Patent ID: 6544485
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: A61L,B60H,F24F

Abstract:
An air transporter-conditioner comprising:a housing defining at least one input port and one output port, and an air channel therebetween; a germicidal ultraviolet lamp, disposed in said housing, to emit radiation upon being energized; wherein said housing is configured to preclude human viewing of radiation emitted directly from said lamp when said lamp is energized; an electro-kinetic system, disposed in said housing, to create an airflow moving from said input port downstream to said output port, and to subject at least a portion of said airflow to at least a portion of radiation emitted by said lamp; said electro-kinetic system including a first electrode array having at least one electrically conductive electrode with a distal effective radius R1, and spaced-apart therefrom in a downstream direction therefrom a second electrode array having at least one electrically conductive electrode with a distal effective radius R2, where R2&gE;10R1, and further including a high voltage system configured to output pulses of duty cycle from about 10% to about 100% and being at least 5 KV magnitude peak-to-peak, said high voltage system coupled between said first electrode array and said second electrode array; wherein relative to air entering said input port, air exiting said output port of said air-transporter conditioner has at least one of (a) reduced levels of microorganisms, (b) reduced amount of particulate matter, (c) ions, and (d) ozone.