US 11,701,610 B2
Ambient air purifying device and use of a filter element in an ambient air purifying device
Jens Gusek, Freudental (DE); Marc Hittinger, Reutlingen (DE); Christoph Schulz, Stuttgart (DE); and Maximilian Bauch, Boennigheim (DE)
Assigned to MANN+HUMMEL Life Sciences & Environment Holding Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,146.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 118 293.7 (DE), filed on Jul. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008859 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 46/42 (2006.01); B01D 46/121 (2022.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/52 (2006.01); B01D 46/88 (2022.01)
CPC B01D 46/4227 (2013.01) [B01D 46/0005 (2013.01); B01D 46/0043 (2013.01); B01D 46/121 (2022.01); B01D 46/521 (2013.01); B01D 46/88 (2022.01); B01D 2265/021 (2013.01); B01D 2273/30 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ambient air purifying device comprising:
a blower housing comprising an air inlet and an air outlet;
at least one air flow generating device arranged in the blower housing and configured to generate an air flow from the air inlet to the air outlet;
a filter device arranged in the blower housing between the air inlet and the air outlet in regard to flow and comprising a plurality of filter elements arranged in a V shape relative to each other;
the blower housing comprising a servicing door configured to provide access to an interior of the blower housing;
the filter device comprising a filter element support held at the blower housing and supporting the filter elements that are arranged in a V shape relative to each other;
the filter element support configured to be transferred from an operating state, in which the filter element support is arranged completely inside the blower housing, into a servicing state, in which the filter element support projects at least partially through the servicing door from the blower housing;
the filter element support pivotably supported about at least one pivot axis in relation to the blower housing, wherein a transfer of the filter element support from the operating state into the servicing state and from the servicing state into the operating state comprises a pivoting action about the at least one pivot axis.