Dust collecting apparatus for an air conditioner
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsChan-jung Park, Young-saeng Kim
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Abstract
A dust collecting apparatus for an air conditioner, including an ionizer to electrically charge dust particles in air; and a metal filter having fine metal fibers, disposed at a predetermined distance from a back of the ionizer, the metal filter having a polarity opposite to that of the charged dust particles to electrically collect the dust particles.
Claims41
A dust collecting apparatus for an air conditioner, comprising:
- an ionizer to electrically charge dust particles in air;
- and
- a metal filter having a plurality of metal fibers, disposed at a predetermined distance from a back of the ionizer, the metal filter having a polarity opposite to that of the charged dust particles to electrically collect the dust particles, and the metal fibers of the metal filter having gaps sufficiently narrow therebetween to provide electrical force and mechanical force to collect the dust particles onto the metal filter.
A dust collecting apparatus for an air conditioner, comprising:
- an ionizer to electrically charge dust particles in air;
- a metal filter having a plurality of metal fibers, disposed at a predetermined distance from a back of the ionizer;
- and
- an electrostatic filter generating static electricity, disposed between the ionizer and the metal filter,
- wherein the metal filter has a polarity opposite to that of the charged dust particles to electrically collect the dust particles.
An air cleaner having a dust collecting apparatus, the dust collecting apparatus comprising:
- an ionizer to electrically charge dust particles in air;
- and
- a metal filter having a plurality of metal fibers, disposed at a predetermined distance from a back of the ionizer, the metal filter having a polarity opposite to that of the charged dust particles to electrically collect the dust particles, and the plurality of metal fibers having gaps sufficiently narrow therebetween to collect the dust particles using mechanical force, regardless of whether the ionizer is operating properly.
An air cleaner having a dust collecting apparatus, the dust collecting apparatus comprising:
- an ionizer to electrically charge dust particles in air;
- a metal filter having a plurality of metal fibers, disposed at a predetermined distance from a back of the ionizer;
- and
- an electrostatic filter generating static electricity, disposed between the ionizer and the metal filter,
- wherein the metal filter has a polarity opposite to that of the charged dust particles to electrically collect the dust particles.
A dust collecting apparatus for an air conditioner having an ionizer to electrically charge dust particles in air, the dust collecting apparatus comprising a metal filter,
- wherein the metal filter has a polarity opposite to that of the charged dust particles to electrically collect the dust particles, and
- wherein the metal filter comprises a plurality of metal fibers with gaps sufficiently narrow therebetween to collect the dust particles using mechanical force, regardless of whether the ionizer is operating properly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.