Air Purifier Booster with Integrated Lighting and Minimal Light Loss
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing air purifiers with complex structures make it difficult for users to manage boosters and integrate lighting without causing inconvenience, and there are challenges in minimizing light loss through transmission members.
Innovation Solution
An air purifier design featuring a separable booster with a booster case, annular outlet, and a transmission member that guides light from lamps to the discharge passage, minimizing light loss and allowing easy management and integration of lighting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a booster is integrated into the air purifier body, then air flow switching function is improved, but device complexity increases and ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The booster is designed as a separable component that can be detached from the air purifier body. The booster includes a booster case with a booster outlet and a booster fan, while the body has a main outlet. This segmentation allows users to easily remove and manage the booster independently, solving the problem of difficult user management while maintaining the air flow switching function.
2Illumination intensity
If lights are installed in the air purifier, then visual satisfaction is improved, but light loss increases and manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A transmission member is introduced as an intermediary component between the light source (lamp) and the discharge passage. The transmission member includes a light transmitting portion that efficiently transmits light from the lamp to the discharge passage, minimizing light loss while enabling visual satisfaction. This intermediary structure solves both the light loss problem and the manufacturing complexity by providing a dedicated light transmission path.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a complex coupling body structure is used, then air flow control is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling body is segmented into separate functional components: the booster case, the body, the transmission member, and the discharge passage. Each component can be manufactured independently with simpler structures, then assembled together. This segmentation maintains the air flow control functionality while significantly improving ease of manufacture compared to a single complex coupling body.
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
The design enables easy management of the booster, provides visual satisfaction through lighting, minimizes light loss, and ensures user comfort by avoiding inconvenience, while maintaining effective air filtration and distribution.
Implementation Method 1
a transmission member through which the light emitted by the plurality of lamps passes. The transmission member receives the light emitted by the plurality of lamps and guides the light toward the discharge passage
Implementation Method 2
a booster fan disposed inside the booster case, and sending air to the booster outlet, a plurality of lamps emitting light
Data Source
AI summary
The air purifier includes: a body having an inlet formed on a circumferential surface thereof and an outlet formed on an upper surface thereof; and a booster connected to the body, and switching a flow direction of air which flows through the outlet. The booster includes a booster case in which an annular booster outlet is formed, a booster fan disposed inside the booster case, and sending air to the booster outlet, a plurality of lamps emitting light, and a transmission member through which the light emitted by the plurality of lamps passes. A discharge passage is formed inside the booster case, and the discharge passage sends the air flowing by the booster fan to the booster outlet. The transmission member receives the light emitted by the plurality of lamps and guides the light toward the discharge passage.