Coway Co., Ltd

An Ho Cho

Sang Woo Kang

Hyun Jin Hong

Ji Hye Jeong

Do Yeop Kim

Provided are an air purifier and a method of controlling the same. Specifically, there are provided an air purifier including a plurality of air purification modules (), wherein each of the plurality of air purification modules () includes: a blowing fan (); a flow path dividing portion () on which the blowing fan () is rotatably mounted; a flow path portion () including a first flow path portion () located at one side of the flow path dividing portion () and a second flow path portion () located at the other side opposite the blowing fan () with respect to the one side of the flow path dividing portion (); and a housing () accommodating the blowing fan (), the flow path dividing portion (), and the flow path portion () therein, wherein the housing () includes a first opening () located at one side of the housing () and providing a passage through which the first flow path portion () is connected in fluid communication with an outside of the housing () and a second opening () located at the other side of the housing () and providing a passage through which the second flow path portion () is connected in fluid communication with the outside of the housing (), and the first flow path portion () includes a first flow path opening/closing portion () located at one side opposite to the blowing fan (), and the second flow path portion () includes a second flow path opening/closing portion () located at one side opposite to the blowing fan (), and the first flow path opening/closing portion () is located between a first open position in which the first opening () is opened, and a first closing position in which the first opening () is closed, and the second flow path opening/closing portion () is located between a second open position in which the second opening () is opened, and a second closing position in which the second opening () is closed, and the first flow path opening/closing portion () and the second flow path opening/closing portion () of each of the plurality of air purification modules () are operated independently, and a method of controlling the same.

Air purifier including bidirectional discharge flow path and method of controlling the same

The present invention provides an air purifier including a plurality of bi-directional fans, which are arranged to be misaligned in a vertical direction such that the discharge directions of discharge ports are different from each other.

Air purifier including bi-directional fans having different discharge directions

Disclosed is a powerless humidification module for an air cleaner which is capable of preventing leakage of water into the air cleaner. A powerless humidification module for an air cleaner which is detachably mounted on an upper portion of a body of the air cleaner and is capable of preventing leakage of water includes a base cover having a first opening opened toward the air cleaner and a second opening opened toward a side surface of the first opening, a cistern part located in the interior of the base cover and located such that a space defined between an inner partition wall and an outer partition wall having predetermined heights such that water supplied to one side thereof is stored surrounds a periphery of the first opening whereby water supplied to one side thereof is stored, and a humidification filter located in the second opening.

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An Ho Cho