Air purifier

• US 6,645,266 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2001
• Issued: 11/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hung Hsing Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hung Hsing Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Huang, Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Duane
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAM, MINH CHAU THI
• Application Number:
  US09/983,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20030074871A1
• Time in Patent Office: 749 Days
• Field of Search: 554/71, 553/851, 554/38, 554/39, 55D/IG.36, 555/06, 555/08, 554/86, 554/91, 55D/IG.34, 962/24, 963/97, 964/16, 964/17, 964/21, 439/640, 439/654, 439/650, 439/540.1, 439/701, 439/569
• US Class Current: 55/471
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2273/30 Means for generating a circulation of a fluid in a filtration system, e.g. using a pump or a fan
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/001 Means for connecting filter housings to supports
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/10 Particle separators, e.g. dust precipitators, using filter plates, sheets or pads having plane surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/0071 with means for purifying supplied air perfuming or deodorising means F24F1/008
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/34 Indicator and controllers

Abstract

An air purifier has a housing, a motor, a fan, a filtering net, and a power plug. The motor and the fan are positioned in the housing. The filtering net is joined to the front of the housing. The power plug includes a rotatable member and a pair of conductive members; the conductive members have ring-shaped portions concentrically arranged in a chamber of the housing, and are electrically connected to the motor; the rotatable member is rotatably received in the chamber, and has a pair of copper strips, which stick out at outer ends for connection with a power socket, and which constantly touch a respective one of the concentric ring-shaped portions from inner ends in the rotation of the rotatable member for adjustment of the position of the air purifier.

Claims

1. An air purifier comprising:

a motor positioned in a housing equipped with a filtering net on a front side;

said air purifier having a fan connected to said motor for forcing air therethrough;

a power plug formed in angularly adjustable manner on said housing, said power plug including a rotatable member and a pair of conductive members;

said conductive members having respective ring-shaped portions concentrically arranged in a chamber of said housing and being electrically connected to said motor;

said rotatable member being rotatably received in said chamber;

said rotatable member having a pair of conductive strips extending from said chamber at outer ends for connection with a power socket;

said conductive strips having inner ends each maintaining contact with a corresponding one of said ring-shaped portions of said conductive members during rotation of said rotatable member.

2. The air purifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said chamber is formed with an annular protrusion extending from a bottom wall thereof said annular protrusion being interposed between said ring-shaped portions of said conductive members for radially spacing said ring-shaped portions from each other.

3. The air purifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conductive members each include a straight portion projecting into said housing from said ring-shaped portion thereof.

4. The air purifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said chamber having a pivotal post formed on a bottom wall, and said rotatable member has a sleeve interposed between said conductive strips;

said sleeve being mounted in angularly displaceable manner about said pivotal post.

5. The air purifier as claimed in claim 4, wherein said sleeve is secured to said pivotal post by a bolt passing coaxially therethrough.

6. The air purifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inner end of at least one said conductive strip extends from an intermediate folded portion in transversely offset manner relative to said outer end thereof.

7. The air purifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said conductive strip is formed of a copper material.