Patent ID: 9165756
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: A47L,A61L,F21V,H01J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for disinfecting a room, comprising: a discharge lamp configured to emit ultraviolet light; a housing encasing the discharge lamp, wherein a lower boundary of the housing comprises a fan for drawing air into the housing, and wherein an upper boundary of the housing comprises an ozone filter; a power circuit configured to operate the discharge lamp; a support structure supporting the discharge lamp; and a reflector assembly disposed above and over an uppermost surface of the discharge lamp, wherein an underside surface of the reflector assembly comprises a reflector dimensionally configured and slanted relative to a horizontal plane of the apparatus to redirect light emitted from the discharge lamp downwardly to a region exterior to the apparatus between approximately 2 feet and approximately 4 feet from a floor of a room in which the apparatus is arranged, wherein the reflector is spaced from the discharge lamp, and wherein the housing is affixed to the support structure and to the reflector assembly.