KR102336527B1 - Air cleaner for vehicle with multifunction - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an air purifier for a vehicle, and relates to a portable multi-function vehicle air purifier having a tumbler-type shape that is mounted on an air outlet inside a vehicle and has a structure that is easy to attach. It relates to an air purifier for a vehicle with a heating function added to meet user needs. The configuration of the present invention for this purpose is composed of a tumbler-type rectangular housing first body and a second housing body having an inlet and an outlet in the overall external shape, and the first and second bodies have corners in the horizontal and height directions. is provided in a tapered shape having a predetermined bending radius and is configured to be mutually detachable in the vertical direction for easy assembly and disassembly, and a plurality of functional modules capable of purifying and heating the contaminated inlet air are provided inside the housing, characterized by having In addition to this, in addition to the existing air purification function, a configuration related to a multifunctional vehicle air purifier having additional functions of heating, lighting and diffusing is disclosed.

Description

Multifunctional vehicle air purifier {AIR CLEANER FOR VEHICLE WITH MULTIFUNCTION}

The present invention relates to an air purifier for a vehicle that can be easily mounted inside a vehicle that can be usefully used these days when the problem of fine dust is seriously emerging. It relates to an air purifier equipped with a multi-purpose small air purifier with LED lighting and a diffusing function added to a small air purifier of a limited size. To this end, there is a growing need for a portable air purifier that has various functions to meet consumer needs as well as size reduction and aesthetically smooth finish for easy portability and mounting.

In general, in a confined and narrow indoor space such as a car, the internal air can be easily polluted due to frequent opening and closing of doors and windows. can be

And when the air conditioner is operated in a narrow enclosed space inside the vehicle in rainy or humid weather, bacteria and mold generated during evaporation enter the room, creating a bad odor, and indoor contamination by fine dust is aggravating.

In order to solve this problem, the conventional small air purifier generally uses an operating principle of purifying the air by introducing indoor air through an inlet through a suction fan operating inside the housing and then passing it through a filter unit composed of various filters. However, in the case of users who do not like the cold, when the air introduced from the inside of the vehicle is cold, the purified air through filtering has no choice but to be cold. The need for is being raised.

For this purpose, a number of air purifiers with a built-in heater are disclosed in the prior art. In this case, there are many unreasonable numbers to be introduced into a portable air purifier for a portable vehicle in terms of price competitiveness and restrictions when securing a heater space and supplying a driving source. .

As shown in FIG. 1 , a vehicle air purifier applied to a vehicle is disclosed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0726847 with a heater, a HEPA filter, and a deodorizing filter. There was a problem in that there was no choice but to limit the ease of use and application because there were structural restrictions on the .

As another method for this purpose, Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2015-0032989 discloses an air purifier having a warm air function. In this case, a form in which a heating element is integrally stacked on an air purification filter in a horizontal direction to discharge warm air is introduced. are doing

However, since this is also selectively posted inside the existing air purifier, structural and economical difficulties were inevitable to implement it as a portable device.

The present invention has been devised to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and the purified air that has passed through the existing activated carbon HEPA filter is further configured with a separate heating unit inside the compact size portable air purifier for the user to select. The purpose of this is to broaden the user's choice of air purifiers for vehicles by allowing the purified and heated air to be blown out accordingly.

In addition, another purpose is to improve user convenience to meet various user needs by adding functions that are increasingly necessary inside the vehicle, such as LED lighting and air freshener units, to the inside of an air purifier the size of a general tumbler, while not impairing the appearance. have.

In order to achieve the above object, the multifunctional vehicle air purifier according to the present invention is a housing having a tumbler type appearance and is composed of a first body and a second body, wherein the first body and the second body are easily assembled and disassembled. It is composed of a structure that is mutually detachable in the vertical direction, and the second body has a plurality of fitting grooves that can accommodate a plurality of modules that can purify and heat the air inside the vehicle inside, and are installed to be spaced apart from the lower edge by a certain distance. a body provided with; a bottom lid having a plurality of fitting members protruding upwardly at corresponding positions so as to be mutually detachable from the fitting groove; and a certain height between the bottom cover and the body is formed when the bottom cover and the body are fastened. a filter module having a plurality of open slit-shaped intake ports formed therein, and including a cylindrical HEPA filter that is detachably installed with the bottom lid to filter and purify vehicle interior air introduced into the intake port; a control module formed above the filter module and configured to operate a driving unit for ON/OFF of an electrical signal for performing a heating function when air is sucked, and a set temperature control and external air supply operation when hot air is supplied by heating air; an air intake fan installed on the control module to easily suck in external air generated inside the vehicle; and a carbon fiber planar heating element module installed on the upper surface of the control module, wherein the first body includes: an ejection plate provided at a lower portion and having a plurality of air outlets penetrating in the vertical direction; a hollow part formed on an upper portion of the blower plate and having an open side and a space of a certain height so that purified and heated air is emitted into the vehicle; a sealing part formed on the upper part of the hollow part; a head lid detachably installed on the upper surface of the sealing unit; and an LED lighting lamp installed on the bottom surface of the sealing unit.

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In addition, the present invention is characterized in that it further comprises a perfume input unit having an open one side that can be injected and radiated a direction material so as to add a direction function to the upper part of the lighting lamp.
In addition, the present invention is characterized in that it further comprises a fixed clip holder configured to be detachably attached to the air vent in the vehicle on one side of the body portion.

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The present invention having the above main configuration circulates the polluted air inside the vehicle by the air intake fan inside the housing to first filter fine dust or impurities in the air through a plurality of filters, and then the filtered air is wrapped inside By selectively passing through the carbon fiber planar heating element, the heated air can be blown out according to the set temperature of the user who is sensitive to temperature (cold).

In addition, an LED lighting lamp installed so as to be turned on by remote control or manually, and a fragrance input unit with one side open for injecting and radiating a fragrance material to add a direction function are further provided inside the housing to reduce economic costs and reduce space. It has an excellent effect of doubling.

In addition, this process is smoothly solved by properly arranging the filter unit and heating unit according to the compact tumbler shape and size, securing sufficient internal space so that the air inside the housing can flow smoothly, and processing rounded corners. By doing so, it has the effect of having improved purification/heating performance compared to the existing small air purifier for vehicles.

In addition, the lower part of the housing consists of a hinge-coupled holder that has a disc, a ball, and a clip in sequence so that it can be easily attached to an air vent in the vehicle, such as an air conditioner outlet inside the vehicle. is also provided.

1 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment of an air purifier for a vehicle according to the prior art;
2 is a perspective view of an air purifier for a multi-function vehicle according to the present invention.
3 is an exploded perspective view of an air purifier for a multi-function vehicle according to the present invention.
4 is an exploded perspective view of a second body according to the present invention;
5 is a configuration perspective view showing a heating element unit when a planar heating element is installed according to the present invention.
6 is a cross-sectional view of the first body sealing part according to the present invention;
7A is a cross-sectional view of the perfume input unit when the perfume is not used according to the present invention.
Figure 7b is a structural cross-sectional view according to an embodiment of the use of the perfume according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a preferred embodiment of the portable air purifier for a small multifunctional vehicle equipped with heat, lighting and direction functions according to the present invention will be described focusing on the components as follows.

First, referring to FIG. 2 , the air purifier 100 for a multifunctional vehicle according to the present invention has a housing shape having a tumbler-type appearance provided with an inlet 380 and an outlet 390, and has a rectangular first body corresponding to the upper portion. 200 and a second body 300 of a square corresponding to the lower portion, and the first body 200 and the second body 300 of the square are provided in a tapered shape having a predetermined bending radius at the corner, It can be seen that it is composed of a structure that is mutually detachable in the vertical direction to facilitate assembly and disassembly. Such a streamlined curve has the effect of not only doubling the aesthetics, but also reducing the air flow resistance when the internal air flows, thereby making the air flow smoother.

In the present invention, the inside of the second body 300 is classified into a plurality of units, so the description of the second body 300 will be focused on with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 and will be described first.

The second body 300 is a fitting member 310a protruding upward at a position corresponding to the second body 300 so as to be mutually detachable from the fitting groove 310b installed spaced apart from the lower edge of the square by a predetermined distance. ) having a bottom lid 310 is formed, in this case, the fitting member 310a is a national flag shape having a certain height, protrudes from the floor in a L shape, and is fitted with the fitting member 310a The groove 310b protrudes downward in a shape corresponding to a position capable of being fastened to the fitting member 310a in the lower surface edge portion of the body portion 305, and thus the bottom cover 310 and the body portion 305 are fastened. A plurality of inlet 380 in the shape of a straight slit opening having a predetermined height from the bottom of the housing can be formed.

Through this, it is possible to have the advantage of easily sucking the air inside the vehicle without configuring a separate intake port on the outer surface of the housing. In the present invention, as shown, the suction port is naturally solved through the suction port 380 generated through the detachable assembly structure without artificially forming the suction port separately.

Next, a space is secured inside the bottom lid 310 and the detachable body 305 to accommodate a plurality of modules capable of purifying and heating the air inside the vehicle. same.

First, a filter module 320 including a cylindrical HEPA filter that is detachably installed with the body portion 305 and the lower bottom lid 310 to filter and purify the polluted air inside the vehicle introduced into the intake port 380 . This is installed to purify the inhaled polluted air inside the vehicle.

Generally. A device for removing fine dust includes a filter type and an electrostatic precipitation type. In the present invention, a HEPA filter method that can filter 99.7% of particles with a size of 0.3 μm in the air is adopted.

In this way, the air introduced to the outside of the outer peripheral surface of the filter module 320 surrounding the cylindrical structure 360 degrees is filtered through the cylindrical inner hollow part as an air flow passage so that the upward flow can be maintained according to the rotational operation of the suction fan.

Next, the filter module 320 is formed on the upper part and fixed with a cylindrical fixing fitting member at the center of the inner center to turn on/off an electrical signal for performing a heating function when air is sucked, adjust a set temperature during a hot air supply operation by heating air, and external air The control module 330 for operating the driving unit for supply is configured, in this case, an electrical signal output connected to an electrical signal input terminal formed on the upper surface of the PCB substrate on which the control module 330 is formed in the center of one end of the planar heating element 353 It is preferable to configure the part 350a, and to form an electric signal input part 331 capable of applying an external power to the center of one side of the upper surface of the substrate.

In this case, it is more preferable that the input unit 331 enables a portable device that is easy to access and use rather than a separate external electric wire input. In the present invention, the USB port 331 is used as a component of the control module 330 It is installed in the center of the upper surface of one side of the PCB board, and a slit groove 331a is provided in the corresponding external housing position so that the user can easily apply power from the outside. Accordingly, the user selectively electrically connects the USB suitable for the port from the vehicle's internal electricity supply source, as needed, so that the vehicle air purifier can be driven.

Next, an air intake fan 340 is installed to the upper portion of the control module 330 to easily suck the external air generated inside the vehicle. The air intake fan 340 is the control module 330 . Selective operation is possible by receiving an electric signal from the fan 340, so that the driven external air flows into the housing through the suction port 380 and then is discharged to the outside through the discharge port 390. Allow air to flow. In this case, it is installed in a size and position suitable for the structure of the cylindrical housing 300 opened downward so that the driving wind pressure is intact in the sealed internal space so that the power of the operation of the air suction fan 330 can be maximized. It is desirable to improve air intake and air flow by making it possible to transmit. In the present invention, the motor 340b for driving the air suction fan 340 uses a BLDC motor using an inverter circuit instead of a brush to solve the brush wear and noise problems of the existing DC motor.

On the other hand, a planar heating element 353 surrounding the inside of the vertical support 351 having a plurality of projections having a plurality of predetermined grooves in the height direction of the upper surface of the control module 330 and the lower support of the first body 200 by 360 degrees is provided. The carbon fiber planar heating element module 350 is formed at the upper end of the body portion 305, in this case, the planar heating element 353 is attached in a shape that tightly surrounds the inside of the vertical support 351.

The fixing of the planar heating element 353 is by attaching a metal member 351b having a predetermined height to the lower inner surface of the vertical support 351 . When the heating element 353 surrounds the vertical support 351, a plurality of magnets 353a are embedded in the lower end surface of one end of the planar heating element 353 corresponding to a position corresponding to the magnet 353a and the metal member 351b. ), it is fixed by the magnetic force between the two and the enclosing shape can be firmly maintained, improving the convenience of fixing.

In this case, the planar heating element 353 may be applied with a variety of materials to suit the purpose. In the present invention, it has excellent exothermic properties and a large number of components beneficial to the human body such as far-infrared rays are emitted, and even when used for a long period of time, there is little possibility of peeling, so the durability is excellent. A carbon fiber planar heating element 353 is used.

In general, carbon constituting carbon fiber is mainly inorganic or organic graphite structure. However, in the present invention, the planar structure 353 made of threads is adopted to facilitate the structural application of the upward airflow into the housing, thereby obtaining a desired heating effect.

And, as described above, carbon fiber, which is a form of carbon, is classified into polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based, pitch-based, and rayon-based depending on the raw material thereof, and among them, PAN-based and rayon-based carbon fibers account for most of them. Among the above-mentioned carbon fibers, PAN-based carbon fibers are made by calcining PAN at a temperature of 1,000 to 2,000 ° C. or higher under an inert gas. On the other hand, in the case of the pitch system, the pitch from coal is fiberized and completed through almost the same process as the PAN system, but compared to the PAN series, it is widely used as a high-temperature insulation material or reinforcement material because its price is cheaper.

The carbon fiber planar heating element 353 having the excellent heating characteristics configures an electrical signal output unit 350a at the center of one end and connects a wire with one terminal of the control module 330 to receive an electrical signal, and thus carbon The interaction between the material and the electrode performs a heating function.

Subsequently, the vertical support 351 is screwed with the horizontal support plate 352 of the upper part, and a plurality of circular shapes are radially developed and are provided with a plurality of outlets 390 opened in the vertical direction. 391) is formed between the first body 200 and the second body 300, and the ejection plate 391 is provided with a plurality of ejection ports 390 that are opened in the vertical direction by radially developing a plurality of circular shapes. It adopts an approximately rectangular shape. In this case, it is desirable to form a plurality of radially deployed air outlets 390 to double the strength of the wind speed emitted through the air outlet hole with a small diameter. It can be confirmed that it is starting.

On the other hand, as can be seen in FIG. 3 , a disc-shaped fitting support 361 and a circular fitting member 362 in the center of the support 361 are provided on one side of the body 305, and the fitting member ( 362) and hinged to facilitate direction adjustment, and has a clip 363 shape with an open end, and a fixed clip holder 360 configured to be easily detachable from an air vent in the vehicle, such as an air conditioner slit part. . Accordingly, the small air purifier of the size of a tumbler according to the present invention has the advantage that it can be easily mounted in various spaces inside the vehicle according to the driver's needs, such as a vent in the vehicle.

Next, the configuration of the first body 200 will be described with reference to FIG. 3, the lower portion of the first body is provided with a take-out plate 391 in which a plurality of air outlets 390 penetrating in the vertical direction are formed. The upper part of the publication is provided with a hollow part 210 provided with a space of a certain height so that the air purified and heated by the filter module and the planar heating element module can be easily radiated into the vehicle, the hollow part 210 A sealing part 220 having a predetermined thickness is configured as an upper portion, and a head lid 230 having a plurality of protruding grooves on the bottom surface is configured to be detachably attached to the top surface of the first body.

Accordingly, the purified and heated air discharged through the plurality of outlets 390 can be smoothly supplied to the user through the hollow part 210, and in this case, the air flows upward by the sealing part 220 ( diffusion) is inhibited, allowing local delivery to a desired location where the user can inhale.

As an embodiment according to an additional function of the air purifier according to the present invention, an LED lighting lamp 223 installed so as to be turned on by a remote control or manually may be installed on the lower surface of the housing sealing part 220, which is a selective necessity of the user. It can be attached according to In this case, a cylindrical battery loading part 224 is configured in the inner space when the head lid 230 is lowered as an upper portion of the lighting lamp 223. In general, the lighting lamp 223 protrudes downward by inserting a battery into the interior. ) When the case (223a) is pressed, the electrical contact is contacted and the light is turned on. In this case, since it is a well-known technology that the LED lighting lamp 223 can be turned on/off through the remote control according to the user's selection, the description thereof will be omitted.

These lights 223 are used as indicators for future Internet of Things (IOT)-based air pollution status in vehicles, and perform a guiding function according to the need to operate the air purifier by changing various colors, brightness, chroma, etc. depending on the degree of air pollution. will be available as

As another functional embodiment, a fragrance input unit 225 having an opening 225a on one side for injecting and radiating a fragrance material so as to add a direction function to the upper portion of the lighting lamp 223 may be further provided. This can also enable the direction of the air inside the vehicle interior by selectively adding and installing a fragrance of the extract or solid extract component to the unit 225 according to the user's needs.

This perfume input is optional, and the perfume input unit may not be used when the user does not need it. In this case, it is preferable that the sealing part 220 is an empty space and the external housing itself can be used without change.

Of course, in this case, as shown in FIG. 7 as a diffuser shape frequently used in offices, etc. in recent years, the diffuser (oil) contained in the diffusing container 226 to a certain depth and the opening 227 in an open shape are used. It is also possible to use the diffusing stick 228 immersed in the diffuser liquid (oil) by a certain height at the bottom. It is desirable to be able to be completely accommodated in the inner groove of the upper end of the sealing part.

The height of the diffusing container is adjusted to match the inner height constituting the air freshener input unit inside the closure, so that when the diffusing function is not desired, the upper opening of the diffusing container is closed through the head lid so that the shape of the outer housing is not changed at all Preferably, a separate diffusing container somewhat higher than the hollow inner height constituting the perfume input unit may be selectively used as needed.

Thus, the diffuser that diffuses according to user needs can be configured in various forms, and it will be possible to apply to various structures for applying a fragrance without deforming the exterior housing of the air purifier structure of the present invention.

In the above, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described based on components, but those skilled in the art can variously modify or change within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the following claims. will be able to carry out

100: multifunctional vehicle air purifier 200: first body
210: hollow part 220: sealing part
223: lighting lamp 223a: lamp lid
224: battery loading unit 225: air freshener input unit
225a: opening groove 230: head cap
300: second body 310: bottom lid
310a: fitting member 310b: fitting groove
320: filter module 330: control module
331: electrical signal input unit 331a: slit groove
340: fan for air intake 340a: fitting hole
350: planar heating element module 350a: electrical signal output unit
351: vertical support 351a: projection
351b: metal member 352: horizontal support plate
352a: projection 353: planar heating element
353a: magnet 360: fixed clip holder
361: fitting support 362: fitting member
363: clip 380: inlet
390: ejection port 391: ejection plate

Claims (4)

A housing having a tumbler-type appearance, which is composed of a first body 200 and a second body 300, the first body 200 and the second body 300 are vertically arranged to facilitate assembly and disassembly. It is composed of a mutually detachable structure,
The second body 300,
a body portion 305 having a plurality of fitting grooves 310b installed to accommodate a plurality of modules capable of purifying and heating vehicle interior air and spaced apart from a lower edge by a predetermined distance; The bottom lid 310 having a plurality of fitting members 310a protruding upward at positions corresponding to the fitting grooves 310b to be mutually detachable from the fitting groove 310b; is composed of, the bottom cover 310 and the body portion (305) A plurality of opening slit-shaped suction ports 380 having a predetermined height are formed between the bottom lid and the body portion when fastening,
Inside the body portion 305, the filter module 320 including a cylindrical HEPA filter that is detachably installed with the bottom lid 310 to filter and purify the air inside the vehicle introduced into the intake 380; A control module ( 330); an air intake fan 340 installed on the control module 330 to easily suck in external air generated inside the vehicle; and a carbon fiber planar heating element module 350 installed on the upper surface of the control module 330;
The first body 200 includes: a take-out plate 391 provided at a lower portion and having a plurality of air outlets 390 penetrating in the vertical direction; a hollow part 210 formed on the upper portion of the blower plate and having an open side surface and a space of a certain height so that purified and heated air is emitted into the vehicle interior; a sealing part 220 formed on the hollow part 210; a head lid 230 that is detachably installed on the upper surface of the sealing unit; and an LED lighting lamp (223) installed on the bottom surface of the sealing unit (220).
The air for multifunctional vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a fragrance input unit 225 having an open surface for injecting and radiating a fragrance material to the upper portion of the lighting lamp 223 to add a direction function. purifier.
delete The air purifier for a multifunctional vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a fixing clip holder (360) configured to be detachably attached to an air vent in the vehicle on one side of the body portion.

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