# US 12,109,339 B2 · Flatulence cleaning apparatus

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- Number: US 12,109,339 B2
- Document ID: US12109339B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/974,174
- Filed: 2020-11-03
- Published: 2022-05-05
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2020-11-03
- Applicants: Hong Min Kim
- Inventors: Hong Min Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12109339B2

## CPC

- A61L 9/014: containing sorbent material, e.g. activated carbon
- A61L 9/14: using sprayed or atomised substances {including air-liquid contact processes}
- B01D 53/0454: {Controlling adsorption (controlling temperature swing adsorption B01D53/0462, controlling pressure swing adsorption B01D53/047)}
- B08B 3/08: the liquid having chemical or dissolving effect
- B08B 5/04: Cleaning by suction, with or without auxiliary action
- A61L 2209/111: Sensor means, e.g. motion, brightness, scent, contaminant sensors
- A61L 2209/134: Distributing means, e.g. baffles, valves, manifolds, nozzles
- A61L 2209/22: Treatment by sorption, e.g. absorption, adsorption, chemisorption, scrubbing, wet cleaning
- B01D 2253/102: Carbon
- B01D 2257/302: Sulfur oxides
- B01D 2257/90: Odorous compounds not provided for in groups B01D2257/00 - B01D2257/708
- B01D 2257/91: Bacteria; Microorganisms
- B01D 2259/45: Gas separation or purification devices adapted for specific applications
- A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K)
- B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28)
- B08B: CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL

## Abstract

An apparatus is for cleaning flatulence of obnoxious odor, infectious virus and/or bacteria, and other contaminants. It can be mounted underneath a seat or bed provided with a flatulence collecting means. Flatulence is drawn through a series of chambers with charcoal provided in a first chamber for removing the obnoxious odor, copper wool provided in a second chamber having plurality of maze-like chambers for capturing and exterminating virus and/or bacteria; and a final chamber having sanitizing mist for eliminating contaminants.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A flatulence cleaning apparatus comprising:
a housing having an inlet port for receiving incoming flatulence and an outlet port for releasing clean air from said housing into surrounding environment;
an inlet chamber in said housing and located adjacent to said inlet port;
an odor removing chamber located next to said inlet chamber; said odor removing chamber being filled with carbon particles operative for removing obnoxious odor of said flatulence;
a sensor chamber located next to said odor removing chamber, a sulfur dioxide sensor and an inlet virus and bacteria sensor being connected to a main control;
an extermination chamber located next to said sensor chamber;
a plurality of partition walls spaced from one another and located within said extermination chamber, neighboring chambers in said extermination chamber communicating with one another through gaps between a vertical side edge of one partition wall and an adjacent first side wall of said housing, and between an opposite vertical edge of the neighboring partition wall and a second side wall opposite to said first side wall of said housing, said neighboring chambers being filled with copper wool;
a blower fan located in an outlet chamber of said housing adjacent to said outlet port and being operative for drawing the flatulence to flow in a regulated speed through said housing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A flatulence cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 including an injection nozzle and an outlet bacteria sensor located in a fog chamber of said extermination chamber and adjacent to said outlet chamber, said injection nozzle being operative for injecting a mist of a sanitizing liquid onto said flatulence after said flatulence has flowed through said neighboring chambers for removing any remaining contaminants in said flatulence, said injection nozzle being regulated by said main control depending on input signal receiving from said inlet bacteria sensor.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A flatulence cleaning apparatus according to claim 2 including a sanitizing fluid container supplying said sanitizing liquid to said injection nozzle.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A flatulence cleaning apparatus according to claim 3 including a fluid level sensor provided in said sanitizing fluid container for monitoring amount of sanitizing fluid in said sanitizing fluid container.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

A flatulence apparatus according to claim 2 including a temperature sensor located in said inlet chamber, said temperature sensor being connected to said main control operative for actuating said flatulence apparatus.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

A flatulence cleaning apparatus according to claim 2 including a temperature sensor located in a flatulence collection device provided at a seat on which a person is resting and said flatulence collection device being connected to the inlet port of the cleaning apparatus by a flatulence conducting duct.

### Claim 7

A flatulence cleaning apparatus comprising:
a housing having an inlet port for receiving incoming flatulence, and an outlet for releasing clean air from said housing into surrounding environment;
an inlet chamber in said housing and located adjacent to said inlet port;
a temperature sensor located in said inlet chamber, said temperature sensor being connected to a main control for controlling a plurality of operations of the flatulence cleaning apparatus, said temperature sensor being connected to a central control device for actuating the flatulence cleaning apparatus;
an odor removing chamber in said housing and located next to said inlet chamber, said odor removing chamber being filled with carbon particles operative for removing obnoxious odor of the flatulence flowing through said flatulence cleaning apparatus,
a sensor chamber located next to said odor removing chamber, a sulfur oxide sensor and an inlet virus and bacteria sensor located in said sensor chamber, said sulfur oxide sensor and said inlet virus and bacteria sensor being connected also to said main control;
an extermination chamber located next to said sensor chamber, and a plurality of partition walls spaced from one another being located within said extermination chamber in a staggered manner forming a plurality of consecutive neighboring chambers in said extermination chamber, said neighboring chambers communicating with one another through alternately located gaps formed between a vertical side edge of one partition wall and an adjacent first side wall of said housing, and similar gaps formed between an opposite vertical edge of the neighboring partition wall and a second side wall located opposite to said first side wall of said housing, said neighboring chambers being filled with copper wool;
a sanitizing chamber located at an exit end portion of said extermination chamber;
a sanitizing spray nozzle located in said sanitizing chamber and operative for spraying a mist of sanitizing fluid on the flatulence after passing through said copper wool, said sanitizing spray nozzle being connected to said main control operative for regulating said mist according to input signal received from said virus and bacteria sensor;
a blower fan located in an outlet chamber located next to said sanitizing chamber and adjacent to said outlet port, said blower fan being operative for drawing the flatulence to flow through said housing, said blower fan being connected to said main control for regulating said blower fan to operate at a regulated speed for removing the obnoxious odor of said flatulence.