Portable air purifier
OwnerR. Beam, James Normark +3inventors
InventorsR. Beam, James Normark, David Sutton, Tom Greene, Neal Morris
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Abstract
A portable air purifier for purifying air in selected occupied spaces, comprising a base for attaching to a support in the space, a housing pivotally mounted to the base, a fan mounted within the housing and having an air inlet and an air outlet for communicating air through the housing and at least one air treatment device supported in the housing for acting upon air communicated by the fan.
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A portable air purifier for purifying air in an occupied space, comprising:
- a housing for seating to a support surface of an occupied space;
- a fan mounted within the housing and having an air inlet and an air outlet for communicating air through the housing;
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- at least one air treatment device supported in the housing for acting upon air communicated by the fan.
A portable air purifier attachable to a support in a closed space for purifying air therein, comprising:
- a base for attaching to a support in a closed space;
- a housing pivotally mounted to the base;
- a fan within the housing having an air inlet and an air outlet for communicating a flow of air through the housing;
- a bulb having non-quartz glass for emitting ultraviolet light in the flow of air in the housing;
- a photocatalytic screen mounted in spaced relation to the bulb;
- a purification plate spaced apart from the photocatalytic screen;
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- an ionization needle disposed for emitting negative ions into the airflow communicated from the air outlet of the fan housing.
A method of purifying air within a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a housing within the motor vehicle, which housing defines an air intake and an opposing air outlet;
- (b) operating a fan mounted within the housing for communicating air therethrough;
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- (c) acting by an air purification device mounted within the air flow of the housing for purifying air passing therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.