WO2005032609A1

WO2005032609A1 - Air cleaner

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Publication number: WO2005032609A1
Application number: PCT/KR2003/002076
Authority: WO
Inventors: Gill Soon Lee; Jung Kun Bae
Original assignee: Gill Soon Lee; Jung Kun Bae
Priority date: 2003-10-09
Filing date: 2003-10-09
Publication date: 2005-04-14
Also published as: AU2003271191A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to an air cleaner which is compact-sized so that an air cleaner is inserted into a socket in which a lighting device is installed and which has an integral lighting device for thereby performing an air conditioning and lighting function. The air cleaner includes a socket base having an upper side engaged to a socket base, an upper housing which is provided in a lower portion of the socket base and has a suction and discharge port for sucking and discharging a polluted air, a substrate which is provided in the interior of the upper housing and receives a power from the socket base and generates a high to voltage, and an anode plate which is provided in the interior of the upper housing and has a plurality of electrification pins on a lower surface of the same.

Description

AIR CLEANER

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to an air cleaner, and in particular to an air

cleaner which is compact-sized and has a lighting device.

BACKGROUND ART

Generally, an air pollution becomes a big environmental problem. In

addition, it is known that the air pollution due to dusts is more serious in the

indoor rather than the outdoor.

The above problems are caused due to a residence environment. An

intensive air tight and adiabatic housing and apartment have a relatively higher

heat keeping function. In the case that an indoor air is polluted, the polluted air

stays in the indoor for a long time. In particular, assuming that an adult person stays in the indoor for 20

hours per day in average, the indoor air pollution should be seriously considered.

As an indoor pollutant, there are known a falling dust of more than about 1 OOμm,

a floating dust like a pollen of 10~100μm₅ a micro dust of 25μm, a mold or

acarid by-product of lOμm, and a tobacco smoke of 0.001~lμm. An air cleaner is developed in order to clean the above described indoor

pollutants. Generally, an electric dust collecting method is used at home. Namely, in the electric dust collecting method, an ionization region is

generated by a discharge, and then air is passed through the ionization region, so

that bacteria are removed by the discharge, and the electrode(+) collects dusts

based on an electrification by micro substances. In more detail, a high voltage is applied to a discharge electrode to have

a positive polar(+) or negative polar (-), which is capable of electrifying micro

dusts in the air. A ground polar is applied to the dust collecting electrode capable

of collecting electrified dusts, to have a polar opposite to the polar of the

discharge electrode for thereby collecting various dusts floating in the air. A

discharge occurs between the discharge electrode which uses the positive

polar(+) as a ground polar and the dust collecting electrode which generates a

high voltage of negative polar(-), various dusts which are electrified to the

positive polar(+) are collected. A large amount of anions is generated from the

dust collecting electrode, so that it is possible to remove a position ion anion and

ozone which are harmful to the human body.

However, the conventional air cleaner has a large dimension which

needs an additional installation space. The cost is increased

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an air

cleaner which overcomes the problems encountered in the conventional art. It is another object of the present invention to provide an air cleaner

which is compact-sized so that an air cleaner is inserted into a socket in which a

lighting device is installed and to provide an air cleaner which has an integral

lighting device for thereby performing an air conditioning and lighting function. To achieve the above objects, there is provided an air cleaner which

includes a socket base having an upper side engaged to a socket base; an upper

housing which is provided in a lower portion of the socket base and has a

suction and discharge port for sucking and discharging a polluted air; a substrate

which is provided in the interior of the upper housing and receives a power from

the socket base and generates a high voltage; an anode plate which is provided in

the interior of the upper housing and has a plurality of electrification pins on a

lower surface of the same; a power supply unit which is protruded from a lower

surface of the anode plate and contacts with a cathode plate for thereby

transferring a high voltage generated by the substrate to the cathode plate; a

cathode plate which is provided in a lower portion of the anode plate; and a

lower housing which is adapted to fix the cathode plate and is engaged to the

upper housing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS The present invention will become better understood with reference to the accompanying drawings which are given only by way of illustration and thus are

not limitative of the present invention, wherein;

Figure 1 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating an air cleaner

according to the present invention; Figured 2 is a perspective view illustrating an assembled state of an air

cleaner according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view illustrating an assembled state of Figure

2 according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a view illustrating the construction of an electrification plate

according to the present invention;

Figure 5 is a view illustrating an air cleaner according to another

embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a disassembled view illustrating an air condition according to

another embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 7 is a perspective view illustrating an assembled state of an air

cleaner according to the present invention.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

The embodiments of the present invention will be described with

reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating an air cleaner

according to the present invention, Figured 2 is a perspective view illustrating an

assembled state of an air cleaner according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a

cross sectional view illustrating an assembled state of Figure 2 according to the

present invention, Figure 4 is a view illustrating the construction of an

electrification plate according to the present invention, and Figure 5 is a view

illustrating an air cleaner according to another embodiment of the present

invention.

First, as shown in Figure 1, a socket base 100 is installed in an upper

most portion for receiving a power. The socket base 100 is generally inserted

into a socket installed on a ceiling, so that a common commercial power is

received through the socket.

As shown in Figure 5, the socket base 100 may be formed of a consent

plug 110. In this case, the air cleaner according to the present invention is

simply implemented in the consent provided on the wall.

A cylindrical upper housing 200 is provided in a lower portion of the

socket base 100. A tapered portion is formed between the body of the upper

housing 200 and the socket base 100. A plurality of upper suction portions 210

are formed in the tapered portion for sucking an external air therethrough. A plurality of outlets 220 are formed in a lateral portion of the upper housing for discharging anions therethrough.

A substrate 300 is provided in the interior of the upper housing 200 for

generating a high voltage in an electrical connection with the socket base 100.

An anode plate 400 is installed in a lower portion of the substrate 300 at a

certain distance from the same.

The anode plate 400 receives a high voltage of (+) from the substrate 300

and has a plurality of electrification pins 4 in a lower surface of the same.

A power supply unit 430 is provided in a lower surface of the anode plate

400 for transferring a high voltage of (-) generated in the substrate 300 to a

cathode plate 600. The power supply unit 430 is electrically connected with the

substrate 300 and is insulated from the anode plate 400.

The power supply unit 430 contacts with the surface of the cathode plate

600 and supplies a high voltage of (-).

A plurality of outlets 610 are formed in a surrounding portion of the

cathode plate 600 for thereby downwardly discharging anions generated during

an electrification operation with the electrification pins 410 of the anode plate

400.

The cathode plate 600 is fixedly installed in the lower housing 700. A

plurality of outlets are formed in a lower surface of the lower housing 700 for

thereby discharging anions downwardly. Socket insertion portions 430, 620 and 720 are installed in the center

portions of the anode plate 400, the cathode plate and the lower housing 700.

The socket 500 electrically connected with the lower portion of the substrate 300

is inserted into the socket insertion portions 430, 620 and 720, respectively, and

is exposed from the lower surface of the lower housing 700.

Figure 2 is a perspective view illustrating an assembled state of the air

cleaner according to the present invention. An on/off switch 230 is provided in a

lateral side of the upper housing 200, so that it is possible to easily turn on and

off the air cleaner according to the present invention without coupling and

decoupling the socket base 100 to/from the socket.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view illustrating an assembled state of the air

cleaner according to the present invention. As shown therein, the socket 500 is

engaged to the lower surface of the substrate 300. The socket 500 is exposed

from the lower surface of the lower housing 700 through the anode plate 400,

the cathode plate, and the socket insertion portions 430, 620 and 720 formed in

the center portions of the lower housing 700 in sequence.

As shown in Figure 5, a certain lighting device like an electric bulb 800

may be selectively inserted into the socket 500.

The power supply unit 420 formed in the lower surface of the anode plate

400 contacts with the surface of the cathode plate 600 for thereby supplying a high voltage of (-).

Figure 4 is a view illustrating the anode plate 400 and the cathode plate

600 in detail. The outlets 610 of the cathode plate 600 are formed in the portions

corresponding to the electrification pins 410 of the anode plate 400, so that it is

possible to discharge the anions generated during an electrification operation

through the outlets 610.

The power supply unit 400 includes a base unit 421 and an electrode 422.

The base unit 421 is adapted for a stable engagement with the anode plate 400.

The electrode 422 has a certain elastic force for preventing a damage when

contacting with the cathode plate 600 for thereby implementing a smooth contact.

The operation of the thusly constituted air cleaner according to the

present invention will be described.

When a polluted air is flown into the upper suction unit 210 based on a

convection of an indoor air, the electrification pin 410 of the anode plate 400

and the cathode plate 600 are electrified, so that the polluted micro dusts in the

air are collected.

A lot of anions generated during the discharging operation is discharged

to the outside through the outlet 710 of the lower housing 700. A part of the

anions is discharged to the outside through the lateral outlet 220 of the upper

housing 200. Here, it is possible to easily clean the collected pollutants by separating

the lower housing 700. Since the cathode plate 600 is fixedly engaged to the

lower housing 700, it is needed to separate only the lower housing 700.

Therefore, since the anode plate 400 and the cathode plate 600 are exposed to

the outside, it is possible to easily clean the same.

As shown in Figure 5, there may be provided the plug 110 instead of the

socket base 100 of Figure 1 thus receiving the power. The construction for

receiving the power is not limited to the socket base or plug. Various

constructions may be possible. Figure 6 is a disassembled view illustrating an air condition according to

another embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 7 is a perspective view

illustrating an assembled state of an air cleaner according to the present

invention.

In an air cleaner which includes an upper housing 800 having a suction

and discharging port for sucking and discharging a polluted air, and an

electrification plate having a substrate 810, an anode plate and a cathode plate

850 for generating a high voltage in the interior of the lower housing 860, a plug

880 is integrally inserted into the consent in the lower surface of the lower

housing 860 for receiving a power. At least more than one light outlet 801 is

formed in the upper housing 800. A light emitting unit 811 is provided in the substrate 810 for emitting light through the light outlet 801.

In addition, an aromatic insertion space 870 is formed in the lower

housing 870 for inserting aromatic therein.

Another embodiment of the present invention will be described. A plurality of light outlets 801 are formed in the upper surface of the

upper housing 880 for checking the operation state of the present invention in

the night or for decorating an outer construction of the air cleaner of the present

invention.

The light generated by the light emitting unit provided in the interior is

smoothly emitted to the outside through the light outlets 801.

In addition, the plug 880 is integrally provided in the lower housing 860

for receiving the power by directly inserting into the consent.

In the drawings, the lateral side of the plug 880 is bent at an angle of

90°, but it may be uprightly formed in a vertical direction. The substrate 810, and the anode and cathode electrification plates 830

and 850 are provided in the interior for generating a high voltage, in which the

upper housing 800 and the lower housing 860 are engaged.

A light emitting unit 811 is provided in the upper portion of the

substrate 810, and the light emitting unit 811 may be formed of LED. The light

generated by the light emitting unit 811 is emitted to the outside through the light emitting port 801 of the upper housing 800.

The substrate 81 is electrically connected through the wiring from the

plug 880.

The anode plate 830 is installed in the lower surface of the substrate 810

at a certain distance.

The anode plate 830 receives a high voltage of (+) from the substrate

810 through the wiring, and a plurality of electrification pins 831 are installed in

the lower surface of the anode plate 830.

A cathode plate 850 is installed in the lower surface of the anode plate

830 for receiving a high voltage of (-) generated in the substrate 810 through the

wiring.

The substrate 810 and the anode plate 830 are fixedly installed by a

support bar 820 at a certain distance. The anode plate 830 and the cathode plate

850 are fixedly installed by the support bar 840 at a certain distance. An aromatic insertion space 870 is formed between the lower housing

860 and the plug 880 for accommodating an aromatic therein, and an aromatic

insertion port 871 is formed in the one side of the same for inserting an aromatic,

so that a user can input a preferred aromatic.

Therefore, in the present invention, the air cleaner is compact-sized so

that the air cleaner is inserted into the socket into which the lighting device is generally inserted. Therefore, the cost is decreased, and it is possible to

implement an air conditioning operation and lighting function by integrally

installing the air cleaner and the lighting device.

As described above, the above description is one embodiment for

implementing a hair cutting scissors according to the present invention. The

present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. As the present

invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or

essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-

described examples are not ' limited by any of the details of the foregoing

description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly

within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all

changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims,

or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced

by the appended claims.

Claims

CLAIMS:

1. An air cleaner, comprising: a socket base having an upper side engaged to a socket base; an upper housing which is provided in a lower portion of the socket base

and has a suction and discharge port for sucking and discharging a polluted air; a substrate which is provided in the interior of the upper housing and

receives a power from the socket base and generates a high voltage; an anode plate which is provided in the interior of the upper housing

and has a plurality of electrification pins on a lower surface of the same; a power supply unit which is protruded from a lower surface of the

anode plate and contacts with a cathode plate for thereby transferring a high

voltage generated by the substrate to the cathode plate; a cathode plate which is provided in a lower portion of the anode plate;

and a lower housing which is adapted to fix the cathode plate and is engaged

to the upper housing.

2. The air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein a protruded socket is provided in a

lower portion of the substrate, and a socket insertion port is formed in the anode

plate, the cathode plate and the center of the lower housing, so that the socket is inserted through the socket insertion port.

3. The air cleaner of claim 1, wherein said power supply unit has a certain

elastic force.

4. In an air cleaner which includes an upper housing having a suction and

discharging port for sucking and discharging a polluted air, and an electrification

plate formed of a substrate for generating a high voltage in the interior of a

lower housing, an anode plate and a cathode plate, an air cleaner, comprising: an integral plug provided in a lower surface of the lower housing for

thereby receiving a power in a state that the plug is inserted into a consent.

5. The air cleaner of claim 4, wherein at least one light emitting port is

formed in the upper housing, and a light emitting means is provided in the

substrate for emitting light through the light emitting ports.

6. The air cleaner of claim 4, wherein an aromatic insertion space is

formed in the lower housing for inserting an aromatic thereinto.