Patent ID: 6234241
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A61L,F24F

Abstract:
Hygienic air handler apparatus, comprising an indoor commercial and residential air handler enclosure having interior surfaces and first and second open ends for respectively connecting to a main return duct and a main distribution supply duct, and having successive mounts extending across the enclosure successively from the first end toward the second end for mounting a filter on one mount, a heat exchanger on one mount, the heat exchanger being a heat exchange evaporator coil wherein relative humidity of air in the enclosure is increased by chilling the air, which provides dampness on the interior surfaces, and a blower connected to the air handler enclosure, a dense, non-porous, highly reflective coating on substantially all of the interior surfaces of the air handler for discouraging and prohibiting adherence and preventing growth on the damp, coated interior surfaces of mold, algae, bacterial germs, viruses and other organisms and microorganisms and preventing adherence of allergens to the dense, non-porous, highly reflective surface coating.