Air purifier

• US 5,759,239 A
• Filed: 05/07/1997
• Issued: 06/02/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yu, Chi-Chin
• Original Assignee: Yu, Chi-Chin
• Inventors: Yu, Chi-Chin
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiesa, Richard L.
• Application Number:
  US08/852,376
• Time in Patent Office: 391 Days
• Field of Search: 96/1, 96/3, 96/16, 96/55, 96/60-63, 96/65, 96/66, 96/59, 96/69, 96/80, 96/68, 55/279, 95/28, 95/78, 422/24, 422/121, D23/364, D23/365
• US Class Current: 96/3
• CPC Class Codes: B03C 3/155 Filtration

Abstract

An air purifier including a housing which has two air intake passages at two lateral sides and an induced-draft fan in an air accumulation chamber between the air intake passages, a plurality of air filters respectively mounted between the air accumulation chamber and the air intake passages, each air filter including two electrically insulative frames fastened together, and a plurality of metal wire gauze filters, and a high-voltage static electricity generator mounted inside the housing and connected to one metal wire gauze filter, the high-voltage static electricity generator providing high-voltage positive static electricity to one metal wire gauze filters, causing the other metal wire gauze filters to produce positive static electricity at one side and negative static electricity at an opposite side for catching dust from air passing through.

Claims

1. An air purifier comprising:

a housing having two air intake passages at two opposite lateral sides thereof through which outside air passes to the inside of said housing, an air output port at a bottom side thereof, an air intake chamber communicating between said air intake passages and said air output port;

an induced-draft fan mounted in the air intake chamber of said housing and adapted to induce air from said air intake passages through said air intake chamber toward said air output port;

a plurality of air filters respectively mounted inside said housing and adapted to filter air passing from said air intake passages to said air intake chamber, each of said air filters comprising two electrically insulative frames fastened together, a first electrically conductive air filter element and at least one second electrically conductive air filter element spaced within said electrically insulative frames; and

a high-voltage static electricity generator mounted inside said housing and connected to the first electrically conductive air filter element of each of said air filters;

wherein said high-voltage static electricity generator is controlled to provide high-voltage static electricity to said first electrically conductive air filter element, causing said at least one second electrically conductive air filter element to produce positive static electricity at one side and negative static electricity at an opposite side for catching dust from air passing through.

2. The air purifier of claim 1 wherein said housing has a flat structure and a face panel decorated with a design.

3. The air purifier of claim 1 wherein said housing comprises two vertical partition walls, an air accumulation chamber defined between said vertical partition walls, at least one opening disposed at each of said vertical partition walls and imparting a passage between said air intake passages and said air accumulation chamber, a transverse frame disposed inside said air accumulation chamber and adapted for guiding air from said air accumulation chamber to said air intake chamber.

4. The air purifier of claim 1 further comprising a magnetic element mounted inside said housing above said air intake chamber, said magnetic element producing magnetic lines of force that cut perpendicularly through air passing from said air intake passages to said air intake chamber, causing air to obtain energy.

5. The air purifier of claim 4 wherein said magnetic element is a magnet.

6. The air purifier of claim 1 further comprising a sterilizing lamp suspended above said air intake chamber and controlled to produce light for sterilizing air passing through said air intake chamber.

7. The air purifier of claim 1 wherein said induced-draft fan is a cylindrical fan.

8. The air purifier of claim 1 wherein said housing comprises a plurality of mounting grooves which receive said air filters.

9. The air purifier of claim 8 wherein said mounting grooves are respectively mounted with a respective metal spring plate, said metal spring plate being connected to high-voltage positive static electricity of said high-voltage static electricity generator;

the first electrically conductive air filter element of each air filters is disposed in contact with the metal spring plate in the corresponding mounting groove.

10. The air purifier of claim 1 wherein said first and at least one second electrically conductive air filter elements are respectively made by first flattening stainless steel wires by ramming, then curling flattened stainless steel wires, and then fastening twisted flattened stainless steel wires together to form a metal wire gauze filter.

11. The air purifier of claim 1 wherein said first and at least one second electrically conductive air filter elements are wire gauze filters formed of active carbon.

12. The air purifier of claim 1 wherein each of said air filter further comprises a plurality of electrically insulative plastic wire gauze filters mounted within its electrically insulative frames and respectively separated by its first and at least one second electrically conductive air filter elements.

13. The air purifier of claim 12 wherein said electrically insulative plastic wire gauze filters are made from nylon.

14. The air purifier of claim 1 wherein each of said air filters comprises two electrically insulative frames fastened together, a first electrically conductive air filter element and two second electrically conductive air filter elements spaced from two opposite sides of said first electrically conductive air filter element within said electrically insulative frames.

15. The air purifier of claim 1 wherein said high-voltage static electricity generator is controlled to provide high-voltage negative static electricity to said first electrically conductive air filter element, causing said at least one second electrically conductive air filter element to produce high-voltage positive static charges at one side adjacent to said first electrically conductive air filter element.

16. The air purifier of claim 1 wherein said high-voltage static electricity generator is controlled to provide high-voltage positive static electricity to said first electrically conductive air filter element, causing said at least one second electrically conductive air filter element to produce high-voltage negative static charges at one side adjacent to said first electrically conductive air filter element.

17. The air purifier of claim 1 wherein said high-voltage static electricity generator provides high-voltage positive static electricity to said the first electrically conductive air filter element of each of said air filters, and high-voltage negative static electricity to said air output port.