Air purifying apparatus

An air purifying apparatus comprising:

• a conductive central plate having a substantially planar side surface and a planar end surface, said end surface being substantially perpendicular to said side surface, for carrying an electrical charge of a first polarity capable of attracting airborne particle impurities;
• a substantially planar dielectric layer having a first surface butting against said end surface and generally perpendicular to said side surface of said central plate;
• a substantially planar conductive backing plate oriented in a plane parallel to said dielectric layer and butting against a second side of said dielectric layer opposite to said central plate, for carrying an electric charge of a second polarity, opposite from said first polarity and capable of attracting airborne particle impurities, thereby creating an electric field between said central plate and said backing plate for producing ozone adjacent said central plate;
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• means for applying an electrical voltage to said central plate and backing plate to provide said central plate and backing plate with opposite polarity electrical charges, respectively, and an electrical field between said plates;
• said means for applying an electrical voltage to said central plate and backing plate including a transformer having a first output of a first polarity, a second output of a second polarity, said first polarity being opposite from said second polarity and an input adapted to be coupled to a power source;
• a substantially parallel, spaced, first plurality of said central plates coupled to said first output for carrying an electric charge of said first polarity, said central plates having side surfaces parallel to other such side surfaces and substantially planar end surfaces, said end surfaces being oriented substantially perpendicular to said side surfaces and oriented along a first common plane with other such end surfaces;
• said substantially planar first dielectric layer being oriented along said first common plane and abutting against said end surfaces;
• said substantially planar conductive backing plate being oriented parallel to said first common plane, butting against said first dielectric layer on said second side of said first dielectric layer, and coupled to said second output for carrying an electric charge of said second polarity, thereby creating an electric field of sufficient voltage gradient between said central plates and said first backing plate to produce ozone adjacent said central plates and to attract airborne particle impurities to said central plates and said first backing plate;
• a substantially parallel, spaced, second plurality of said conductive central plates coupled to said first output for carrying a charge of said first polarity, said second plurality of central plates having a first extremity coupled to said first plurality of central plates and a second extremity including end surfaces of said second plurality of central plates which are oriented along a second common plane being parallel to and spaced from said first common plane;
• a substantially planar second dielectric layer oriented along said second common plane and butting against said end surfaces of said second plurality of central plates;
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• a second substantially planar conductive plate oriented parallel to said second common plane, butting against said second dielectric layer on the opposite side of said second dielectric layer from said central plates, and coupled to said second output for carrying a charge of said second polarity and thereby creating an electric field of sufficient voltage gradient between said central plates and said second backing plate to produce ozone adjacent said central plates and to attract airborne particle impurities to said central plates and said second backing plate.

An air purifying apparatus comprising:

• a transformer having a first output of a first polarity, a second output of a second polarity, said first polarity being opposite from said second polarity and an input adapted to be coupled to a power source;
• a substantially parallel, spaced first plurality of conductive stainless steel central plates coupled to said first output for carrying an electric charge of said first polarity, said central plates having side surfaces parallel to other such side surfaces and substantially planar end surfaces, said end surfaces being oriented substantially perpendicular to said side surfaces and oriented along a first common plane with other such end surfaces;
• a substantially planar first dielectric mica layer oriented along said first common plane and butting against said end surfaces;
• a first substantially planar conductive stainless steel backing plate oriented parallel to said first common plane, butting against said first dielectric layer on the opposite side of said first dielectric layer from said end surfaces, and coupled to said second output for carrying an electric charge of said second polarity, thereby creating an electric field of sufficient voltage gradient between said central plates and said first backing plate to produce ozone adjacent said central plates and to attract airborne particle impurities to said central plates and said first backing plate;
• a substantially parallel, spaced second plurality of conductive stainless steel central plates coupled to said first output for carrying a charge of said first polarity, said second plurality of central plates having a first extremity coupled to said first plurality of central plates and a second extremity including said end surfaces of said second plurality of central plates oriented along a second common plane, said second common plane being parallel to and spaced from said first common plane;
• a substantially planar second dielectric mica layer oriented along said second common plane and butting against said end surfaces of said second plurality of central plates;
• a second, substantially planar, conductive, stainless steel backing plate oriented parallel to said second common plane, butting against said second dielectric layer from said central plates, and coupled to said second output for carrying a charge of said second polarity and thereby creating an electric field of sufficient voltage gradient between said central plates and said second backing plate to produce ozone adjacent said central plates and to attract airborne particle impurities to said central plates and said second backing plate;
• a connecting means for coupling said first backing plate to said second backing plate and applying a compressing force to said central plates and said dielectric layers intermediate said first and second backing plates;
• an elongated conductive stainless steel central core pin passing through said first plurality and said second plurality of central plates for coupling together and supporting said first and second pluralities of central plates;
• a plurality of stainless steel spacers mounted on and along said central core pin, said spacers being located between adjacent central plates, so only one of said central plates from said first plurality and only one of said central plates from said second plurality are located between adjacent spacers;
• a housing surrounding said central plates having a top air access opening and a bottom air access opening whereby air can flow between said top and bottom openings in a predetermined direction, the planes of said central plates being positioned generally parallel to said predetermined direction such that air flow between said top and bottom air access openings is parallel to said side surfaces of said central plates and said first and second common planes;
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• a potentiometer coupled to said input of said transformer for varying the voltage applied to said transformer by said power source.