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US 12,667,809 B2Granted
Air purifier with air treatment basket
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorsDerek Smith, Habib Baydoun, Morgan Tolles, Tyler Grab
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Abstract
An air purifier and air treatment basket for inside air. The air purifier includes a housing. The air treatment basket is disposed in the housing. The air treatment basket includes an air treatment basket frame and a plurality of selectively removable air treatment panels containing filter media.
Claims20
An air purifier comprising:
- a housing including an air inlet, an air treatment chamber, and an air outlet;
- an airflow path fluidly connecting the air inlet, the air treatment chamber, and the air outlet;
- a blower disposed within the housing, the blower configured to draw air into the housing through the air inlet, along the airflow path, and push air out of the housing through the air outlet;
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- an air treatment basket supported by the housing and disposed within the air treatment chamber, wherein the air treatment basket is configured to at least one of filter, clean, and purify air flowing through the airflow path, the air treatment basket including:
- an air treatment basket frame defining a plurality of air treatment panel seats;
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- a plurality of air treatment panels configured to removably couple to the air treatment basket frame, the plurality of air treatment panels each including a filter media, wherein the plurality of air treatment panels are disposed in the airflow path;
- wherein the plurality of air treatment panels are individually and selectively removeable from the air treatment basket frame.
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An air treatment basket for use with an air purifier, the air treatment basket comprising:
- an air treatment basket frame defining an exit aperture, a plurality of air treatment panel seats, and a base;
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- a plurality of air treatment panels configured to be seated and retained in the air treatment panel seats, the plurality of air treatment panels each including a filter media matrix having a plurality of cells containing filter media;
- wherein while the plurality of air treatment panels are seated in the air treatment panel seats and the air treatment basket is operably installed within an air treatment system, the air treatment panels are inclined such that the filter media contained within the plurality of cells of the filter media matrix of the plurality of air treatment panels gathers toward the bottom of the cells permitting airflow adjacent the filter media in the plurality of cells;
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- wherein each of the plurality of air treatment panels are individually and selectively removeable from the air treatment basket frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.