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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7909918 | Air filtration system An intense field dielectric air filtration system includes a perimeter frame for wall or ceiling mounting at the inlet of a return air duct for an air conditioning apparatus. A door including a grille disposed thereon is mounted for movement on the frame between wor... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7632340 | Air purifier for removing particles or contaminants from air An air purifier includes a housing having an air inlet, an air outlet and an airflow path therethrough. The housing has a top, a bottom and a plurality of sides. An air filter is located within the housing in the airflow path and a motor is located within the housin... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7435287 | Air cleaner having separate modules for collector plates and ionizing wires An air cleaner is provided that includes one or more ionizing panels having at least one ionizing wire in connection with a voltage source. One or more collector cells separate from the one or more ionizing wire panels are releasably received within the air cleaner ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7413594 | Electrical power disable in an air cleaner An air cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner includes a power supply, an electrostatic precipitator cell, and a door. The door closes the electrostatic precipitator cell inside the air cleaner. The air cleaner further inclu... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7381245 | System for influencing and treating the air of at least one room An arrangement for treating room air has a first air quality sensor in an external air conduit of an air conditioning device. An ionization apparatus, an ozone sensor, an air humidity sensor, an airflow sensor, and at least one air temperature adjusting device are a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374603 | Particle transport and near field analytical detection Particle collection, transport, and detection systems are disclosed. The systems are uniquely adapted for collecting or concentrating particles from a flowing medium and then transporting the collected particles to a desired location or for subsequent analysis. Elec... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361207 | System and method for electrostatically depositing aerosol particles A system useful for electrostatic deposition (ESD) of aerosol particles and methods of depositing the aerosol particles onto a substrate are disclosed. The ESD system and the method of the present invention are useful for electrostatically depositing nanoparticles p... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360772 | Child transport air filtering system A child transport air filtering system comprising: a child transport device; an air filtering device removeably coupled to the child transport device; a power supply removeably coupled to the child transport device, and removeably coupled to the air filtering device... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357828 | Air cleaner including constant current power supply An air cleaner including a constant current power supply is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner includes a collector cell and a constant current power supply coupled to the collector cell. The constant current power supply is config... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351274 | Air filtration system control An intense field dielectric air filtration system associated with an air conditioning unit includes a microprocessor based control system which may be connected to the thermostat of the air conditioning unit to energize the air filtration system in response to a cal... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7332019 | Air filtration system An air filtration system includable in and for HVAC equipment includes one or more intense field dielectric filter units and a field charging unit retained in a support structure or cabinet by a removable door which includes control circuitry and contactors engageab... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316734 | Volatile organic compound treatment apparatus A volatile organic compound treatment apparatus including an adsorber coming into contact with a gas to be treated and adsorbing volatile organic compounds; a plurality of pairs of electrodes, divided into a plurality of groups, which generate electric discharge so ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7291206 | Pre-ionizer for use with an electrostatic precipitator A pre-ionizer for use with an electrostatic precipitator is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The pre-ionizer includes two or more corona ground elements arranged in a substantially parallel orientation. A corona ground element of the two or more... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7258715 | Air cleaner An improved filter element for use in an electrostatic precipitation air cleaning device, the filter element including rod electrodes arranged through a stack of alternating fluted plastic sheets and plate electrodes. Successive plate electrodes are arranged to make... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258729 | Electronic bi-polar electrostatic air cleaner An electro-mechanical electrostatic air cleaner that combines a low air resistance dielectric fibrous filter material positioned between and electrically charged by two electrically resistant carbon coated screens. The screens are charged by a remotely mounted bi-po... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253743 | Techniques for identifying when to change an air filter A method is performed in an electronic system having (i) hardware configured to perform electronic operations and (ii) an air filter configured to remove contamination from an air stream that cools the hardware. The method, which identifies when to change an air fil... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244290 | Electrostatic room air cleaner An electrostatic room air cleaner includes a housing having a given profile and a plurality of electrostatic precipitation collector units arrayed in the housing with a common fan to circulate room air through the plurality of electrostatic precipitation collector u... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244294 | Air filter monitoring system A real-time monitoring system that monitors various aspects of the operation of a refrigerant-cycle system is described. In one embodiment, the system includes a processor that measures power provided to the refrigerant-cycle system and that gathers data from one or... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235123 | Particle transport and near field analytical detection Particle collection, transport, and detection systems are disclosed. The systems are uniquely adapted for collecting or concentrating particles from a flowing medium and then transporting the collected particles to a desired location or for subsequent analysis. Elec... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235120 | Electrostatic aerosol filtering apparatus A battery (16) drives an electric motor (17) which in turn drives a fan (18). A circuit board (20) controls the operation of the motor and fan to maintain the flow rate. Air is drawn through an inlet (22) and out through a vent ( | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219629 | Breathing system in combustion engine A breathing system in a combustion engine includes an air cleaner (3) for purifying air to be supplied to the engine. The air cleaner (3) includes a cleaner casing (30) having a blow-by gas inlet port (33) and an intake air discharge port... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216501 | Indoor unit for air conditioner The indoor unit for an air conditioner comprises a cross flow fan, an indoor heat exchanger, an auxiliary pipe, an indoor fan motor, a motor cover section, a front drain pan, a rear drain pan, and a communication passage. The communication passage is arranged adjace... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208030 | Suspended particulate analyzer An apparatus analyzes components of particulate materials suspended in air. The apparatus includes a container into which the air is introduced, a discharging electrode arranged in the container to electrically charge the particulate materials contained in the air, ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7141098 | Air filtration system using point ionization sources A filtration system for filtering particulates from air. A plurality of point ionization sources are positioned in the proximity of the periphery of an air flow channel and being oriented to generate ions in the proximity of the air flow channel in a direction gener... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141101 | Filter assembly with noise attenuation A filter assembly configured for acoustic dampening for use with compressor assemblies such as oxygen concentrators including a compartmented housing member having an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a filter member, and a plurality of noise attenuating members pos... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7120006 | Ion generator and air conditioning apparatus A switching transformer applies an alternating high voltage across an internal electrode and an external electrode which face each other with a glass tube as a dielectric body between them. The anode side of a diode is connected to the external electrode which is no... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7094268 | System and method for removing pollutants from a roadway Systems and methods for removing hydrocarbons and other pollutants from roadway surfaces are provided. The systems can include a pollution trap attached to a vehicle, where the pollution trap comprises an absorbent pad, filter, or membrane. The pollution trap is aff... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7077893 | Hood for a filter ventilator The invention relates to a hood (10) for a filter ventilator, which is connected to an outside wall (40) of a space to be ventilated, in particular the outside wall (40) of a control box, circuit housing, or case for various kinds of devices, an... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074250 | Air filtration unit An air filtration unit for use in a work environment includes a housing disposed with an air filtration system and light source. The housing includes a handle and corner caps to prevent damage and provide stability. The air filtration system draws air into the housi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052531 | Local cleaning system for constructing clean shielded space with no need for dedicated partition wall, using charged air shower unit providing ion wind and local exhaust device A local cleaning system which uses a charged air shower unit for forming a shield curtain by means of an ion wind, and a local exhaust device for exhausting the air containing dirt and dust settled down on the floor by the ion wind to construct a clean shielded spac... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048787 | Air cleaner An air cleaner has an electron generator that includes a pointed head, a collector element and an electric circuit included in the electron generator for generating a negative potential on the pointed head and a positive potential on the collector element. The point... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041153 | Method of measuring floating dusts In a method of measuring particles floating in an atmosphere, the atmosphere containing the particles is sucked into a container, ions are generated from a discharge electrode disposed in the container to charge the particles with the ions. A dust-collecting electro... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040806 | Temperature detecting unit and fixing apparatus A temperature detecting unit including a temperature detecting sensor, a window member, and a frame which holds the window member. The temperature detecting sensor receives infrared rays radiated by an object, thereby detecting the temperature of the object without ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037354 | Expandable air filtration apparatus An apparatus for air filtration has a pleated filter media with an expandable mesh bonded to the pleated filter media, an outer frame, an inner frame, support members disposed within the outer and inner frame wherein the support members create openings in the inner ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7008206 | Ventilation and cooling in selective deposition modeling A ventilation and cooling system for a selective deposition modeling apparatus dispensing a curable material. The ventilation and cooling system captures airborne contaminants in the apparatus making the apparatus suitable for use in an office environment. A pressur... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6989049 | Airborne conductive contaminant handler An example airborne conductive contaminant handling system is described. The airborne conductive contaminant handling system may include a handling circuit that is configured to selectively pass an electric current through a conductive contaminant. The airborne cond... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6979361 | End of service life indicator for fluid filter An end of service life indicator (ESLI) device for a fluid filter is included on the filter and visually indicates when the life of the filter has expired. The ESLI indicates the depletion of the filter by changing the color density on a surface of the device to a c... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974560 | Electro-kinetic air transporter and conditioner device with enhanced anti-microorganism capability An electro-kinetic air conditioner for removing particulates from the air creates an airflow using no moving parts. The airflow is subjected to UV radiation from a germicidal lamp within the device. The conditioner includes an ion generator that has an electrode ass... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6958089 | Structure of an electrostatic precipitator An electrostatic precipitator includes a frame, several parallel square metallic rods securely disposed in the frame, and several metallic boards positioned parallel in the frame for charges to be deposited on, and spacing elements; the metallic boards have through ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958134 | Electro-kinetic air transporter-conditioner devices with an upstream focus electrode An electro-kinetic air conditioner for removing particulates from the air creates an airflow using no moving parts. The conditioner includes an ion generator that has an electrode assembly including a first array of emitter electrodes, a second array of collector el... | 10/25/2005 |
