Raised floor air sanitization system
AssigneeCable Management Solutions Inc.
InventorRoger Jette
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Abstract
A raised floor system includes a plurality of base units and at least one sanitizer unit. The plurality of base units are configured to define a portion of a floor. The sanitizer unit is configured to provide sanitized air to an environment above the floor. The sanitizer unit includes a housing; an ultraviolet light source disposed in the housing; a fan configured to facilitate air to flow into the housing, across the ultraviolet light source, and out of the housing into the environment; and a cover plate disposed on the housing, the cover plate configured to define a portion of the floor and to allow air to exit the housing into the environment.
Claims12
A raised floor system, comprising:
- a plurality of base units positioned to define a raised floor dividing a volume into a plenum below the raised floor and an environment above the raised floor;
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- at least one sanitizer unit configured to provide sanitized air to the environment, wherein a base unit of the plurality of base units receives the at least one sanitizer unit therethrough, the at least one sanitizer unit including:
- a housing defining an inlet disposed within and open to the plenum and an outlet disposed substantially level with the raised floor and open to the environment;
- an ultraviolet light source disposed in the housing between the inlet and outlet of the housing;
- a fan configured to draw air from the plenum through the inlet of the housing into the housing, move the air across the ultraviolet light source to sanitize the air, and push the sanitized air out of the outlet of the housing into the environment;
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- a cover plate disposed on the outlet of the housing, the cover plate configured to define a portion of the floor and including a grate configured to allow the air to exit the outlet of the housing into the environment.
A raised floor system, comprising:
- a plurality of pedestals;
- a plurality of floor tiles, wherein each floor tile is supported by at least one pedestal of the plurality of pedestals, the plurality of floor tiles defining a raised floor dividing a volume into a plenum below the raised floor and an environment above the raised floor;
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- at least one sanitizer unit configured to provide sanitized air to the environment, the at least one sanitizer unit including:
- a housing defining an inlet disposed within and open to the plenum and an outlet disposed substantially level with the raised floor and open to the environment;
- an ultraviolet light source disposed in the housing between the inlet and outlet of the housing;
- a fan configured to draw air from the plenum through the inlet of the housing into the housing, move the air across the ultraviolet light source to sanitize the air, and push the sanitized air out of the outlet of the housing into the environment;
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- an end plate disposed on the outlet of the housing, the end plate configured to allow the air to exit the outlet of the housing into the environment;
- wherein a floor tile of the plurality of floor tiles receives the at least one sanitizer unit therethrough such that the end plate of the at least one sanitizer unit is approximately level with a top of the floor tile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.