US 12,440,597 B2
Air purification module and refrigerator comprising the same
Jae Hak Jeong, Ansan-si (KR); Ji Won Kim, Ansan-si (KR); and Sang Cheol Shin, Ansan-si (KR)
Assigned to SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD., Ansan-si (KR)
Filed by SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD., Ansan-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/606,785.
Application 18/606,785 is a continuation of application No. 17/221,413, filed on Apr. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,931,490.
Application 17/221,413 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2019/013012, filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0119725 (KR), filed on Oct. 5, 2018; and application No. 10-2018-0150412 (KR), filed on Nov. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0216570 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A61L 9/20 (2006.01); F24F 3/16 (2021.01); F24F 8/10 (2021.01); F24F 8/22 (2021.01); F25D 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 9/205 (2013.01) [F24F 3/16 (2013.01); F24F 8/10 (2021.01); F24F 8/22 (2021.01); F25D 17/00 (2013.01); A61L 2209/134 (2013.01); A61L 2209/14 (2013.01); F25D 2317/0417 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air purification module, comprising:
a filter configured to purify air flowing therethrough; and
a light source including a substrate and a light device,
wherein the light device is configured to emit a light having a UV wavelength band in a first direction,
wherein the filter is disposed in an irradiation region that receives the light emitted from the light source, the irradiation region being larger than the filter,
wherein the substrate is disposed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and sequentially disposed in one direction with the filter, and
wherein the light source includes at least one aperture that is configured to transfer air through the filter.