KR101507728B1 - Smoking Room - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a smoking room. The present invention relates to a smoking room that removes harmful substances contained in cigarette smoke generated by smoking of a smoker. The smoking room comprises: a body having at least one entrance; an intake duct provided with an intake fan to forcibly suck the internal air including the tobacco smoke generated in an interior space of the body at one end and is installed in the main body; a first filter unit that forms a filtration hole to penetrate therethrough so as to allow passage of the internal air, has a plurality of filtration plates disposed inside the suction duct corresponding to between the inlet and outlet of the suction duct at a regular interval in an air suction direction, the first filter being attached to the filtration plates to remove the smoke; a second filter unit that is installed in the suction duct corresponding to between the first filter unit and the suction fan to secondarily filtrate the harmful substances contained in the cigarette smoke; and a hot air and cold air supply unit that is provided with a cold air supply unit that supplies the cool air to the inside of the suction duct so that the harmful substances contained in the cigarette smoke are solidified and attached to the surface of the filtration plate, and a hot air supply unit that supplies the hot air to the suction duct so that the harmful substances solidified to the filtration plate flows down from the surface of the filtration plate, thereby selectively supplying hot air and cold air.

Description

Smoking room {Smoking Room}

The present invention relates to a smoking chamber, and more particularly, to a smoking chamber, which is capable of discharging harmful substances such as tar and nicotine contained in cigarette smoke to the outside and causing air pollution, or the filter life To a smoking room which can prevent the deterioration.

Generally, cigarette smoke generated during smoking is a mixture of liquid and fine particles mixed with gas. The substance passing through the filter is called a gas or vapor component, and is composed of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc., Aldehydes, ketones, volatile components having low molecular weights such as alcohols and esters and the like. Filtered material is called particulate matter. It is about 8% of tobacco smoke, at least 38 known carcinogens including tar, carcinogenic substances and nicotine, and many kinds of inorganic and organic chemicals. .

These tobacco smoke contains various kinds of harmful substances such as tar and nicotine, and when they are absorbed into the human body, they cause illness, which adversely affects the health of smokers.

In recent years, second-hand smoke of non-smokers has been restricted to smoking places according to the research result that it is bad for health. Therefore, the entire building can be designated as a non-smoking place, or a part of the indoor or outdoor space of the building can be sucked To minimize the damage caused by secondhand smoke from non-smokers.

In addition, a smoking room installed at a designated place is provided with a filter member for forcibly sucking air in addition to cigarette smoke, exhausting the air to the outside, and removing tar and nicotine, which are harmful substances contained in cigarette smoke exhausted to the outside.

However, the harmful substances such as tar and nichoton which are filtered on the filter member are hardened at a low temperature, and the filter efficiency is lowered due to the harmful substances that solidify as the filter member is solidified as the filter member is solidified. On the other hand, There is a problem that the equipment maintenance cost is increased by frequent replacement of the filter member.

(Patent Document 1) KR10-2012-0092468 A

(Patent Document 2) KR10-1385875 B1

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for removing harmful substances such as tar and nicotine contained in cigarette smoke, Which can prevent the deterioration of filter life due to solidification of a substance.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention, unless further departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be possible.

As a specific means for achieving the above object, the present invention provides a smoking chamber for removing harmful substances contained in cigarette smoke caused by smoking of a smoker, the smoking chamber comprising: a main body having at least one doorway; A suction duct installed in the main body, the suction duct having a suction fan at one end for forcibly sucking in air including cigarette smoke generated in an inner space of the main body; And a plurality of filter plates disposed between the inlet and the outlet of the suction duct at predetermined intervals in the suction direction of the suction duct, A first filter unit for removing the first filter unit; A second filter unit installed in the suction duct between the first filter unit and the suction fan to filter second harmful substances contained in the cigarette smoke; And a cold air supply device for supplying a cold air to the inside of the suction duct so that harmful substances included in the cigarette smoke are adhered to the surface of the filter plate so that the harmful substances are solidified on the filter plate, And a hot air supply unit for supplying hot air to the duct and selectively supplying hot air and cold air to the duct.

In addition, the present invention provides a smoking chamber which removes harmful substances contained in cigarette smoke caused by smoking of a smoker and is external to the main body, the main body having at least one doorway; A suction duct installed in the main body, the suction duct having a suction fan at one end for forcibly sucking in air including cigarette smoke generated in an inner space of the main body; And a plurality of filter plates arranged at predetermined intervals in an air suction direction inside the suction duct between the inlet and the outlet of the suction duct so as to allow the inside air to pass therethrough, A first filter unit provided with a motor member for driving the driving shaft connected to the filter plates to rotate in one direction to attach harmful substances contained in the cigarette smoke to a rotating filter plate to remove the harmful substances from the filtered filter plate; A second filter unit installed in the suction duct between the first filter unit and the suction fan to filter second harmful substances into the cigarette smoke; And a cold air supply device for supplying a cold air to the inside of the suction duct so that harmful substances included in the cigarette smoke are adhered to the surface of the filter plate so that the harmful substances are solidified on the filter plate, And a hot air supply unit for supplying hot air to the duct and selectively supplying hot air and cold air to the duct.

Preferably, the suction duct has a pair of assembly bases on both inner side surfaces thereof so that both left and right ends of the filter plate are inserted and fixed.

Preferably, the suction duct includes a slit hole formed in an upper surface corresponding to the filter plate, the slit hole being formed so as to be opened so that the filter plate can be inserted correspondingly.

Preferably, the filtration holes are formed to pass through the filtration plate so as not to overlap with each other but to be offset from each other, opposite to the filtration holes formed through the adjacent other filtration plates.

Preferably, the cold air supply unit and the hot air supply unit are communicatively connected to the suction duct to selectively supply cold air or hot air to the suction duct through a connection duct, and the outer surface of the suction duct, which is connected to the connection duct, And has an opening which is formed so as to pass through a cold wind or a hot wind.

Preferably, the suction duct includes a discharge hole formed on the bottom surface of the suction duct to allow liquid harmful substances to melt and flow on the surface of the filter plate by hot air, and the suction duct includes a discharge hole A collection box is provided to collect harmful substances.

The present invention as described above has the following effects.

(1) Cold wind generated from a cold air supply device is supplied to the inside of a suction duct in which a plurality of filter plates are arranged, so that foreign substances such as tar and nicotine contained in tobacco smoke forced by a suction fan are solidified by cold wind, It is possible to increase the efficiency of removing contaminants contained in the cigarette smoke from the filter plate.

(2) If contaminants accumulate on the surface of the plurality of filter plates, the hot air generated from the hot air supply device is supplied to the inside of the suction duct to melt the contaminants solidified on the filter plate, Therefore, it is possible to increase the filtration efficiency of attaching and removing the contaminants contained in the cigarette smoke to the filter plate, to collect the contaminants adhered and removed to cleanly post-treat the filter member, It is possible to extend the service life and extend the replacement cycle for a long period of time, thereby reducing the maintenance cost.

1 is an external view showing a smoking chamber according to first and second embodiments of the present invention.
2 is a sectional view showing a smoking chamber according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a suction duct and a connecting duct provided in a smoking room according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
4 is a cross-sectional perspective view illustrating first and second filter units included in a smoking room according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a state in which a collection box provided in a smoking room according to the first embodiment of the present invention is separated.
6 is a perspective view illustrating a suction duct and a connection duct provided in a smoking room according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a cross-sectional perspective view illustrating first and second filter units employed in a smoking chamber according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a perspective view of a first filter unit employed in a smoking chamber according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

The same reference numerals are used for portions having similar functions and functions throughout the drawings.

In addition, in the entire specification, when a part is referred to as being 'connected' to another part, it may be referred to as 'indirectly connected' not only with 'directly connected' . Also, to include an element does not exclude other elements unless specifically stated otherwise, but may also include other elements.

1 to 5, a smoking chamber 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a main body (not shown) for removing harmful substances contained in cigarette smoke caused by smoking of a smoker, A suction duct 120, a first filter unit 130, a second filter unit 140, and a cool air and hot air supply unit 150.

The main body 110 may be made of temporary temporary furniture having at least one opening 118 for allowing a smoker to enter and exit, and having an internal space of a predetermined size.

The main body 110 is provided with a horizontal partition wall 114 having at least one ceiling grill 112 in the inner space thereof so that a smoking space in which smoking of the smoker is performed and a cigarette smoke generated in smoking are introduced into the ceiling grill And the upper space to be guided is divided by the horizontal partition 114.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the horizontal partition wall 114, which forms a passage for exhausting the internal air including the cigarette smoke in the smoking space between the horizontal ceiling surface of the main body 110 and the ceiling surface of the main body 110, And a horizontal surface 114b parallel to the bottom surface. The inclined surface 114a and the horizontal surface 114b are provided with a ceiling for introducing cigarette smoke generated during smoking with the inside air, It is preferable to install the grill 112.

2B, the horizontal partition 114 includes a convex portion 114c protruding upward from a central region of the horizontal surface 114b, which is parallel to the bottom surface, to a predetermined height, The at least one ceiling grill 112 into which the cigarette smoke generated at the time of smoking flows together with the inside air is installed in the cigarette 114c to smoothly discharge the cigarette smoke collected at the convex portion 114c side toward the suction duct side You can.

2C, the horizontal partition wall 114 includes a recess 114d which is recessed at a predetermined depth from a central area of the horizontal surface 114b parallel to the bottom surface, and the recess 114d, It is preferable to install a ceiling grill 112 on the horizontal surface 111b so as to increase the efficiency of sucking and discharging the cigarette smoke concentrated on the horizontal surface side.

The suction duct 120 includes a suction fan 122 for generating a suction force when the power is applied so that the internal air including the cigarette smoke generated in the suction space divided by the horizontal partition wall in the internal space of the main body is forcibly sucked, And is installed in the main body 110.

The suction fan 122 is installed at an outlet end of the suction duct 120 for discharging the air from which harmful substances have been removed to the outside, and the inlet of the suction duct 120 is provided with a cigarette smoke And a suction grille 124 for sucking the air contained therein.

The suction duct 120 is installed in the upper space divided by the horizontal partition 114 to partition the smoke space. However, the suction duct 120 is not limited to this, And may be installed outside the main body so as to communicate with the exhaust port.

The first filter unit 130 includes a plurality of filter plates 132 passing through a plurality of filtration holes 131 so as to allow the air including the cigarette smoke to pass therethrough, And is arranged in the middle of the length of the suction duct between the inlet and the outlet of the suction duct. Thus, the harmful substances contained in the smoke of the inside air are adhered to the nicotine to remove the pollutants.

The filtration holes 131 formed through the filtration plates 132 are formed so as to pass through the filtration holes 131 so as not to overlap with each other, By prolonging the length of the filter, it is possible to increase the efficiency of attaching harmful substances contained in the cigarette smoke of the inside air to the filter plate.

Although the filter plate 132 has been described as being formed of a metal sheet material having a substantially rectangular cross section and substantially similar to the cross section of the suction duct 120 having a generally rectangular cross-section passage, the present invention is not limited thereto. The shape of the passage formed in the suction duct Can be designed to match.

At this time, the filter plate 132 may be formed of a plate having both ends thereof inserted and fixed between a pair of assembly jaws 133 formed on both sides of the inner side of the suction duct. When the filter plate 132 is damaged or damaged, And a slit hole (134) formed in the upper surface of the suction duct so as to be easily replaceable.

The second filter unit 140 is provided between the first filter unit 130 and the suction fan 122 as a filter member 142 installed in the corresponding suction duct 120, The air is filtered by the first filter unit, and the harmful substances included in the cigarette smoke of the inside air pass through the second filter unit, thereby filtering the forced inhaled air.

The second filter unit 140 further removes the foreign substance of the cigarette smoke that has not been removed from the first filter unit, thereby lowering the pollution degree of the air exhausted to the outside.

Although the second filter unit 140 is illustrated as being composed of a filter member having a high filtration efficiency, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a dust collector such as a filter dust collector or an electrostatic dust precipitator may be disposed, And may be provided so as to remove foreign matter of the cigarette smoke.

The hot air and cold air supply unit 150 includes a cold air supply unit 151 for generating and supplying cold air at a temperature relatively lower than an internal temperature of the suction duct 150 and a hot air supply unit 150 for generating hot air at a relatively higher temperature than the internal temperature of the suction duct And the hot air supply unit 152 is connected to the suction duct 152 through the connecting duct 155 to selectively supply cold air or hot air to the inside of the suction duct, It is installed in communication with the duct.

And an opening 154 formed in the outer surface of the suction duct in contact with the connecting duct to pass cool air generated by the cold air supply device or hot air generated by the hot air supply device to the suction duct.

That is, the cold air supplier 151 is configured to cool the noxious substances contained in the cigarette smoke to the inside of the suction duct so that the noxious substances contained in the cigarette smoke are condensed and adhered to the surface of the filter plate through the filtration hole of the filter plate, .

Also, the hot air supplier 152 supplies hot air to the suction duct so that the coagulated noxious substances adhering to the surface of the filter plate melts at a high temperature condition and flows down from the surface of the filter plate.

Here, while the cold air generated by the cold air supply unit is supplied into the suction duct to condense the tar and nicotine, which are toxic substances, to the surface of the filter plate so as to adhere and solidify, the operation of the hot air supply unit 152 is suspended, The operation of the cool air supply device 151 is controlled so as to be suspended while the hot air generated in the cool air supply device 151 is supplied to the inside of the suction duct to melt the harmful substances adhering to the surface of the filter plate.

On the other hand, the suction duct (120) has a discharge hole (127) formed on the bottom surface thereof to pass harmful substances in the form of liquid which are melted and flowed on the surface of the filter plate by the hot air, And a collection box 126 for collecting harmful substances introduced through the discharge hole.

Although the collecting box 126 is shown as a box that is slidably moved under the suction duct, various types of box structures for collecting liquid contaminants that are melted in the filter plate and flow downward Lt; / RTI >

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the smoking chamber 100a according to the second embodiment of the present invention is configured to remove the harmful substances contained in the cigarette smoke caused by smoking of the smoker, The embodiment includes the main body 110, the suction duct 120, the first filter unit 130, the second filter unit 140, and the cool air and hot air supply unit 150, And detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The first filter unit 130 includes a plurality of filter plates 132a formed through a plurality of filtration holes 131a so that the air including the cigarette smoke can pass therethrough in the same manner as in the first embodiment, And a drive shaft 136 having a predetermined length connected to the center of the body of the plurality of filter plates 132a, the drive shaft 136 being disposed at a predetermined interval between the inlet duct and the outlet of the suction duct, (Not shown).

When the motor member 135 is driven to rotate, a contaminant such as tar and nicotine included in the cigarette smoke of the inside air is adhered to the surface of the filtering plate which is rotated in one direction with the driving shaft.

Here, the filter plate 132a is formed on a substantially circular disk which is disposed inside the suction duct 120 having a circular inner cross-section, and is formed at the center of the body so as to be connected to the drive shaft .

The filter plate 132a is detachably attached to the drive shaft 136 by a bolt member that is fastened to an extension extending from the connection hole. However, the filter plate 132a is not limited thereto, And can be detachably assembled by a key member.

The drive shaft 136 for rotating the filter plate 132a in one direction is rotatably assembled via the bearing member 137a and the end of the support 137 extending from the inner surface of the suction duct.

As in the first embodiment, the cold air supply unit 151 of the hot air and the cold air supply unit 150 is communicatively connected to the outer surface of the cylindrical suction duct via the connection duct 155, so that the toxic substances contained in the cigarette smoke are low The cooling air is supplied to the inside of the suction duct so as to be solidified and adhered to the surface of the filter plate in the process of passing through the filtration hole of the filter plate which is condensed under the temperature condition and rotated in one direction by the rotational driving force of the motor member.

In addition, the hot air supplier 152 of the hot air and cold air supply unit 150 may be configured such that when the cold air supply through the cold air supply unit is stopped, the coagulated substances adhering to the surface of the filter plate are melted under high temperature conditions, And the hot air is supplied to the suction duct so as to flow down from the surface of the filter plate which is rotated in one direction by the rotational driving force of the motor member.

Here, while the hot air generated by the hot air supply unit is supplied to the interior of the suction duct to melt the harmful substances adhering to the surface of the filter plate, the rotation of the filter plate is temporarily suspended together with the operation of the cold air supply unit 151 .

Accordingly, tar and nicotine, which are liquid harmful substances that are melted on the surface of the filter plate by the hot wind of the hot air supply device, are collected through a discharge hole (127) formed on the bottom surface of the suction duct, And collected in box 126 to be collected.

Then, only the clean internal air that has been removed while tar and nicotine pass through the first filter portion and the second filter portion successively can be discharged from the smoking chamber to the outside.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the inventions. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art.

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120: Suction duct
122: Suction fan
124: suction grill
126: Collection box
127: Exhaust hole
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133: assembly jaw
134: Slit ball
135: Motor member
136: drive shaft
137: Support
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142: Filter element
150: Cold wind and hot wind supply
151: cold wind feeder
152: Warm air supply
155: Connection duct

Claims (7)

In a smoking room to remove harmful substances contained in cigarette smoke caused by smoking of a smoker,
A body having at least one doorway;
A suction duct installed in the main body, the suction duct having a suction fan at one end for forcibly sucking in air including cigarette smoke generated in an inner space of the main body;
And a plurality of filter plates disposed between the inlet and the outlet of the suction duct at predetermined intervals in the suction direction of the suction duct, A first filter unit for removing the first filter unit;
A second filter unit installed in the suction duct between the first filter unit and the suction fan to filter second harmful substances into the cigarette smoke; And
And a cold air supply device for supplying cold air to the inside of the suction duct so that harmful substances contained in the cigarette smoke are adhered to the surface of the filter plate so that the harmful substances coagulated on the filter plate are flowed from the surface of the filter plate, And a hot air supply unit for supplying hot air to the hot air supply unit and selectively supplying hot air and cold air. In a smoking room to remove harmful substances contained in cigarette smoke caused by smoking of a smoker,
A body having at least one doorway;
A suction duct installed in the main body, the suction duct having a suction fan at one end for forcibly sucking in air including cigarette smoke generated in an inner space of the main body;
And a plurality of filter plates arranged at predetermined intervals in an air suction direction inside the suction duct between the inlet and the outlet of the suction duct so as to allow the inside air to pass therethrough, A first filter unit having a motor member for driving the driving shaft connected to the filter plates to rotate in one direction to attach harmful substances contained in the cigarette smoke to the rotating filter plate to remove the harmful substances from the filtered filter plate;
A second filter unit installed in the suction duct between the first filter unit and the suction fan to filter second harmful substances contained in the cigarette smoke; And
And a cold air supply device for supplying cold air to the inside of the suction duct so that harmful substances contained in the cigarette smoke are adhered to the surface of the filter plate so that the harmful substances coagulated on the filter plate are flowed from the surface of the filter plate, And a hot air supply unit for supplying hot air to the hot air supply unit and selectively supplying hot air and cold air. The method according to claim 1,
And both sides of the suction duct are provided with a pair of assembling jaws for inserting and fixing both left and right ends of the filter plate. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the suction duct includes a slit hole formed in an upper surface corresponding to the filter plate so that the filter plate can be inserted and disposed in the slit hole. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Wherein the filtration holes are formed so as to pass through the filter plate so as not to overlap with each other but to be offset from each other, opposite to the filtration holes formed through the adjacent other filtration plates. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The cold air supply unit and the hot air supply unit are connected to the suction duct to selectively supply cold air or hot air to the inside of the suction duct through a connection duct, and cool air is blown on the outer surface of the suction duct, And an opening portion formed so as to pass through the hot air passage. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The suction duct includes a discharge hole formed on the bottom surface of the suction duct so as to allow liquid harmful substances flowing through the filter plate to flow therethrough by being melted at the surface of the filter plate, and a harmful substance introduced through the discharge hole is introduced into a lower portion of the suction duct. And a collecting box is provided so that the collecting box can be collected.

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