Patent Publication Number: US-2022228761-A1

Title: The intelligent splicing air purifier

Description:
FIELD OF INNOVATION 
     The present invention relates to the field of air purifying product and more particularly to a type of intelligent splicing air purifier. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Air purifying products are widely used in both households and offices environment. Every households and offices, however, are varied in different sizes and spatial structures. The air purifying products on the current market are fixed in shape and size. Customer cannot put the air purifier in the desire position due to the unchangeable shape and size of the air purifier which cause inconvenience to the customer. Although there are some splicing air purifiers in the market, each unit can only be controlled individually when they are connected. Customer are required to switch them on one by one when using the product. Thus, the control system and product design of the splicing air purifiers on the current market are inflexible and inconvenience to operate. 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     This innovation aims to solve at least one of the problems existed in the current technology. Thus, this innovation purpose a new type of intelligent splicing air purifier. 
     The technical solution applied in the innovation of intelligent splicing air purifier included: Multiple single units, each unit is equipped with at least one side with the first air outlet, external power interface and switch; at least one other side with internal power interface along with a control panel inside the unit. Two separated air purifiers can be connected via a conductive connector that connect the internal power interface of both units. 
     The control box is able to connect via the wireless transmission module with the control panel of the mentioned separate units. It can control the operation status of the air purifier unit in a wireless way. 
     Furthermore, this single air purifier unit consist of housing, and there is a cavity inside the housing. The first air inlet is equipped on the bottom of housing and it is connected with the cavity; 
     Wind-exporting assembly is set inside the cavity; 
     Filter membrane is set between the wind-exporting assembly and the first air inlet. 
     Further, the wind-exporting assembly included: 
     Installation bracket is set inside the housing; 
     Wind-exporting shroud is installed on the bracket. The shroud possesses the second air outlet which is set right opposite to the first air outlet, along with the second air inlet that is connected to the cavity; 
     Motor is set inside the wind shroud. 
     Furthermore, the conductive connector consists of: Connector panel had protruded parts on both sides; Conductive core runs through the connector panel and extends outside of connector panel; 
     Connector slot is set on the second side of the separate unit. The built-in power interface is set inside the connector slot. The protruded part goes into the connector slot and it is connected with the slot via the connecting structure. The conductive core is inserted into the built-in power interface of two separate air purifier units simultaneously. 
     Connecting structure consists of the first slot and the first hook. Either the first slot or the first hook can be set on the protruded part; then another can be set on the connecting slot. The head of the first hook can be set inside the first slot. 
     The intelligent splicing air purifier also consists of a removeable cover that can be use to open or close the connecting slot. 
     The removable structure consists of the second slot and the second hook. Either of them is set on the connecting slot; and the other is set on the cover. The head of the second hook is set inside the second slot. 
     The wireless transmission module consists of a Bluetooth module or a Wi-Fi module or a GPRS module. 
     The outline of the cross-section for the separate unit is a regular polygon. 
     The intelligent splicing air purifier also consists of a decorative panel on the top of the external cover. 
     The beneficial effect of this innovation included: The intelligent splicing air purifier is consist of several single units. Each unit is equipped with at least one side with the first air outlet, external power interface and switch, at least one other side with internal power interface along with a control panel inside the unit. Two separated air purifiers can be connected via a conductive connector that connect the internal power interface of both units. The control box is able to connect via the wireless transmission module with the control panel of the units. It can control the operation status of the air purifier unit in a wireless way. The intelligent splicing air purifier is convenience to use because through the connection between cell phone terminal and the control box of units, customer is able to control one or more air purifier unit simultaneously. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The below drawing aim to illustrate the detail aspects and characteristics of this innovation in application. 
         FIG. 1  shows the structural figure of an intelligent splicing air purifier in one of exploit examples; 
         FIG. 2  shows the breakdown figure of one exploit example for the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 3  shows the structure breakdown figure of the first part of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 4  shows the structure breakdown figure of the second part of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 5  shows the first exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 6  shows the second exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 7  shows the third exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 8  shows the fourth exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 9  shows the 5th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 10  shows the 6th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 11  shows the 7th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 12  shows the 8th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 13  shows the 9th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 14  shows the 10th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 15  shows the 11th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 16  shows the 12th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 17  shows the 13th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 18  shows the 14th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 19  shows the 15th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 20  shows the 16th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 21  shows the 17th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 22  shows the 18th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 23  shows the 19th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air pur 
         FIG. 24  shows the 20th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 25  shows the 21st. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 26  shows the 22nd. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 27  shows the 23rd. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 28  shows the 24th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 29  shows the 25th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 30  shows the 26th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 31  shows the 27th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 32  shows the 28th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 33  shows the 29th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 34  shows the 30th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 35  shows the 31st. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 36  shows the 32nd. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 37  shows the 33rd. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 38  shows the 34th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 39  shows the 35th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 40  shows the 36th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 41  shows the 37th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 42  shows the 38th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 43  shows the 39th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 44  shows the 40th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 45  shows the 41st. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 46  shows the 42nd. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 47  shows the 43rd. exploit example of the intelligent splicing; 
         FIG. 48  shows the 44th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 49  shows the 45th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 50  shows the 46th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 51  shows the 47th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 52  shows the 48th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 53  shows the 49th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 54  shows the 50th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 55  shows the 51st. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 56  shows the 52nd. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 57  shows the 53rd. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 58  shows the 54th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 59  shows the 55th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
         FIG. 60  shows the 56th. exploit example of the intelligent splicing air purifier; 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     This section illustrates the application of this innovation in details. The favorable application of this innovation has been shown in the attached figures. These figures aim to illustrate the word description that allow people can understand every characteristic and the overall technical solution of this new innovation in a visual way. However, it cannot be regarded as limitation of the protective range for this utility model. 
     Within the description of this innovation, “several” refers to more than two. “More than”, “less than”, “exceed” do not include the number itself. “Above”, “below”, “within” include the number itself. Moreover, “the first” and “the second” only aim to distinguish the technical characteristics, rather than referring or implying the relative importance or the successive relations of the mentioned technical features. 
     The descriptions and figures of the innovation regarding directions, for instance, “up”, “down”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right” and others indicative directions or locations is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. This only aims to simplify the description of this utility model for easier understanding, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, the description is not subject to the limitation of this innovation. 
     In the description of this innovation, unless otherwise clearly defined, the terms “setting”, “installation”, “connection” and other terms should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. It can be a fixed connection, or it can also be a detachable connection, or it can also be integrally formed; it can be a mechanical connection; it can be the communication between two components or an interaction relationship between two components. Technician in this field can determine the specific meaning of the above-mentioned words in the description of this innovation while combination with the specific content of the technical solution. 
       FIGS. 1 to 4  is describing the intelligent splicing air purifier, which included: Multiple single units  10 , each unit  10  is equipped with at least one side with the first air outlet  11 , external power interface  12  and switch  13 ; at least one other side with internal power interface  14  along with a control panel inside the unit  10 . Two separated air purifiers can be connected via a conductive connector that connect the internal power interface  14  of both units  10 . 
     The control box is able to connect via the wireless transmission module with the control panel of the mentioned separate units  10 . It can control the operation status of the air purifier unit  10  in a wireless way. 
     In this innovation, the air purifier can be freely spliced and combined using multiple single air purifier unit  10 . The cross-section shape of the air purifier unit  10  can be regular triangles, regular quadrilaterals, regular pentagons, regular hexagons, regular heptagons, etc. The number of the units  10  combination can be any positive integer greater than 1. When splicing, the conductive connectors are connected to the internal power interface  14  on the second side of any two units  10 , which serves the purpose to connect the two separate units  10 . Conductive connectors also play the role of electric transmission between the two units  10 . When using the product, the power cord can be plugged into the external power interface  13  on one of the units  10 , and the remaining units  10  will pass through the single unit  10  that is connected to the external power supply to obtain power. Since different customers or different spaces require different air volumes, the switch  13  can be divided into controlling the working state of a single unit  10  or controlling the working state of all the units  10  spliced together depending on the length of time of the press or the number of times of pressed. This innovation has flexible control system. 
     The unit  10  include a cavity inside the housing  15 . The first air inlet  151  is equipped on the bottom of housing  15  and it is connected with the cavity; Wind-exporting assembly is set inside the cavity; 
     Filter membrane is set between the wind-exporting assembly and the first air inlet  151 . Wind-exporting assembly inhale the external air into the housing  15 . When the external air enters the housing  15 , it is filtered by the filter membrane in order to purify the external air, and then it is blown out from the first air inlet  151  through the wind-exporting assembly and provide purified air to outside. Certainly, items or devices such as fragrance or anion generator or ozone generator can be installed in the housing  15  to further purify the air and improve the purifying performance and effect. 
     Wind-exporting assembly included: Installation bracket  21 , it is set inside the housing  15 ; Wind-exporting shroud  22  is installed on the bracket  21 . The shroud  22  possesses the second air outlet  23  which is right opposite to the first air outlet  11 , as well as the second air inlet  24  which is connected to the cavity; 
     Motor (not shown in the attached figures) is set inside the wind shroud  22 . The motor inhales the external air into the first air inlet  151 . Then the air is push into the wind shroud  22  through the second air inlet  24 . The air is blow out of the second air outlet  23  by the motor again from the wind-exporting shroud  22 . 
     The conductive connector consists of: Connector panel  31  had protruded parts  32  on both sides; Conductive core  33  runs through the connector panel  31  and extends outside of connector panel  31 ; 
     Connector slot  34  is set on the second side of the separate unit  10 . The built-in power interface  14  is set inside the connector slot  34 . The protruded part  32  goes into the connector slot  34  and it is connected with the slot  34  via the connecting structure. The conductive core  33  is inserted into the built-in power interface  14  of two separate air purifier units  10  simultaneously. The conductive core  33  plays the role of electric power and control signals transmission. During installation, the protruded part  32  on the side of the connector panel  31  first extends into the connector slot  34  on one of the units  10  and passes through the first slot  41  and the first hook  42  and fixed using a snap-fit method. The protruded part  32  on the other side of the connector panel  31  extends into the connector slot  34  of the other units  10 . The first slot  41  and the first hook  42  are fixed using snap-fit method. While the protruded part  32  extends into the connector slot  34 , the conductive core  33  is inserted into the built-in power interface  14 . 
     Connecting structure consists of the first slot  41  and the first hook  42 . Either the first slot  41  or the first hook  42  can be set on the protruded part  32 ; then another can be set on the connecting slot  34 . The head of the first hook  42  can be set inside the first slot  41 . 
     The intelligent splicing air purifier also consists of the cover  50  of the connecting slot  34  can be structurally removed or close or open; The cover  50  can cover the connecting slot  34  when the connecting slot  34  of separate unit  10  is not connected to other units which can help keep dust outside. 
     The removable structure consists of the second slot  61  and the second hook  62 . Either of them is set on the connecting slot  34 ; and the other is set on the cover  50 . The head of the second hook  62  is set inside the second slot  61 . 
     The wireless transmission module consists of a Bluetooth module or a Wi-Fi module or a GPRS module. 
     The outline of the cross-section for the separate unit is a regular polygon. 
     The intelligent splicing air purifier also consists of a decorative panel on the top of the external cover  15  and a decorative board  70  with a decorative pattern. Different patterns, texts and colors can be set on the decorative board  70  according to the needs of users, so that the purifier has an artistic design; Furthermore, the decorative board  70  can be connected via card block and slot or using magnetic method. In addition, the filter membrane is replaceable. It can be replaced after a period of use to ensure the effect of air purification.  FIG. 5-60  showed part of the combinations and shapes of this innovation unit  10 . 
     Certainly, this innovation is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments. Technician in this field can make equivalent modifications or replacements without departing from the spirit of this innovation. These equivalent modifications and replacements are all included in the claims of this application within the limited range.