Patent ID: 9308289
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61L,F24F,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. An air purifying luminaire comprising: a light fixture having a first compartment adjacent a second compartment, said first compartment containing one or more germicidal lamps concealed in said first compartment for emitting ultraviolet light, and said second compartment containing one or more lamps illuminating a desired area away from said light fixture; and a fixture inlet spaced from and in flow communication with a fixture outlet thereby forming a throughway passing adjacent said one or more germicidal lamps, whereby a cooling convection flow of air enters said light fixture through said fixture inlet and passes said one or more germicidal lamps concealed in said light fixture and exits said light fixture through said fixture outlet when said one or more germicidal lamps is in operation, thereby sterilizing said convection flow of air, wherein the one or more lamps illuminating the desired area is not a germicidal lamp, wherein said first compartment includes one or more baffles including a first baffle defining a wall located inside said first compartment, between said one or more germicidal lamps and the fixture outlet and separated from the fixture outlet, and extending in a direction of a length of said one or more germicidal lamps for sufficiently reducing the ultraviolet light emitted from said one or more germicidal lamps from leaking outwardly away from the fixture outlet, wherein the one or more baffles include absorptive coating on interior surfaces of the one or more baffles for absorbing the ultraviolet light, wherein the interior surfaces are located on sides of the one or more baffles facing the one or more germicidal lamps.