KR20090051636A - Filter assembly in air cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an air purifier, and more particularly, to optimize the structure of the filter assembly provided in the air purifier to not only lower the height of the body case of the air purifier as much as possible, but also to maximize space efficiency, and to provide a convenient coupling and A new type of filter assembly for air purifiers is removable.

To this end, the present invention is formed to have a storage space therein, the front filter case; A plurality of filter bodies stored in a storage space of the filter case; A filter cover formed by closing an opened front of the filter case, an inner portion of which is formed with an opening hole to allow air to pass, and a grip handle protruding toward the front at an upper front side thereof; And, a coupling unit for coupling between the filter case and the filter cover: there is provided a filter assembly for an air cleaner.

Air Purifier, Filter Assembly, Grip Handle, Rotating Handle, Joint

Description

Filter assembly in air cleaner {filter assembly in air cleaner}

The present invention relates to an air purifier, and more particularly, to optimize the structure of the filter assembly provided in the air purifier to not only lower the height of the body case of the air purifier as much as possible, but also to maximize space efficiency, and to provide a convenient coupling and A new type of filter assembly for air purifiers is removable.

Generally, an air purifier is a device configured to inhale, purify, and re-contaminate contaminated indoor air.

Modern air purifiers are configured to purify indoor air by carrying out deodorization as well as dust collection for ordinary dust and bacteria.

1 is a view illustrating an internal structure of a conventional air purifier, and as can be seen from this, the conventional air purifier includes a filter assembly 30 in which various filters are installed in the front of the main body 10. A suction device (not shown) for guiding the suction and discharge flow of air is provided at the rear of the main body 10, and the front surface of the main body 10 is configured to be selectively opened by the front panel 20.

At this time, the air in the room is sucked through the air inlet 11 formed on the side of the main body 10 to sequentially pass through the filter assembly 30 and the suction device, the air formed on the upper surface of the main body 10 It is discharged to the room through the discharge port 12.

In addition, the filter assembly 30 has a grip handle protruding from the upper surface as shown in the accompanying drawings, it is configured to be lifted to the top in the state inclined forward into the main body 10 to be removed.

However, the above-described conventional air purifier has a grip handle 40 for holding the filter assembly 30 formed on the upper surface of the filter assembly 30 in consideration of the grip handle 40 on the front of the main body 10. The space for forming the indentation groove 14 for the intake of the insulator is required, and in particular, the inlet space 14 has to be large enough to allow the user's hand to smoothly flow in. Therefore, the overall height of the air cleaner is inevitably increased. There is a problem.

In addition, since the size of the filter assembly 30 described above should be approximately the same as the size of the filter assembly 30, the size of the filter assembly 30 also increases. Inevitably, there is a problem caused by the inconvenience caused by the distribution of the filter body (for example, packaging and transport, etc.).

In addition, the conventional filter assembly 30 described above has a problem in that a user inconvenience in removing or coupling the filter cover 31 is caused because of a complicated coupling structure to the filter cover 31 closing the front surface thereof. there was.

The present invention has been made to solve the various problems of the prior art described above, the object of the present invention is to improve the structure of the filter assembly to minimize the influence on the height of the air cleaner body and space It is an object of the present invention to provide a new type of filter assembly for air purifiers that can maximize efficiency and allow convenient coupling and removal.

According to the filter assembly for an air purifier of the present invention for achieving the above object is formed to have a receiving space therein, the front filter case; A plurality of filter bodies stored in a storage space of the filter case; A filter cover formed by closing an opened front of the filter case, an inner portion of which is formed with an opening hole to allow air to pass, and a grip handle protruding toward the front at an upper front side thereof; And, the coupling portion for coupling between the filter case and the filter cover: characterized in that it is configured to include.

Here, the engaging grooves are formed on both inner wall surfaces of the front of the filter case, and the engaging projections recessed in the engaging grooves of the filter case are formed on both sides of the filter cover.

In addition, the circumferential surface of the filter cover is characterized in that it has an edge formed with a recess groove so that a portion of the circumferential surface of the filter case is recessed.

In addition, the coupling portion includes a coupling hole formed on both sides of the bottom surface of the front of the filter case, and protruding downward from both sides of the bottom surface of the filter cover and a lower end of the coupling portion is bent toward the front and bent through the coupling hole. It features.

In addition, the coupling portion is rotatably installed on the rear side of the upper surface of the filter case, the tip is a rotating handle bent to sequentially wrap the grip handle formed on the upper surface of the filter case and the upper surface of the filter cover and the filter cover It characterized in that it is configured to include, both sides of the pivoting handle is formed with protrusions projecting, respectively, on both sides of the portion of the upper surface of the filter cover to be wrapped by the pivoting handle is accommodated in each of the locking projections The coupling end formed with the groove is characterized in that the protrusion is formed.

In addition, the inside of the filter case is characterized in that the partition rib for separating and partitioning the storage space in two or more is further formed.

The filter assembly for an air purifier of the present invention as described above has various effects as described below.

First, the filter assembly for an air purifier of the present invention has the effect of minimizing the height of the actual air cleaner by eliminating the factor that unnecessarily increased the height of the filter assembly to minimize the overall height.

Second, the filter assembly for an air purifier of the present invention has an effect of increasing the convenience of the user by configuring the filter cover and the filter case can be made in a stable and easily removable.

Third, the filter assembly for an air purifier of the present invention can reduce the size of each filter body to reduce the packaging size and to reduce the logistics cost.

Fourth, the filter assembly for an air purifier of the present invention has the effect that the stable mounting is possible in the main body of the air cleaner.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying Figures 2 to 6 will be described a preferred embodiment of the filter assembly for an air purifier according to the present invention.

First, the filter assembly for an air cleaner according to the embodiment of the present invention as shown in FIG. 2 is a series of components housed in the main body 10 of the air cleaner, and the filter case 100 and the filter case 100 are large as shown in FIG. It comprises a plurality of filter body 200, the filter cover 300 and the coupling portion, which will be described in more detail for each configuration as follows.

First, the filter case 100 will be described.

The filter case 100 is configured to form an appearance of the filter assembly, and is formed to have an accommodation space therein, and the front of the filter case 100 is configured in the form of an open rectangular box.

At this time, the rear surface of the filter case 100 is formed in a lattice shape so that air introduced through the opened front passes through the lattice rear surface.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention suggests that the partition rib 110 for separating and partitioning the storage space inside the filter case 100 is further formed.

In this case, the partition ribs 110 may divide the storage space into two or more spaces, thereby reducing the size of the plurality of filter bodies 200 accommodated in the storage space to at least half or more. It has the advantage that the distribution volume and weight of 200 can be minimized.

Next, the plurality of filter bodies 200 will be described.

Each filter body 200 is a filter for filtering various foreign substances in the air flowing, and includes a conventional dust collecting filter 210 and the deodorizing filter 220.

At this time, each filter body 200 is formed to fit the size of each storage space separated by compartment ribs in the filter case 100 as described above.

Next, the filter cover 300 will be described.

The filter cover 300 closes the opened front of the filter case 100 and prevents external detachment of the filter body 200 accommodated in the filter case 100.

At this time, the opening portion 310 is formed in the inner portion of the filter cover 300 to allow passage of air.

In addition, the circumferential surface of the filter cover 300 has an edge portion 320 in which a recess groove 321 is formed such that a part of the circumferential surface of the filter case 100 is recessed. That is, due to the configuration of the edge portion 320, the filter cover 300 is coupled to the state surrounding the front part of the filter case 100 to enable a stable coupling between each other.

Particularly, in the embodiment of the present invention, both side surfaces of the filter cover 300 suggest that the locking jaw 330 is formed to protrude from both side walls of the main body constituting the air cleaner.

This configuration is one of the structures for maintaining the filter assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention stably seated in the body constituting the air cleaner.

In this case, it is preferable that the locking step 330 is formed to have elasticity so that it can be stably mounted inside the main body of the air cleaner and at the same time, the filter assembly can be easily removed.

In addition, the grip handle 340 is formed to protrude toward the front of the central side of the front of the filter cover 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

At this time, the grip handle 340 is a series of configurations for stable holding of the filter assembly, in particular, the reason for forming the grip handle 340 on the front of the filter cover 300 is the height of the body constituting the air cleaner This is to minimize the

That is, since the grip handle 340 is located in front of the filter cover 300, not the upper surface, the upper space in the main body where the filter assembly is seated does not need to form a separate space for the user's grip. The overall height of the main body does not have to be increased.

Next, the coupling portion will be described.

The coupling part is a series of components for coupling between the filter case 100 and the filter cover 300.

Although the coupling part may be variously formed, in the embodiment of the present invention, the coupling hole 410 formed on both sides of the bottom surface of the front side of the filter case 100 and downwardly protruding from both sides of the bottom surface of the filter cover 300 are provided. Its lower end suggests that it is configured to include a bending protrusion 420 is caught through the coupling hole while bending forward.

In this configuration, since the grip handle 340 serving as the handle of the filter assembly is formed on the front surface of the filter cover 300 as described above, the user may lift the filter assembly by holding the grip handle 340. In order to prevent the filter cover 300 from being separated from the filter case 100 as much as possible.

In particular, the embodiment of the present invention further proposes that the coupling part further includes a rotation knob 430 provided on the upper surface of the filter case 100.

At this time, the rotation handle 430 is rotatably installed on the upper rear side of the filter case 100, the front end is the upper surface of the filter case 100 and the upper surface of the filter cover 300 and the filter cover ( It is formed to be bent to sequentially wrap the grip handle 340 formed in 300.

Along with this, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the coupling end 350 is formed on both sides of a portion of the upper surface of the filter cover 300 which is covered by the rotation knob 430, respectively. Receiving grooves 351 are formed on the inner wall surface of the coupling end 350, respectively, and engaging protrusions 431 which are caught by the receiving groove 351 of the coupling end 350 are protruded on both sides of the rotation handle 430, respectively. Is formed.

That is, due to the structure of the rotating handle 430, the user transports or manipulates the filter assembly in a state of simultaneously holding the holding handle 340 and the rotating handle 430, so that the filter cover 300 is the filter case 100. ) Can be fundamentally prevented.

In the following, the assembly process of the filter assembly for an air cleaner according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above and the state of installing or removing the filter assembly in the body of the air cleaner will be described.

First, the filter assembly for an air purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention covers an open front surface of the filter case 100 in a state in which the plurality of filter bodies 200 are accommodated in the filter case 100. To close.

Here, in the process of coupling the filter cover 300 to the filter case 100, the lower end of the filter cover 300 is inclined backward so that the tip of the bending protrusion 420 is the coupling hole 410 of the filter case 100. It proceeds by passing through and then pushing the upper end of the filter cover 300 to cover the front of the filter case 100.

In this process, the front surface of the filter case 100 is recessed into the recess groove 321 of the edge portion 320 formed on the circumferential surface of the filter cover 300, whereby the filter cover 300 is the filter case It remains to be coupled to the (100).

Next, the rotation knob 430 is rotated on the upper surface of the filter case 100 so that the rotation handle 430 is the upper surface of the filter case 100 and the upper surface of the filter cover 300 and the filter cover 300. To hold the grip handle 340 formed on the front of the sequentially.

At this time, the engaging projections 431 formed on both side surfaces of the pivoting handle 430 are coupled to each other while being received in the receiving grooves 351 of the two coupling ends 350 located on the upper surface of the filter cover 300, respectively.

Therefore, the grip handle 340 and the rotation knob 430 formed on the front surface of the filter cover 300 are positioned to be gripped at the same time.

On the other hand, the filter assembly coupled as described above is accommodated in the body of the air purifier, the user grips the grip handle 340 and the rotation handle 430 of the filter assembly at the same time only the grip handle 340 is held Removal of the filter cover 300 as it is pulled forward in the closed state can be prevented. That is, since the grip handle 340 is not capable of holding only the removal of the filter cover 300 is to be prevented at the source.

In addition, when the filter assembly is accommodated in the main body as described above, the locking jaw 330 formed on both sides of the filter cover 300 is caught on the inner wall surface of the main body of the air cleaner so that the flow to the position is prevented. It becomes possible.

1 is a perspective view showing the internal structure of a conventional general air purifier

2 is a front view showing an open state of the front panel to explain the internal structure of the air purifier according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the structure of a filter assembly of an air purifier according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a combination for explaining the structure of the filter assembly of the air purifier according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention

5 and 6 are perspective views showing the coupling structure of the rotation handle of the filter assembly of the air purifier according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention

Claims (7)

A filter assembly housed inside an air purifier body, The filter assembly A filter case formed to have a storage space therein and having a front opening; A plurality of filter bodies stored in a storage space of the filter case; A filter cover formed by closing an opened front of the filter case, an inner portion of which is formed with an opening hole to allow air to pass, and a grip handle protruding toward the front at an upper front side thereof; And, Coupling unit for coupling between the filter case and the filter cover: filter assembly for an air cleaner characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, Peripheral surface of the filter cover has a filter assembly for air purifiers, characterized in that having a rim formed in the recess groove so that a portion of the circumferential surface of the filter case. The method of claim 1, The coupling part Coupling holes formed at both sides of the bottom surface of the front of the filter case; And a lower end protruding downward from both sides of the bottom surface of the filter cover and including a bending protrusion which is bent forward and is penetrated through the coupling hole. The method according to claim 1 or 3, The coupling part It is rotatably installed on the upper rear side of the filter case, the front end is configured to include a rotating handle bent to surround the upper surface of the filter case, the upper surface of the filter cover and the grip handle formed on the filter cover in sequence An air purifier filter assembly. The method of claim 4, wherein Coupling ends are formed to protrude from both sides of a portion of the upper surface of the filter cover which is covered by the rotation knob, and receiving grooves are formed on opposite surfaces between the two coupling ends, respectively, and on both sides of the rotation handle, the coupling ends. Filter assembly for an air purifier, characterized in that the engaging projections are formed in each of the receiving groove of the projection. The method of claim 1, Inside the filter case A filter assembly for an air purifier, characterized in that a compartment rib is further formed to divide and separate the storage space into two or more compartments. The method of claim 1, Both sides of the filter cover is a filter assembly for an air purifier, characterized in that the engaging projection is formed on the inner wall surface of the air cleaner body.

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