US 11,253,805 B1Granted

Apparatus and system for indoor airborne pathogen control

AssigneeJones Deal LLC

InventorsTimothy J. Jones, Jeffery Lee Deal

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Abstract

A multimodal airborne pathogen control apparatus and system configured to direct and decontaminate a volume of indoor air of occupied spaces and reduce the risk of spreading airborne contagions. Certain aspects of the multimodal airborne pathogen control apparatus and system may include one or more infection control modalities including, but not limited to, dielectric Cold Plasma generation, non-ozone producing UV-C light, True HEPA filtration comprising a monoterpene phenol-impregnated filter material, and configurable intake/output ducting to direct airflow to/from a desired area and regulate interior atmospheric pressure. Embodiments of the present disclosure include a door-mounted control unit comprising a door panel having one or more directional intake vents at a floor-level of the door panel, an interior chamber housing a blower fan and one or more germicidal irradiation/inactivation means, and one or more directional output vents at a head level of the door panel.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a door panel comprising a housing defining an internal chamber extending vertically from a lower portion of the door panel to an upper portion of the door panel;
a lower hood comprising a first air vent disposed on a lower surface of the door panel;
an upper hood comprising a second air vent disposed on an upper surface of the door panel;
a frame portion slidably coupled to the door panel,
wherein the frame portion comprises an upper frame arm, a lower frame arm and a handle portion,
wherein the upper frame arm extends laterally through an aperture of the upper hood and the lower frame arm extends laterally through an aperture of the lower hood,
wherein the lower frame arm is configured to configure the first air vent between a first configuration and a second configuration, and the upper frame arm is configured to configure the second air vent from a first configuration to a second configuration in response to a user sliding the handle portion from a first position to a second position;
at least one air filter disposed on an area of the internal chamber;
one or more UV-C emitters housed in the internal chamber and operably configured to pulse an emission of UV-C radiation to an internal area of the internal chamber;
and
a blower fan housed in the internal chamber and operably configured to establish a directional airflow through the internal chamber between the first air vent and the second air vent,
wherein the first air vent comprises an intake vent for the internal chamber and the second air vent comprises an exhaust vent for the internal chamber.

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A system comprising:

a door housing unit comprising a door frame and a door panel coupled to the door frame via one or more hinge, the door panel comprising:
a housing defining an internal chamber extending vertically from a lower portion of the door panel to an upper portion of the door panel;
a lower hood comprising a first air vent disposed on a lower surface of the door panel;
an upper hood comprising a second air vent disposed on an upper surface of the door panel;
a frame portion slidably coupled to the door panel,
wherein the frame portion comprises an upper frame arm, a lower frame arm and a handle portion,
wherein the upper frame arm extends laterally through an aperture of the upper hood and the lower frame arm extends laterally through an aperture of the lower hood,
wherein the lower frame arm is configured to configure the first air vent between a first configuration and a second configuration, and the upper frame arm is configured to configure the second air vent from a first configuration to a second configuration in response to a user laterally sliding the handle portion from a first position to a second position;
at least one air filter disposed on an area of the internal chamber;
and
a blower fan housed in the internal chamber and operably configured to establish a directional airflow through the internal chamber between the first air vent and the second air vent,
wherein the first air vent comprises an intake vent for the internal chamber and the second air vent comprises an exhaust vent for the internal chamber;
and
a power supply operably engaged with the blower fan.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.