Patent ID: 6270559
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
A method of filtering dust, dust mites, bacteria, pollutants, and other particulate matter from an incoming air flow in residential and commercial heating and air conditioning systems, comprising passing the incoming air flow through an aqua air filter located in a location within a furnace where conventional furnace filters are located, the aqua air filter comprised of a small upper cylinder with several holes perforated in the base of the cylinder, a large lower cylinder having a solid base with holes perforated in an upper part of the large lower cylinder wall and a hole in the center of the solid base, the small upper cylinder and large lower cylinder adapted to hold a water and paraffin bath, a bolt within the hole of the base of the large lower cylinder, the bolt made of the same material as the cylinders, a damper comprised of two cone-shaped units perforated with a series of holes, the holes in the first cone-shaped unit offset from the holes in the second cone-shaped unit, the damper sitting on top of the small upper cylinder to prevent splashing of water, a plastic nut attached to the bolt of the lower cylinder so that the upper and lower cylinders are attached, a holding plate with a hole in the plate which accommodates the two cylinders within the furnace, and an external water reservoir connected to the aqua air filter by an air pipe and a water pipe, one end of the air pipe and water pipe connected to the wall of the upper small cylinder and the other end of the air pipe and water pipe connected to the external water reservoir, the external water reservoir designed to maintain proper water level in the aqua air filter.