KR100845596B1 - Watertank structure of air washer - Google Patents

Abstract

A lower housing structure of an air cleaner is provided to prevent deformation of a lower housing and preclude permeation of impurities into an inner case and an outer case by dividing the lower hosing into the inner case and the outer case. A lower housing structure of an air cleaner comprises a main body, an upper housing, and a lower housing. The main body, whose upper/lower surfaces are opened, has a discharge hole of a grill type formed at its side periphery. The upper housing, whose lower surface is opened, is installed at the upper part of the main body and has an intake hole of the grill type at its upper surface. The lower housing, whose upper surface is opened, is placed at the lower part of the main body to place water. The lower housing also includes an inner case(310) placing water inside, an outer case(320) having a space with the inner case, and a cover part(313). The cover part is protruded along the upper periphery of the inner case to cover the space between the inner case and the outer case. A watertight edge(321) is protruded along the upper surface of the outer case and inserted into a watertight groove(317) recessed along the periphery of a lower end in the cover part.

Description

Water Housing Structure of Air Humidifier

1 is a perspective view showing a humidified air purifier according to a conventional embodiment.

2 is an exploded perspective view of FIG.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a humidified air purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the lower housing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 4.

6 and 7 is a sectional view showing the main portion showing a coupling state of the lower housing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: main body 110: discharge port 120: bracket

150: drive unit 151: blowing fan 200: upper housing

210: suction port 230: operation unit 300: lower housing

301: first support portion 302: second support portion 303: support portion

304: seating groove 310: incase 311: support rib

313: cover portion 315: first coupling rod 317: waterproof groove

320: outer case 321: waterproof jaw 325: second coupling rod

327: coupling hole 330: bolt 350: disk assembly

351: disc axis 352: disc 370: moving lever

380: sensor 390: handle

The present invention relates to a lower housing structure of a humidifying air cleaner having a double structure of an incase and an outcase.

More specifically, water is collected between the incase and the outcase when the incase and the outcase are assembled and used in the lower housing that separates the incase storing the humidification and air cleaning water and the outer case covering the incase. It relates to a lower housing structure of a humidified air cleaner to prevent penetration.

Conventional air cleaners are classified into filter type and electrostatic precipitating type.

In the filter type, the filter should be replaced regularly by filtering the suspended matter such as dust in the air with the filter.

Electrostatic precipitating method is to collect dust particles in the air by electric force and to clean the dust collected in the dust collecting plate at regular intervals. If the cleaning is not done well, there is a risk of fire.

The humidifier air cleaner has an air cleaner and a humidification unit formed in a single body so that the air cleaning function and the humidification function can be used simultaneously.

In other words, the humidifier air purifier is a water filter type air purifying method that uses water as a filter, and dust, bacteria, viruses, fungi, mites, pollen, and tobacco smoke in the air are sucked into the air circulation fan, It is a device that cleans and humidifies air by being adsorbed by a rotating disk and being drawn into water.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a humidifying air purifier according to a conventional embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 1.

1 and 2, the humidifier air purifier has a main body 10 having an upper and lower sides thereof opened and a grill-shaped discharge port 11 formed along a side circumference, and a grill-shaped suction port 21 formed at an upper surface thereof. The lower surface may be divided into an upper housing 20 installed at an upper portion of the main body 10, and a lower housing 30 opened at an upper surface thereof and installed at a lower portion of the main body 10.

The main body 10 is provided with a drive unit 15 for driving the humidified air cleaner therein, the drive unit 15 is installed in the bracket 12 formed on the upper surface of the main body 10 is the suction port of the upper housing 20 Blowing fan 17 for sucking the outside air through the 21 and a drive motor for rotating the disk assembly 35 provided in the lower housing 30, which will be described later, but not shown.

The upper housing 20 is formed on one side of the operation unit 23 for controlling the operation of the blower fan 17 and the driving motor (not shown) of the drive unit 15.

Although the operation unit 23 is illustrated as a dial type in the drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and can be easily changed by a person skilled in the art, such as a button type.

At this time, the suction port 21 of the upper housing 20 is usually formed radially from the upper surface of the upper housing 20, it is advantageous to be formed except the upper surface in contact with one side of the operating unit 23 is installed.

In the lower housing 30, a disk assembly 35 that is rotated by the above-described driving motor (not shown) is installed.

The disk assembly 35 rotates on a disk shaft 36 which is rotated by a drive motor (not shown), a plurality of disks 37 arranged in parallel to the disk shaft 36, and a disk shaft 36. It is divided into a movable lever 38 which is possibly installed.

In addition, the support 33 is formed inside the lower housing 30 to support and fix the disk shaft 36 of the disk assembly 35 to be rotatable.

In the drawing, the support part 33 is divided into the first support part 31 and the second support part 32, and both ends of the disc shaft 36 of the disc assembly 35 are supported by the first support part 31 and the second support part ( 32) is seated on the top surface.

In particular, both ends of the disc shaft 36 are inserted into the seating grooves 34 formed in the upper portions of the first and second support portions 31 and 32 so that the disc assembly 35 is easily rotated.

It is sufficient that the support part 33 can support and fix the disk shaft 36 so that rotation is possible.

The support part 33 is formed inside the lower housing 30 positioned before and after the rotating disk assembly 35.

When the disc assembly 35 rotates, the support part 33 restrains the end of the movable lever 38 installed in the disc assembly 35 to restrain the rotation of the movable lever 38, thereby moving the lever 38. ), And the moving lever 38 is always exposed to the upper portion of the lower housing 30 to facilitate the detachment of the disk assembly 35.

Near the bottom edge of the lower housing 30, a handle 39 is formed recessed toward the inside.

This handle 39 is easily used when moving the humidified air cleaner.

The lower housing 30 is a water tank in which water, which functions as a humidifying function and a filter, is stored therein, and has a single structure usually formed by upper and lower molds.

When the power applied to the humidifying air cleaner is supplied, the operation unit 23 is operated to operate the blower fan 17 and the driving motor (not shown).

When the blower fan 17 is operated, outside air is sucked in through the inlet 21, and a driving motor (not shown) is operated to rotate the disk assembly 35.

The disk 37 of the disk assembly 35 is wetted with water stored in the lower housing 30 while rotating, and contacts the outside air introduced through the suction port 21.

Foreign matter or impurities contained in the outside air are removed by the disk 37 less in water and the outside air contains moisture.

The outside air containing moisture is discharged through the discharge port 11 to clean and humidify the air in the room where the humidified air cleaner is installed.

 In the humidifying air purifier having such a configuration, since the rim surface of the lower housing 30 is composed of a single plate, when water is contained in the lower housing 30, the lower housing 30 is increased in accordance with the internal pressure of the fresh water. Deformation may occur in appearance.

In addition, the lower housing 30 is composed of a single plate structure by a single plate is weak in strength due to the load in the fresh water, the upper housing 20 and the main body when the assembly with the upper housing 20 and the main body 10 Due to the load of (10), the lower part becomes a weak structure, and the strength of the product itself is reduced.

The present invention created to solve the above problems is a lower housing in which the water is stored in the humidifier air purifier is composed of a double structure separated into an incase and an outer case, even if the internal pressure increases by internal fresh water In addition to preventing the deformation of the housing, it is to prevent water from infiltrating or infiltrating between the incase and the outcase.

In this case, the incase and the outcase are detachable from each other to be a sturdy structure when detachable, and to prevent leakage of water stored in the incase even when the lower housing is damaged by an external impact.

Here, the incase and the outcase are to increase the pressure resistance of the hydraulic pressure, and to increase the robustness to the load of the upper housing and the main body.

The present invention for achieving the above object is the upper and lower openings and the grille-shaped discharge port is formed along the side circumference, the grille-shaped inlet is formed on the upper surface and the lower surface is opened and installed on the upper portion of the main body In the humidifying air purifier comprising a housing, the upper surface is opened and the water is stored therein, the lower housing is installed in the lower portion of the main body, the lower housing is an incase and the incase and the water is stored therein; Consists of an outer case forming a space and covering the space between the incase and the outer case, the cover portion protrudes along the upper edge of the incase, the waterproof jaw formed protruding along the upper surface of the outer case Humidification air, characterized in that inserted into the waterproof groove recessed along the bottom edge of the cover portion By providing a lower housing structure of the purifier.

Here, the four edges of the outer case are each characterized by forming a streamlined cross section concave toward the inside.

Here, a plurality of first coupling rods formed along a side of the incase and a second coupling rod protruding from the bottom surface of the outer case face each other, and are screwed by bolts inserted into the coupling holes formed inside the second coupling rod. Coupled to the incase and the outer case is characterized in that removable.

In this case, a plurality of support ribs are formed on the edge of the incase to contact the inner surface of the outcase.

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

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a humidifier air cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The humidifier air cleaner has a main body 100 having an upper and lower opening and a grill-shaped discharge port 110 formed along a lateral circumference, and a grill-shaped suction port 210 formed on an upper surface thereof, and a lower surface of which is opened. The upper housing 200 is installed in the upper portion of the upper surface may be divided into a lower housing 300 is installed in the lower portion of the main body 100.

The main body 100 is provided with a driving unit 150 for driving the humidifier air cleaner therein, the driving unit 150 is installed on the bracket 120 formed on the upper surface of the main body 100 is the suction port of the upper housing 200 Blowing fan 151 for sucking the outside air through the 210 and a drive motor (not shown) for rotating the disk assembly 350 installed in the lower housing 300.

The upper housing 200 has an operation unit 230 for controlling whether the blower fan 151 of the driving unit 150 and the driving motor (not shown) are operated on one side thereof.

Although the operation unit 230 is illustrated as a dial type in the drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and can be easily changed by those skilled in the art, such as a button type.

At this time, the suction port 210 of the upper housing 200 is usually formed radially from the upper surface of the upper housing 200, it is advantageous to be formed except the upper surface in contact with one side of the operating unit 230 is installed.

The lower housing 300 is a water tank in which water used for a humidification function and a filter role is stored therein, and will be described in detail later with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Inside the lower housing 300, a disk assembly 350 that is rotated by a drive motor (not shown) is installed.

The disk assembly 350 includes a disk shaft 351 that is rotated by a drive motor (not shown), a disk-shaped disk 352 that is arranged in parallel to the disk shaft 351, and the disk shaft 351. It is divided into a movable lever 370 rotatably installed at).

The moving lever 370 is always exposed to the upper portion of the lower housing 300 to facilitate the detachment of the disk assembly 350.

When the power applied to the humidifying air cleaner is supplied, the blower fan 151 and the driving motor (not shown) are operated by the operation unit 230.

When the blower fan 151 is operated, outside air is sucked through the inlet 210, and when the driving motor (not shown) is operated, the disk assembly 350 is rotated.

The disk 352 of the disk assembly 350 is wetted with water stored in the lower housing 300 while rotating, and contacts the outdoor air introduced through the suction port 210.

Foreign substances or impurities contained in the outside air are adsorbed and removed by the disk 352 less in water, and the outside air contains moisture.

The outside air containing moisture is discharged through the discharge port 110 to clean and humidify the air in the room where the humidified air purifier is installed.

4 is a perspective view showing a lower housing according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of FIG.

6 and 7 are cross-sectional views illustrating main parts of a lower housing according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 to 7, the lower housing 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention has a disc assembly 350 installed therein, an incase 310 for storing water, and an incase 310. The outer case surrounding the outer case 320 is divided into.

The incase 310 has a support 303 formed therein to rotatably support the disk assembly 350.

The support part 303 is divided into a first support part 301 and a second support part 302, and both ends of the disc shaft 351 of the disc assembly 350 are formed on the upper part of the first support part 301 and the second support part 302. It can be settled on.

Both ends of the disk shaft 351 are inserted into the mounting groove 304 formed in the upper surface of the first and second support portions 301 and 302 as shown in FIG. 3 so that the disk assembly 350 can easily rotate. Doing.

It is sufficient that the support portion 303 can support and fix the disk shaft 351 so as to be rotatable.

The cover part 313 is formed along the outer circumferential surface of the incase 310.

The cover portion 313 has an edge covering the upper surface of the outer case 320, and covers a space formed between the incase 310 and the outer case 320.

The plurality of support ribs 311 formed along the outer circumferential surface of the incase 310 may be in contact with the inner edge surface of the outer case 320.

The lower housing 300 is separately formed into the incase 310 and the outcase 320 so that the appearance of the incase 310 may change as the internal pressure by the fresh water inside the incase 310 increases. Even if the external shape of the) is deformed, the external deformation of the lower housing 300 does not occur by the separated outer case 320.

In particular, the outer case 320 forms a streamlined cross section in which the side is concave inside, thereby preventing the outer deformation of the outer case 320.

Near the bottom edge of the lower housing 300 is formed a handle 390 recessed toward the inside.

The handle 390 is easily used when moving the humidified air cleaner.

Here, a sensor 380 is installed on an upper side of the lower housing 300 to detect whether the main body 100 and the lower housing 300 are separated, and when the main body 100 and the lower housing 300 are separated, the sensor 380. By cutting off the power applied by), it prevents the user from being injured and minimizes the failure of the humidifier air cleaner.

A plurality of first coupling rods 315 formed along the side of the incase 310 and the second coupling rods 325 protruding from the bottom of the outer case 320 corresponding thereto are coupled by the bolt 330. As a result, the incase 310 and the outcase 320 are detachably coupled to each other.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the first coupling rod 315 is formed near the side edge of the incase 310, and the second coupling rod 325 is outcase corresponding to the first coupling rod 315. It is formed near the bottom edge of the (320).

When the incase 310 and the outer case 320 are coupled, the lower end of the first coupling rod 315 and the upper end of the second coupling rod 325 are in contact with each other, and the coupling hole penetrated from the lower end of the second coupling rod 325. The bolt 330 is inserted through the 327 to detachably couple the first coupling rod 315 and the second coupling rod 325.

6 and 7, the waterproof jaw 321 is formed to protrude upward from an upper surface of the outer case 320. The waterproof jaw 321 is formed in a band shape along the upper surface of the outer case 320.

A waterproof groove 317 is recessed in a bottom surface of the cover part 313 of the incase 310 to correspond to the waterproof jaw 321 described above.

When the incase 310 and the outer case 320 are combined, the waterproof jaw 321 is inserted into the waterproof groove 317.

Here, the edge of the cover part 313 of the incase 310 and the upper surface of the outer case 320 contact each other, thereby primarily preventing water from seeping into the space between the incase 310 and the outer case 320. It can be, and by the combination of the above-described waterproof groove 317 and the waterproof jaw 321 can prevent water from seeping second.

For example, when washing the lower housing 300 or replenishing water in the lower housing 300 while the humidifier air cleaner is in use, water may penetrate into the coupling surface of the incase 310 and the outer case 320. .

At this time, the coupling surface of the incase 310 and the outer case 320 is in close contact with the waterproof groove 317 and the waterproof jaw 321, so that water penetrates into the space between the incase 310 and the outer case 320 To prevent it.

As described above, in the lower housing structure of the present inventors' humidifying air cleaner, the lower housing in which water is stored in the lower housing is composed of a double structure separated into an incase and an outer case, even though the internal pressure increases by internal fresh water. In addition to preventing the deformation of the appearance of the incase and the outer case to prevent water infiltration or foreign matter penetrates.

The lower housing is composed of a double structure of the incase and the outcase, thereby preventing the leakage of water stored in the incase even when the outer case is damaged by an external impact.

In addition, the incase and the outcase increase the pressure resistance of the hydraulic pressure, and have an effect of increasing the robustness to the load of the upper housing and the main body.

Here, the incase and the outcase are detachably coupled by the first coupling rod and the second coupling rod to provide a lower housing having a sturdy structure, and improve the internal and external cleanliness of the incase and the outer case.

Claims (4)

A main body having an upper and lower side opening and a grill-shaped discharge opening formed along a side circumference, an upper housing having a grill-shaped suction opening formed at an upper side, and a lower surface opened and installed at an upper portion of the main body, and having an upper surface opened therein. In the humidifying air purifier comprising a lower housing which is stored in the water, and installed in the lower portion of the main body, The lower housing includes an incase in which water is stored therein and an outer case forming a space with the incase, and a cover portion is formed along an upper edge of the incase to cover a space between the incase and the outer case. Protruding, The lower housing of the humidifying air cleaner, characterized in that the waterproof projection protruding along the upper surface of the outer case is inserted into the waterproof groove recessed along the bottom edge of the cover portion. The method of claim 1, The four sides of the outer case has a lower housing structure of the humidifying air cleaner, characterized in that to form a streamlined cross-sectional concave toward each inside. The method of claim 1, A plurality of first coupling rods formed along a side surface of the incase and a second coupling rod protruding from a bottom surface of the outer case; The lower housing structure of the humidifier air cleaner, characterized in that the in-case and the outer case is screwed by a bolt inserted into the coupling hole formed in the second coupling rod. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The lower housing structure of the humidifier air purifier, characterized in that a plurality of support ribs are formed on the edge surface of the incase in contact with the inner surface of the outer case.

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