US 11,965,674 B2
Filter device and air cleaner having the same
Juwan Park, Suwon-si (KR); Nakhyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Juyoung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Changhyun Park, Suwon-si (KR); Moonsun Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Wonhee Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hojin Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Changwoo Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/235,340.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0047951 (KR), filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325063 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 8/10 (2021.01); F24F 8/108 (2021.01); F24F 13/20 (2006.01); F24F 13/28 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 8/108 (2021.01) [F24F 13/20 (2013.01); F24F 13/28 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air purifier comprising:
a main body:
a suction port to suction air into the main body therethrough;
a filter disposed in the main body to filter the air suctioned through the suction port, the filter including:
a frame; and
a filter body fixed to the frame through which the suctioned air is filtered, the frame including a hinge shaft; an auxiliary filter mountable to the filter; and
a lock to mount the auxiliary filter to the frame of the filter, the lock including:
a first part of the lock formed at the frame of the filter; and
a second part of the lock couplable to the first part of the lock, the second part of the lock including a hinge groove to be rotatably coupled to the hinge shaft by attaching the second part of the lock to the hinge shaft, or uncoupled from the hinge shaft by detaching the second part of the lock from the hinge shaft,
wherein based on the hinge groove being rotatably coupled to the hinge shaft, by being pressed on the first part of the lock towards the second part of the lock, the second part of the lock is rotatable with respect to the hinge shaft and coupled to the first part of the lock thereby mounting the auxiliary filter to the filter, and by uncoupling the second part of the lock from the first part of the lock, the auxiliary filter is unmounted from the filter.