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US 7,938,896 B2Granted
Air cleaner including touch points
AssigneeOreck Holdings, LLC
InventorsChristopher M. Paterson, Dennis T. Lamb, Bruce Kiern, Owen T. Bourgeois, Paul Moshenrose, Shane Cohen
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Abstract
An air cleaner including touch points is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner includes a chassis and one or more visually coded touch points on the chassis. The one or more visually coded touch points include indicia of user-contactable components of the air cleaner.
Claims22
A method of accessing an air cleaner component including touch points, the method comprising:
- providing a chassis and an external shell substantially covering the chassis and including a door;
- and
- accessing a user-removable high voltage air cleaner component within the chassis by touching one or more visually coded touch points disposed on the removable component, wherein the one or more visually coded touch points are configured to be user-contactable, visually distinct and safe to touch.
An air cleaner comprising:
- a chassis including receptacles;
- a door;
- a first removable air cleaning component within the chassis adapted to receive electrical power, with the first removable air cleaning component comprising a first region that is visually distinct and safe for a user to touch;
- a second removable air cleaning component within the chassis, with the second removable air cleaning component comprising a second region that is visually distinct and safe to touch;
- wherein the first region is visually distinct from the second region;
- wherein the removable components are adapted to be disposed within the receptacles and are exposed when the door is open.
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A method of accessing an air cleaner component including touch points, the method comprising:
- providing a chassis and an external shell substantially covering the chassis and including a door;
- accessing a removable air cleaner component within the chassis by touching one or more visually coded touch points disposed on the removable air cleaner component, wherein the one or more visually coded touch points are configured to be user-contactable, visually distinct and safe to touch;
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- providing a label with cleaning instructions for the removable air cleaner component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.