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US 11,000,623 B2Granted
Personal air treatment system and method
OwnerTuan Quoc Daminventor
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Abstract
A personal air treatment device is used to treat air with UV irradiation and with scents. The scents may be used as an attractant or masking for hunting. Multiple devices may be controlled by a smartphone application to strategically alter scent dispersion according to local wind patterns, user location, and relative device location. Similar air treatment devices may be integrated with a particulate mask or used to otherwise treat the air around a user.
Claims17
A portable personal air treatment device comprising:
- an enclosure defining an air pathway;
- an impeller for moving air along the air pathway;
- a UV source disposed along the air pathway to irradiate pathogens entrained in air within the pathway;
- a scent cartridge disposed along the air pathway and configured to disperse a scent into air moving within the pathway;
- wherein the scent cartridge is configured to be highly absorbent of oils and to release the oil by evaporation into the air pathway;
- and
- wherein the scent cartridge is exposed to the airflow in the air pathway and is substantially hermetically sealed across scent cartridge surfaces not exposed to the airflow.
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A system for scenting air within a region comprising:
- a plurality of portable air treatment devices controllable via a wireless protocol to disperse a scent into the air around the air treatment devices;
- a controller having a processor programmed to control the plurality of portable air treatment devices via the wireless protocol;
- wherein the processor is programmed to selectively coordinate performance parameters of the plurality of portable air treatment devices based on at least one of local weather data, wind conditions, air quality conditions, and geolocation data;
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- wherein at least one of the plurality of portable air treatment devices includes a scent cartridge configured to be highly absorbent of oils and to release the oil by evaporation;
- and wherein the scent cartridge is exposed to the airflow in device and is substantially hermetically sealed across scent cartridge surfaces not exposed to the airflow.
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A personal air treatment mask comprising:
- a particulate mask;
- and
- an air treatment device disposed within the particulate mask and comprising:
- an enclosure defining an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air pathway therebetween;
- an impeller for conducting air along the air pathway;
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- a UV lamp disposed along the air pathway to treat air circulated within the particulate mask;
- a scent cartridge configured to be highly absorbent of oils and to release the oil by evaporation into the air pathway;
- and
- wherein the scent cartridge is exposed to the airflow in the air pathway and is substantially hermetically sealed across scent cartridge surfaces not exposed to the airflow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.