Tower air cleaner with improved airflow
AssigneeOreck Holdings, LLC
InventorsChristopher Paterson, Charles Reynolds, Owen Bourgeois, Paul Moshenrose
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Abstract
A tower air cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The tower air cleaner includes a base portion, a tower portion extending substantially vertically above the base portion, an air inlet extending substantially around a circumference of the tower portion, wherein an inlet airflow is admitted around substantially 360 degrees of the circumference, and an air outlet in communication with the air inlet.
Claims46
A tower air cleaner, comprising:
- a base portion;
- a tower portion extending substantially vertically above the base portion;
- an air inlet extending substantially around a circumference of the tower portion, wherein an inlet airflow is admitted around substantially 360 degrees of the circumference;
- and
- an air outlet in communication with the air inlet.
A tower air cleaner, comprising:
- a base portion;
- a tower portion extending substantially vertically above the base portion;
- an air inlet;
- and
- an air outlet in communication with the air inlet and extending substantially around a circumference of the tower portion, wherein an outlet airflow is exhausted around substantially 360 degrees of the circumference.
A tower air cleaner, comprising:
- a base portion;
- a tower portion extending substantially vertically above the base portion;
- an air inlet extending substantially around a first circumference of the tower portion;
- and
- an air outlet extending substantially around a second circumference of the tower portion, with the air outlet being vertically spaced apart from the air inlet and wherein airflow travels substantially vertically through the tower air cleaner when traveling from the air inlet to the air outlet.
A tower air cleaner, comprising:
- a base portion;
- a tower portion extending substantially vertically above the base portion;
- an air inlet extending substantially around a first circumference of the tower portion;
- an air outlet extending substantially around a second circumference of the tower portion;
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- one or more filter elements positioned between the air inlet and the air outlet, with airflow traveling substantially vertically through the one or more filter elements when traveling from the air inlet to the air outlet.
A tower air cleaner, comprising:
- a base portion;
- a tower portion extending substantially vertically above the base portion;
- an air inlet extending substantially around a first circumference of the tower portion;
- an air outlet extending substantially around a second circumference of the tower portion;
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- an electrostatic precipitator positioned between the air inlet and the air outlet, with airflow traveling substantially vertically through the electrostatic precipitator when traveling from the air inlet to the air outlet.
An air cleaner, comprising:
- a body;
- an air inlet comprising a plurality of inlet airflow apertures separated by a first plurality of airflow aperture bars;
- an air outlet in communication with the air inlet and comprising a plurality of outlet airflow apertures separated by a second plurality of airflow aperture bars;
- wherein one or more airflow aperture bars of the first plurality of airflow aperture bars, the second plurality of airflow aperture bars, or the first and second plurality of airflow aperture bars comprise a cross-sectional airfoil shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.