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AIR PURIFYING VACUUM CLEANER SYSTEM

  • US 20090200155A1
  • Filed: 04/25/2007
  • Published: 08/13/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An air purifying system for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:

  • an airflow reduction chamber insertable along an airflow passage of the vacuum cleaner so that air pumped by the vacuum cleaner passes in the airflow reduction chamber prior to being released out in the open, the airflow chamber having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an inner wall extending between the air inlet and the air outlet;

    an air deflector plate positioned in front of one of the air inlet and the air outlet inside the airflow reduction chamber;

    a UV lamp extending inside the airflow reduction chamber on a side of the air deflector plate opposite to said one of the air inlet and the air outlet, the UV lamp being of a type emitting radiations killing germs and bacteria, at least a portion of the inner wall of the airflow reduction chamber extending at a level of the UV lamp having a surface reflective to the radiations emitted by the UV lamp; and

    a control circuit for controlling operation of the UV lamp.

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