Hinged Filter Frame for Air Purifier Layout Flexibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional air purifiers face limitations in design diversity and operational optimization due to fixed filter types and capacities, which affect air purification efficiency and durability.
Innovation Solution
An air purifier design featuring a shape variable type filter frame and filter recognition system, allowing for multiple filter configurations and automatic control setting adjustments based on filter type and capacity, enabling multidirectional air discharge and optimized performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If filters are disposed on both sides of housing to correspond to air inlets, then air purification efficiency is improved, but product design diversity is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The filter frame is designed with a hinge mechanism that allows it to rotate between a first position (aligned with air inlet for high purification efficiency) and a second position (perpendicular to air inlet for design diversity). This dynamic positioning enables the same filter assembly to serve multiple design configurations while maintaining optimal air purification performance when needed.
2Adaptability or versatility
If filter type or capacity is changed to allow various product designs, then design diversity is improved, but operational performance optimization becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit receives information about the filter's position (first or second position) and automatically adjusts operational parameters such as blower speed and power consumption accordingly. When the filter is in the first position, the system optimizes for maximum air purification efficiency; when in the second position, it adjusts for design configuration needs, ensuring optimal performance regardless of the filter arrangement.
3Device complexity
If control setting value is fixed in manufacturing, then device complexity is reduced, but operational performance cannot be optimized according to mounted filter
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit automatically detects the filter position and selects appropriate control settings without requiring manual configuration or complex user input. The system self-adjusts operational parameters based on the filter's position, maintaining simple device architecture while achieving optimized operational performance adapted to the mounted filter configuration.
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AI summary
The present invention provides an air purifier. The air purifier according to one preferred embodiment, of the present invention may comprise: a housing; a blowing unit installed in the housing so as to draw in external air; and a filter unit having filtering surfaces, through which the air passes and which are disposed in multiple directions, and an air inflow space, which has at least a part thereof surrounded by the filtering surfaces disposed in the multiple directions and into which the air discharged from, the blowing unit flows.