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US 9,868,129 B2Granted
Air cleaning fountain
OwnerJohn B. Haydeninventor
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Abstract
A fountain is provided. The fountain includes: a drape; a catch basin located below the drape and oriented to catch a fluid flowing at least one of over and through the drape; a conduit fluidly connected to the catch basin forming a circuit to return the fluid in the catch basin to flow at least one of over and through the drape; a pump fluidly connected to the circuit and configured to pump the fluid through the conduit; and at least one of the drape, catch basin, conduit includes surface oriented to contact the fluid and the surface includes at least one of copper and silver.
Claims18
A fountain comprising:
- a drape made from weaved metal strands of an antimicrobial metal;
- a catch basin located below the drape and oriented to catch a fluid flowing at least one of over and through the drape of the fountain;
- a conduit fluidly connected to the catch basin forming a circuit to return the fluid in the catch basin to flow at least one of over and through the drape;
- a pump fluidly connected to the circuit and configured to pump the fluid through the conduit;
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- an ultraviolet light source configured to illuminate ultraviolet light on the fluid located in either the catch basin or on the drape.
3 more elements
A fountain comprising:
- a drape made from weaved metal strands of an antimicrobial metal;
- a catch basin located below the drape and oriented to catch a fluid flowing at least one of over and through the drape of the fountain;
- a conduit fluidly connected to the catch basin forming a circuit to return the fluid in the catch basin to flow at least one of over and through the drape;
- a pump fluidly connected to the circuit and configured to pump the fluid through the conduit;
- a filter assembly positioned along the circuit to remove contaminants in the fluid;
- at least one of the drape, the catch basin, the filter assembly and the conduit includes a surface made of copper or silver that is oriented to contact the fluid;
- and
- an ultraviolet light source configured to illuminate ultraviolet light on the fluid located in either the catch basin or on the drape.
5 more elements
A fountain comprising:
- a drape made from weaved metal strands of an antimicrobial metal;
- a catch basin located below the drape and oriented to catch a fluid flowing at least one of over and through the drape;
- a conduit fluidly connected to the catch basin forming a circuit to return the fluid in the catch basin to flow at least one of over and through the drape;
- a pump fluidly connected to the circuit and configured to pump the fluid through the conduit;
- and
- an ultra violet light source configured to illuminate ultraviolet light on the fluid located in either the catch basin or on the drape.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.