Filter adaptable for use in an hvac system
AssigneeGroove Technologies, Inc.
InventorsFred MASSEY, Owen MASSEY
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Abstract
A filter for an HVAC system has a body formed entirely of an air-transmissive open-cell polymeric material. The body is of a generally rectangular configuration. The body has a plurality of cuts extending entirely through a thickness of the body from the top to the bottom of the body. The plurality of cuts define a plurality of cubical members frangibly connected together such that each of the plurality of cubical members is separable by hand from a remainder of the body such that an individual cubical member is removable along both a portion of a length and a portion of a width of the body.
Claims20
A filter adaptable for use in an HVAC system, the filter comprising:
- a body formed entirely of an air-transmissive open-cell polymeric material, said body having a generally rectangular configuration, said body having a top and a bottom and a front and a back and sides, said body having a plurality of cuts extending entirely through a thickness thereof from the top to the bottom, the plurality of cuts defining a plurality of cubical members frangibly connected together such that each of the plurality of cubical members is separable by hand from a remainder of said body such that an individual cubical member of the plurality of cubical members is removable along both of a portion of a length and a portion of a width of said body.
A filter for an HVAC system, the filter comprising:
- a body formed entirely of an air-transmissive material, said body being of a generally rectangular configuration, said body having a top and a bottom and a front and a back and sides, said body having a plurality of cuts extending entirely through a thickness thereof from the top to the bottom, the plurality of cuts defining a plurality of cubical members frangibly connected together, said body having no frame around the periphery thereof and no support surface on either the top or the bottom thereof, the plurality of cuts extending lengthwise and widthwise across said body such that an individual cubical member of the plurality of cubical members is removable along both of a portion of a length that a portion of a width of said body.
A method of installing a filter into an HVAC system, the method comprising:
- removing an existing filter from the HVAC system;
- forming a body entirely of an air-transmissive open-cell polymeric material having a plurality of cubical members frangibly connected together, the step of forming comprising:
- cutting slits entirely through the body such that the plurality of cubical members are frangibly connected together, the cut slits extending lengthwise across the body and widthwise across the body so as to form the plurality of cubical members;
- hand separating some of the plurality of cubical members from the remainder of the body until the body is of a size no less than the size of the existing filter such that an individual cubical member of the plurality of cubical members is separable along both a portion of a length and a portion of a width of said body;
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- inserting the body with a size no less than the size of the existing filter into the HVAC system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.