Patent ID: 7722708

Claim:
An air purification apparatus comprising: a. a watertight chamber comprising a top portion having a water inlet, a bottom portion, a first air portal, a second air portal, and a plurality of shelves mounted between the top portion and the bottom portion; b. a means for supplying water to the water inlet; and c. a means for driving room air through the chamber from one air portal to the other, whereby the watertight chamber encloses the entire apparatus, and water supplied to the water inlet falls from the top portion of the chamber and cascades over the plurality of shelves to the bottom portion of the chamber, the cascading water mixing with and purifying the room air as it is driven through the chamber, the top portion further comprising a central wall adapted to cause water entering the water inlet to flow to either the right side or the left side of the chamber, the apparatus further comprising a reservoir in fluid communication with the bottom portion for holding a quantity of water therein, a right conduit and a left conduit, each conduit having a first end positioned for receiving water from the reservoir and a second end positioned for supplying water to the water inlet, and wherein the means for supplying water to the water inlet is a water pump, the water pump being in fluid communication with the reservoir and the conduits for driving water from the bottom portion to the water inlet.