Method of disinfecting air
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1. A method of disinfecting air comprising indirectly heating a porous wick having a top portion which is located in proximity to a source of heat and a bottom portion which is immersed in a liquid disinfecting composition such that the top portion of the wick has a temperature sufficient to generate particles of said disinfecting composition, which particles are then dispersed into air, wherein at least 90% of the particles which are generated have a particle size of no more than 5 microns and wherein the particles are effective to kill air borne bacteria.
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A method of disinfecting the air and killing air borne bacteria, etc., by creating particles of disinfecting compounds using a heated wick is disclosed. More particularly, this invention relates to a method of generating particles of compounds which are known to kill air borne bacteria when these compounds are dispersed in the air in the fore of small particles by generating these particles using a wick which is indirectly heated at near the top. The compositions include glycols selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, triethylene glycol and mixtures thereof.
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- 1. A method of disinfecting air comprising indirectly heating a porous wick having a top portion which is located in proximity to a source of heat and a bottom portion which is immersed in a liquid disinfecting composition such that the top portion of the wick has a temperature sufficient to generate particles of said disinfecting composition, which particles are then dispersed into air, wherein at least 90% of the particles which are generated have a particle size of no more than 5 microns and wherein the particles are effective to kill air borne bacteria.
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