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US 11,885,525 B2Granted
Air purifier
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSukchun Kim, Myungjin Ku, Taeyoon Kim, Kunyoung Lee, Sangkyun Baek
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Abstract
An air purifier includes a display mounted between a front panel of a cabinet of the air purifier and an upper panel of the cabinet. The front panel includes a door which is configured and supported to be drawn in to the cabinet toward the display or drawn out from the cabinet away from the display. A display module including the display is disposed below the upper panel.
Claims17
An air purifier comprising:
- a cabinet having an opened front portion;
- an upper panel forming an upper surface of the cabinet;
- a door assembly slidably coupled to the cabinet by a rail assembly so as to open and close the opened front portion;
- an air filter assembly accommodated in the door assembly;
- a display module slidably coupled to the cabinet, positioned in front of the upper panel and configured to display operation information;
- and
- an electric plate disposed inside the cabinet and configured to support the display module, the electric plate including a damper assembly configured to control a moving speed of the display module,
- wherein the display module includes:
- an input unit;
- a display for displaying information;
- and
- a display groove positioned above the electric plate and forming a downwardly recessed surface,
- wherein the damper assembly includes:
- a gear;
- a damper coupled with the display groove;
- and
- a damper guide interlocked with the gear to guide a movement of the damper in a front and rear direction,
- wherein the display module is provided to move in a same direction as a direction in which the door assembly closes or opens the opened front portion, and
- wherein the display and the input unit are configured to be exposed to an outside of the cabinet even when the display module is moved.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.