Air cleaner
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing air cleaners face challenges in utilizing the space above the device effectively, as the structure is often fixed and difficult to modify, limiting the use of this area and the ability to diffuse filtered air quickly and widely.
Innovation Solution
The air cleaner design includes a first body with an inlet and an outlet above it, a fan for inducing airflow, and a second body positioned above to guide discharged air radially outward, forming a flat surface that can function as a table, allowing for improved air diffusion and space utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a fan is disposed above an air cleaner forming an upward air flow, then air clearness can be increased, but the space above the air cleaner cannot be utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The upper cover serves dual functions: it acts as a structural component of the air cleaner housing and simultaneously functions as a table surface for placing objects. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by making the space above the air cleaner usable while maintaining the air flow generation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the air cleaner device with a table structure by making the upper cover form a flat surface suitable for placing objects. This combination allows the space above the air cleaner to be utilized as a table while the fan continues to generate upward air flow for air purification.
2Ease of operation
If a structure changing direction of air is disposed above the outlet, then air flow direction can be changed, but the space above the air cleaner becomes difficult to utilize
Solution Approach 1:
The upper cover is designed to simultaneously serve as both the housing structure and a functional table surface. This eliminates the need for separate air direction changing structures above the outlet, as the upper cover itself provides the necessary structure while maintaining space usability.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the upper structure is fixed, then structural stability is maintained, but modification of the upper structure becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The air cleaner is divided into separable modules including the lower cover, upper cover, and front cover that can be independently assembled and disassembled. This segmentation allows the upper structure to remain stable during operation while enabling easy modification and maintenance by separating components.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling parts between covers are designed to provide stable connection during operation while allowing easy assembly and disassembly when needed. This dynamic characteristic enables the structure to be stable during use butmodifiable when required.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration enables quick and wide distribution of filtered air, utilizes the space above the cleaner as a table, allows for various table sizes, prevents foreign substances from interfering, minimizes shape deformation, and ensures stable electrical connections.
Implementation Method 1
a fan rotatably disposed between the inlet and the outlet to induce air flow from the inlet to the outlet
Data Source
AI summary
An air cleaner includes a first body having an inlet, and an outlet; a fan rotatably disposed between the inlet and the outlet to induce air flow from the inlet to the outlet; a filter removing foreign substance in air introduced through the inlet; and a second body disposed above the first body and guiding air discharged from the outlet in a radially outward direction. A lower surface of the second body is disposed above the outlet and extends in the radially outward direction as it goes upward, and wherein an upper surface of the second body that is disposed at a side of the lower surface of the second body and that at least portion thereof forms a flat surface.