Patent ID: 6974560

Claim:
An air conditioner device, comprising: a free-standing vertically elongated housing; a first plurality of vertically elongated louvers formed in said housing and defining a first air vent; a second plurality of vertically elongated louvers formed in a removable panel and defining a second air vent, said panel adapted to be secured to said housing; an ion generator positioned in said housing that creates an electro-kinetic airflow between said air vents; a vertically elongated germicidal lamp positioned in said housing between said air vents; and first and second vertically elongated walls adjacent said germicidal lamp, said first wall located between said first air vent and said lamp to prevent a user from looking through said first air vent and directly viewing UV radiation emitted from said lamp, said second wall located between said second air vent and said lamp to prevent a user from looking through said second air vent and directly viewing UV radiation emitter from said lamp; wherein said second wall is attached to said removable panel so that access is provided to said germicidal lamp when said panel is removed from said housing; and wherein said louvers defining said first air vent are generally planar and extend in a direction generally parallel to one another, and said louvers defining said second air vent are generally planar and extend in a direction generally parallel to one another, so as to not significantly impede air entering said housing and exiting said housing through said air vents.