KR200255690Y1 - Apparatus for purging cigarette smoke - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention mainly relates to a tobacco smoke purification device that is installed indoors to collect and purify the tobacco smoke. Tobacco smoke purification device of the present invention, a smoking chamber, a collection chamber including a house study installed on top of the smoking zone, and air for generating a flow of air including tobacco smoke from the smoking zone to the collection chamber; Flow generating means, purifying means for purifying the air introduced into the collection chamber through the collection study, and discharging means for discharging the air purified through the purifying means to the outside of the smoking area. The device of the present invention makes it possible to smoke indoors without the inconvenience of cigarette smoke to others without installing a separate smoking room, and also easy to transport.

Description

Cigarette Smoke Filter {APPARATUS FOR PURGING CIGARETTE SMOKE}

The present invention relates to an air purifying apparatus, and more particularly, to a tobacco smoke purifying apparatus installed indoors to collect and purify tobacco smoke.

Tobacco smoke is known to contain over 4,000 species of chemicals, of which 2,000 are harmful to the body. Tobacco smoke can cause many damages to smokers as well as non-smokers.

In general, smoking is prohibited in the interior of an office or the like so as to maintain comfortable indoor air and not damage others. In order to smoke, a smoker must smoke outside the room and in a separate smoking area. Thus, smoking in the daytime inevitably leads to a loss of working time.

In order to prevent the harmful effects of tobacco smoke on non-smokers and to provide smokers' right to smoke, smoking areas are often set aside for smokers. Such smoking areas may be in the form of enclosed smoking rooms or separately installed with large air purifiers for purifying the air. Such smoking areas are expensive to install and maintain.

Moreover, the enclosed smoking room is generally provided with a ventilation duct on the ceiling, but if a lot of cigarette smoke has already occurred, the cigarette smoke is recycled in the building through the ceiling duct during smoking, thereby substantially eliminating tobacco smoke in the smoking room. Not completely removed and the smoking room is filled with a lot of cigarette smoke.

Air purifiers installed in places where indoor smoking is permitted will not be able to collect tobacco smoke, so that a lot of cigarette smoke will spread into the room. Thus, even if a separate large air purifier is installed in the room, the cigarette smoke may not be removed efficiently and may damage other people around.

Thus, indoor tobacco smoke purification device that allows smokers to smoke while completely protecting non-smokers from tobacco pollution, while reducing the cost of installing a smoking room and the time that smokers spend unnecessarily for smoking. Is required.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cigarette smoke purification apparatus that enables smoking indoors and at the same time efficiently collects and purifies tobacco smoke.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable tobacco smoke purification apparatus installed indoors to collect and purify the tobacco smoke.

It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a tobacco smoke purification device in which a smoking zone is partly isolated from the outside by a septum for the collection of tobacco smoke.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a tobacco smoke purification apparatus in which at least a part of the smoking area is opened to alleviate the inconvenience of the smoker due to the obstruction of the smoking area.

According to the present invention, a portable tobacco smoke purifying apparatus installed indoors to collect and purify tobacco smoke comprises: a collecting chamber including a smoking area, a house study installed above the smoking area, and the house from the smoking area. An air flow generating means for generating a flow of air including tobacco smoke to the combustion chamber, purifying means for purifying air introduced into the collection chamber through the collection study, and air purged through the purifying means in the smoking zone It is configured to have a discharge means for discharging to the outside interior.

According to the present invention, the smoking zone is partially isolated from the outside by the partition wall. The partition wall may be configured to include the collecting chamber.

In addition, the partition wall may be made of a material at least partially transparent. Preferably, the partition comprises both side walls, a back wall and an upper wall and the front of the smoking area is open.

Preferably, the air flow generating means is a suction fan, and the discharge means is an outlet formed on one surface of the collecting chamber.

Preferably, the smoking area, the collection chamber, the air flow generating means, the purifying means and the discharging means are integrally configured to be integrally transportable.

Preferably, the smoking area, the collection chamber, the air flow generating means and the purifying means are detachable and are configured to be individually transportable.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a side discharge type cigarette smoke purification device according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a schematic perspective view of the top discharge type tobacco smoke purification apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a single person cigarette smoke purification apparatus according to the present invention.

4 is a view showing a cigarette smoke purification device without a partition according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: smoking area

2: bulkhead

3: house study

4: collection room

5: outlet

6: table

In the following, the invention is described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows a cigarette smoke purification apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The cigarette smoke device 100 can be installed indoors and can be transported. The cigarette smoke purification apparatus 100 includes a smoking area 101, a collecting chamber 107, a suction fan 108, and an air filter 110. The smoking area 101 is defined by the partition 103 except for the front part. The collection chamber 107 forms part of the partition 103 and defines the upper and left sides of the smoking area 101. The collection chamber 107 is formed with a collection study 105 located above the smoking area 101. A suction fan 108 is installed inside the collection chamber 107 to generate a flow of air including tobacco smoke from the smoking zone 101 through the collection research 105 to the collection chamber 107. The air introduced into the collecting chamber 107 is discharged to the outside of the collecting chamber 107 through the discharge port 109. An air filter 110 is also provided in the air passage inside the collecting chamber 107 to purify the air flowing inside the collecting chamber 107. The air purified by the air filter 110 is discharged through the outlet 109.

In the smoking area 101, a table 111 on which an ashtray can be placed is installed. In the embodiment of Fig. 1, the table 111 is fixed to the partition wall constituting the rear wall of the smoking area 101. In the smoking area 101, air flows to the upper house research 105, so that the tobacco smoke generated in the smoking area 101 is collected into the collecting chamber 107 without leaking to the outside.

The partition 103 may be made of various materials such as wood, aluminum, and tempered glass. In order to facilitate transportation of the cigarette smoke purification device, the partition 103 is preferably made of a lightweight material. Preferably, the partition 103 may be made of a transparent material so that the interior of the smoking area can be seen. The fact that the bulkhead is made of transparent material makes it less likely that a smoker is in a narrow space, and that other colleagues in the office can easily see if a smoker is absent, so that the smoker can respond quickly in case of urgent business. There is this.

The collecting chamber 107 includes a horizontal passage above the smoking area 101 and a vertical passage to the left of the smoking area 101, as shown in FIG. However, the shape of the collecting chamber 107 is not limited thereto and may have any other shape. Tobacco smoke in the smoking zone 101 is moved in the direction of the arrow in FIG. That is, the cigarette smoke is introduced into the collection chamber 107 through the house research 105 of the upper portion of the table 111 and purified, and then discharged to the outside through the discharge port 109.

In this embodiment, although a suction fan is used to generate a flow of air, other known means may be used.

As the air filter 110 for purifying tobacco smoke in the collection chamber 107, a chemical filter, a paper filter, an acetate filter, a charcoal filter, a charcoal set filter, etc., which can filter and purify the harmful elements in the tobacco smoke, are used. . The air filter may be added with a deodorizing function so that the smell of tobacco smoke filtered from the filter does not enter the room.

The air purified through the purifying means is supplied back to the room outside the smoking area 101 through the outlet 109. In Fig. 1, the outlet 109 is shown as located on the outer side of the vertical passage in the collection chamber 107, but the position is not limited.

The tobacco smoke purification apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 may be designed to be fixedly installed or transportable in a room.

2 shows another embodiment of the present invention. Unlike the side discharge type tobacco smoke purification device 100 of FIG. 1, the cigarette smoke purification device 200 of FIG. 2 is configured to discharge purified air upward.

Tobacco smoke purification apparatus 200 includes a smoking zone 201. 2 shows a table 211 in the smoking zone 201, but the table 211 may be omitted to allow more smokers to be accommodated in the smoking zone 201.

Cigarette smoke purification device 200 includes a partition 203 that defines a smoking area 201. The partition wall 203 includes both side walls, a rear wall and an upper wall. The partition 203 prevents the outflow of tobacco smoke from the smoking zone 201 and directs the cigarette smoke upwards in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. In addition, an upper wall of the partition wall 203 houses a collection chamber 207 for collecting tobacco smoke in the smoking zone 201.

A collection study 205 is formed on the lower surface of the collection chamber 207. Zip study 205 is located directly above table 211. Collection study 205 is a rectangular shape tapered inward to facilitate the collection of tobacco smoke. However, the shape of housework 205 is not limited to such a shape, and may have any other shape that performs tobacco smoke dust collection.

Within the collection chamber 207 is provided a means, such as a suction pan (not shown), for sucking tobacco smoke from the smoking zone 201 into the collection chamber 207. Accordingly, the tobacco smoke in the smoking zone 201 flows upward and flows into the collection chamber 207 through the house study 205.

In the collecting chamber 207, purifying means (not shown) for purifying tobacco smoke is provided. Purification means include, but are not limited to, for example, chemical filters, paper filters, cleaning filters, and the like, and other suitable means may be used. The purifying means may be provided with a deodorizing function so that the smell of tobacco smoke filtered out of the filter does not enter the room.

As can be seen in FIG. 2, an outlet 209 is formed at the upper left of the collection chamber 207 so that the purified air in the collection chamber 207 is discharged upward. Thus, the tobacco smoke in the smoking zone 201 can be supplied back to the room with fresh air through the outlet 209 in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG.

3 is a cigarette smoke purification apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention is shown. The cigarette smoke purification apparatus shown in FIG. 3 is denoted by reference numeral 300 and has a size and dimension suitable for one person. In the cigarette smoke purification apparatus 300, a table 311 is installed on the left side of the smoking area 301, a house study 305 is installed above the table 311, and an outlet 309 is located above the house study 305. It is located. Otherwise, it is similar to the top discharge tobacco smoke purification apparatus shown in FIG.

4 shows another embodiment of the present invention. The cigarette smoke purification apparatus of FIG. 4 is denoted by reference numeral 400.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cigarette smoke purification apparatus 400 is not provided with a partition defining a smoking area unlike the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The cigarette smoke purification apparatus 400 includes a base plate 402 and a pillar 404 installed upright on the base plate 402. At the upper end of the pillar 404, a collecting chamber 407 for collecting tobacco smoke is installed, and a lower surface of the collecting chamber 407 is provided with a house research 405 such that tobacco smoke flows into the collecting chamber 407. have. An air flow generating means (not shown), such as a suction fan, is provided in the collection chamber 407 to allow tobacco smoke in the smoking area to flow directly into the collection chamber 407. In addition, a filter (not shown) for purifying the collected tobacco smoke is provided in the collection chamber 407. An outlet 409 is formed at the upper surface of the collection chamber 407 so that the purified air can be supplied to the room again. Therefore, the tobacco smoke generated in the smoking area can be purified in the collection chamber without being spread into the room and supplied to the room as fresh air through the outlet.

The inventors have identified the flow of tobacco smoke through a number of experiments. The inventors have designed a configuration that is at least partially open to eliminate the obstruction of the smoking area and that is most efficient for the collection of tobacco smoke. Tobacco smoke is directed upward when smoking, and it is most effective to close the partition wall on both sides and back to prevent the smoke from leaking out of the smoking area and to close the smoking area. Im proved. However, depending on the design and structure of the building interior, the partition wall can also be sealed on two sides and one side. For example, since the interior wall of the building functions as two surfaces at the corners of the building interior, only one surface of the smoking area may be limited to the partition wall.

The embodiments described so far are merely exemplary, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

According to the present invention, the indoor tobacco smoke purification device of the present invention has the advantage that it can be installed at a lower cost than the conventional smoking room installation and maintained at the cost of replacing the filter. In addition, according to the indoor tobacco smoke purification apparatus of the present invention, it is not necessary to provide a smoking room separately, significantly reducing the cost of installing and maintaining a smoking room, which is remarkably advantageous in terms of cost.

In addition, there is an advantage in reducing the time required for smoking because it is not necessary to move to an outside smoking room or smoking area while working for smoking.

In addition, it reduces the burden of having to leave the building or move to a smoking room for smoking, and facilitates the smoker's convenience by eliminating the closedness of the smoking room.

The cigarette smoke purification device of the present invention provides a smoking space for efficiently removing the cigarette smoke indoors, so that the smoker can smoke without causing damage to the cigarette smoke to others. The cigarette smoke purification apparatus of the present invention can also be used as an indoor air purifier by continuously operating an air flow generating means, such as a suction fan, even during non-smoking.

In addition, the cigarette smoke purification apparatus of the present invention can be designed to be easily transported by being made of a lightweight material and integrally configured.

In addition, the partition of the smoking area can be made of a transparent material so that the interior of the smoking area can be seen, so that it is easy to determine whether there is a smoker in the room, such as an office, it is possible to quickly cope with the urgent business of smokers.

In addition, the indoor tobacco smoke purification apparatus of the present invention can satisfy both the smoker and the non-smoker at the same time by allowing smoking in the room and protecting the non-smoker.

Claims (8)

A portable tobacco smoke purification device installed indoors for collecting and purifying tobacco smoke, Smoking area, A collection chamber including a house study installed above the smoking area, Air flow generating means for generating a flow of air comprising tobacco smoke from said smoking zone to said collection chamber; Purifying means for purifying the air introduced into the collection chamber through the house research, And exhaust means for discharging the purified air through the purifying means to the room outside the smoking area. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the smoking zone is partially isolated from the outside by a partition wall. The tobacco smoke purification device according to claim 2, wherein the partition includes the collection chamber. The tobacco smoke purification device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the partition is at least partially transparent. 4. The tobacco smoke purification apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the partition includes both side walls, a rear wall and an upper wall, and the front of the smoking area is open. The tobacco smoke purification device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the air flow generating means is a suction fan, and the discharge means is an outlet formed on one surface of the collection chamber. The tobacco smoke purification device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the smoking area, the collection chamber, the air flow generating means, the purifying means, and the discharging means are integrated. The tobacco smoke purification device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the smoking area, the collection chamber, the air flow generating means, and the purifying means are detachable.