JP2001286716A - Air cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inform a smoker around an air cleaner of beneficial data. SOLUTION: Displays 21 and 21 are attached to a cleaner main body 10 sucking air containing tobacco smoke to clean the same. The displays 21 and 21 display arbitrary image data to let the smoker around the cleaner main body 10 know the image data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air purifier which can be suitably used, for example, in a smoking booth at an airport or a station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Air purifiers are sometimes installed in smoking booths at airports, train stations, hospital waiting rooms and the like.

[0003] In this device, a table is attached to the upper end of a case with legs open at the top, for example, and a suction port is formed in the center of the table. In addition, in the case,
A filter and a suction fan are incorporated. Therefore, the air purifying device can suction air containing tobacco smoke through a suction port to purify the air.

[0004]

According to the prior art, since the air purifier merely purifies the air by suction, the surrounding smokers do nothing other than smoking. There was a problem that I had to spend a boring time.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a useful information to surrounding smokers by attaching a display to the purifier body and to save time during smoking. An object of the present invention is to provide an air purifier that can be used for air conditioning.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, a configuration of the present invention comprises a purifier body for sucking and purifying air containing tobacco smoke, and a display attached to the purifier body. That is, the gist of the display is to display image information to a smoker around the purifier body.

[0007] The display can display image information from the playback device or image information from the outside.

In addition, the display can be divided into a plurality of screens, and two or more screens can be installed in different directions.

[0009]

According to the structure of the present invention, the display displays image information to the smoker around the purifier body, and the smoker can obtain more information by looking at the image information. It should be noted that the image information may include character information partially or entirely, and may be either a monochrome or color still image or a dynamic image. Further, as the image information, any content such as various kinds of guidance information including news, weather forecast, etc., in addition to corporate advertisement information, can be adopted. However, in consideration of the time for smoking when the smoker stops around the purifier body,
It is preferable to repeatedly display a short program completed within several tens of seconds to several minutes.

The display can be operated independently by displaying image information from the playback device. The playback device uses a storage unit for storing image information, a combination of various memory driver units such as a DVD driver, an MO driver, a CD driver, and a computer in addition to a video deck, a DVD player, a CD player, and the like. can do.

[0011] If the image information from the outside is displayed on the display, the display can display any image information transmitted from the outside via the communication line.

A display that divides a screen into a plurality of screens can simultaneously display various types of image information on a plurality of screens on the display, thereby increasing the density of information to be provided.

If two or more displays are installed in different directions, image information can be uniformly displayed to smokers around the purifier body. In addition, each display may display the same image information or may individually display different image information.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The air purifier includes a purifier main body 10 and displays 21 and 21 attached to the purifier main body 10 (FIGS. 1 and 2).

The purifier body 10 is formed by attaching a table 12 on a casing 11. Casing 11
An exhaust port 11a is formed on the lower surface of the vehicle, and casters 11b with a brake are provided. The table 12 has a larger vertical and horizontal dimension than the casing 11, and an outer peripheral portion protrudes outside the casing 11. Table 1
An ashtray 12a is detachably attached to each corner of the table 2, and an upward guide cylinder 12b communicating with the inside of the casing 11 is provided at the center of the table 12. The casing 11 includes a filter 15 and a motor 16a.
The suction fan 16 with a built-in
Is stored.

Above the table 12, columns 13a, 1
A fan case 13 incorporating a sirocco-type auxiliary fan 17 is installed via 3a. Fan case 13
A slit 13b facing the guide cylinder 12b
Are formed over the entire length.

The displays 21, 21 are thin displays such as a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, etc., and are fixed outward on the columns 13a, 13a, respectively. The displays 21 and 21 are connected to a playback device 31 incorporated in the control panel 30 (FIG. 3). However, it is assumed that the reproduction apparatus 31 has image information D1 stored in a storage unit such as a built-in hard disk. Further, the control panel 30 incorporates an operation unit 32 for controlling rotation of the motors 16 a and 17 a of the suction fan 16 and the auxiliary fan 17.

When the operating unit 32 is operated to operate the suction fan 16 and the auxiliary fan 17, the purifier main body 10 sucks the surrounding air through the guide cylinder 12b (FIG. 2).
(In the direction of arrow K1), the filter 15 removes and purifies tobacco smoke and the like contained in the air and discharges it through the exhaust port 11a. At this time, the auxiliary fan 17 is connected to the guide cylinder 12 through the slit 13b of the fan case 13.
The air is discharged toward b (in the direction of arrow K2 in FIG. 2), and between the fan case 13 and the guide tube 12b, the surrounding air is efficiently attracted and sent to the guide tube 12b.

On the other hand, the reproducing device 31 reproduces the image information D1 in the storage unit and sends it to the displays 21 and 21. The displays 21 and 21 display the image information D1 and display the image information D1 around the main body 10 of the purifier. Can be provided to smokers. The displays 21 and 21 and the playback device 31
Is preferably operated in conjunction with the operation of the suction fan 16 and the auxiliary fan 17.

In the above description, the reproducing device 31, the suction fan 16, and the auxiliary fan 17 can be remotely controlled via a communication line (not shown). The auxiliary fan 1
7 may omit this.

[0022]

[Other Embodiments] Each display 21 can divide a screen into a plurality of display areas A, A,... And display different image information for each display area A (FIG. 4). The display 21 can simultaneously display a plurality of pieces of image information, and can provide a lot of information to surrounding smokers in a short time.

A plurality of displays 21, 21... May be installed in the purifier body 10 in different directions (FIG. 5). FIG. 5 shows four displays 21, 21.
Are arranged outwardly in a frame shape. The casing 11 and the table 12 of the purifier main body 10 are formed in a circular shape, and the displays 21, 21... Are adjacent to each other through the brackets 13c, 13c.
It is attached between 3a and 13a. Therefore, each display 21 can uniformly provide image information to smokers around the purifier body 10.

In the above description, the number of the displays 21 attached to the purifier body 10 may be one or more. The display 21 may display the image information D1 transmitted from the outside instead of using the reproducing device 31 or using the reproducing device 31. However, in the latter case, the playback device 31 only needs to receive the image information D1 transmitted via a wired or wireless communication line and transfer it to the display 21, and a computer having a modem function, a television receiver, or the like can be used. Can be used.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, by attaching a display to the purifier body for purifying by suctioning air, the display can display arbitrary image information. There is an excellent effect that useful information can be provided to surrounding smokers, and time during smoking can be effectively used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the overall configuration.

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a longitudinal section.

Fig. 3 Block diagram

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a main part showing another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 1, showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 D1 ... Image information 10 ... Purifier body 21 ... Display 31 ... Reproducing device

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A purifier main body for suctioning and purifying air containing tobacco smoke, and a display attached to the purifier main body, wherein the display is provided to a smoker around the purifier main body. An air purifier characterized by displaying image information. 2. The air purifier according to claim 1, wherein the display displays image information from a playback device. 3. The air purifier according to claim 1, wherein the display displays external image information. 4. The air purifier according to claim 1, wherein the display divides a screen into a plurality of screens. 5. The air purifier according to claim 1, wherein two or more of the displays are installed in different directions.