Patent · US Expired

Portable room air purifier

US6036757A · kind A · utility

56Cited by
4References
22Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 10, 1998
Grant dateMar 14, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D46/46
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A portable air purifier including a housing defining an air inlet, an air outlet and an air flow passage extending therebetween; a filter mechanism disposed to filter air circulating through the flow passage; and a fan retained by the housing and activatable to draw air through the air inlet, move air through the flow passage and filter mechanism, and discharge air through the air outlet. An electrically powered drive mechanism is energizable to activate the fan and a control system including a processor monitors and records elapsed time data during periods in which the fan is activated to move air.

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