AIR PURIFIER - MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP

Title:

AIR PURIFIER

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/152188

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Provided is an air purifier that allows the interference with surrounding structures to be reduced when rotated from side to side, while maintaining the effect of purifying the air in the direction in which a person is present. For this purpose, the air purifier according to the present invention comprises: an infrared sensor (55b) which detects the direction in which a person is present in the front direction of a body case (10); a drive motor which causes the infrared sensor (55b) to rotate laterally; and a rotating mechanism which laterally changes the orientation of the body case (10). The range of the rotational angle of the rotating mechanism is equal to or less than the range of the rotational angle of the infrared sensor (55b).

Inventors:

KUGE YOSUKE (JP)
AKARI YOSHITAKA (JP)
NYUI KAZUO (JP)
KABETA NORIYOSHI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2016/050524

Publication Date:

September 29, 2016

Filing Date:

January 08, 2016

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP (JP)
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC HOME APPLIANCE CO LTD (JP)

International Classes:

F24F7/003; F24F7/007; F24F11/02

Foreign References:

JPH02245212A	1990-10-01
JPH1183093A	1999-03-26
JPH08200284A	1996-08-06
JPH0949636A	1997-02-18