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US 7,461,511 B2Granted
Air cleaner
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKyung Hwan Kim, Ju-Youn Lee
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Abstract
Air cleaner including a case having an inlet and an outlet, a fan inside of the case, for drawing air through the inlet and discharging the air through the outlet, a filter assembly inside of the case for cleaning the air drawn into the case through the inlet, a heat exchanger inside of the case for heating or cooling the air drawn into the case, selectively, and a plurality of fins between the fan and the outlet for guiding the air drawn into the case to the outlet, thereby ventilating the room.
Claims23
An air cleaner comprising:
- a case having an inlet and an outlet;
- a fan inside of the case, for drawing air through the inlet and discharging the air through the outlet;
- a filter assembly inside of the case for cleaning the air drawn into the case through the inlet;
- a heat exchanger inside of the case for heating or cooling the air drawn into the case, selectively;
- and
- a plurality of fins between the fan and the outlet, wherein the fins guide the air drawn into the case to substantially an entire area of the outlet,
- wherein the fan comprises:
- an impeller which draws outside air and discharges the drawn air;
- and
- a housing in which the impeller is installed, wherein the housing has an outlet, and gathers and guides the drawn air to the outlet of the housing,
- wherein the fins are provided between the outlet of the housing and the outlet of the case.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.