KR20030085346A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An air-conditioning system is provided to clean polluted indoor air, to increase concentration of oxygen, and to humidify the indoor air. CONSTITUTION: A system includes a casing(10) having an inlet formed on one side thereof, and an outlet(14) formed near the inlet; an air cleaning part(30) placed in the casing to clean air introduced into the casing through the inlet; an oxygen generating part(40) placed in the casing to generate oxygen; a guiding part(50) guiding air cleaned in the air cleaning part and oxygen generated in the oxygen generating part to the outlet; a humidifier(60) placed in the casing, and heating water to discharge humidified air to a humidity discharge part(16) placed on an outside of the casing; and a control unit placed on the casing to control one of the air cleaning part, the oxygen generating part and the humidifier. The air cleaning part comprises a plurality of filter members(32,34) placed at intervals to filter air; a dust collecting member(36) separated from the filter members to collect foreign matters in the air; and an anion generating member(38) placed near the dust collecting member or the filter members to generate anion.

Description

Air Conditioner

The present invention relates to an air conditioner having an air cleaner, an oxygen generator, and a humidifier unit. More specifically, the indoor polluted air is reduced to clean purified air and is usually about 20 to 21%. Increases the amount of oxygen in the room to 22 ~ 23% to relieve metabolism and fatigue in the body, and the air conditioner, oxygen generator, and humidifier unit are integrated to supply sufficient sterilized water to dry indoors in winter. It is about.

In general, an air conditioner includes an air purifier that cleans indoor air, such as an air conditioner that cools indoor air, a warm air heater that heats indoor air, an oxygen generator that generates oxygen, and a humidifier that generates humidified air. It is a term that includes all of them, which is installed for the purpose of cooling or heating the room or purifying the air, and is installed to create a more comfortable indoor environment for humans. Used to equip.

That is, in winter when the indoor air is relatively dry, a humidifier is purchased and used, and on a hot summer day, a cooler such as an air conditioner is used.

In addition, when the indoor air is muddy due to cigarette smoke or other reasons, the air is purified using an air purifier and an oxygen generator.

By the way, the air purifier including a cooler such as a conventional air conditioner is manufactured separately in consideration of the high manufacturing cost and the unique functions of each device, and oxygen generators and humidifiers, which are relatively inexpensive to manufacture, are also separately classified. It was common to be manufactured.

Therefore, the user needs to purchase an air cleaner, an oxygen generator and a humidifier separately, as needed.

By the way, the purchase or use of each type of air conditioner by type is quite inconvenient and cumbersome, as well as the installation space and storage problems that they occupy even if purchased and used.

Accordingly, an air conditioner incorporating an air cleaner and an oxygen generator or an air cleaner and a humidifier may be disclosed.

That is, there have been cases where a humidifier for humidifying is added to an air cleaner for purifying conventional air or an oxygen generator for supplying oxygen.

In other words, the conventional technology provided with a humidifier in the air purifier or a function of purifying the air in the humidifier includes Korean Utility Model Publication No. 93-1582, Korean Patent Publication No. 97-4576 and Utility Model Registration No. 121299. Known.

Looking at this, the utility model registration No. 93-1582 has a guide port for guiding the clean air to the discharge grill direction guide port for guiding a part of the wind toward the nozzle case and a diffusion port for diffusing the wind in the nozzle case toward the discharge grill. The nozzle case is provided with a hole communicating with the diffusion hole and a hole communicating with each other so that the wind is discharged to the discharge grill along with the spray particles in the nozzle case according to the rotation direction of the nozzle.

In addition, Korean Patent No. 97-4576 relates to an air purifier of a humidifier, which efficiently filters fine dust having a small particle size in indoor air introduced into the humidifier, so as to increase the air cleaning effect, and to install an ultrasonic wave in the humidifier. It is to prevent the performance degradation of the oscillator in advance.

In addition, Utility Model Registration No. 121299 relates to an air purifier having a humidification function. Dust is collected and the water is continuously circulated by an underwater pump, and water containing foreign matters is circulated continuously by purifying dirt or germs generated by germs using ozone's sterilizing power and cleaning power. It can be used as it is, and clean water is circulated and purified at all times, so it is configured to purify dust and various air at the same time with humidity control.

In addition, domestic patent publication No. 97-9310 attaches a humidifier and an oxygen cylinder, so that the pre-determined indoor oxygen content is low, and the information device automatically alerts the user when the danger level is reached. BACKGROUND ART A multipurpose air conditioner is known which allows for air cleaning, humidification and oxygen supply.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned conventional techniques are to simply add a humidification function to the air cleaner, to remove the fine dust in the air supplied to the humidifier, or to add an oxygen supply device for patients with respiratory diseases, It did not improve the air purifier function so much.

In particular, an air conditioner incorporating an air cleaner, an oxygen generator and a humidifier, which is one of user requirements, is not known.

Therefore, if the air conditioner integrated with the air cleaning device, the oxygen generator and the humidification device is developed, it will not only solve the above-described installation and storage problems but also be more easily used.

Thus, the present invention was devised to meet the needs and needs of the user as described above, the object of the present invention is to reduce the indoor contaminated air to completely purified clean air and usually 20 ~ 21% Increases the amount of oxygen in the room to 22 ~ 23% to relieve metabolism and fatigue in the body, and provides an air conditioner, an oxygen generator, and a humidifier integrated to supply sufficient sterilized water to dry indoors in winter. To provide.

In another aspect, the present invention provides an air conditioner integrated with an air cleaner, oxygen generation unit and a humidification device, to solve the problem of securing the installation space and storage, which is a problem when the air conditioner is purchased and installed according to each type of conventional functions. It is to provide a multi-purpose air conditioner that can not only solve the problem but also use various additional functions more easily.

1 is a perspective view of an air conditioner according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the humidifying discharge area shown in FIG. 1;

Figure 4 is a block diagram of the operating state of the air conditioner according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

10 casing 12 inlet

14: outlet 16: humidification discharge unit

18: oxygen discharge pipe 20: control unit

30: air cleaner 40: oxygen generator

50: guide 59: bidirectional valve

60: humidifier 70: rotation means

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner, comprising: a cylindrical casing having an inlet formed on at least one side of a plate surface thereof and an outlet formed adjacent to the inlet; An air cleaner provided in the casing to clean air sucked into the casing through the inlet; An oxygen generator provided in the casing to generate oxygen; A guide unit for guiding the air purified by the air cleaner and the oxygen generated from the oxygen generator to the outlet; A humidifier for heating the water in the casing and discharging the humidified air to a humidifying discharge part provided outside the casing; Provided in the casing is achieved by providing an air conditioner comprising a control unit for controlling the operation of at least one of the air cleaner, the oxygen generator and the humidifier.

Here, the air cleaning unit includes a plurality of filter members arranged at predetermined intervals along the moving direction of the air sucked into the casing through the suction port to filter the air; A dust collecting member spaced apart from the filter member to collect foreign matter in the air; At least one of the dust collecting member and the filter member may be disposed adjacent to the negative ion generating member to generate negative ions.

A first guide tube having one end disposed at the air cleaner and the other end disposed at an outlet of the casing to transfer clean air from the air cleaner to the outlet; A second guide tube having one end connected to the oxygen generating unit and the other end communicating with the first guide tube; And a branch pipe branched from the second guide pipe to discharge oxygen to a separate oxygen discharge pipe provided in the casing.

In this case, a connection part is provided between the first and second guide pipes to interconnect the first and second guide pipes, and a blowing fan is mounted on the first guide pipe adjacent to the connection part.

In addition, a two-way valve is provided between the second guide tube and the branch pipe to transfer oxygen generated from the oxygen generator to at least one side of the connection part and the branch pipe.

The humidifier includes a water collecting tank provided in the casing to collect water; Humidification room; A humidifying pipe connecting the sump and the humidifying chamber; The humidifying pipe and the humidifying chamber may be provided on at least one side and used as a heater to heat the water in the sump to generate humidifying air.

In another aspect, the present invention further comprises a delivery pipe which is connected to each of the humidifying chamber and the humidifying discharge unit, respectively, to transfer the humidifying air in the humidifying chamber to the humidifying discharge unit.

On the other hand, the present invention may further comprise a rotating means for rotating the humidifying discharge portion, the rotating means includes a support for rotatably supporting the lower end of the humidifying discharge portion disposed in the casing; A drive motor for providing power for gear rotation; One end is connected to the drive shaft of the drive motor and the other end is coupled to the support portion may be composed of a gear assembly for converting the driving force of the drive motor to the rotational movement of the support.

The humidifying discharge part is composed of a pair of unit parts capable of mutual coupling and decoupling, so that it can be assembled by a screw type.

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

1 is a perspective view of an air conditioner according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the humidified discharge area shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is according to the present invention. The operation state block diagram of the air conditioner is shown.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the air conditioner according to the present invention includes a casing 10, an air cleaner 30, an oxygen generator 40, and a humidifier 60 provided in the casing 10. Has

A plurality of suction ports 12 are formed on one side of the casing 10 to suck indoor air into the casing 10, and the air cleaners 30 are disposed on the plate surface of the casing 10 adjacent to the suction ports 12. ) And a plurality of outlets 14 through which air and oxygen purified by the oxygen generator 40 are discharged.

In addition, one side of the casing 10, the humidifying exhaust portion 16 for discharging the humidified air generated by the humidifier 60, and the oxygen generated by the oxygen generator 40 independently discharged A separate oxygen discharge pipe 18 is provided.

At this time, in this embodiment, the casing 10 is shown in a rectangular cylinder shape, but this is only one embodiment for conveying the idea of the present invention, the shape of the casing 10 is a polyhedral shape having a curved surface and the like. It can be employed in a variety of different shapes, including, of course, has a structure that can open the casing 10 inside.

The casing 10 is provided with a control unit 20 (see FIG. 4) for controlling the operation of at least one of the air cleaner 30, the oxygen generator 40, and the humidifier 60. .

By the control unit 20, the air cleaning unit 30, the oxygen generator 40 and the humidifier 60 may be turned on / off as well as the strength and discharge of the air may be adjusted. have.

The air cleaning unit 30 is a plurality of filter members (32, 34) are arranged at predetermined intervals along the moving direction of the air sucked into the casing 10 through the inlet 12 to filter the air; A dust collecting member 36 spaced apart from the filter members 32 and 34 to collect foreign matter in the air, and an anion generating member 38 disposed adjacent to one side of the dust collecting member 36 to generate negative ions. It includes.

Here, the filter members 32 and 34 may be employed as the nonwoven filter 32 and the HEPA (HEPA or ULPA filter) filter 34, respectively.

Therefore, the air sucked into the casing 10 through the suction port 12 is purified by impurities through the nonwoven fabric filter 32, the HEPA filter 34, and the dust collecting member 36, and then the negative ion generating member ( Clean air plus negative ions generated from 38 may be generated.

The oxygen generator 40 is provided with a storage 42 and a storage 42 for temporarily storing the water collected in the water collecting tank 62 of the humidifier 60 to be described later by the supply unit 39, The base plate 44 can be comprised.

The base plate 44 is provided with a positive electrode 45a to which a positive voltage is applied and a negative electrode 45b to which a negative voltage is applied, so as to be submerged in water in the storage 42.

Thus, when power is applied to the positive electrode 45a and the negative electrode 45b, oxygen may be generated in the positive electrode 45a by electrolysis.

As such, the air cleaned by the air cleaner 30 and the oxygen generated by the oxygen generator 40 are discharged to the outlet 14 formed in the casing 10 by the guide unit 50, respectively.

Here, the present invention has been described employing a method of generating oxygen by electrolysis in conjunction with the humidifier in the oxygen generating unit, but is not limited to this, geolite molybcula that is artificial crystals already known and commonly used Adsorbed oxygen generators that separate oxygen from the air using zeolite molecular sieves may be employed, as well as well-known techniques for generating various types of oxygen.

The guide part 50 is disposed at one end of the air cleaner 30 and the other end is disposed at the outlet 14 of the casing 10 to deliver clean air from the air cleaner 30 to the outlet 14. Branching from the first guide tube 52, the second guide tube 54, one end is connected to the oxygen generator 40, the other end is in communication with the first guide tube 52, and the second guide tube 54 And a branch pipe 56 for discharging oxygen to the oxygen discharge pipe 18.

Between the first and second guide tubes 52 and 54, for example, elbows and unions 58 for connecting the first and second guide tubes 52 and 54 are provided. A blowing fan 57 is mounted in the first guide pipe 52 adjacent to 58.

In addition, between the second guide pipe 54 and the branch pipe 56, the bidirectional valve for selecting and transmitting at least one side of the oxygen generated in the oxygen generating portion 40 to the connection portion 58 and the branch pipe 56. (59, 2-Way Valve) is interposed.

The two-way valve 59 may be controlled by the control unit 20 described above.

The humidifier 60 has a water collecting tank 62 provided in the casing 10 to collect water, a humidifying chamber 64 temporarily containing humidifying air, and a water collecting tank 62 similarly to the normal heating humidifier 60. ) And a humidifier pipe 66 connecting the humidification chamber 64 and a heater 68 provided outside the humidification pipe 66 to heat the water flowing into the humidification pipe 66 to generate humidified air.

Of course, in this case, the humidifier is a humidified water supplied from a water tank (collecting tank), which is a commonly known technique, in addition to the conventional heating humidifier described above, by making fine particles as an ultrasonic vibrator and then spraying it into a room to appropriately control the humidity of the room. It is also possible to employ a combined (heat + ultrasonic) humidifier that can be maintained.

A transfer pipe 69 is provided between the humidifying chamber 64 and the humidifying discharge unit 16 to transfer the humidified air in the humidifying chamber 64 to the humidifying discharge unit 16.

On the other hand, the air conditioner of the present invention is further provided with a rotating means 70 for rotating the humidifying discharge portion 16 provided in the casing (10).

Due to the rotating means 70, the humidifying discharge unit 16 may rotate the predetermined angle to discharge the humidified air into the room.

The rotation means 70, as shown in Figure 3, the support portion 72 for rotatably supporting the lower end of the humidifying discharge portion 16 disposed in the casing 10, and provides power for gear rotation The drive motor 74 and one end is connected to the drive shaft of the drive motor 74 and the other end is coupled to the support portion 72 gear assembly for converting the driving force of the drive motor 74 into the rotational movement of the support portion 72 ( 76a, 76b).

At this time, the gear assembly (76a, 76b) may be employed as a worm and worm wheel that is coupled to each other and rotate.

On the other hand, the humidifying discharge portion 16 is, for example, consists of a pair of unit portions 16a, 16b that can be mutually coupled and released by screwing.

Referring to Figures 2 and 4 the process of using the air conditioner according to the present invention having such a configuration as follows.

First, the control unit 20 is operated to operate the air cleaner (30), the oxygen generator 40 and the humidifier (60).

Then, the air in the room is sucked into the casing 10 through the inlet 12 by rotating the blowing fan 57 provided in the casing 10.

The air sucked in this way is negative air generated from the negative ion generating member 38 after the impurities are purified through the non-woven fabric filter 32, the HEPA filter 34 and the dust collecting member 36, which are the air cleaners 30. The clean air added with negative (-) ions is changed, and after being converted into clean air, it is discharged to the outlet 14 through the first guide pipe 52.

At this time, when power is applied to the positive electrode 45a and the negative electrode 45b provided on the base plate 44 of the oxygen generator 40, oxygen is generated from the positive electrode 45a by electrolysis.

Oxygen generated by the oxygen generator 40 is directed to the connecting pipe via the two-way valve 59 through the second guide pipe 54, and then combined with the clean air flowing to the first guide pipe 52 discharge port ( 14) is discharged.

If the bidirectional valve 59 is driven by the control unit 20, the oxygen generated from the oxygen generator 40 does not face the first guide pipe 52, but the second guide pipe 54 and the branch pipe. Via 56 may be discharged alone through the oxygen discharge pipe (18).

In this case, the user may directly inhale oxygen using a headset or the like.

Then, when the heater 68 of the humidifier 60 is operated together with the generation of clean air and oxygen, the water is evaporated from the sump tank 62 through the humidification pipe 66 to change to humidified air, and then humidified. It is directed to the humidification chamber 64 which temporarily receives the air, and then is discharged to the humidification discharge part 16 through the delivery pipe 69.

At this time, if the humidification discharge unit 16 is properly rotated using the rotating means 70 can further increase the discharge effect of the humidified air.

On the other hand, as described above, the air cleaner (30), oxygen generator 40 and the humidifier (60) without operating all the air cleaner (30), oxygen generator 40 and the humidifier (60). If you want to operate only one or two), the control unit 20 will be appropriately controlled.

As described above, according to the air conditioner of the present invention, the air cleaning unit 30, the oxygen generator 40 and the humidifier 60 is integrated, so that the inconveniences of purchasing or using the air conditioner separately for each type. Can eliminate the hassle and hassle.

Moreover, the problem of the installation space which occupies these, and a storage problem can be solved suitably.

The configurations of the air cleaner 30, the oxygen generator 40, and the humidifier 60 introduced in the above-described embodiments are only schematically illustrated and described.

Therefore, each of the air cleaning unit 30, the oxygen generator 40 and the humidifier 60 can be applied by adding a variety of known configurations.

Particularly, in the case of the humidifier 60, a conventional heated humidifier 60 is adopted. However, if the sterilization and sanitary conditions are to be improved, a complex (heat + ultrasonic) humidifier may be employed as described above. .

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing an air conditioner in which an air cleaner, an oxygen generator and a humidifier are integrated, the inconvenience and hassle of having to purchase or use a conventional air conditioner by type. Not only can it solve the problem, but it also has the effect of adequately solving the problem of installation space and storage that they occupy.

Particularly, according to the present invention, by using an air conditioner in which an air cleaner, an oxygen generator and a humidifier are integrated, the indoor polluted air is reduced to completely purified clean air, and the amount of indoor oxygen is usually about 20 to 21%. Increases the body's metabolism and fatigue by increasing it to 22 ~ 23%, and it is effective to supply sterile moisture to dry indoors in winter.

Claims (11)

In the air conditioner, A casing having a cylindrical shape having an inlet formed on at least one side of the plate surface and having an outlet formed adjacent to the inlet; An air cleaner provided in the casing to clean air sucked into the casing through the inlet; An oxygen generator provided in the casing to generate oxygen; A guide unit for guiding the air purified by the air cleaner and the oxygen generated from the oxygen generator to the outlet; A humidifier for heating the water in the casing and discharging the humidified air to a humidifying discharge part provided outside the casing; And a control unit provided in the casing to control an operation of at least one of the air cleaner, the oxygen generator, and the humidifier. The method of claim 1, The air cleaners, A plurality of filter members arranged at predetermined intervals along a moving direction of the air sucked into the casing through the inlet to filter the air; A dust collecting member spaced apart from the filter member to collect foreign matter in the air; And an anion generating member disposed adjacent to at least one side of the dust collecting member and the filter member to generate negative (-) ions. The method of claim 1, The guide portion, A first guide tube disposed at one end of the air cleaner and at another end of the casing at an outlet of the casing to transfer clean air from the air cleaner to the outlet; A second guide tube having one end connected to the oxygen generating unit and the other end communicating with the first guide tube; And a branch pipe branched from the second guide pipe to discharge oxygen to a separate oxygen discharge pipe provided in the casing. The method of claim 3, A connection part is provided between the first and second guide pipes to interconnect the first and second guide pipes, and a blower fan is attached to the first guide pipe adjacent to the connection part. . The method according to claim 3 or 4, Air between the second guide pipe and the branch pipe is characterized in that the two-way valve (2-Way Valve) for transmitting the oxygen generated in the oxygen generating portion to at least one side of the connecting portion and the branch pipe is interposed. Conditioner. The method of claim 1, The humidifier is, A water collecting tank provided in the casing to collect water; A humidifying room that temporarily receives humidifying air; A humidifying pipe connecting the sump and the humidifying chamber; Air humidifiers, characterized in that the normal heating humidifier including a heater provided on at least one side of the humidification pipe and the humidification chamber to heat the water in the collection tank to generate the humidified air. The method of claim 1, The humidifier is, Air, characterized in that the conventional complex (heating + ultrasonic) humidifying device that can maintain the humidity in the room by making the humidified water supplied from the water tank (water collection tank) into fine particles with an ultrasonic vibrator and then sprayed into the room. Conditioner. The method of claim 6, Both ends are in communication with the humidification chamber and the humidifying discharge unit, further comprising a delivery pipe for delivering the humidifying air in the humidification chamber to the humidifying discharge unit. The method according to claim 1 or 8, Air conditioner further comprises a rotating means for rotating the humidifying discharge portion. The method of claim 9, The rotating means, A support part rotatably supporting a lower end of the humidification discharge part disposed in the casing; A drive motor for providing power for gear rotation; One end is connected to the drive shaft of the drive motor and the other end is coupled to the support portion air conditioning apparatus comprising a gear assembly for converting the driving force of the drive motor to the rotational movement of the support. The method of claim 9, The humidifying discharge unit air conditioning apparatus, characterized in that consisting of a pair of unit parts capable of mutual coupling and decoupling.