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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7875104 | Electrostatic filter cartridge for a tower air cleaner The disclosed electrostatic precipitator cartridge for a tower air cleaner in accord with the present invention is low-cost, because it is constructed of injected molded plastics material and stamped and extruded metal components. It is easy to clean, not only becau... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7641718 | Electrostatic precipitator The electrostatic precipitator (1) includes the housing (8) having the air duct (7) for communicating between the inlet (4) for sucking the contaminated air (3) and the outlet (6) for discharging the cleaned air (5), ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7597749 | Frame for electrostatic precipitator cell A frame for an electrostatic precipitator cell is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The frame in one embodiment includes a first frame portion adapted to at least partially receive the electrostatic precipitator cell and a second frame portion ad... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7553354 | Apparatus and method for reducing and removing airborne oxidized particulates An apparatus (10) and method for recovering elemental carbon, elemental sulfur, elemental iron, elemental gold and other elemental materials from an air flow including a funnel-shaped receptor (14) and an inverted cone-shape electrode node body (12 | 06/30/2009 |
| 7547352 | Air cleaner conductor system An air cleaner conductor system is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner conductor system includes an electrostatic precipitator assembly, a chassis including an electrostatic precipitator receptacle and a power supply, and two or mor... | 06/16/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7390352 | Air purifier with front-load electrodes An air purifier with front-loading electrodes includes an electrode loading compartment for storing the plate electrodes. When the air purifier is in a closed configuration, the electrode loading compartment cooperates with the housing to fully enclose the plate ele... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7368002 | Ionic air conditioning system The air conditioning system includes a housing having a vent portion and an ion generating unit positioned in the housing. The ion generating unit includes a first electrode, at least one second electrode, and a voltage generator that provides a constant potential d... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368004 | Electric dust collector The electric dust collector has an oblong holding unit provided on the air channel of an air conditioner or the like; a high-voltage applying device provided at an end of the holding unit; a front-open contact protector of substantially inverted U-shape that contain... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7332020 | Gas treating device A gas treating device capable of electrically collecting dust and of decomposing odors and other matter by plasma includes a plasma generating device integrally incorporated into an ionization part in a casing. The ionization part has an ionization line and a column... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318856 | Air treatment apparatus having an electrode extending along an axis which is substantially perpendicular to an air flow path An air transporter-conditioner device is disclosed that can include an elongated housing having a bottom, a top and an elongated side wall. The housing can have an inlet located adjacent to the bottom and an outlet located adjacent to the elongated side wall, an emi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316729 | Air cleaner with improved airflow An air cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner includes an air duct including an inlet end and an outlet end, a pre-filter positioned at the inlet end, an electrostatic precipitator positioned in the air duct downstream of th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311762 | Air conditioner device with a removable driver electrode An air-conditioning device including a housing having at least one grill, an electrode assembly and a driver electrode. Both the electrode assembly and the driver electrode are supported by the housing. The electrode assembly includes a portion that is removable fro... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311756 | Fanless indoor air quality treatment An indoor air quality system for a structure is provided. The indoor air quality system includes a ventilation system and a corona discharge apparatus. The ventilation system directs air through the structure. The corona discharge apparatus is positioned within the ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7297185 | Electrostatic dust precipitator An electrostatic dust precipitator (1) is constructed mainly to include a housing (11) in which an air path (10) communicating between an inlet (8) and an outlet (9), an airstream generating unit (14) that causes generation ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294176 | Surface discharge type air cleaning device A surface discharge air cleaning device includes an insulating dielectric body, a discharge electrode formed at the upper surface of the insulating dielectric body, and a ground electrode formed at the lower surface of the insulating dielectric body, the discharge e... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267712 | Planar electric precipitator A plane type electric precipitator includes an electrode plate of plane shape, made of electricity-conducting material; a collecting plate, parallel to the electrode plate and made of electricity-conducting material; a plurality of electrode units, placed on the ele... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261767 | Air purifier Disclosed is an air purifier having a small size so as to be easily mounted to various home appliances, and preventing ozone which is harmful to a human body from being generated, the air purifier including an insulating dielectric including a solid; a discharge ele... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7258730 | Air purifier Disclosed is an air purifier with a small size, having an excellent air purifying capacity, capable of preventing a large amount of ozone from being generated, the ozone harmful to a human body. The air purifier includes a case, a pair of discharge electrodes provid... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244289 | Air purifier with detachable ionizer unit An air purifier includes an outer casing and an ionizer module. The outer casing has a top portion, a bottom portion having an electrode opening, an air purifying cavity defining between the top and bottom portion, and a peripheral opening communicating with the air... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238225 | Plasma air dust collector In a plasma air dust collector, the plasma air dust collector includes a first electrode fixing unit and a second electrode fixing unit respectively having a power terminal; at least two dust collecting electrodes; a discharge electrode arranged between the dust col... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226496 | Spot ventilators and method for spot ventilating bathrooms, kitchens and closets A spot ventilator and method for spot ventilating a localized environment of a building is provided. The spot ventilator includes a passage and at least one corona discharge apparatus. The passage extending between an inlet positioned in the localized environment an... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220295 | Electrode self-cleaning mechanisms with anti-arc guard for electro-kinetic air transporter-conditioner devices An electro-kinetic electro-static air conditioner with a bead member having a bore, through which a wire-like electrode passes. The bead is moved along the wire to frictionally clean the wire-like electrode when an electrode array is removed. A bead lifting arm is m... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7198660 | Electrostatic device for ionic air emission Ionic emission electrostatic device (1) for depositing on the surface (sp) of a multitude of aerosol particles (p1, p2, . . . , pn) within a fluid (F), a quasi-homogeneous quantity of ions (iq). This electrostatic device (1) is... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7163572 | Air purifier An air purifier for removing particles in air includes an outer casing, and an ionizer module. The ionizer module includes a power unit and an ionizing electrode unit, electrically connected to the power unit. The ionizing electrode unit includes a first electrode s... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7145464 | Data collection device In one aspect of the invention a data collection device is provided for use with a medium said medium being usable when exposed to electromagnetic radiation that is characteristic of such use. The data collection device has a sensor capable of sensing when the mediu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7097695 | Ion emitting air-conditioning devices with electrode cleaning features An air conditioner device includes a housing, a first electrode disposed in the housing, and a second electrode removably disposed in the housing. The second electrode can be manually removed from the housing and then manually returned to a resting position within t... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090718 | Device for collecting charged particles with the aid of an ionizer for purposes of analysis A device is provided for collecting particles from a gas for subsequent analysis with a particle analyzer. The device includes an ionizer with at least one ion-emitting unit which emits ions and a collector for collecting particles charged by the ions. An electrical... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7029520 | Dust collecting apparatus for an air conditioner A dust collecting apparatus for an air conditioner, including an ionizer to electrically charge dust particles in air; and a metal filter having fine metal fibers, disposed at a predetermined distance from a back of the ionizer, the metal filter having a polarity op... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7008469 | Portable air filtration system utilizing a conductive coating and a filter for use therein A portable air filtration system includes a filter housing having an air inlet and outlet. The housing defines a filtration chamber between the inlet and outlet. The air filtration system uses an intake fan, an ionizing mechanism, a filter media, and a conductive co... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6958088 | Carbon separation and collection device used for high performance dust collector A carbon separation and collection device used for a high performance dust collector includes a water supply tube, a water pump, a high pressure negative electrode discharge device, a high pressure positive electrode discharge device, a rotary brush, a removing plat... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955075 | Portable liquid collection electrostatic precipitator A portable liquid collection electrostatic collection precipitator for analyzing air is provided which is a relatively small, self-contained device. The device has a tubular collection electrode, a reservoir for a liquid, and a pump. The pump pumps the liquid into t... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953556 | Air conditioner devices An air conditioner includes an ion generator that provides ions and safe amounts of ozone. The ion generator includes a high voltage generator that provides a voltage potential difference between first and second electrode arrays. At least one of the first and secon... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6911186 | Electro-kinetic air transporter and conditioner device with enhanced housing configuration and 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... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908501 | Electrode self-cleaning mechanism for air conditioner devices An air conditioner with a cleaning member having an opening, through which a wire-like electrode passes. The member is moved along the wire to frictionally clean the wire-like electrode when a collector electrode array is moved. A lifting arm is mounted to the colle... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6899745 | Electrostatic air cleaner An air cleaner electrode assembly includes an elongated collector electrode and a plurality of elongated discharge electrodes arranged around the collector electrode. A fan may move air in a direction parallel to a length of the electrodes. The collector electrode m... | 05/31/2005 |
