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US 8,522,984 B2Granted
Filter and air cleaner
AssigneeNational University Corporation Okayama University
InventorEizo Nakamura
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Abstract
There is provided a filter for filtering gas or liquid, wherein a constituent material of the filter contains a protein that absorbs iron, radium, or heavy metal (except iron), the constituent material is an iron-containing fiber body 4, the iron-containing fiber body 4 is a fiber body including iron or a fiber body 41 on which iron is supported, and the protein is ferritin or hemosiderin and bound to iron of the iron-containing fiber body 4.
Claims3
A filter for filtering gas or liquid, comprising:
- a filter material, wherein a constituent material of the filter is an iron-containing fiber body, the iron-containing fiber body being a fiber body which is made of polyester and has an iron layer, the iron layer being formed over the entire surface of the fiber body by sputtering, and
- wherein a protein layer is formed over a surface of the iron layer and a protein of the protein layer is ferritin or hemosiderin.
An air cleaner comprising the filter according to claim l.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.