Air purifier and air purifying system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11739960-B2
Application number	US-202016821806-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2020
Priority date	Mar 19, 2019
Publication date	Aug 29, 2023
Grant date	Aug 29, 2023

Abstract

An air cleaning or purifying system includes a main air cleaner or purifier having an upper seating surface that is at least partially flat and at least one portable air purifier having a base configured to be seated on re lifted from the upper seating surface. The main air purifier and the portable air purifier may each have a filter and a fan. The air main and portable air purifiers may operate together. The portable air purifier may be moved to another room, or may be seated on the main air purifier such that various combinations of air purifying modes and air purifying capacities may be performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air purifier, comprising:
a main air purifier having a top and a bottom with a fan and a filter provided between the top and the bottom, the top having a seating surface; and
a first secondary air purifier having a first fan, a first filter, and a first base configured to be seated on the seating surface of the main air purifier,
wherein the main air purifier is longer in a horizontal direction than in a vertical direction, and the first secondary air purifier is longer in the vertical direction than in the horizontal direction,
wherein the main air purifier includes at least two of the fans disposed in a horizontal direction.

2. The air purifier of claim 1 , further comprising a second secondary air purifier having a second fan, a second filter, and a second base configured to be seated on the seating surface of the main air purifier, wherein the seating surface of the main air purifier has a first surface and a second surface adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction, the first surface of the seating surface being configured to support the first secondary air purifier and the second surface of the seating surface being configured to support the second secondary air purifier.

3. The air purifier of claim 1 , wherein the main air purifier includes a first wireless charging module provided under the seating surface and the first secondary air purifier includes a second wireless charging module provided in the first base such that, when the first secondary air purifier is seated on the seating surface, the first and second wireless charging modules are aligned.

4. The air purifier of claim 3 , wherein the seating surface includes a seating sensor to sense whether the first secondary air purifier is seated on the seating surface, the seating sensor being provided adjacent to the first wireless charging module.

5. The air purifier of claim 1 , wherein the main air purifier is configured to be operated in a quiet operation mode in which a flow velocity of discharged air is a first velocity, and the first secondary air purifier is configured to perform a purifying mode in which a flow velocity of discharged air is a second velocity which is greater than the first velocity.

6. The air purifier of claim 1 , wherein the main air purifier has a width in the horizontal direction to support the first secondary air purifier and another secondary air purifier.

7. An air purifier, comprising:
an outer wall extending in a vertical direction and forming an upper opening;
an upper surface placed on top of the outer wall to cover the opening, the upper surface being configured to support a predetermined weight;
a base provided below the outer wall such that a top of the base, a bottom of the upper surface, and an inner surface of the outer wall form an inner space;
a filter provided in the inner space to filter foreign matter from air; and
at least one fan provided in the inner space above the filter, wherein an upper portion of the outer wall includes a plurality of holes having a diameter of one millimeter or less through which filtered air is discharged from the inner space to an outside of the outer wall.

8. The air purifier of claim 7 , wherein the outer wall is at least three times longer in a horizontal direction than in a vertical direction.

9. The air purifier of claim 7 , wherein the filter includes:
a side section to filter air flowing in a horizontal direction; and
a bottom section to filter air flowing in the vertical direction.

10. The air purifier of claim 9 , wherein an outer surface of the side section of the filter and the inner side of the outer wall are spaced apart from each other to allow air to flow through an air intake provided at the bottom of the outer wall.

11. The air purifier of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of holes are positioned a predetermined distance above the air intake.

12. The air purifier of claim 7 , wherein the at least one fan includes two fans provided in the inner space and configured to discharge air upward.

13. The air purifier of claim 7 , wherein the at least one fan includes three fans provided adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction in the inner space.

14. The air purifier of claim 7 , further comprising a wireless charging module provided under the upper surface to charge a portable air purifier seated on the upper surface.

15. The air purifier of claim 14 , wherein the fan is provided below the wireless charging module.

16. The air purifier of claim 14 , further comprising a seating sensor provided at a position adjacent to the wireless charging module, the seating sensor being configured to detect whether the portable air purifier is seated on the upper surface.

17. The air purifier of claim 7 , wherein at least 100,000 holes are formed in the upper portion of the outer wall.

18. The air purifier of claim 7 , wherein a length and width of a bottom of the base are equal to a length and width of the bottom of the outer wall, and a length and width of a top of the base are less than a length and width of the bottom of the outer wall.

19. An air purifier, comprising:
a main air purifier having a side wall forming a first inner space, a first fan provided in the first inner space, a first filter provided in the first inner space, a suction port provided at a bottom of the side wall through which air is suctioned, and a discharge wall having a plurality of first holes provided a predetermined distance above the suction port through which air is discharged; and
a secondary air purifier having a case forming a second inner space, a second fan provided in the second inner space, a second filter provided in the second inner space, a plurality of second holes formed in a lower section of the case through which air is suctioned, and a discharge port provided in an upper section of the secondary air purifier through which air is discharged, wherein a diameter of the smallest second hole is larger than a diameter of the first holes.

20. The air purifier of claim 19 , wherein a closed wall is provided between the discharge wall and the suction port, and the closed wall provides a sufficient distance between the discharge wall and the suction port to prevent or reduce air discharged out of the discharge wall from flowing back to the suction port.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc
• Chungang Univ Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation

Inventors

• Kang Jiyoung
• Chung Haeyoong
• Jeon Jongkeon
• Lee David Kangseong
• Kwak Daeyoung
• Park Sohee

Classifications

• F24F8/80 Primary

  Self-contained air purifiers · CPC title

• B01D46/0004

  Details of removable closures, lids, caps or filter heads · CPC title

• B01D46/24

  Particle separators, e.g. dust precipitators, using rigid hollow filter bodies · CPC title

• B01D46/4227

  Manipulating filters or filter elements, e.g. handles or extracting tools · CPC title

• B01D46/58

  connected in parallel · CPC title