AIR BLOWER, ION TRANSMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE, AND REMOTE CONTROL HOLDING STRUCTURE

• US 20150041675A1
• Filed: 04/02/2013
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Iwaki, Nobuhiro, Shibata, Masaki, Shiraishi, Kenichi
• Application Number:
  US14/386,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20150041675A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 250/423.R
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2209/11 Apparatus for controlling air treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/22 Ionisation
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 17/16 for displacing without appreciable compression
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/08 the working fluid being air, e.g. for ventilation
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/4226 Fan casings
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/462 especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/624 especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/626 Mounting or removal of fans
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2250/52 Outlet
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 7/007 with forced flow using ducting systems F24F7/06
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 8/192 by electrical means, e.g. by applying electrostatic fields or high voltages
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 8/30 by ionisation
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 27/022 Details
• CPC Class Codes: H01T 23/00 Apparatus for generating ions to be introduced into non-enclosed gases, e.g. into the atmosphere
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/20 Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters

Abstract

An inlet port 4 and an outlet port 5 which are open in a body housing 2, an air-blowing pathway 20 disposed inside the body housing 2, making the inlet port 4 and the outlet port 5 communicate with each other, and also having a plurality of divisional pathways 22 obtained by division with partition plates 21, an air-blowing fan 7 disposed upstream from the divisional pathways 22 inside the air-blowing pathway 20, a removable inner cover 10 covering the divisional pathways 22 and having an inner surface which forms a side wall of the air-blowing pathway 20, and a removable exterior cover 9 covering the inner cover 10 to form an outer surface of the body housing 2 are provided, and the inner cover 10 has marking portions 11 formed on an outer surface along the partition plates 21.

Claims

1. An air blower comprising a body housing having an inlet port and an outlet port which are open;

an air-blowing duct disposed inside the body housing, making the inlet port and the outlet port communicate with each other, and also having a plurality of divisional pathways obtained by division with partition plates;

an air-blowing fan disposed upstream from the divisional pathways inside the air-blowing duct;

a removable inner cover covering the divisional pathways and having an inner surface which forms a side wall of the air-blowing duct; and

a removable exterior cover covering the inner cover to form an outer surface of the body housing;

wherein the inner cover has marking portions formed on an outer surface along the partition plates.

2. The air blower according to claim 1,

wherein the inlet port is provided in a lower part of the body housing and the outlet port is provided in a front surface of the body housing above the inlet port, and the partition plates have a lower part extending in a vertical direction and an upper part curved toward the outlet port.

3. The air blower according to claim 1 or 2,

wherein fitting grooves fitting in the partition plates are provided in the inner surface of the inner cover, and rear surfaces of the fitting grooves project from an outer surface of the inner cover to form the marking portions.

4. The air blower according to claim 3,

wherein the marking portions each have a rib obtained by extending a side wall of the fitting groove and projecting from the rear surface of the fitting groove.

5. The air blower according to claim 3,

wherein the exterior cover is formed on a curved surface projecting outward and has reinforcing ribs projecting from an inner surface and extending in a direction crossing the partition plates, and the reinforcing ribs abut on the marking portions when the exterior cover is mounted.

6. The air blower according to claim 3,

wherein a downstream flow-path area of the divisional pathways is narrowed by the inner cover with respect to an upstream, and the marking portion facing an upstream part of the divisional pathways has a groove portion provided by extending both side walls of the fitting groove and formed on the outer surface of the inner cover.

17. An ion transmitting device comprising the air blower according to claim 1,

wherein an ion generator is provided which transmits ions toward the air-blowing duct on a downstream side of the air-blowing fan.

7. A remote control holding structure which accommodates and holds a remote control for performing a remote operation, the structure comprising a single insertion port which is open in an exterior of a body housing and allows the remote control and a human finger to be simultaneously inserted therein and a holding hole extending from the insertion port toward inside of the body housing,

wherein the holding hole has a remote control holding portion in a lower part and a hand-hook portion in an upper part, the remote control holding portion extending from the insertion port in a diagonally downward direction to hold the remote control and the hand-hook portion extending from the insertion port in a lateral direction or a diagonally upward direction and in which the human finger is hooked when the body housing is carried.

8. The remote control holding structure according to claim 7,

wherein a projecting portion projecting toward the insertion port side is provided inside of the holding hole, and sectioning into the remote control holding portion and the hand-hook portion is made by the projecting portion.

9. The remote control holding structure according to claim 7,

wherein the holding hole is formed so that a vertical cross-section shape along a direction of inserting the remote control is a trapezoidal shape.

10. The remote control holding structure according to claim 7,

wherein the holding hole is formed to have a size allowing the remote control accommodated in the holding hole to partially project outward from the insertion port.

18. An ion transmitting device comprising the remote control holding structure according to claim 7 and an ion generator which generates ions,

wherein the ion transmitting device transmits an airflow containing ions.

19. The ion transmitting device according to claim 18,

wherein an air-blowing duct is provided which makes an inlet port which is open in a lower part of the body housing and an outlet port which is open in an upper front surface communicate with each other, the air-blowing duct extends upward from the inlet port and is curved forward to be coupled to the outlet port, and the remote control holding structure is provided to an upper rear surface of the body housing.

20. An electrical appliance comprising the remote control holding structure according to claim 7.

11. An ion transmitting device comprising a body housing having an inlet port and outlet port which are open;

an air-blowing duct making the inlet port and the outlet port communicate with each other;

an air-blowing fan which distributes an airflow into the air-blowing duct;

an ion generator having an ion generating portion which transmits ions to the air flow distributed through the air-blowing duct, a window portion formed of an opening provided on a side plate forming one surface of the air-blowing duct; and

a holder which removably holds the ion generator;

wherein the holder can rotate so as to take a position where the ion generating portion faces inside of the air-blowing duct via the window portion and a position where the ion generating portion is separated away from the window portion.

12. The ion transmitting device according to claim 11,

wherein the air-blowing fan is formed of a centrifugal fan, the air-blowing duct is led from the air-blowing fan to have an imbalance in one decentering direction with respect to a rotation axis line of the air-blowing fan, and a holder coupling portion which rotatably supports the holder is disposed outside a direction opposite to the decentering direction with respect to the air-blowing duct.

13. The ion transmitting device according to claim 11,

wherein the holder includes a guide portion which causes the ion generator to make a sliding movement when the ion generator is attached or removed.

14. The ion transmitting device according to claim 13,

wherein the guide portion causes the ion generator to make a sliding movement in a direction crossing a center axis line of rotation of the holder.

15. The ion transmitting device according to claim 11,

wherein the holder includes a connector portion which is electrically connected to the ion generator together with insertion of the ion generator into the holder.

16. The ion transmitting device according to claim 11,

wherein the ion generator includes a plurality of said ion generating portions, and the plurality of said ion generating portions are aligned in a direction crossing an airflow distributing direction of the air-blowing duct.