KR100902232B1 - Air cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an air cleaner having an operation unit, wherein the operation unit is disposed between a first position that is a position inserted into an inside of a case of an air cleaner and a second position that is exposed to an outside of the case of an air cleaner so that a user can operate it. It is movable, the rotary operation means for controlling the operation of the air cleaner by operating by the rotation operation of the user when positioned in the second position, and is rotatably installed inside the air cleaner to support the rotary operation means in the first position and the first position And lifting means for moving to two positions. Here, the rotary operation means is provided with a knob which is rotatably installed, and the encoder is connected to the rotation center of the handle to generate different control signals according to the rotation angle of the handle and mounted on the PCB substrate It is done.

According to this, since the operation unit is formed of a rotatable encoder controller, various functions of the air cleaner can be adjusted without having a plurality of operation buttons, thereby increasing user convenience.

Air purifier, encoder, controller, control panel, clean mode.

Description

Air cleaner

The present invention relates to an air cleaner. More specifically, the air purifier is equipped with a rotary operation unit and the rotary operation unit is characterized in that the air cleaner protrudes from the surface portion of the air cleaner or is inserted into the inside of the air cleaner.

An air purifier refers to a device that purifies polluted air and converts it into fresh air. The air cleaner is installed in a predetermined indoor space to remove contaminants and harmful bacteria contained in the air and provide comfortable indoor air.

If the air cleaner is classified according to the purification method, it can be divided into filter method, electrostatic precipitating method, anion generating method.

The filter method uses a filter such as a pre-filter (or medium filter) that removes coarse dust, a HEPA filter that removes fine particles, and an activated carbon (carbon) filter that removes harmful gases and odors. In particular, recently, a water filter that removes dust, dust and other contaminants by using water adsorption power is also widely used.

Electrostatic precipitating method is a method of collecting dust and deodorizing dust by using high voltage to perform dust collection and deodorization.It has excellent purification ability to remove dust from coarse dust to fine dust. It is a way to clean and manage the electrostatic precipitator periodically.

The negative ion generation method utilizes the property of negative ions binding to harmful substances suspended in the air.

Figure 1 shows the appearance of a typical air cleaner.

In FIG. 1, the air cleaner 1 is provided with a suction port 3 and a discharge port 4 in a case 2 having a constant shape (usually a rectangular parallelepiped).

In the air cleaner 1, a fan (not shown) is generally installed inside the case 2, and indoor air is supplied to the inside of the case 2 through the inlet 3 by the operation of the fan (not shown). It is introduced into and then discharged through the discharge port 4 after the harmful substances are removed in the manner described above.

In addition, the air cleaner 1 is provided with an operation unit 5 for adjusting and controlling various operations of the air cleaner 1 in the case 2.

That is, the operation unit 5 controls and controls the operation on / off, the clean strength, the clean time, the clean mode (for example, yellow dust mode, dehumidification mode, humidification mode, etc.) and the air discharge direction of the air cleaner 1. Will be.

However, since the operation unit 5 provided in the existing air cleaner 1 is composed of operation buttons 6, in order to control various functions of the air cleaner 1, an operation button 6 must be provided for each function. have.

In particular, in recent years, since a variety of clean modes according to indoor environmental conditions are supported in addition to the simple clean function, a number of operation buttons 6 corresponding thereto must also be installed, and the operation unit 5 includes a large number of air cleaners 1. It takes a part, and there is a problem in appearance.

Furthermore, in order for the user to adjust the function of the air cleaner 1, there is an inconvenience of having to check and press the operation button 6 corresponding to each function one by one.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is to provide an air cleaner to improve the appearance of the air cleaner and increase the user's operation convenience by replacing the existing button-type operation unit with the rotary operation unit. have.

Air purifier according to the present invention for achieving the above object, in the air purifier having an operation unit, the operation unit is a first position which is a position to be inserted into the inside of the case of the air cleaner, and the air cleaner so that the user can operate A rotatable operation means which is movable between a second position which is a position exposed to the outside of the case, and is operated by a rotation operation of the user when positioned at the second position to control the operation of the air cleaner; And elevating means installed in the air cleaner so as to be supported therein, and moving the rotatable operation means to the first position and the second position.

Here, the rotatable operation means is preferably provided with a knob which is rotatably installed, and an encoder which is connected to the rotation center of the knob to generate different control signals according to the rotation angle of the knob and mounted on the PCB board. Do.

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In addition, when the user presses the rotatable manipulation means, the lifting means may move the rotatable manipulation means from the second position to the first position or from the first position to the second position by cam motion.

In addition, the lifting means, the operating knob is coupled to the rotatable operation means on one side and the cam guide protruding on one surface; Elastic means coupled to the other side of the operating knob; A cam shaft seated on the cam guide and movable left and right; And a housing having a guide groove for accommodating the camshaft and accommodating the actuating knob and the elastic means to accommodate the actuating knob to move up and down.

According to the air purifier according to the present invention,

Since the operation unit is formed of a rotatable encoder controller, various functions of the air cleaner can be adjusted without providing a plurality of operation buttons, thereby increasing user convenience.

In addition, the problem that the operation portion unnecessarily occupies the appearance of the air cleaner because a number of operation buttons have been replaced by one rotary controller is solved, and since the encoder controller can be inserted into the inside of the air cleaner, after use (or operation), Inserting the controller has an improved effect on the design of the overall air cleaner.

Hereinafter, an air cleaner according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, since the embodiment according to the present invention relates to a controller for controlling the operation of the air cleaner, detailed description of the air cleaning method and principle will be omitted.

Figure 2 shows the appearance of the air cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, the air cleaner 100 includes an inlet port 102 through which air is introduced and a discharge port 103 through which purified air is discharged.

Inlet 102 is formed in the front portion of the air cleaner 100 and the discharge port 103 is formed on the top of the air cleaner 100, but is not necessarily limited thereto, the air cleaner 100 in a stand-type or side table type In the case of use, the positions of the suction port 102 and the discharge port 103 can be changed according to the purpose of use.

In addition, the air cleaner 100 includes an operation unit 200, and the operation unit 200 is preferably an encoder unit that can rotate and protrude from the air cleaner 100 and insert.

The operation unit 200 performs a function of controlling the operation of the air cleaner 100 to meet the user's desired purpose or purpose, and is formed to be rotatable to adjust the operation and function of the air cleaner 100 according to the rotation angle. It is good to be.

Herein, the operation and function of the air cleaner 100 controlled by the operation unit 200 may be set in various ways, and examples thereof may include operating on / off of the air cleaner 100, a clean strength, a clean time, and a clean mode ( For example, yellow dust mode, dehumidification mode, humidification mode, etc.) or air discharge direction.

Controlling the operation of the air cleaner is used herein in the same sense as controlling the operation and various functions of the air cleaner.

In addition, the operation unit 200 may protrude from the surface portion of the air cleaner 100 or may be inserted into the air cleaner 100.

That is, the usual operation unit 200 is inserted into the case 101 of the air cleaner 100, and the user inserts the operation unit 200 inserted in order to adjust the operation and function of the air cleaner 100. When pressed once, the operation unit 200 is projected to a certain height from the case 101 of the air cleaner 100 is a structure that allows the rotation operation. In addition, once the protruding operation unit 200 is pressed once again, it returns to its original insertion state.

Herein, the operation unit 200 is inserted into the case 101 of the air cleaner 100. The operation unit 200 enters a predetermined depth from the surface of the case 101 so that one surface of the operation unit 200 is the case 101. It means to coincide with the outer surface of) but is not necessarily limited thereto.

The operation unit 200 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

In FIG. 3, the manipulation unit 200 includes a rotatable manipulation means 300 and a lifting means 400.

The rotatable operation means 300 performs a function of controlling the operation of the air cleaner 100 (see FIG. 2) and is rotatably formed. In addition, the rotatable operation means 300 may be inserted into the case 101 (see FIG. 2) of the air cleaner 100 or may be exposed to the outside of the case 101.

That is, the rotatable operation means 300 is exposed to the first position, which is a position inserted into the case 101 of the air cleaner 100, and to the outside of the case 101 of the air cleaner 100 so that the user can operate it. Move between the second positions. Here, the first position is that the rotary operation means 300 is inserted into the case 101 of the air cleaner 100 so that the front end portion 500 of the rotary operation means 300 coincides with the surface portion of the case 101. It is preferable that it is a position to become. In addition, the second position is that the front end portion 500 protrudes (or exposed to the outside) a predetermined height from the surface portion of the case 101 of the air cleaner 100 so that the user can hold and rotate the rotary operation means (300) It is preferable that it is a position (refer FIG. 6).

The lifting means 400 is formed to be supported in the air cleaner 100 in such a manner that the coupling plate 403 is coupled to the inner surface of the case 101 (see FIGS. 2 and 6). In addition, the rotatable manipulation means 300 is coupled to the operating knob 401 which is formed to be movable up and down in the housing 402, thereby moving the rotatable manipulation means 300 to the first and second positions. It is possible.

Referring to FIG. 4, the rotatable manipulation means 300 will be described in more detail. The rotatable manipulation means 300 includes a cylindrical handle 303 and an encoder 301 mounted on the PCB substrate 302. It is configured to include.

Handle 303 is preferably formed in a cylindrical shape for convenience of operation, in consideration of the overall appearance of the air cleaner 100 can be of course in the form of a polygon.

The encoder 301 is configured to include a main body 305 mounted to transmit a signal to the PCB substrate 302 and a rotation shaft 306 connected to the rotation center of the handle 303 to rotate the handle 303. The operation of the air cleaner 100 (see FIG. 2) is controlled by generating different control signals according to the angle.

Accordingly, the user may set and change a program of a controller (not shown) for directly adjusting the operation and function of the air cleaner 100 or controlling the operation and function by turning the knob 303.

At this time, the PCB substrate 302 is preferably formed with an LED 304 for displaying the operation and functional state of the air cleaner 100.

Next, the elevating means 400 will be described with reference to FIG. 5. The elevating means 400 includes an operation knob 401, an elastic means 405, a cam shaft 406, and a housing 402 that accommodates them. It is configured to include.

The operation knob 401 is housed in the housing 402 so as to be movable up and down. In this case, the term “top” corresponds to the direction in which the rotatable operation means 300 (see FIG. 3) protrudes / inserts. Therefore, the rotary operation means 300 is coupled to one side of the operation knob 401. In addition, the operation knob 401 is moved by the cam action in the housing 402, for this purpose, a cam guide 404 protruding so that the cam shaft 406 is seated is formed.

The elastic means 405 is coupled to the other side of the operating knob 401, it can generally use a spring. The elastic means 405 provides an elastic force when the rotating operation means 300 is exposed to the outside of the case 101 of the air cleaner 100.

The housing 402 accommodates the operation knob 401, the elastic means 405 and the cam shaft 406, and in particular, the guide groove 407 is formed on one side so that the cam shaft 406 can rotate left and right.

The operation principle of the air cleaner according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 6.

In FIG. 6, when the user presses the rotatable manipulation means 300, the lifting means 400 causes the rotatable manipulation means 300 to move from the A state to the B state or the B state to the A state by the cam motion. do. Here, pressurizing the rotatable manipulation means 300 means that the user presses the rotatable manipulation means 300 once from the top to the bottom. A predetermined pressure is applied to the rotatable manipulation means 300 and then fixed. It means to be removed after elapse of time.

The state A is a state in which the rotatable manipulation means 300 is located at the first position, and the user does not use the rotatable manipulation means 300. That is, the operating knob 401 is lowered to compress the elastic means 405, but the cam shaft 406 is seated and fixed in the upper groove of the cam guide 404 is maintained in the falling state of the operating knob 401 to be.

First, in the state A, when the user pushes the rotary operation means 300 from the top to the bottom, a vertical force for a predetermined time is transmitted to the operation knob 401, the operation knob 401 by the vertical force is the elastic means 405 Further compresses and descends. At this time, since the cam shaft 406 seated in the upper groove of the cam guide 404 can be moved only from side to side (see the guide groove 407 of FIG. 5), the cam shaft ( 406 is moved to the left side by the protruding jaw of the cam guide 404, and when the vertical force is removed, the operating knob 401 is raised by the elastic force of the elastic means 405, the cam shaft 406 is the operating knob As the 401 rises, it moves relatively in the direction of ① and is fixed to the bottom groove of the cam guide 404. In this case, the rotatable operation means 300 is exposed to the outside of the case 101 of the air cleaner 100 and is positioned in a B state, ie, a second position, which the user can grasp and rotate.

In the state B again, when the user pushes the rotary operation means 300 from the top to the bottom, a vertical force for a predetermined time is transmitted to the operation knob 401 and the operation knob 401 is operated by the vertical force by the elastic means 405. And the cam shaft 406, which is seated and fixed to the lower groove of the cam guide 404, is moved relative to the direction ② by the protrusion of the cam guide 404 as the operation knob 401 descends. If the vertical force is removed, the cam guide 404 is seated and fixed to the upper groove of the cam guide 404 to maintain the A state.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiments. That is, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can make many changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims, and all such appropriate changes and modifications are possible. Equivalents should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view of a general air cleaner,

2 is a perspective view of an air cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exploded perspective view of an air purifier operating unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the rotary operation means of Figure 3,

5 is an exploded perspective view of the lifting means of FIG. 3;

6 is a partial cross-sectional view for explaining the operation principle of the air cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing ※

100: air cleaner 101: case

102: suction port 103: discharge port

200: operation unit 300: rotary operation means

301: encoder 302: PCB board

303: cylindrical handle 304: LED

400: lifting means 401: operating knob

402: housing 403: coupling plate

404: cam guide 405: elastic means

406: camshaft 407: guide groove

Claims (4)

In the air cleaner having an operation unit, The operation unit, The first position, which is a position inserted into the case of the air cleaner, and a second position, which is a position exposed to the outside of the case of the air cleaner so as to be operated by the user, and is located at the second position. Rotatable operation means operated by a rotation operation to control the operation of the air cleaner; And And elevating means installed in the air cleaner so as to be supported therein and moving the rotatable operation means to the first position and the second position. The rotatable operation means is a rotatably installed handle, and the air is connected to the center of rotation of the handle to generate different control signals according to the rotation angle of the handle is provided with an encoder mounted on the PCB substrate Purifier. delete The method of claim 1, When the user presses the rotary operation means, the lifting means moves the rotary operation means from the second position to the first position or from the first position to the second position by cam motion. . The method of claim 1, The lifting means, An operation knob having one side coupled to the rotatable operation means and having a cam guide protruding from one surface thereof; Elastic means coupled to the other side of the operating knob; A cam shaft seated on the cam guide and movable left and right; And And a housing configured to receive the camshaft and to receive the operation knob and the elastic means, the housing receiving the operation knob to be movable up and down.

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