# US 12,000,617 B2 · Air cleaner > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,000,617 B2 - Document ID: US12000617B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/288,862 - Filed: 2019-08-16 - Published: 2022-01-06 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-26 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyun Uk Park; Ji Won Ryu; Tae-In Eom; Ju Young Kim; Moon Sun Shin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000617B2 ## CPC - F24F 13/20: Casings or covers - F16B 2/16: using rollers or balls {(clamps for rods or tubes telescopically engaged F16B7/1409; used in anti-theft monitors, e.g. as used for articles of clothing in shops E05B73/0017)} - F16B 2/20: Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening - F16B 5/0657: {at least one of the plates providing a raised structure, e.g. of the doghouse type, for connection with the clamps or clips of the other plate} - F16B 5/123: {Auxiliary fasteners specially designed for this purpose} - F16B 21/165: {with balls or rollers (for connections of rods or tubes engaged telescopically F16B7/1409)} - F24F 8/80: Self-contained air purifiers - F24F 11/89: Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices - B01D 46/0004: {Details of removable closures, lids, caps or filter heads} - B01D 2265/02: Non-permanent measures for connecting different parts of the filter - F16B 2/18: using cams, levers, eccentrics, or toggles {(for connections of rods or tubes engaged telescopically F16B7/1418, F16B7/1427, F16B7/1454)} - F16B 5/128: {a strip with a C-or U-shaped cross section being fastened to a plate such that the fastening means remain invisible, e.g. the fastening being completely enclosed by the strip} - F16B 21/02: Releasable fastening devices locking by rotation (with snap-action F16B21/06; studs or coupling pins with resilient protrusions F16B21/08) - F24F 8/10: by separation, e.g. by filtering - F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to an air cleaner with an improved locking structure. The air cleaner includes a cabinet, a panel having a plurality of holes for discharging air to the front of the cabinet and detachably mounted on the cabinet, and a locking device to detachably connect the cabinet and the panel, wherein the locking device includes a first locking member disposed on the panel, and a second locking member disposed in the cabinet to lock or unlock the first locking member by being rotated by pressing of the first locking member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An air cleaner comprising: a cabinet; a panel mounted on the cabinet; and a locking device configured to detachably connect the cabinet and the panel, wherein the locking device comprises: a first locking member disposed on the panel; and a second locking member disposed in the cabinet and configured to lock or unlock the first locking member by being rotated by pressing of the first locking member, an elastic member provided in the cabinet to elastically support the second locking member, wherein the elastic member elastically supports the second locking member in a first direction when the second locking member is in a first position, and elastically supports the second locking member in a direction opposite to the first direction when the second locking member is in a second position rotated from the first position, wherein the second locking member comprises: a locking body rotatably installed in the cabinet; a first catcher in contact with the first locking member; and a second catcher disposed to be spaced apart from the first catcher and coupled to the first locking member, and wherein the first locking member comprises a locking hole into which the second catcher is insertable. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The air cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the locking device further comprises a switch turned on or off by rotation of the second locking member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The air cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member comprises a first support portion connected to the cabinet and a second support portion connected to the second locking member, and a direction of a force is changed by the second support portion when the second locking member is rotated. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The air cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the second locking member is moved to at least one of the first position and the second position rotated from the first position by the pressing of the first locking member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The air cleaner according to claim 1, further comprising: a stopper to restrict the rotation of the second locking member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The air cleaner according to claim 2, wherein the second locking member comprises a switch contact portion provided to come into contact with the switch to turn the switch on or off.