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Chemical reagent package and method of operation effective at removing a wide range of odors

  • US 5,891,221 A
  • Filed: 10/21/1997
  • Issued: 04/06/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for continuously removing undesirable odor vapors from a first air stream and releasing them into a second air stream comprising:

  • a plurality of wicking fibers each including a longitudinally extending channel with a longitudinally extending opening;

    a liquid composition including sodium permanganate having an affinity for the undesirable odor vapors disposed within the channels of said plurality of wicking fibers;

    means for directing the first air stream across a part of said plurality of wicking fibers into contact with said liquid along said longitudinally extending openings whereby said liquid absorbs the undesirable odor vapors; and

    ,said plurality of wicking fibers disposed to extend from the first air stream into the second air stream which strips away the undesirable odor vapors.

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