US 12,000,617 B2
Air cleaner
Hyun Uk Park, Suwon-si (KR); Ji Won Ryu, Suwon-si (KR); Tae-In Eom, Suwon-si (KR); Ju Young Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Moon Sun Shin, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/288,862
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Aug. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/010406
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/111447, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0147262 (KR), filed on Nov. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0003453 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 13/20 (2006.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); F16B 2/20 (2006.01); F24F 8/10 (2021.01); F24F 8/80 (2021.01)
CPC F24F 13/20 (2013.01) [F16B 2/20 (2013.01); F24F 8/80 (2021.01); B01D 46/0004 (2013.01); B01D 2265/02 (2013.01); F24F 8/10 (2021.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air cleaner comprising:
a cabinet;
a panel mounted on the cabinet; and
a locking device configured to detachably connect the cabinet and the panel,
wherein the locking device comprises:
a first locking member disposed on the panel; and
a second locking member disposed in the cabinet and configured to lock or unlock the first locking member by being rotated by pressing of the first locking member,
an elastic member provided in the cabinet to elastically support the second locking member, wherein the elastic member elastically supports the second locking member in a first direction when the second locking member is in a first position, and elastically supports the second locking member in a direction opposite to the first direction when the second locking member is in a second position rotated from the first position,
wherein the second locking member comprises:
a locking body rotatably installed in the cabinet;
a first catcher in contact with the first locking member; and
a second catcher disposed to be spaced apart from the first catcher and coupled to the first locking member, and
wherein the first locking member comprises a locking hole into which the second catcher is insertable.