Screen having an air cleaning function

• US 5,264,015 A
• Filed: 09/08/1992
• Issued: 11/23/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Japan Air Curtain Company, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Japan Air Curtain Company, Ltd.
• Inventors: Matsui, Shigeo
• Primary Examiner(s): Hart, Charles
• Application Number:
  US07/941,984
• Time in Patent Office: 441 Days
• Field of Search: 55/188-192, 55/467, 55/473, 55/DIG. 29
• US Class Current: 55/467
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/0071 with means for purifying supplied air perfuming or deodorising means F24F1/008
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2009/002 Room dividers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2221/12 transportable
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 8/108 using dry filter elements
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 9/00 Use of air currents for screening, e.g. air curtains
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/20 Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/29 Air curtains

Abstract

A space surrounded by screens to provide a stable negative pressure preventing contaminated air from flowing out of the space and cleaning the contaminated air before discharged from the space. Air ports and fans are provided in the screen.

Claims

1. Apparatus comprising a filter assembly and an air curtain assembly housed in a vertical body and separated from each other, the body having an inner wall and an outer wall;

said filter assembly comprising an air inlet in the inner wall and an outlet opening in the outer wall, a filter located in said air inlet; and

a fan located within said body between said inlet and outlet openings;

said air curtain assembly further comprising an air inlet in the inner wall, an air outlet in the upper end of said vertical body and a fan for directing the air entering through the air inlet upward through the opening on the top surface to form an air curtain above said body.

2. Apparatus comprising a filter assembly and an air curtain assembly housed in a vertical body and separated from each other, the body having an inner wall and an outer wall;

said filter assembly comprising an air inlet in the inner wall and an outlet opening in the outer wall, a filter located in said air inlet; and

a fan located within said body between said inlet and outlet openings;

said air curtain assembly further comprising an air inlet in the inner wall, an air outlet in the upper end of said vertical body and a fan for directing the air entering through the air inlet upward through the opening on the top surface to form an air curtain above said body;

wherein said air outlet in said air filter assembly discharges greater amounts of air than the amount discharged from said air curtain assembly.

3. Apparatus comprising a filter assembly and an air curtain assembly housed in a vertical body and separated from each other, the body having an inner wall and an outer wall;

said filter assembly comprising an air inlet in the inner wall and an outlet opening in the outer wall, a filter located in said air inlet; and

a fan located within said body between said inlet and outlet openings;

said air curtain assembly further comprising an air inlet in the inner wall, an air outlet in the upper end of said vertical body and a fan for directing the air entering through the air inlet upward through the opening on the top surface to form an air curtain above said body;

wherein said filter assembly and said air curtain assembly are separated by a plate.