KR20170031934A

KR20170031934A - Air purifier

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Publication number: KR20170031934A
Application number: KR1020150129537A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 문형호
Original assignee: 문형호
Priority date: 2015-09-14
Filing date: 2015-09-14
Publication date: 2017-03-22

Abstract

The present invention relates to an air purifier for improving the filtration and humidity control function of fine dust so that the effect of filtering dust and germs in the room air and replenishing moisture is excellent. The present invention relates to a water purifier comprising a main body having a front surface and right and left side surfaces, a water tank provided inside the main body and having a water supply portion and a drain portion, a filter detachably attached to the front surface, A pump for supplying water from the water tank to the water supply pipe; and a water supply unit for supplying water from the outside of the water supply unit to the water supply unit, A fan for discharging the spray through the upper side of the main body through the upper side of the main body via the upper side of the main body via the upper side of the main body via the upper side of the main body via the upper side of the main body, A sterilizing lamp disposed above the main body for sterilizing air and spray, and a control panel for controlling operation of the pump, the fan, and the sterilizing lamp It provides an air purifier.

Description

Air purifier

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an air cleaner, and more particularly, to an air cleaner having improved filtering and humidity control functions of fine dusts to filter out dust and germs in the room air and improve moisture replenishment.

Background Art [0002] Air purifiers or air purifiers are devices that filter dust and germs in room air to clean air. Recently, products with a humidifying function have been developed.

Referring to the prior art of such an air cleaner, it is possible to refer to the techniques disclosed in the patent documents of the following prior art documents.

First, in Patent Document 1, the contaminated air in the room and outside is forcibly sucked by the suction fan, and dust of coarse particles is filtered by a prefilter, and then the fine dust is adsorbed by the HEPA filter, The air purifier is provided with an air purifier. Here, the pre-filter and the HEPA filter are installed only on the inner side of the air cleaner.

Patent Document 2 discloses a composite filter for adsorbing polluted gas such as dust, organic matter, bacteria and the like in the air and supplying water at the same time, and an ultraviolet lamp for irradiating ultraviolet rays to ozone- The air purifier includes a water tank, and the composite filter is installed inside the air cleaner in a vertical direction.

In the case of Patent Document 3, the filter portion disposed inside the apparatus between the air inlet and the air outlet comprises a dehumidification filter and a catalyst deodorization filter, and an infrared lamp is provided between the dehumidification filter and the catalyst deodorization filter. Here, the dehumidification filter and the catalyst deodorization filter are arranged in the front and rear direction in the apparatus.

Conventional air purifiers including the air cleaners of Patent Documents 1 to 3 are generally provided only on one side (for example, front side) of the apparatus for filtering contaminated air, .

On the other hand, the air purifier / air purifier having the humidification function, which is disclosed in Patent Document 4 and Patent Document 5, causes the air in the water tank to be blown into the water by the air blowing fan so that the humidified air is discharged to the air outlet, The water in the water tank is vaporized by the force only, and the humidification function is not sufficiently performed.

Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0340802 (Announced on Feb. 4, 2004) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0108596 (published Nov. 17, 2005) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0041693 (published on April 22, 2011) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1999-0046485 (published on July 5, 1999) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0069023 (published on June 28, 2012)

An object of the present invention is to provide an air cleaner which is developed to overcome the problems of the conventional air purifier as described above, and which is excellent in purifying effect and humidifying function against indoor air.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a water purifier comprising: a main body having a front surface and right and left side surfaces; a water tank installed inside the main body and connected to the water supply unit and the drainage unit; A water supply pipe provided at an upper portion of the main body and provided with a nozzle for supplying water from the water tank and spraying in a spray state; a pump for supplying water from the water tank to the water supply pipe; A fan for discharging air from the outside through the filter to the outside through the upper side of the main body and for spraying the spray discharged through the nozzle through the upper side of the main body, A sterilizing lamp disposed on the upper side of the main body to sterilize the air and the spray sprayed out through the main body and the operation of the pump, And an air cleaner including a control panel.

In the present invention, a hygrometer for measuring the humidity outside the main body is further provided, and the control panel can be configured to control the operation of the pump in accordance with the humidity outside the main body measured by the hygrometer.

In the present invention, a wheel may be installed at a lower portion of the main body so that the main body can be moved.

The present invention may further include an animal head discharge unit provided at an upper position of the fan and having an ejection port for ejecting the air toward the upper side of the main body and the spray toward the outside of the main body.

In the air cleaner of the present invention constructed as above, since the filters are provided on the front surface and the left and right side surfaces of the main body, indoor air can be sucked and cleaned from various surfaces, and water is sprayed through the nozzles in the upper part of the main body, There is an excellent effect in filtering dust and germs in the indoor air and replenishing moisture.

Further, since the air cleaner of the present invention can be moved by a wheel provided at the lower part of the main body, it is possible to perform air purification or humidification for a specific space in the room or to easily move the air cleaner when the position of the air cleaner is changed It is effective.

In addition, since the air purifier of the present invention is provided with the animal head discharging portion having the animal character shape of the friendly image on the upper side of the main body, it is possible to provide an effect .

1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it should be understood that the following embodiments are provided so that those skilled in the art can understand the present invention without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. It is not.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the air cleaner according to the present invention. The power supply and the power system are well-known technologies and are not shown in these drawings.

2 and 3, the air purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 10 made of a polyhedron, and may have a hexahedral shape having a front surface and right and left side surfaces. In the present invention, the main body 10 is configured to have a front surface and left and right side surfaces. By providing the filter 20 on the front surface and the left and right side surfaces of the main body 10, The present invention is intended to enable indoor air to be sucked and cleaned from a wide variety of surfaces in comparison with a conventional air cleaner provided with a filter facing in one direction.

The filter 20 may be a HEPA filter or the like. For example, the filter 20 may be formed in a rectangular plate shape so as to be detachably attached to the front and left and right sides of the main body 10. For example, the rear surface portion of the main body 10 has a structure in which the front surface portion and the left and right side surface portions are made of a closed structure, and the filter 20 is fixed by a screw or the like around the opened surface.

A water tank 30 is installed inside the main body 10. The water tank 30 is connected to a water supply unit 31 for receiving water from the outside, And a drainage section 32 for discharging is connected. The water supply section 31 includes a water supply port 31a formed at the lower end of the main body 10 and a pipe type water supply passage 31b for communicating the water supply port 31a with the inside of the water tank 30, And a water supply valve 31c for opening and closing the water supply valve 31b. The drainage section 32 includes a drainage port 32a formed at the lower end of the main body 10 and a drainage pipe 32b in the form of a pipe for communicating the drainage port 32a with the interior of the water tank 30, And a drain valve 32c for opening and closing the drain valve 32c.

A water supply pipe 40 for supplying water from the water tank 30 is installed in the upper portion of the main body 10. The water supply pipe 40 is provided with a plurality of nozzles 41 for spraying the supplied water in a spray state Respectively. The water supply pipe 40 is installed on the front surface and the upper left and right side surfaces of the main body 10 on which the filter 20 is installed. It is preferable that the nozzle 41 is provided so as to spray water in the horizontal direction or upward.

A pump 50 is provided to supply the water in the water tank 30 to the water supply pipe 40. In the present embodiment, the water pump 30 is exemplified by an underwater pump installed inside the water tank 30 have. A water supply pipe 51 for discharging water from the water tank 30 is drawn out from the water tank 30 to the pump 50 and the water supply pipe 51 is connected to the water supply pipe 40.

A fan 60 is installed on the upper side of the main body 10 in a horizontal state to form a flow of air from the lower side to the upper side of the main body 10 during rotation. That is, as the fan 60 rotates, air can be discharged from the outside of the main body 10 to the outside through the upper side of the main body 10 via the filter 20. At the same time, the spray ejected through the nozzle 41 can be discharged to the outside through the upper side of the main body 10. [

Disinfecting lamp 70 for sterilizing air and spray discharged to the outside through the upper side of the main body 10 in accordance with the rotation of the fan 60 is provided on the upper side of the main body 10. [ The sterilizing lamp 70 may be an ultraviolet (UV) lamp or an ozone lamp. In this embodiment, the disinfection lamp 70 is installed below the fan 60.

The operation of the pump 50, the fan 60 and the sterilizing lamp 70 is controlled by the control panel 80 and the control panel 80 can be installed on the upper side of the main body 10, The control panel 80 is formed at the center of the frame so that air and spray can be discharged from the inside of the main body 10 when the fan 60 rotates.

In addition to the above-described configuration, the following components may be further added.

First, a hygrometer 90 for measuring the humidity outside the main body 10 may be further provided. The hygrometer 90 measures the humidity of the room in which the main body 10 is installed in real time. The control panel 80 operates the pump 50 when the humidity is lower than the threshold value based on the humidity (i.e., indoor humidity) information on the outside of the main body 10 measured by the hygrometer 90. Accordingly, the water in the water tank 30 is supplied to the water supply pipe 40 and injected through the nozzle 41, whereby a large amount of spray is discharged to the outside, thereby increasing the humidity of the room.

A water level sensor 100 for sensing the amount of water stored in the water tank 30 is provided inside the water tank 30 so that the water level sensor 100 is provided outside the body 10 when the water storage amount in the water tank 30 is insufficient. The first warning light 11 is blinked to allow the user to recognize the water shortage state and to replenish the water or to replenish the water tank 30 through the predetermined automatic water supply means It is possible.

The turbidimeter 110 may be installed inside the water tank 30. The turbidimeter 110 may control the flow of water to the control panel 80 when the water stored in the water tank 30 becomes turbid with time, So that the user is recognized through the blinking of the second warning light 12 provided outside the main body 10. Therefore, the user can always keep the water stored in the water tank 30 clean.

Next, a wheel 13 for allowing movement of the main body 10 can be installed at a lower portion of the main body 10. [ That is, since the conventional air cleaner is always installed in a specific position in the room, it is not easy to change the installation position of the air cleaner and it is difficult to move the air cleaner or humidifier in a specific space . In contrast, in the present invention, when the wheel 13 is provided under the main body 10, the disposition of the air cleaner can be changed at any time, and this disadvantage can be overcome.

In the meantime, the present invention may further include an animal head discharge unit 120 at an upper position of the fan 60. The animal head discharge unit 120 is provided with a discharge port 121 for finally discharging the air discharged to the upper side of the main body 10 and the spray toward the outside of the main body 10. The animal head shape discharging unit 120 is formed of a bear, a cat, a dog, or other animal character image giving an image that is friendly to people. Therefore, when the air purifier is used in a general home, It is helpful.

The air purifier of the present invention constructed as described above operates as follows.

First, the air cleaner of the present invention is operated by using the control panel 80 in a state where a sufficient amount of water is stored in the water tank 30. At this time, since the fan 60 rotates and a negative pressure is formed inside the main body 10 according to the rotation of the fan 60, air in the room is blown from the outside of the main body 10 through the filter 20 As shown in FIG. The air in the room passing through the filter 20 is filtered by the filter 20 to move toward the upper side of the main body 10 from the inside of the main body 10 in a state in which dust, fine dust, Air purified inside the room is discharged from the upper side of the main body 10 through the discharge port 121 of the animal hair discharge unit 120.

Particularly, the air that has moved to the upper side of the main body 10 before the air is discharged to the discharge port 121 is sterilized and disinfected by the sterilizing / disinfecting lamp 70, so that the air is discharged from the clean state into the room.

In addition, when the humidity of the room measured by the hygrometer 90 is below the threshold value, the pump 50 is operated under the control of the control panel 80. The water stored in the water tank 30 is transferred to the water supply pipe 40 through the water supply pipe 51 and the water is supplied to the water supply pipe 40 through the nozzle 41 provided in the water supply pipe 40, Direction or above it. The atomized water particles flow to the upper side of the main body 10 in accordance with the rotation of the fan 60 and are mixed with the air discharged into the room through the discharge port 121 of the animal hair discharge portion 120 and discharged, Thereby increasing the humidity of the air.

On the other hand, when the water storage amount in the water tank 30 is insufficient, a signal indicating the water shortage state is transmitted to the control panel 80 by the water level sensor 100, and the control panel 80 blinks the first warning light 11, Thereby recognizing the water shortage state. At this time, the user may open the water supply valve 31c of the water supply unit 31 and supply water into the water tank 30 from the outside through the water supply port 31a.

When the water stored in the water tank 30 becomes turbid, the turbidimeter 110 transmits a signal to the control panel 80 so that the second warning light 12 provided outside the main body 10 blinks to allow the user to recognize The user drains the water in the water tank 30 through the drain port 32a by opening the drain valve 32c of the drainage section 32 and sends new water through the water supply section 31 to the water tank 30).

In order to change the position of the air purifier or to purify or humidify air in a specific space in the room, the air cleaner can be easily moved at any time because the wheel 13 is provided under the main body 10 have.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, This is possible.

10: main body 11: first warning light
12: second warning light 13: wheel
20: filter 30: water tank
31: water supply part 31a:
31b: Water line 31c: Water supply valve
32: drain portion 32a: drain hole
32b: Drain line 32c: Drain valve
40: water pipe 41: nozzle
50: pump 51: water pipe
60: Fan 70: Disinfection lamp
80: control panel 90: hygrometer
100: water level sensor 110: turbidity meter
120: Animal head shape discharging portion 121:

Claims

A main body having front and left and right side surfaces;
A water tank installed in the main body and connected to the water supply unit and the drainage unit;
A filter detachably mounted on the front and left and right sides of the main body;
A water supply pipe provided at an upper portion of the main body and having a nozzle for supplying water from the water tank and spraying the water in a spray state;
A pump for supplying water from the water tank to the water supply pipe;
And the air blown out from the outside of the main body through the filter is discharged to the outside through the upper side of the main body while the spray is blown out through the nozzle to the outside through the upper side of the main body A fan to be discharged;
A sterilizing lamp disposed above the main body to sterilize air and spray discharged to the outside through the upper side of the main body in accordance with rotation of the fan;
And a control panel for controlling the operation of the pump, the fan and the sterilizing lamp.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a hygrometer for measuring the humidity outside the main body, and the control panel controls the operation of the pump according to the humidity outside the main body measured by the hygrometer.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein a wheel is installed at a lower portion of the main body so that the main body can be moved.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising an animal hair discharging portion provided at an upper position of the fan and having an air discharging upper side of the main body and a discharging outlet finally discharging the spray toward the outside of the main body.