Patent ID: 6045596
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: A61B,B01D

Abstract:
A filter system adapted to remove a contaminant from a fluid stream generated by a source within an enclosure, comprising:an arm within said enclosure having one end mounted on the enclosure and having a free end adapted to be moved adjacent the source;a filter mounted on said arm, said filter having an inlet and an outlet;a first tube having first and second ends, said first tube first end adapted to be disposed adjacent the source, said first tube second end connected to said filter inlet;a vacuum means for creating a pressure differential mounted within the enclosure, said vacuum means having an inlet and an outlet;a second tube having first and second ends, said second tube first end connected to said filter outlet, said second tube running along said arm, and said second tube second end connected to said vacuum means inlet;said enclosure being a treatment room comprising structural walls, a structural ceiling, and a structural floor;said treatment room also comprising a finished ceiling, and a ceiling volume defined by said finished ceiling, said structural ceiling, and said structural walls; andsaid vacuum means mounted to said finished ceiling and within said ceiling volume;whereby said vacuum means may draw the fluid stream sequentially through said first tube, said filter and said second tube, and may exhaust said fluid stream through said vacuum means.