US 12,366,367 B2Granted

Air management apparatus or device

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsYong Nam Kim, Keun Ho Ju, Yang Hwan No, Jeong Guen Choi, Min Kyu Oh, Seo Yeon Lee, So Young Kim, Jea Seok Seong

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Abstract

An air management device may include three independently operated primary impellers 131, 131′, 131″, and drawn-in air is discharged through discharge ports 15′-1, 15′-2, 15′-3 provided in the front plate 15 of the housing 10. Louvers 141, 142, 143 installed downstream of the air flow and discharge ports 15′-1, 15′-2, 15′-3 may be independently opened or closed to provide discharge of the air to the surrounding environment. Further, at least one retractable or pop-up fan may be provided. The air management allows customization of air flow. The housing 10 of the furniture-type air management device may be installed on the floor of the livable space and may have a hexahedron shape that extends from side to side. A bottom inlet 11′ may be formed on the bottom plate 11 of the housing 10 facing the floor of the living space above a predetermined distance. The replaceable filter 300 may be installed to filter the air sucked through the bottom inlet 11′, and may be drawn in and out of the housing 10. A plurality of passage openings 302 may be formed in a filter frame 301, and filters 320, 330, and 340 are stacked over the passage openings 302.

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Dependent claims

An air management device for a livable space, comprising:

a housing enclosing a space therein, the space being divided into a primary space and a first secondary space, a heat exchanger and at least one impeller are disposed in the primary space, and the housing is configured to allow air in the primary space to flow by the heat exchanger based on the at least one impeller, and then flow past the impeller and through a front of the primary space to outside of the air management device, and the housing being configured to allow the air in the primary space to flow into the first secondary space without flowing by the heat exchanger and the impeller;
a humidifier provided in the first secondary space and having a tank to store liquid, an inlet duct and a first discharge duct, the air from the primary space is to flow from the primary space and through the inlet duct in the first secondary space without flowing by the heat exchanger and the impeller in the primary space, the humidifier being configured to vaporize the liquid from the tank and to mix with the air from the primary space provided through the inlet duct such that humidified air is exhausted from the humidifier by the first discharge duct;
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a first duct installed in the first secondary space to communicate with the first discharge duct and configured to pop-up from or retract into the first secondary space, the first duct allowing passage of the humidified air generated by the humidifier to the livable space when the first duct protrudes beyond a first surface of the housing.

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An air management device comprising:

a housing having a front plate, a back plate, a top plate and a bottom plate to form a space in the housing, the space being divided into a primary space and a first secondary space by a first partition wall, the front plate having at least one discharge port, the housing being configured to allow air in the primary space to flow through a front of the primary space at the front plate to an outside of the air management device, and the housing being configured to allow the air in the primary space to flow into the first secondary space;
a heat exchanger provided in the primary space and configured such that the air in the primary space to flow by the heat exchanger and through the front of the primary space to the outside of the air management device;
at least one primary impeller disposed in the primary space, and configured for pressurizing the air to create an air flow inside the primary space, and to flow the air by the heat exchanger, and then flow the air past the primary impeller and through the front of the primary space;
a tank configured to store liquid and installed in the first secondary space of the housing and configured to be removed from or inserted into the first secondary space;
a steam generator coupled to the tank and configured to vaporize the liquid for mixing with the air from the primary space to produce humidified air;
and
a first duct installed in the first secondary space and configured to protrude above an upper surface of the top plate, the first duct being configured to receive and discharge the humidified air produced by the steam generator.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.