Air cleaner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10697665-B2
Application number	US-201916409017-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2019
Priority date	Feb 26, 2016
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

An air cleaner is provided. The air cleaner may include at least one air cleaning module including a fan, a filter and an inlet through which air is suctioned into the filter; an air flow controller configured to be movably disposed on the at least one air cleaning module and including an air flow control fan to control a flow of the air discharged from the at least one air cleaning module. The air flow controller may be movable from a first position at which the air is discharged in an upward direction to a second position at which the air is discharged in a diagonally upward direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air cleaner, comprising:
a first air cleaning module including a first fan, a first filter, a first inlet through which air is suctioned into the first filter, and a first outlet through which air passing through the first fan is discharged;
a second air cleaning module disposed on the first air cleaning module, the second air cleaning module including a second fan, a second filter, a second inlet through which air is suctioned into the second filter and a second outlet through which air passing through the second fan is discharged; and
an air flow controller disposed on the second air cleaning module, the air flow controller including a housing, a third inlet through air discharged from the second outlet is introduced into the housing and a third outlet through which air is discharged from the housing, wherein the air flow controller moves such that a flow direction of air discharged through the third outlet is changed.

2. The air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the second air cleaning module further includes a discharge grill having the second outlet, and wherein the air flow controller further includes an introduction grill laid on the discharge grill, the introduction grill having the third inlet.

3. The air cleaner of claim 2 , wherein the second fan includes a centrifugal fan.

4. The air cleaner of claim 3 , wherein the second air cleaning module further includes a discharge guide including:
a discharge inner wall that defines an inner cylindrical surface of the discharge guide; and
a discharge outer wall that defines an outer cylindrical surface of the discharge guide, the discharge outer wall being configured to surround the discharge inner wall.

5. The air cleaner of claim 4 , wherein the discharge grill extends from the outer cylindrical surface of the discharge inner wall to the inner cylindrical surface of the discharge outer wall.

6. The air cleaner of claim 2 , wherein the discharge grill is formed in a concave shape in the downward direction, and wherein the introduction grill is formed in a convex shape in the downward direction.

7. The air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the air flow controller further includes a third fan provided within the housing.

8. The air cleaner of claim 7 , wherein the first and second air cleaning modules and the air flow controller are arranged in a vertical direction.

9. The air cleaner of claim 8 , wherein the first, the second and the third fan are positioned on a same axis in a longitudinal direction.

10. The air cleaner of claim 1 , further comprising a divider provided between the first and the second air cleaning modules.

11. The air cleaner of claim 10 , wherein the divider includes:
a plurality of legs that spaces apart the first and the second air cleaning modules from each other; and
a blocking wall provided between the plurality of legs, the blocking wall extending in a radial direction.

12. The air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the air flow controller is movable from a first position to a second position, and wherein the first position is a position in which a top of the air flow controller extends substantially parallel to a top of the second air cleaning module in height, and wherein the second position is a position at which the top of the air flow controller is at an angle with respect to the top of the second air cleaning module.

13. The air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the air flow controller performs a first rotation in lateral directions at the first position or the second position.

14. The air cleaner of claim 13 , wherein the air flow controller includes a first guide to guide the first rotation, the first guide including:
a first gear including a first gear shaft; and
a first gear motor coupled with the first gear shaft.

15. The air cleaner of claim 14 , wherein the second air cleaning module further includes an air guide coupled with a bottom of the air flow controller, the air guide including a first rack interlocked with the first gear.

16. The air cleaner of claim 15 , wherein the first rack has a curvature in a circumferential direction.

17. The air cleaner of claim 15 , wherein the air guide is provided between the second fan and the second outlet.

18. The air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the air flow controller includes a second guide to guide the second rotation, the second guide including a fixed guide having a second gear and a second gear motor coupled with the second gear.

19. The air cleaner of claim 18 , wherein the air flow controller further includes a rotational guide having a second rack that interlocks with the second gear.

20. The air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the second air cleaning module further includes a cylindrical case in which the second inlet is formed, wherein the second inlet includes a plurality of through-holes arranged in a circumferential direction.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Jung Soonki
• Ha Hyunpil
• Mun Yeongcheol
• Park Jaekyun
• Bae Soohyun

Classifications

• F24F11/89 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices · CPC title

• F24F13/10

  movable, e.g. dampers · CPC title

• F24F3/16 Primary

  by purification, e.g. by filtering; by sterilisation; by ozonisation · CPC title

• F24F13/28

  Arrangement or mounting of filters · CPC title

• F24F1/0071

  with means for purifying supplied air (perfuming or deodorising means F24F1/008) · CPC title