Buried type air purifier

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12298036-B2
Application number	US-202217867916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2022
Priority date	Jan 20, 2020
Publication date	May 13, 2025
Grant date	May 13, 2025

Abstract

A buried type air purifier including a main body to be buried in a buried space through a buried opening provided on a boundary surface between a use space and the buried space, the main body having an intake passage and a discharge passage which take in and discharge air, respectively; a fan to guide air of the use space along the intake passage and the discharge passage; and a filter to filter the air. The main body includes: a first main body part having a fan accommodating part to accommodate the fan; and a second main body part having a cross sectional area, which is parallel with the boundary surface, being smaller than the first main body part, where the second main body part is formed to pass the intake and discharge passages through which the air guided via the fan accommodated in the fan accommodating part passes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A buried type air purifier comprising:
a main body configured to be buried in a buried space through a buried opening which is provided on a boundary surface between a use space and the buried space, the main body having an intake passage and a discharge passage which take in and discharge air, respectively;
a fan to guide air of the use space along the intake passage and the discharge passage; and
a filter to filter the air,
wherein the main body comprises:
a first main body part having a fan accommodating part to accommodate the fan; and
a second main body part having a cross sectional area, which is parallel with the boundary surface, being smaller than the first main body part, wherein the second main body part is formed to pass the intake passage and the discharge passage through which the air guided via the fan accommodated in the fan accommodating part passes.

2. The buried type air purifier according to claim 1 , wherein the main body comprises a panel coupleable to an end part of the second main body part so that while the panel is coupled to the end part of the second main body part, the panel is toward the use space, and
the panel has an intake opening through which air flows toward the intake passage and a discharge opening through which air flows from the discharge passage.

3. The buried type air purifier according to claim 2 , wherein the panel has an area along a direction of the boundary surface that is larger than the buried opening.

4. The buried type air purifier according to claim 1 , wherein a cross sectional area of the second main body part is smaller than the buried opening.

5. The buried type air purifier according to claim 1 , wherein the first main body part has a cross sectional area, which is parallel with the boundary surface, that is larger than the buried opening.

6. The buried type air purifier according to claim 1 , wherein the second main body part is formed to extend along a direction of a length with a width which is narrower than a width of the first main body part.

7. The buried type air purifier according to claim 6 , wherein the main body has a lateral cross section along a direction of a length to be an ‘L’ shape.

8. The buried type air purifier according to claim 1 , wherein the filter is provided in the intake passage.

9. The buried type air purifier according to claim 1 , wherein the main body further comprises a first ventilation passage through which air inflowing from outside is delivered to the fan via the filter and a second ventilation passage through which air is directly delivered to the fan.

10. The buried type air purifier according to claim 9 , wherein the main body further comprises a ventilation passage changing part which is controlled to open and close one of the first ventilation passage and the second ventilation passage.

11. The buried type air purifier according to claim 1 , wherein the main body further comprises an opening on a boundary between the first main body part and the second main body part for inserting or drawing the fan and a partition cover covering the opening.

12. The buried type air purifier according to claim 1 , wherein the fan comprises a bell mouth, a fan wheel, a motor cover and a motor which are separable from one another.

13. The buried type air purifier according to claim 12 , wherein the motor cover comprises a locking part formed to lock and release with regard to the first main body part according to a forward and reverse turn, respectively.

14. The buried type air purifier according to claim 2 , wherein the main body further comprises a discharge direction changing part for changing a discharge direction of the air which is discharged through the discharge opening.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Na Seonuk
• KIM Hyunah
• Sim Jaehyoung
• Jang Eomji
• Cho Sungjune
• Koo Hyungmo
• Kim Joonhyoung

Classifications

• F24F2221/17

  mounted in a wall · CPC title

• F24F2013/205

  Mounting a ventilator fan therein · CPC title

• F24F7/003

  in combination with air cleaning · CPC title

• F24F7/06

  with forced air circulation, e.g. by fan {positioning of a ventilator in or against a conduit} · CPC title

• F24F8/10 Primary

  by separation, e.g. by filtering · CPC title