Patent ID: 8703049

Claim:
An air purifying heating apparatus comprising: a housing having an interior space defined by walls of the housing; a support configured to elevate the housing above a support surface; a heater disposed within the housing; an ultra-violet light source disposed within the interior space of the housing and having a longitudinal axis defined along a longest length of the ultra-violet light source; at least two plates coated with a photocatalytic material positioned within the interior space of the housing at two different positions with respect to the ultra-violet light source such that light generated by the ultra-violet light source illuminates at least one surface of each of the at least two plates and wherein the at least one surface of each of the at least two plates illuminated by the ultra-violet light source define substantially parallel, non-intersecting planes, and are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the ultra-violet light source; a flow path defined by the housing such that air travels into the air purifying apparatus and first over one of the at least two plates illuminated by the ultra-violet light, next past the ultra-violet light, and subsequently past another one of the at least two plates and out of the air purifying apparatus; and a fan disposed within the interior space of the housing and configured to move air through the flow path.