Modular wall apparatus and method for its use
AssigneeQuality Air Systems, Inc.
InventorsJoseph S. Hofstra, Ronald J. Karaskiewicz, Mark R. Fischer
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Abstract
A smoker's booth for isolating, containing, venting, and filtering tobacco smoke. The booth has a walled enclosure with a modular room divider system using hollow walls, filtration, and blower devices to remove tobacco smoke from workplace air.
Claims69
A modular divider system having gas circulation and filtration comprising:
- hollow wall means comprising a plurality of longitudinally disposed spaced aperture means;
- filtering means for filtering gas from said hollow wall means, said filtering means remote from said hollow wall means;
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- means for circulating gas from outside said hollow wall means, through said hollow wall means and to said filtering means, and to outside of said hollow wall means.
A modular divider system having gas circulation and filtration comprising:
- a plurality of rigid hollow wall means comprising gas receiving aperture means and gas exhausting aperture means;
- filtering means for filtering circulating gas from said hollow wall means;
- rigid first connector means for connecting a first portion of said plurality of rigid hollow wall means to said filtering means;
- rigid second connector means for connecting a second portion of said plurality of rigid hollow wall means to said first portion of said plurality of rigid hollow wall means;
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- means for circulating gas from outside said rigid hollow wall means via said gas receiving aperture means, through said rigid hollow wall means and to said filtering means, and to outside of said rigid hollow wall means via said gas exhausting aperture means.
A modular divider system having gas circulation and filtration comprising:
- hollow wall means comprising gas receiving aperture means for receiving gas from outside said hollow wall means, gas exhausting aperture means for exhausting gas to outside said hollow wall means, and at least one horizontal structural member disposed within said hollow wall means comprising a plurality of perforations for allowing vertical flow of gas within said hollow wall means;
- filtering means for filtering gas from said hollow wall means;
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- means for circulating gas from outside said hollow wall means via said gas receiving aperture means, through said hollow wall means and to said filtering means, and to outside of said hollow wall means via said gas exhausting aperture means.
A method of circulating and filtering gas using a modular divider system, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing hollow wall means comprising a plurality of longitudinally disposed spaced aperture means;
- b) filtering gas from the hollow wall means remote from the hollow wall means;
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- c) circulating gas from outside the hollow wall means, through the hollow wall means and to the filtering means, and to outside of the hollow wall means.
A method of circulating and filtering gas using a modular divider system, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a plurality of rigid hollow wall means comprising gas receiving aperture means and gas exhausting aperture means;
- b) filtering circulating gas from the rigid hollow wall means;
- c) connecting a first portion of the plurality of rigid hollow wall means to the filtering means;
- d) connecting a second portion of the plurality of rigid hollow wall means to the first portion of the plurality of rigid hollow wall means;
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- e) circulating gas from outside the rigid hollow wall means via the gas receiving aperture means, through the rigid hollow wall means and to the filtering means, and to outside of the rigid hollow wall means via the gas exhausting aperture means.
A method of circulating and filtering as using a modular divider system, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing hollow wall means comprising gas receiving aperture means for receiving as from outside the hollow wall means, gas exhausting aperture means for exhausting gas to outside the hollow wall means, and at least one horizontal structural member disposed within the hollow wall means comprising a plurality of perforations for allowing vertical flow of gas within the hollow wall means;
- b) filtering gas from the hollow wall means;
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- c) circulating gas from outside the hollow wall means via the gas receiving aperture means, through the hollow wall means and to the filtering means, and to outside of the hollow wall means via the gas exhausting aperture means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.