KR100773791B1 - Air cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

An air cleaner is provided to compact an equipment, lower a coat of the equipment, and effectively remove alien substances contained in air by enabling a rotor and a fan to rotate through one drive part. An air cleaner comprises: a body(100a); a fan(400) mounted on an inner part of the body; a reservoir(600) which is disposed within the body, and in which water is stored; a rotor(300) that is rotated and partially immersed into the water stored in the reservoir; and a gearing means for gearing the rotor with the fan, wherein the gearing means includes a drive part(710), a first bevel gear(711) installed on a rotating shaft of the drive part, and a second bevel gear(730) engaged with the first bevel gear, and a rotation shaft(340) of the rotor is installed perpendicularly to a shaft on which the fan is rotated. The air cleaner further comprises an anion generator(800) disposed within the body to contain anions in air that passes through the body.

Description

Air cleaner

1 is a cross-sectional view of an air cleaner according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a front view of an air cleaner according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a front view of the air purifier according to another embodiment of the present invention.

** Description of symbols for the main parts of the drawing **

100a, 100b: main body 200: filter

300: rotating body 320: disk

340: axis of rotation 360: support

400: fan 600: reservoir

710: drive unit 711: first bevel gear

730: second bevel gear 800: negative ion generator

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0088541

The present invention relates to an air purifier, and in particular, an interlocking means for interlocking a rotating body and a fan includes: a first bevel gear installed on a drive shaft and a rotating shaft of the drive portion; and a second bevel gear meshed with the first bevel gear. Including, it is possible to rotate the rotating body and the fan through a single drive unit is compact and inexpensive, and relates to an air cleaner that can effectively remove the foreign matter contained in the air.

As is well known, air purifiers are designed to draw contaminated air into a fan, to collect fine dust and bacteria by filters, to deodorize odors, and to recover negative ions reduced by contamination by ion generators. This product is in the spotlight these days when the pollution is getting worse. An example of such an air purifier is that disclosed in Korean Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0088541.

Conventional air purifiers, the inside of the air purifier is provided with a fan that sucks air from the outside, and a plurality of filters for purifying the polluted air sucked by the fan, the polluted air flowing into the air cleaner is free The filter removes the relatively large dust contained in the polluted air, removes the odorous substances in the polluted air through the carbon filter, and discharges it into the room with the fine dust contained in the polluted air removed through the HEPA filter. It is supposed to be.

However, the above-described conventional air cleaners generally have only a function of filtering indoor polluted air to provide purified air, and no air humidifying function.

On the other hand, a non-woven fabric filter using a capillary phenomenon is placed in the reservoir, and the water filter is located between the dust collector, the deodorizing filter and the blower fan to evaporate the water contained in the water filter and discharge it to the outlet. There was also a technology to provide, but the amount of humidification is insufficient, there is a breeding problem such as bacterial contamination and mold by the contamination of the filter itself.

In addition, a conventional humidifier adopts a method in which water is forcibly dispersed and sprayed into the air by using an ultrasonic vibrator, and the water particles are secondly evaporated and humidified. These humidifiers have a side effect of causing bacteria and foreign substances in the tank to be forcibly discharged along with the water particles and sprayed into the atmosphere to inhale bacteria and fine dust in the human body.

 The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, the interlocking means for interlocking the rotating body and the fan is the first bevel gear is installed on the drive shaft and the rotating shaft of the drive, and the second bevel gear meshed with the first bevel gear Including the bevel gear, it is possible to rotate the rotating body and the fan through a single drive unit is to provide an air cleaner that is compact, low cost and can effectively remove the foreign matter contained in the air.

The air purifier of the present invention for achieving the above object, the main body, a fan mounted in the main body, a reservoir disposed inside the main body and the water is stored, and the rotation is partially locked in the water stored in the reservoir It includes the whole, interlocking means for interlocking the rotating body and the fan,

The interlocking means may include a driving unit, a first bevel gear installed at a rotation shaft of the driving unit, and a second bevel gear engaged with the first bevel gear.

According to this configuration, the rotating body and the fan can be rotated through one drive unit, which makes the device compact, inexpensive, and can effectively remove foreign substances contained in the air.

An anion generator is disposed inside the main body such that the negative ions are contained in the air passing through the main body, which effectively collects and deodorizes the air.

Sterilization means is installed in the reservoir, it is possible to prevent bacteria from inhabiting the tank to prevent the bacteria outflow with the air.

The reservoir or the rotating body may be a silver coating or a photocatalyst coating to prevent bacteria from living in the reservoir.

An electrostatic precipitator is provided inside the main body to effectively remove contaminants contained in air such as fine dust.

An air purifier according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a main body, a fan mounted in the main body, a reservoir disposed inside the main body and storing water, a driving unit, and a first bevel installed in the rotating shaft of the driving unit. Including a gear and a second bevel gear meshed with the first bevel gear, including a linkage means for rotating the fan,

One of the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear is characterized in that the part is immersed in the water stored in the reservoir is rotated.

According to this configuration, the bevel gear can act as a rotating body, thereby making the device compact and reducing the overall weight, and the manufacturing cost is low.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

For reference, among the configurations of the present invention to be described below, the same configuration as the prior art will be referred to the above-described prior art, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a cross-sectional view of an air cleaner according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of an air cleaner according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a front view of an air cleaner according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the air purifier of the present embodiment, the main body 100, the fan 400 mounted in the main body 100, and disposed inside the main body 100, the water is stored It comprises a reservoir 600, a rotating body 300 is partially locked in the water stored in the reservoir 600, and interlocking means for interlocking the rotating body 300 and the fan 400, The interlocking means includes a driving unit 710 and a first bevel gear 711 installed on the rotation shaft of the driving unit 710, and a second bevel gear 730 meshed with the first bevel gear 711. do.

The main body 100 has a suction port through which outside air can be introduced and a discharge port through which the sucked air is discharged.

The suction port may be formed on an upper surface of the main body 100, and the discharge port may be formed on both side surfaces of the main body 100.

Unlike this, as shown in FIG. 3, the suction port is formed on the front surface of the main body 100, and the discharge port may be formed on the rear surface of the main body 100.

The filter 200 may be provided as a dust collecting filter and installed at the suction port, so that air introduced through the suction port may be filtered.

In addition, an electrostatic precipitator (not shown) is installed inside the main body 100 to remove fine dust particles, dust removal and deodorizing dust by removing substances such as volatile organic compounds (VOC) components of the incoming air Can add functionality.

Unlike the above, the filter 200 may be installed in the discharge port.

Since such an electrostatic precipitator is presented in Korean Patent Registration No. 484916, details thereof will be referred to.

The fan 400 is disposed below the filter 200 in the main body 100 so as to be downstream from the filter 200.

The fan 400 sucks air in the room through the suction port and discharges the air through the discharge port.

The reservoir 600 is disposed inside the main body 100 and stores water.

The reservoir 600 may be integrally formed with the main body 100 or may be formed separately from the main body 100 and installed in the main body 100 so as to communicate with the space portion of the main body 100.

The reservoir 600 is provided with sterilization means, such as an electrolytic sterilizer, and sterilizes water in the reservoir 600 to prevent mold growth and the like.

The reservoir 600 is provided with a partition 620 to be divided into a portion in which the rotating body 300 is immersed and a portion in which the water tank 610 is installed.

The water tank 610 is installed in the reservoir 600 in the same structure as the conventional ultrasonic humidifier, by continuously supplying water to the reservoir 600 to maintain a constant level of the reservoir 600, the main body 100 Is placed on the back of the.

The partition 620 has a through hole formed to allow water to pass therethrough.

The rotating body 300 is disposed below the fan 400 and is partially locked to the water stored in the reservoir 600 to rotate.

The rotor 300 has a plurality of disks 320 connected to one rotation shaft 340, the rotation shaft 340 is installed in a state spaced apart from the reservoir 600 by the support 360.

The rotating shaft 340 is rotatably installed on the support 360, and the disk 320 is rotated.

In addition, the rotating shaft 340 of the rotating body 300 is installed to be perpendicular to the axis on which the fan 400 is rotated.

The interlocking means interlocks the rotating body 300 and the fan 400.

The interlocking means includes a driving unit 710, a first bevel gear 711 installed on a rotation shaft of the driving unit 710, and a second bevel gear 730 meshed with the first bevel gear 711. .

The driving unit 710 is provided with a motor or the like to rotate the fan 400.

The first bevel gear 711 is rotated at the same time as the rotating shaft of the drive unit rotates.

The second bevel gear 730 is installed on the rotating shaft 340, so that the second bevel gear 730 also rotates as the first bevel gear 711 is rotated.

When the second bevel gear 730 rotates, the disk 320 installed on the rotation shaft 340 also rotates at the same time.

On the other hand, by varying the gear ratio of the first bevel gear 711 and the second bevel gear 730, the ratio of the rotational speed of the fan 400 and the rotational speed of the rotor 300 and the second bevel gear 730 It can be adjusted.

Therefore, a component for controlling the speed of the rotor 300 separately is not necessary.

As described above, when the fan 400 and the rotating body 300 are rotated through the interlocking means, the fan 400 is quickly rotated through the driving unit 710, thereby increasing the speed of the rotating body 300 so that a lot of air is generated in the main body ( Passing 100) can evaporate more moisture to maintain the proper moisture content.

In such interlocking means, it can be implemented by applying a variety of methods, such as a belt method in addition to the gear.

Anion generator 800 is installed inside the main body 100 in front of and behind the main body 100 so as to be between the fan 400 and the rotating body 300.

Negative ions are contained in the air passing through the main body 100 by the negative ion generator 800, which effectively collects and deodorizes the air.

In addition, silver sterilization mechanisms for sterilizing water in the reservoir 600, electrolytic sterilizers, direct sterilization mechanisms such as UV lamps may be included in the reservoir 600, the reservoir 600 and the disk 320 and the second bevel gear 730 surface provides bacterial suppression function through photocatalyst and silver coating.

Since the photocatalyst coating is presented in Korean Patent Registration No. 567252, details thereof will be referred to.

Unlike the above-described method, the second bevel gear 730 may be formed to have a diameter such that a part of the second bevel gear 730 is partially submerged in the water stored in the water storage tank 600 without having the rotor 300 separately. The water itself may contain water in the reservoir 600 to supply water to the air passing through the main body 100.

The rotating body 300 composed of several disks 320 rotates to contain moisture on the surface of the disk 320. The water on the surface is evaporated by the air blown by the fan 400 and the air containing the evaporated water is discharged to the outside of the product.

Here, the disk 320 is rotated through the interlocking means connected to the fan 400 without a separate drive component.

As a result, in addition to the dust collecting and deodorizing functions of the electrostatic precipitator and the negative ion generator, moisture on the surface of the disc 320 adsorbs fine dust and water soluble gas to make the air sucked and discharged more clean.

Furthermore, the fan 400 may be disposed on the side surface, and the water tank 610 may also be variously arranged according to a design such as the side and the top surface of the product.

As described above, although described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified or modified within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below. It can be modified.

According to the air purifier of the present invention as described above, there are the following effects.

The interlocking means for interlocking the rotating body and the fan includes a driving unit, a first bevel gear installed on the rotating shaft of the driving unit, and a second bevel gear meshed with the first bevel gear, thereby driving the rotating body and the fan in one driving unit. It can be rotated through the device, making the device compact, inexpensive, and effectively removing foreign matter contained in the air.

An anion generator is disposed inside the main body such that the negative ions are contained in the air passing through the main body, which effectively collects and deodorizes the air.

Sterilization means is installed in the reservoir, it is possible to prevent bacteria from inhabiting the tank to prevent the bacteria outflow with the air.

The reservoir or the rotating body may be a silver coating or a photocatalyst coating to prevent bacteria from living in the reservoir.

An electrostatic precipitator is provided inside the main body to effectively remove contaminants contained in air such as fine dust.

One of the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear is rotated by being partially submerged in the water stored in the reservoir, so that the bevel gear acts as a rotating body, thereby making the device compact and reducing the overall weight. This has the advantage of reducing.

Claims (6)

main body; A fan mounted in the main body; A reservoir disposed inside the main body and storing water; A rotating body in which a portion of the water stored in the reservoir is locked and rotated; It comprises a linking means for interlocking the rotating body and the fan, The interlocking means Including a drive unit and a first bevel gear installed on the rotation shaft of the drive unit, and a second bevel gear meshed with the first bevel gear, The rotating shaft of the rotating body is installed so that the fan is perpendicular to the axis of rotation air cleaner. The method of claim 1, An air purifier, characterized in that the negative ion generator is disposed inside the main body so that the anion is contained in the air passing through the main body. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The reservoir is an air purifier, characterized in that the sterilization means is installed. The method of claim 1, The reservoir or the rotating body is characterized in that the silver coating or photocatalyst coating. The method of claim 1, The air purifier, characterized in that the electric dust collector is provided inside the main body. main body; A fan mounted in the main body; A reservoir disposed inside the main body and storing water; It includes a drive unit, a first bevel gear installed on the rotating shaft of the drive unit, and a second bevel gear meshed with the first bevel gear, including interlocking means for rotating the fan, One of the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear is rotated by being partially submerged in the water stored in the reservoir, The rotating shaft of the rotating body is installed so that the fan is perpendicular to the axis of rotation air cleaner.

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