Patent ID: 6406367
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: F24F,Y02B

Abstract:
An air filtration system within an air conditioning unit, said system comprising:a sensor for sensing contaminants in the air in the space being heated or cooled by the air conditioning unit; an air filter within the air conditioning unit; a fan for moving air through the air filter within the air conditioning unit; a receiver for receiving control information for the air conditioning unit wherein the control information includes a selection of the operating modes of the air conditioning unit; a processor operative to note when the control information received by said receiver includes a command for an automatic air filtration mode of operation, whereby the processor is thereafter responsive to the sensor so as to activate the fan to move air through the filter at any time of day or night as long as the command for an automatic air filtration mode of operation is noted as having been received from the receiver.