Segmented Buried Air Purifier Housing for Slim Ceiling Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional buried type air purifiers face challenges in achieving a slim design due to their large size, which affects their appearance and makes installation and after-sales service difficult with small buried openings.
Innovation Solution
The buried type air purifier features a main body with a first part accommodating the fan and a second part with a smaller cross-sectional area for the air passages, allowing for installation through a small opening and enabling easy disassembly for maintenance. The design includes a panel for air intake and discharge, and optional ventilation and discharge direction control mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If a large-sized fan and motor are used to generate sufficient intake power with low noise, then the air purification and ventilation performance is improved, but the device volume increases making slim design difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The main body is divided into a first main body part with a larger cross-sectional area to accommodate the fan and motor, and a second main body part with a smaller cross-sectional area for air passages. This segmentation allows the large components to be housed in a compact configuration, enabling the device to maintain sufficient power while achieving a slim overall design.
2Power
If a large-sized air purifier is installed, then sufficient air purification and ventilation performance is achieved, but installation through small buried openings becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The air purifier is designed with a buried type configuration where the main body is partially embedded in a ceiling or wall. The panel extends toward the use space while the fan and motor are accommodated in the buried portion, allowing installation through small openings while maintaining sufficient power for air purification.
3Volume of moving object
If a small buried opening is used for installation, then slim design and aesthetic appearance is improved, but after-sales service becomes difficult when parts break down
Solution Approach 1:
The fan and motor are nested within the first main body part that is buried in the ceiling or wall. The panel with air passages extends outward, allowing technicians to access and service the fan and motor components through the buried opening without requiring removal of the entire device, thus maintaining serviceability with a compact design.
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 design allows for a slim and aesthetically pleasing installation of the air purifier, enabling easy access and maintenance through small openings, thus addressing the issues of size and serviceability in conventional systems.
Implementation Method 1
a fan to guide air of the use space along the intake passage and the discharge passage
Implementation Method 2
a filter to filter the air
Data Source
AI summary
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.