Humidifying air cleaner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10190786-B2
Application number	US-201415107138-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2014
Priority date	Dec 27, 2013
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed is a humidifying air cleaner comprising: a housing having an inner space and having a barrier member for delimiting the inner space; and a humidification unit installed on the housing to be arranged on the lower portion of the barrier member, wherein the barrier member has a first air inlet, behind which the humidification unit is arranged, and which is formed such that air flows into the humidification unit, and a second air inlet formed to be arranged above the first air inlet, and the barrier member is provided with a rib for increasing the amount of air flowing through the first air inlet.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A humidifying air cleaner comprising:
a housing having an internal space and having a barrier member dividing the internal space; and a filter disposed at the front of the barrier member;
a humidifying unit provided in the housing to be disposed on a lower portion of the barrier member; and
a blower disposed on a rear surface of the barrier member and configured by a two-way suction fan,
wherein the barrier member comprises a first air inlet allowing the air to flow in the humidifying unit, the humidifying unit disposed in the rear of the first air inlet, and a second air inlet disposed on an upper portion of the first air inlet,
the barrier member comprises a rib increasing the amount of air flowing to the first air inlet,
the rib comprises a circular portion disposed adjacent to the second air inlet, and an extending portion extending from the circular portion, and
an inner space formed by the barrier member and the filter unit includes a lower portion through which the air is introduced into the first air inlet by the circular portion of the rib and the extending portion of the rib, and an upper portion through which the air is introduced into the second air inlet wherein the rib is disposed between the first air inlet and the second air inlet, and separates the first air inlet and the second air inlet from each other; wherein the first air inlet has a funnel shape, the funnel shape having a passage of a cross section narrowing toward the inside of the first air inlet; and wherein the first air inlet comprises a flange to stop a humidifying filter of the humidifying unit.

2. The humidifying air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the barrier member comprises a fan installation portion having a fan.

3. The humidifying air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the humidifying unit is attached or detached to/from the housing.

4. The humidifying air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the flange is closer to the first air inlet than the humidifying filter.

5. The humidifying air cleaner of claim 4 , the flange comprises a contact protrusion protruding in a direction of the humidifying filter to contact the humidifying filter.

Assignees

• Coway Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nam Yu-Young
• Kim Hyo-Sung
• Park Chan-Jung

Classifications

• F24F6/04 Primary

  using stationary unheated wet elements · CPC title

• F24F6/00

  Air-humidification {, e.g. cooling by humidification} · CPC title

• F24F2003/1617

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• B01D2279/50

  for air conditioning · CPC title

• F24F2006/008

  Air-humidifier with water reservoir · CPC title