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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2019
Coway Co., Ltd., Gongju-si, KR;
Hyun Jin Hong, Seoul, KR;
Sang Woo Kang, Seoul, KR;
An Ho Cho, Seoul, KR;
Do Yeop Kim, Seoul, KR;
Ji Hye Jeong, Seoul, KR;
COWAY CO., LTD., Gongju-si, KR;
Abstract
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.