Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Hiroyasu Yamashita

Hideo Nojima

Yoshinori Sekoguchi

Toshiaki Takano

Akio Miyata

Takashi Kohama

Kazuo Nishikawa

Mamoru Morikawa

Yasukata Takeda

Haruhito Miyazaki

Hiroshi Kitagaito

Yoshihiko Matsubara

Katsutoshi Noguchi

Nobuhiro Iwaki

Jun Katayama

Fumiaki Shimizu

Tomohisa Ito

Masahiro Takemoto

Provided is an air adjuster that maintains low-noise performance of back-inlet types and allows realization of efficient airflow from the front side toward the back side thereof and prevents the occurrence of stagnant air. The air adjuster includes a housing in which air inlets and an air outlet are formed; a blower that sucks in air through the air inlets; and a conditioning unit that conditions the air sucked in by the blower. The air inlets are located on the back side of the housing, and the air conditioned by the conditioning unit is blown to the outside through the air outlet. The housing allows the air to pass through a space between a bottom surface thereof and a placement surface, and the housing is provided with leg units that form a gap whose vertical dimension on the front side is smaller than that on the back side.

Air adjuster

An ion diffusing apparatus is disclosed which can maintain a stable ion supplying capability. In the ion diffusing apparatus, the ion generator is detachable for easy maintenance and can deliver the positive ions and negative ions to a remote position while uniformly generating positive ions and negative ions. The ion diffusing apparatus includes an ion generator housing which houses the generator so that a positive ion generating part and a negative ion generating part are provided separately in a direction crossing a flow direction of a stream from a fan, and an ion generating surface is exposed which conforms to a stream flow surface of a stream flow passage extended from the fan to a supply opening. The ion generator may also be a cartridge which has an ion generating surface shaped to conform to the stream flow surface of the stream flow passage.

Ion diffusing apparatus and ion generating cartridge

An air cleaner that is capable of efficiently and effectively purifying and humidifying air. An air flow passage from air filters () to a blower () is branched to first and second air flow passages (), and then these air flow passages join. A humidifying filter () is disposed in the first air flow passage (), and a movable plate () for opening and closing the humidifying filter is disposed in the second air flow passage (). The air cleaner comprises a control part () for controlling the opening and closing operation of the movable plate () and the rotating operation of the blower (). A recess containing the air filters () is formed in the front of the body () of the air cleaner. An air flow passage extending from under the recess to the back of the recess and bent upward is horizontally partitioned into upper and lower parts by a partition wall () to form the first air flow passage () and the second flow passage () in this order from the bottom. The movable plate () is a flat plate rotated around a pivotal axis () formed along one lateral side.

Air cleaner

An air conditioning apparatus incorporates an ion generating device that generates positive and negative ions by applying an alternating-current voltage between electrodes. The generated positive and negative ions coexist in the air and, when they attach to the surfaces of airborne bacteria, they react chemically with each other and generate radical hydroxyl and hydrogen peroxide, which extract hydrogen atoms from the cells of the bacteria and thereby kill them. This sterilizing effect is combined with the temperature-conditioning, dehumidifying, humidifying, air-purifying, and other functions of the air conditioning apparatus to bring about a comfortable and healthful indoor environment.

Air refining device and ion generator used for the device

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Osaka, Japan

Hiroyasu Yamashita