removed. Extraction from the lower body 2 allows the water in the water tank 6 to be replaced and cleaned anew.

And the contact terminal (a) (b) to which power is supplied to the ultraviolet (ozone) lamp 40 at the moment when the upper body 3 is lifted and the protrusion 4 coupled with the lower body 2 and the groove 5 are separated. The power supply is cut off due to a short circuit, which prevents the human body from being exposed to ultraviolet rays.

By constructing contact terminals on the mounting protrusions 12 of the sleeve body 23, power lines can be omitted from the motor 17, so that the sleeve body 8 can be easily separated and assembled on the upper body 3. have.

Therefore, it is possible to facilitate the additional assembly and separation of the impeller 30, and also to facilitate the separation and assembly of the mesh 33 can be convenient to clean.

Next, FIG. 7 is shown as another embodiment of the main body according to the present invention, which constitutes an opening / closing door (not shown) in the front part of the main body 1 to replace the water in the tank 6 through the opening and closing door if necessary. It is to be done.

The present invention as described above can obtain the following effects.

First, it is possible to maximize the purification effect of the air by forcibly contacting the indoor polluted air with water to purify the polluted air.

In addition, since water is used instead of the filter that requires regular replacement, additional costs associated with filter replacement can be eliminated.

Second, by implementing the float function by the plotter 14, it is possible to smoothly discharge only purified air regardless of the water level in the tank, block the discharge of water mixed with contaminants, and secure the confined space on the water surface to suck in the polluted air. By making contact with the sprayed water sufficient, it is possible to increase the air purification capacity.

Third, when the purified air is discharged through the air discharge hole 15 and the purifying air discharge port 38 of the plotter 14, the moisture in the form of fine particles is also discharged to obtain a humidification effect.

Fourth, the impeller having a pumping function can be further assembled as needed to increase the injection amount of water even at a low speed rotation of the motor to increase the noise prevention, life extension and purification ability.

Fifth, it is easy to separate and assemble the main body to easily replace the water in the water tank after use can facilitate the cleaning in the apparatus without any reason.

Sixth, by forming the bellows 13 in the sleeve body (8) can be stretched up and down, the floater (14) can be floating on the water surface regardless of the water level in the water tank (6) to form a sealed space introduced Sufficient contact between the contaminated air and the sprayed water can enhance the purification effect, and the zigzag pleated shape can minimize noise by dispersing and absorbing the noise during water spray.

Seventh, by forming an ultraviolet (ozone) lamp 40 at the lower side of the water tank 6, the water in the water tank 6 can be sterilized to clean the water in the contaminated water tank 6 and keep it fresh.

Eighth, by forming the trap net 33 in the water injection port 25 to filter out foreign substances in the water tank (6) to prevent the water injection hole 24 is blocked, as well as to prevent the pollutants from being discharged to the outside again. Can be.

Ninth, it is possible to facilitate the separation and assembly of the sleeve body 8 to facilitate the cleaning of the water injector 23.

Tenth, it is possible to prevent only the clean water purged by forced contact with the inhaled polluted air and the injected water to prevent the discharged water to be discharged to the outside to prevent damage to surrounding electronics, electrical equipment or furniture. Can be.

Eleventh, by installing a viewing window in the upper front of the main body can check the state in which the user is sprayed with water to clean the contaminated air.

The twelfth, by forming the vibration damping cushion 34 and the vibration absorbing member 36 on the outer side and the lower side of the motor 17 can absorb the vibration caused by the driving of the motor 17 to prevent the vibration is transmitted to the surroundings. .

The thirteenth, the LED (37) lamp 37 in the motor cap 35 is configured to utilize as a taillight when necessary or to attract and exterminate pests such as mosquitoes in the summer.

Claims (6)

A main body 1 having a water tank 6 containing water therein; A sleeve body (8) comprising a support plate (10) and a sleeve (9) having a plurality of suction holes (11) and being easily installed and detached from the main body (1); A plotter (14) composed of a lower side of said sleeve body (8) and having a float function and discharging purified air; A bellows 13 connected between the sleeve body 8 and the plotter 14 and formed in a zigzag pleat shape; An air suction fan (20) installed inside the sleeve body (8) and rotating by a motor (17) to suck contaminated air; A water injector 23 configured to be installed inside the sleeve body 8 and the bellows 13 and rotated by a motor 17 to pump and pump water; Air purifier using water, characterized in that formed by forming a purge air outlet (38) for discharging the purified air on the upper side of the sleeve body (8). The water jetting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the water jetting apparatus 23 includes a water jetting port 25 having a plurality of water jetting holes 24 and a built-in trap network 33, and a lower side of the water jetting port 25. An air purifier using water, characterized by consisting of upper and lower impellers (26) and (27) for pumping water. The air purifier using water according to claim 2, wherein the impeller (30) is configured to be separated and assembled in addition to the lower impeller (27). The air purifier using water according to any one of claims 2 to 3, wherein the impeller is formed by inclining a plurality of blade pieces (29) in the same direction in a pipe-like cylinder. According to claim 1, wherein the main body 1 is formed of a lower body (2) and the upper main body (3) to be formed by combining the projections (4) and grooves (5) which is a concave-convex structure that can be separated and assembled to be combined. Air purifier using water, characterized in that the configuration. The air purifier using water according to claim 1, wherein an ultraviolet (ozone) lamp (40) is disposed on one side of the water tank (6) to sterilize the water in the water tank.

Images