Patent ID: 8038949

Claim:
A modular germicidal light grid system for use inside a plenum downstream of a cooling apparatus, the system comprising: a support assembly comprising: a plurality of elongate first members; and a plurality of elongate second members, wherein each of the plurality of elongate second members is mounted and positioned substantially perpendicular to at least one elongate first member to form a germicidal light grid; a plurality of lamp assemblies, each lamp assembly of the plurality of lamp assemblies constructed and arranged to mount to at least a portion of a respective said elongate second member of the support assembly at a predetermined position, each lamp assembly comprising a respective housing having a transverse axis, each housing defining at least one socket that extends at an acute angle relative to the transverse axis of the housing; and a plurality of linear germicidal light sources, each light source of the plurality of linear germicidal light sources having a longitudinal axis, a distal end constructed and arranged to mount within the at least one socket of the respective said housing, and an opposed unmounted proximal end, wherein at least one of the plurality of elongate first and second members is connected to a portion of the plenum, wherein the plurality of elongate first members and the plurality of elongate second members are positioned within a common plane, and wherein plurality of light sources extend such that the longitudinal axis of each light source is positioned at an acute light angle relative to the common plane.