US RE50,014 E1
Air cleaner and home appliance having air processing unit
Euy Sung Chu, Seongnam (KR); Tae Yong Lee, Suwon (KR); Won Choe, Yongin (KR); Hyeong Joon Seo, Suwon (KR); and Woo Seog Song, Yongin (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,764.
Application 17/683,764 is a reissue of application No. 14/940,326, filed on Nov. 13, 2015, granted, now 10,583,384, issued on Mar. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2014-0194087 (KR), filed on Dec. 30, 2014.
Int. Cl. B01D 46/58 (2022.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/50 (2006.01); F24F 1/0071 (2019.01); F24F 8/108 (2021.01)
CPC B01D 46/58 (2022.01) [B01D 46/0002 (2013.01); B01D 46/0041 (2013.01); B01D 46/50 (2013.01); F24F 1/0071 (2019.02); F24F 8/108 (2021.01); Y02A 50/20 (2018.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air cleaner, comprising:
a case;
a panel having a plurality of air inlets formed on a front face of the panel for air to flow in from outside the case;
[ a first air inlet;]
a first blower device arranged inside the case to force air to flow through one of the plurality of air inlets [ the first air inlet] ;
a first filter unit arranged to filter the air forced to flow through the one of the plurality of air inlets [ first air inlet ] by the first blower device;
a first outlet located on a side of the case [ air cleaner ] to release the air that passed through [ was filtered by ] the first filter unit out of the case [ air cleaner] ;
a first fluid path formed between the one of the plurality of air inlets [ first air inlet ] and the first outlet;
[ a second air inlet; ]
a second blower device arranged inside the case to force air to flow through a different one of the plurality of air inlets [ the second air inlet] ;
a second filter unit arranged to filter the air forced to flow through the different one of the plurality of air inlets [ second air inlet ] by the second blower device;
a second outlet located on a top side of the case [ air cleaner ] to release the air that passed through [ was filtered by ] the second filter unit out of the case [ air cleaner in a different direction than the air released by the first outlet] ;
a second fluid path separated from the first fluid path and formed between the different one of the plurality of air inlets [ second air inlet ] and the second outlet , where the air passed through the second filter is released to the outside of the case through the second outlet located on the top side of the case which is in a different direction than the air released through the first outlet;
[ a control button configured to input a command and located on a top side of the air cleaner; ]
a filter frame [ including
a first filter installation unit ] configured to support the first filter unit [ inside the first filter installation unit, with the first blower device being outside of the first filter installation unit, and a first filter hole of the filter frame being between the first filter unit and the first blower device, ] and
[ a second filter installation unit configured to support ] the second filter unit [ inside the second filter installation unit, with the second blower device being outside of the second filter installation unit, and a second filter hole of the filter frame being between the second filter unit and the second blower device,
wherein the filter frame is disposed so that air forced to flow through the first air inlet by the first blower device flows along the first fluid path through the first filter unit supported inside the first filter installation unit, then through the first filter hole, then through the first blower device to the first outlet, and air forced to flow through the second air inlet by the second blower device flows along the second fluid path through the second filter unit supported inside the second filter installation unit, then through the second filter hole, then through the second blower device to the second outlet] ; and
a [ control ] circuit unit [ to control the air cleaner, ] accommodated in the filter frame [ between the first filter unit and the second filter unit] .