DE102008038120A1 - Smell adsorption module for use as container for axially sucked and blown air stream, has bars and grooves formed at inner and outer wall sides of container for switch, battery, sensors, operating elements and other functional elements - Google Patents

Abstract

The module has an opening (2a) formed in a base (2) for retaining a pipe socket (6), where the opening has internal diameter same as an external diameter of the socket. Air inlet openings (2b, 2c) are arranged around the opening at distance. An air permeable exchangeable smell filter element (8) is provided with an active coal coated fleece-filter and/or solid filter and/or an ionizer element fastened in an interior of a container. Bars and grooves are formed at inner and outer wall sides of the container for a switch, battery, sensors, operating elements and other functional elements.

Description

The The present invention relates to a simple, low-cost odor adsorption module. the unpleasant odors almost without consequential costs in stock, Kitchen, clothes & Shoe cabinets, sanitary facilities and other places of domestic and mobile, such as the caravan u. Camping area, environmentally friendly, hygienic and effectively adsorbed, returns the unloaded air directly to the environment and also installed by laymen directly or subsequently can be.

• A. Dafür werden natürliche Duftstoffe, in der Regel aber synthetische Duftsubstanzen verwandt, wobei der Anwender primär daran interessiert ist, daß sie angenehm riechen und schnell wirken. 1. Weit verbreitet ist der Einsatz von Raumspraydosen, die per Knopfdruck den Duft einfach und schnell im Raum versprühen. Doch wegen der Umweltbelastung durch die darin enthaltenen Treibgase vermeidet der Anwender immer öfter ihren Gebrauch 2. Er greift vermehrt zu festen oder flüssigen Konzentraten, die diese Duftstoffe und Substanzen z. B. über Verdunsterflaschen in die Raumluft abgeben.
• B. Im Sanitärbereich wird beispielsweise die Geruchsüberdeckung durch die Kombination dieser Duftstoffe mit Reinigungsmitteln erweitert. 1. In der einfachsten Form befinden sich diese Substanzen in fester oder flüssiger Form in einem, innen am WC-Beckenrand befestigten Behälter, aus welchem sie bei jedem Spülvorgang aus- oder abgespült werden. 2. Bei den WC-Spülkasten-Varianten werden sie nach jeder Spülung aus ihren Behältnissen in das nachlaufende Wasser ausgeschwemmt und ständig für die nächste Spülung bereit gehalten.

To remove unpleasant odors, in particular from the human living environment, a variety of possible solutions are known:
Most commonly the method is by smell coverage:

• A. For natural fragrances, but usually synthetic fragrance substances used, the user is primarily interested in that they smell pleasant and act quickly. 1. Widely used is the use of room spray cans that spray the fragrance simply and quickly in the room at the touch of a button. However, because of the environmental impact of the propellant gases contained therein, the user increasingly avoids their use 2. He increasingly resorts to solid or liquid concentrates containing these fragrances and substances such. B. via evaporator bottles in the room air.
• B. In the sanitary sector, for example, the odor coverage is enhanced by the combination of these fragrances with detergents. 1. In the simplest form, these substances are in solid or liquid form in a, inside the toilet bowl edge fixed container from which they are rinsed or rinsed with each rinse. 2. In the toilet cistern variants, they are flushed out of their containers in the trailing water after each rinse and kept constantly ready for the next rinse.

advertising effectiveness The user is persuaded that here beside the fresh smell as an additional effect a hygienic Cleaning of the toilet bowl takes place.

But the inside of the pool dries between uses and again Use will remain residues depending on their consistency more or less liable.

The actually available amount of flushing water is usually, regardless of the concentration of these Detergent, just a few liters.

By the low between cistern and basin, even the high drop height in the old ceiling cisterns with chain hoist, the maximum achievable water pressure is sufficient despite optimized basin water supply usually only for removal trouble-free residues.

• C. Nach dem Stand der Technik werden in den, in Anlage 1 aufgeführten Druckschriften andere, weit aufwendigere Sanitär-Spüleinrichtungen beschrieben, bei denen diese Substanzen mittels ausgeklügelter Dosierungs- und Regulierungs-Technik bei jedem Auslösevorgang mit dem Spülwasser vermischt werden.

As always, you reach for the available toilet brush.

• C. According to the prior art, other, more elaborate sanitary purging devices are described in the publications listed in Appendix 1, in which these substances are mixed by means of sophisticated dosing and regulation technique with each rinse with the rinse water.

All created for the sanitary flushing devices Rinsing u. Cleaning products contain in addition to the synthetic Fragrance substances Dyes, tensides and various chemical Additives which are undesirable in susceptible persons Allergies can lead

As a general rule these detergents pollute the sewage and despite elaborate water treatment has often been contained therein, particularly hard to break down musk compounds in fish and even in the breast milk detected.

This whole effort, primarily for big business is thought, usually can not be switched off or off become. But because the little shops are much more often take place, valuable and expensive resources are wasted and there are unnecessary costs for this Purse, but especially completely avoidable damage for the environment.

In front But all in all, it is in the interests of the manufacturers that these Products constantly replaced, refilled or replaced and ongoing, often not inconsequential consequential costs arise for the user.

• D. Bei fensterlosen Räumen wird die geruchsbeladene Abluft durch deckennahe, in die Mauer eingebaute Ventilatoren aus dem Raum in einen dahinterliegenden Abluftschacht oder direkt ins Freie abgesaugt, wobei die nachströmende Zuluft meist durch entsprechende Aussparungen in der Zugangstür angesaugt wird. Dabei verteilt sich jedoch der Geruch vom Entstehungsort zwangsweise im ganzen Raum bis in die obere Raumregion. Je nach Zuluftmenge und Ventilatorleistung und seiner starken Geräuschentwicklung dauert es einige Zeit, bis es wieder frisch riecht.
• E. Bei einer weiteren bekannten Lösung wird die WC-Becken-Luft über eine in den Toilettensitz eingebaute Entlüftungs- und Filteranlage gereinigt.
• F. Bei der aktuellsten Lösung wird die normale Toilette gegen eine komplette Toilette mit eingebauter elektrischer Filteranlage ausgetauscht.
• G. Die aufwendigsten Toiletten, die sogenannten Washlets, kommen aus Japan und bieten vom angewärmten Sitz über die Reinigung der Körperpartien mit warmem Wasser allen erdenklichen Nutzungskomfort.

In addition to these systems, which use predominantly chemical additives, purely technical options are also offered:

• D. In windowless rooms, the odor-laden exhaust air is sucked out of the room by a ceiling-mounted fan installed in the wall into an exhaust duct behind it or directly into the open air, with the incoming supply air usually being sucked through corresponding recesses in the access door. However, the smell of the place of origin inevitably spreads throughout the room to the upper spatial region. Depending on the supply air volume and fan power and its strong noise, it takes some time until it smells fresh again.
• E. In another known solution, the toilet bowl air is cleaned via a built-in toilet seat venting and filtration system.
• F. In the latest solution, the normal toilet is replaced with a complete toilet with built-in electrical filtration system.
• G. The most elaborate toilets, the so-called Washlets, come from Japan and offer from heated seat on the cleaning of the body parts with warm water all conceivable ease of use.

Of the Disadvantage of all these in (C, D, E, F, G) mentioned complex technical solutions once in the high, immediately incurred acquisition costs and the large and expensive Installation and assembly effort. At the sanitary flushing facilities with her dosing and regulation technique comes alongside her ongoing Follow-up costs by the chemicals used a permanent environmental impact added.

The solution:

The in the aforementioned methods and constructions mentioned disadvantages and problems advantageously solves the present invention in a, previously described in any known document Form through a simple odor adsorption module, the unpleasant Odors almost without consequential costs in kitchen, storage, Dresses u. Shoe cabinets, especially in sanitary facilities u. other places in domestic and mobile, such as the caravan u. Camping area, environmentally friendly, hygienic and effectively adsorbed and returns the unloaded air directly to the environment.

about every home improvement and hardware store marketable, it can easily and without specialist knowledge even by lay people directly or subsequently be installed.

The module can be universally used anywhere for immediate mobile use. Advantageously, it is stationary in the sanitary area with little effort on the pipe socket ( 6 ) is plugged onto a Y-branch pipe molded onto the toilet flushing pipe (example 1) or fastened in the opening of a modified cistern cover (example 2 and 3). This allows it to be replaced or removed at any time.

In the optimal, shortest distance to the place of origin, the polluted air is removed via an axial or radial fan ( 7 sucked by downstream durable and inexpensive replaceable odor filter elements ( 8th ) are blown out of coated fleece filters and / or solids filters, thereby being freed from the odor molecules and immediately released again into the surrounding room air.

Depending on the needs and preference of the user is on the air outlet ( 3a . 4a ) a fragrance container ( 10 ) with solid or liquid fragrances, which adds additional fresh and pleasant fragrances to the neutral-smelling air.

Instead of or in addition to the odor filter element ( 8th ), a certain odor removal can also be achieved by using a corona discharge ionizer element whose effect is controversial and should be more suitable for binding fine dust, soot, cigarette smoke and allergenic substances.

ever after the primary application is done on the module the On or off for short or continuous use preferably manually by a slide, tilt, time or touch switch or automatically by a built-in light, heat or motion sensor.

For attachment of these elements webs, grooves and other mounting options ( 9 ) provided on container inner and outer wall sides so advantageous that the air flow flows past it with the least possible resistance.

All of the inventive function of the module serving electrically operated components such as fans, ionizers and additional, the use of expansion serving sensors and their control electronics who operated independently by built-in or external batteries or rechargeable batteries or / and with low-voltage mains power. APPENDIX 1: Known prior art documents DE10330323A1 US3105245 DE2249747 US3192539 DE19903952C2 US3230551 DE4321704A1_1 US3290698 DE10 2006 010 044A1 US3444566 DE10222193A1 US3681790 DE19631078A1 US4017916 DE00 0019 828 531A1 US4031574 DE19903952 US4153956 DE4027337A1 US4165544 DE00 0002 277 941A US4232406 US5029346 EP1780343 US5054130 EP1780343A2 US5054131 GB2277941A US5125119 GB2319268A US5432959 US5575019 CA908352 US5617590 CA919354 US5839127 US5906009 US1192716 US5991933 US1342716 US6219853 US1419498 US7162751B2 US2279789 US20020194670A1 US2761151 US2778033

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Claims (9)

Odor adsorption module, in ( 1 ) exemplified as a container for an axially sucked and blown air stream, with a. a floor ( 2 ) and one for receiving a pipe socket ( 6 ) formed therein opening ( 2a ) with the same inner diameter as the outer diameter of the pipe socket ( 6 ) and at a suitable distance from this, around this opening arranged smaller air intake openings ( 2c b. the side walls ( 3 c. a, the container tightly closing lid top ( 4 ) with air outlet openings ( 4a ), d. one, in the container interior between the air intake openings ( 2 B . 2c ) and air outlet openings ( 4a ) mounted electric fan ( 7 e. an air-permeable, exchangeable odor filter element ( 8th ) made of suitable, advantageously coated with activated carbon fleece and / or solid filters and / or an ionizer element, which is mounted downstream of the container, the fan pressure direction. f. formed on container inside and outside walls webs, grooves and other mounting options ( 9 ) for switches, batteries, sensors, operating and other functional elements. Odor adsorption module, in ( 2 ) shaped as a container for an axially sucked and radially blown from a side wall air flow, with a. a floor ( 2 ) and one for receiving a pipe socket ( 6 ) formed therein opening ( 2a ) with the same inner diameter as the outer diameter of the pipe socket ( 6 ) and at a suitable distance from this, around this opening arranged smaller air intake openings ( 2c b. Side walls ( 3 ), of which at least one side wall with air outlet openings ( 3a ), c. a, the container tightly closing lid top ( 4 d. one, in the container interior between the air intake openings ( 2 B . 2c ) and air outlet openings ( 3a ) mounted electric fan ( 7 e. an air-permeable, exchangeable odor filter element ( 8th ) made of suitable, advantageously coated with activated carbon fleece and / or solids filters and / or an ionizer element, which is mounted in the container interior downstream of the fan-pressure direction. f. formed on container inner and outer wall sides webs, grooves and other mounting options ( 9 ) for switches, batteries, sensors, operating and other functional elements. Odor Adsorbtionsmodul according to claim 1, 2 characterized in that on the inside ( 2 ) a detent nose ring ( 6b ) for a pipe socket ( 6 ) with flange ( 6a ) is formed. The pipe socket ( 6 . 6b ) is from the inside of the container through the opening ( 2a ) pushed outwards, that it engages with the flange edge in the detents of the ring and the air intake openings ( 2c ) tightly covered. The flange ( 6a ) has air intake openings ( 6c ) in the same size, shape and arrangement as the air intake openings ( 2c ). If the pipe socket is turned from the outside in one of the arrow directions (R1, R2), these air intake openings cover each other steplessly and thereby regulate the air passage between 6c and 2c , Odor Adsorbtionsmodul according to claim 1, 2 characterized in that, as in ( 3 ), instead of the rotatable pipe socket ( 6 . 6b ) according to claim 3, in the bottom side ( 2 ) a flangeless pipe socket ( 6 ) is firmly molded or formed and so the only air intake ( 2 B ). Odor Adsorbtionsmodul according to claim 1, 2 characterized in that, the odor filter element ( 8th ) downstream, within the container in front of, or outside, the container, after the air outlet opening ( 3a . 4a ) adapted to the container shape, in 3 exemplified air permeable perfume container ( 10 ) can be attached to the module for receiving solid or liquid fragrances. Odor Adsorbtionsmodul according to claim 1, 2 characterized in that for mobile, non-stationary use at the bottom bottom of the module Aufstellfüßchen ( 5 ) are molded or can be attached, so laterally between them through the air intake ( 2 B . 2c . 6c ) the contaminated air can be sucked. Odor Adsorbtionsmodul according to claim 2, characterized in that, as in 2 exemplified in the container interior between the side wall ( 3a ) an additional partition ( 8a ) can be inserted with air outlet openings. Odor Adsorbtionsmodul according to claim 1, 2 characterized characterized in that the module for the short or Continuous use depending on stationary or mobile application preferably manually by a suitable located on the module Switch or automatically by a light built into the module, Heat or motion sensor is switched on or off. Odor Adsorbtionsmodul according to claim 1, 2 characterized characterized in that all, the inventive Function of the module serving electrically operated components as well like additional sensors that serve the extension of use and control electronics self-sufficient by built-in or external batteries or rechargeable batteries operated and / or by low-voltage mains fed.