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AIRBORN PATHOGEN DISENFECTING SYSTEM WITH INTERCHANGEABLE FILTERS FOR AN HVAC SYSTEM
20230211035 · 2023-07-06 ·

The present invention provides for a system for disinfecting air circulated in an HVAC system. The system includes at least one spray ring forming a continuous loop surrounding an outer surface of HVAC ductwork. The system further includes a plurality of spray nozzles connecting to each of the spray rings in the at least one spray ring, wherein each nozzle extends through an aperture in the HVAC ductwork, wherein a space between each nozzle and each aperture is sealed by a rubber gasket.

Sterilization mask with UVC reflective chamber
11690929 · 2023-07-04 ·

The sterilization mask with UVC reflective chamber includes a chamber with reflective liner, through which inhaled and exhaled air passes. The reflective chamber is also referred to as a sterilization chamber. Using a reflective chamber ensures each photon of UVC light has a long life, thus dissipating slowly. Increasing the life of the UVC photons decreases the quantity of photons that must be created. Thus, less power is required to achieve the sterilization. Sterilization is defined as a 6-log reduction (99.9999%) of various microbes including viruses, bacteria, and spores. The reflective chamber is made reflective using an UVC internal reflective surface. This surface is preferably formed from ePTFE, or other equivalently UVC reflective material.

Air Decontamination And Self-Renewing Purification System Utilizing a Filter

An air purification system includes a conduit extending between an inlet and an outlet, each in fluid communication with an enclosed environment. Ambient air from the enclosed environment enters the conduit via the inlet and treated air exits the conduit and enters the enclosed environment via the outlet. The system further includes a fibrous filter disposed within the conduit and configured to treat the ambient air thereby generating the treated air, and a renewal unit disposed within the conduit and configured to renew the fibrous filter.

AIR STERILIZING DEVICE

An air sterilizing device has a casing, a wheel disc covered with microporous structures, a blower, and a sterilizing module. The casing has an air inlet and an air outlet. The blower located in the casing introduces the external air from the air inlet, and the external air is filtered and sterilized by the wheel disc and the sterilizing module. The filtered and sterilized air is discharged from the air outlet. The sterilizing module locates next to the wheel disc for sterilizing the air flowing through the sterilizing module and also for sterilizing the wheel disc by the relative rotation between the wheel disc and the sterilizing module. Bacteria and viruses attached to the wheel disc are eliminated, and the filtration and sterilization functions of the wheel disc are maintained. The efficacy and the efficiency of the air sterilizing device are therefore improved.

FOOD WASTE DISPOSER
20230001422 · 2023-01-05 ·

Provided is a food waste disposer. The food waste disposer according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a housing; a grinder detachably installed inside the housing and configured to grind food waste accommodated therein; and a deodorizer positioned to a side of the grinder, and configured to suck a smell generated from the grinder and discharge the smell to outside of the housing, wherein the grinder includes: a grinding case; a rotating grinder including a plurality of blades rotatably installed at different heights inside the grinding case; and a wall grinder including a protrusion protruding inward from the grinding case at a different height from the plurality of blades, the wall grinder detachably installed on a side wall of the grinding case.

Fluid treatment apparatus

A fluid treatment apparatus including a photocatalyst filter having a first surface and a second surface, a light source unit spaced apart from the photocatalyst filter to provide light to the first surface, a housing including an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path formed between the photocatalyst filter and the light source, and a guide member disposed at one side of the housing and including at least one slat to guide a movement direction of a fluid, in which the slat is inclined at least in a direction closer to the first surface of the photocatalyst filter along an advancing direction of the flow path when an air flow rate of the fluid has a first value, and in a direction away from the first surface of the photocatalyst filter along the advancing direction when the air flow rate of the fluid is greater than the first value.

Refrigerator

A refrigerator includes a deodorizer installed on an upper surface of a storage compartment. The deodorizer includes a housing in which a flow path is provided, a suction port provided on a lower surface of the housing to suck air, a discharge port provided in the front of the suction port to discharge air, a photocatalytic deodorizing filter disposed at an inner side of the suction port, and a filter light source configured to irradiate light to the photocatalytic deodorizing filter, the flow path is configured to guide air from a rear lower side where the suction port is positioned to a front lower side where the discharge port is positioned, and the filter light source is disposed above the photocatalytic deodorizing filter to face the photocatalytic deodorizing filter in a state of being spaced apart from each other, and positioned above air passing through the flow path.

Pop-out diffuser and mobile-power-base apparatus and method
11541143 · 2023-01-03 ·

A compact diffuser integrates an atomizer and droplet separator into a surrounding sleeve, threadable to a bottle neck as an assembly. The assembly fits into a base, housing a motor and air pump, sealing the sleeve to a silo in the housing. Controls set time span of intermittent operation, intervening delay, and volumetric flow rate. The assembly pops into (and out of) the top end of a silo in the base, registering (aligning) circumferentially and axially to seal an air path from the pump to the atomizer. Access for applying force to the bottom of the assembly facilitates popping out the assembly when empty, or to simply change scent by changing out the assembly. Entire assemblies may be stored to simplify exchange and reduce chances for spills from reservoirs.

Extraction hood
20220410051 · 2022-12-29 ·

An extraction hood includes a casing having one or more suction openings or mouths and a connection system to an outlet duct for the removal of the drawn air filter. Inside the casing there are one or more filters and one or more UV lamps designed to be used for disinfection, for the abatement of smells and greases, and for self-cleaning purposes.

AIR PURIFIER
20220410064 · 2022-12-29 ·

Provided is an air cleaner, and more specifically, to an air cleaner in which a filter part using a photocatalyst is formed in a module type to facilitate replacement and cleaning and which includes an insert fan which is disposed inward from a suction port of a casing forming an exterior and including the suction port disposed at one side and a discharge port disposed at the other side, and suctions ambient air, a driving motor provided to be axially detachably coupled to the insert fan in a direction from the discharge port, and a suction unit fixing part in which an accommodation space, into which the insert fan and the driving motor are fixedly inserted in the direction from the suction port toward the discharge port and which is finished by inserting a cover member in the direction from the discharge port.