KR20060026319A - Modular type air cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

Modular air purifiers are disclosed that allow for increased capacity without increasing the footprint. The air cleaner consists of first and second air cleaning units that are modularly assembled with each other. Coupling protrusions protrude from each corner of the bottom of the first and second air cleaning units, and coupling grooves into which each coupling protrusion is fitted are formed at each corner of the top of the first and second air cleaning units. The first and second air cleaning units are also separably fixed to each other by the fixing member. Air inlets and air outlets are disposed at both sides and the front surface of the first and second air cleaning units, respectively, and filters of different types are disposed inside the air inlets to purify the air.

Description

Modular Type Air Cleaner

1 is an exploded perspective view of a modular air cleaner according to the present invention showing that the first air cleaning unit and the second air cleaning unit are separated.

2 is a perspective view of a modular air cleaner according to the present invention, in which the first air cleaning unit and the second air cleaning unit are coupled in a manner of discharging the purified air in the same direction.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 2.

4 is a combined perspective view of the modular air cleaner according to the present invention, in which the first air cleaning unit and the second air cleaning unit are coupled in a manner of discharging the purified air in opposite directions.

* Description of symbols on the main parts of the drawings *

10,20: air cleaning unit 11, 12, 21, 22: filter

14,24: engaging projection 15,25: engaging groove

16, 26: air inlet 17, 27: air outlet

30: fixing member 33: fastening hole

40,41: electrical contact

The present invention relates to an air cleaner, and more particularly, it is possible to increase the capacity easily without increasing the installation area, to install various types of filters, and to easily change the air discharge port modular air configured It relates to a purifier.

The air purifier includes a filter for purifying the air and a blowing fan for circulating the air forcibly, and the dust and odor contained in the air are sucked out by the operation of the blowing fan to be discharged through the filter. It is a device to purify the air by removing bacteria.

In general, the front of the main body is provided with an air inlet, the filter and the blowing fan is installed inside the main body. In addition, the upper part of the main body is provided with an air discharge port so that the indoor air introduced through the air inlet is purified through the filter and then discharged back to the indoor space through the air outlet.

However, since the conventional air cleaner is composed of a single unit and operates only at a constant capacity, when the indoor space is large, another air cleaner must be installed separately or replaced with another air cleaner having a large capacity. In the wider case, the air cleaner occupies a large installation area, which reduces space utilization and increases installation costs.

In addition, since the conventional air cleaner is composed of a single unit, it is not possible to configure the filter in various ways, and thus, it is not possible to purify the surrounding air in various ways, and to discharge the air in only one direction, thereby purifying the purified air. It will not be possible to properly disperse in various directions.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a modular air purifier that can be easily switched in the discharge direction while increasing the capacity without increasing the installation area To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a modular air cleaner configured to be equipped with various types of filters.

Modular air purifier according to the present invention for achieving this object,

And a first air cleaning unit and at least one second air cleaning unit modularly assembled above or below the first air cleaning unit.

A plurality of coupling protrusions protrude from the bottom of the first and second air cleaning units, and a plurality of coupling grooves are formed on the upper portions of the first and second air cleaning units so that each coupling protrusion is coupled to each of the coupling grooves. To be assembled.

At least one pair of the plurality of coupling protrusions and the coupling groove is provided with an electrical contact portion for power supply so that the first and second air cleaning units are electrically connected to each other through the coupling protrusion and the coupling groove.                     

The modular air purifier according to the present invention further includes a fixing member for detachably fixing the first and second air cleaning units to each other.

The fixing member includes upper fixing portions and both side fixing portions that are screwed to the upper and both sides of the first and second air cleaning units, respectively.

In addition, an air inlet and an air outlet are disposed at both side surfaces and a front surface of the first and second air cleaning units, respectively.

The first and second air cleaning units have a square cross-sectional shape, and the plurality of coupling protrusions and coupling grooves are disposed at respective corners of the first and second air cleaning units, thereby providing the first and second air. The clean units can be angled by 90 degrees and combined.

In addition, a filter for purifying the air is disposed inside each of the air intake ports.

Preferably, the filters are of different types to allow air to be purified in various ways through the first and second air cleaning units.

Preferably, each filter is detachable through the rear of said first and second air cleaning units.

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

1 is an exploded perspective view of a modular air cleaner according to the present invention showing that the first air cleaning unit and the second air cleaning unit are separated. As shown in FIG. 1, the modular air purifier according to the present invention includes a first air cleaning unit 10 having a predetermined capacity and a second modularly assembled on top of the first air cleaning unit 10. It is comprised with the air cleaning unit 20.

Therefore, when only the first air cleaning unit 10 is disposed in the room, the air can be purified with a capacity corresponding to one air cleaning unit, and the second air cleaning unit 20 is configured in plural to form the first air cleaning unit. When modularly assembled above or below (10), it is possible to purify the air to a capacity corresponding to the number of air cleaning units, so that the capacity of the air cleaner can be easily increased or decreased according to the volume of the indoor space.

Inside the first air cleaning unit 10 having a substantially box-shaped appearance, first and second filters 11 and 12 for purifying air introduced into the first air cleaning unit 10 and ambient air. Blowing fan 13 (see FIG. 3) is installed to force the first air cleaning unit 10 to be discharged.

The second air cleaning unit 20 has a substantially box-like appearance similar to the first air cleaning unit 10, and has first and second filters 21 and 22 and a blowing fan 23 (FIG. 3) is installed.

The first and second filters 11 and 12 of the first air cleaning unit 10 and the first and second filters 21 and 22 of the second air cleaning unit 20 are composed of different types. Effectively purify the air in a variety of ways.

At the bottom of the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20, a plurality of coupling protrusions 14 and 24 formed downwards, respectively, are provided, and the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 are provided. A plurality of coupling grooves 15 and 25 corresponding to the plurality of coupling protrusions 24 and 14 are respectively formed at the upper portion of the upper side.

The protruding length of the engaging projections 14 and 24 is greater than the depth of the engaging grooves 15 and 25 so that each engaging projection 24 of the second air cleaning unit 20 is connected to the first air cleaning unit 10. When the fitting groove 15 is fitted into each coupling groove 15, a constant gap is formed between the upper portion of the first air cleaning unit 10 and the bottom of the second air cleaning unit 20 (see FIGS. 2 to 4).

Preferably, the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 have a cross-sectional shape having a square shape, and the plurality of coupling protrusions 14 and 24 and the coupling grooves 15 and 25 are respectively formed in the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20. It is disposed at each corner of the second air cleaning unit (10) 20, so that the first and second air cleaning unit (10) 20 can be converted to each other at an angle of 90 degrees to each other.

In addition, an electrical contact portion 40 is provided on any one of the plurality of coupling protrusions 14 of the first air cleaning unit 10 and one of the plurality of coupling protrusions 24 of the second air cleaning unit 20. The plurality of coupling grooves 15 and 25 are provided with corresponding electrical contact portions 41, such that the plurality of coupling protrusions 14 and 24 are provided in the corresponding coupling grooves 25 and 15. When fitted, the first air cleaning unit 10 and the second air cleaning unit 20 are electrically connected to each other to operate the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 simultaneously or to first air cleaning. Only one of the unit 10 and the second air cleaning unit 20 can be operated.

Air inlets 16 and 26 are provided on both sides of the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20, respectively, and air is provided on the front surfaces of the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20, respectively. Discharge ports 17 and 27 are provided to allow ambient air to circulate through the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20.

The first and second filters 11 and 12 of the first air cleaning unit 10 are mounted through the rear of the first air cleaning unit 10 and formed on each side of the first air cleaning unit 10, respectively. It is arranged adjacent to each air inlet 16.

Similarly, the first and second filters 21, 22 of the second air cleaning unit 20 are mounted through the rear of the second air cleaning unit 20, respectively, on each side of the second air cleaning unit 20. It is arranged adjacent to each air inlet 26 formed in the.

In addition, the modular air purifier according to the present invention includes a fixing member 30 for fixing the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 to each other.

The fixing member 30 includes an upper fixing portion 31 formed in a horizontal plate shape and a pair of side fixing portions 32 extending vertically from both ends of the upper fixing portion 31. A plurality of screw holes 33 are formed in the fixing part 31 and the both side fixing parts 32, respectively.

In addition, screw holes 33 corresponding to the screw holes 33 of the fixing member 30 are formed in the upper and both side surfaces of the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20, respectively. The screws 34 are fastened to each other so that the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 are fixed to each other by the fixing member 30.

FIG. 2 is a combined perspective view of the modular air purifier according to the present invention, in which the first air cleaning unit and the second air cleaning unit are coupled in a manner of discharging the purified air in the same direction, and FIG. 3 is a line of FIG. A cross section taken along III-III.                     

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the second air cleaning unit 20 is shown in FIG. 1 so that the second air cleaning unit 20 is assembled on the first air cleaning unit 10. After moving downward from each other so that each coupling protrusion 24 is fitted into each coupling groove 15 to fix the position in the state electrically connected to each other by the contact of the electrical contact portion 40, 41, the fixing member 30 The fixing member 30 is arranged so that each screw hole 33 of the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 coincides with each screw hole 33 of the first and second air cleaning units 10, 20, and through the screw holes 33. When the 34 is fastened, the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 are firmly coupled to each other.

When the air outlets 17 and 27 of the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 are coupled in the same direction, the modular air cleaner according to the present invention has a rear side adjacent to the edge of the room. It can be arranged in position so that the purified air can be discharged toward the center of the room with twice the capacity of one air cleaning unit.

Of course, if another air cleaning unit is coupled to the upper portion of the second air cleaning unit 20 in the same manner, it is possible to easily increase the air cleaning capacity without increasing the installation area, thereby purifying a larger indoor space. It becomes possible.

4 is a combined perspective view of the modular air cleaner according to the present invention, in which the first air cleaning unit and the second air cleaning unit are coupled in a manner of discharging the purified air in opposite directions.

As shown in FIG. 4, in order to make the arrangement directions of the air outlets 17 and 27 of the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 reverse to each other, first, in the state shown in FIG. 2. After loosening the screws 34 fastened to the fixing member 30 and the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 and lifting the second air cleaning unit 20 upward, the second air cleaning unit ( 20) rotate 180 degrees.

In this state, when the second air cleaning unit 20 is placed on the first air cleaning unit 10, the engaging projections 24 of the second air cleaning unit 20 are connected to each of the first air cleaning unit 10. It is fitted into the coupling groove 15 to be fixed in position in the state of being electrically connected to each other, and in this state, the fixing member 30 is disposed on the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 again to screw 34 As shown in FIG. 4, the air outlet 17 of the first air cleaning unit 10 and the air outlet 27 of the second air cleaning unit 20 are disposed in opposite directions to purify each other. The discharged air in opposite directions.

Accordingly, the modular air cleaner according to the present invention, in which the first and second air cleaning units 10 and 20 are combined as shown in FIG. 4, is disposed near the center of a large indoor space to distribute the purified air in various directions. You can do it.

Of course, if the second air cleaning unit 20 is rotated by only 90 degrees with respect to the first air cleaning unit 10 in the state shown in FIG. 2, the air outlet 17 of the first air cleaning unit 10 is disposed. And the air discharge ports 27 of the second air cleaning unit 20 can be disposed to be offset from each other by an angle of 90 degrees.

As described in detail above, the modular air purifier according to the present invention has a structure that can be easily assembled a plurality of air cleaning units on the top or bottom of one air cleaning unit size without increasing the installation area Accordingly, the air cleaning capacity can be increased, thereby increasing space utilization.

In addition, the modular air purifier according to the present invention has a structure that can be arranged by simply changing the direction of the air discharge of the plurality of air cleaning units so that the purified air can be properly concentrated or dispersed in various directions of the indoor space do.

In addition, the modular air purifier according to the present invention has a structure that can configure a plurality of filters installed in the plurality of air cleaning units in a variety of ways, it is possible to purify the ambient air more comfortably.

Claims (10)

A modular air cleaner comprising a first air cleaning unit and at least one second air cleaning unit modularly assembled above or below the first air cleaning unit. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of coupling protrusions protrude from the bottom of the first and second air cleaning unit, a plurality of coupling grooves are formed in the upper portion of the first and second air cleaning unit so that each of the coupling protrusions Modular air purifier, characterized in that coupled to each of the coupling groove. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one pair of the plurality of coupling protrusions and the coupling groove is provided with an electrical contact portion for power supply is that the first and second air cleaning unit is electrically connected to each other through the coupling protrusion and the coupling groove. Modular air cleaners. The modular air purifier according to claim 1, further comprising a fixing member for detachably fixing the first and second air cleaning units to each other. The modular air purifier of claim 4, wherein the fixing member comprises an upper fixing part and both side fixing parts screwed to the upper and both sides of the first and second air cleaning units, respectively. 3. The modular air purifier of claim 2, wherein air inlets and air outlets are disposed at both side surfaces and the front surfaces of the first and second air cleaning units, respectively. The method of claim 6, wherein the first and second air cleaning unit has a square cross-sectional shape, the plurality of engaging projections and coupling grooves are disposed at each corner of the first and second air cleaning unit, Modular air cleaners, characterized in that the first and second air cleaning unit can be combined by converting the angle by 90 degrees. 7. The modular air purifier of claim 6, wherein a filter for purifying air is disposed inside each of the air intake ports. 9. The modular air cleaner of claim 8, wherein the filters are of different types to allow air to be purified in various ways through the first and second air cleaning units. 9. The modular air purifier of claim 8, wherein each filter is detachable through a rear of the first and second air cleaning units.

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