Overspray collection booth

• US 7,004,932 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2003
• Issued: 02/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lester Szurko
• Original Assignee: Lester Szurko
• Inventors: Szurko, Lester
• Primary Examiner(s): Philogene, Pedro
• Application Number:
  US10/350,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20040147884A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,131 Days
• Field of Search: 604/289, 604/290, 132/333, 132/320, 118/634, 118/326, 452/5, 452/4, 239/120, 239/207, 239/204, 601/156
• US Class Current: 604/289
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/057 Spray nozzles; Generating atomised liquid
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 35/25 specially adapted for the application of sunscreen, tanning or self-tanning lotions
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 14/46 by washing the air charged with excess material

Abstract

A booth for the collection of tanning fluid overspray comprising a booth and a collection system. The booth is sized and shaped to enclose a person having a first side wall and a second side wall, the booth having an open portion sized and shaped for ingress and egress by a person. A plurality of vent apertures are spaced within the first side wall and the second side wall to provide effective collection of airborne particles within the booth. A plurality of venting conduit lines having a plurality of venting connections connected to the vent apertures is connected to a common collection line. A suction means connected to the common collection line provides suction within the venting conduit lines, the suction drawing airborne particles within the booth through the vent apertures, venting connections and the venting conduit lines. The suction means draws the airborne particles within the venting conduit lines into a collection means. The collection means contains water for dissolving water soluble airborne particles within the air drawn from the venting conduit lines.

Claims

1. A booth for the collection of tanning fluid overspray, the booth comprising:

a booth sized and shaped to enclose a person having a first side wall and a second side wall, the booth having an open portion sized and shaped for ingress and egress by a person;

a plurality of vent apertures within the first side wall and the second side wall, the vent apertures being vertically spaced within the first side wall and the second side wall corresponding to a plurality of vertically spaced anatomical zones of a user'"'"'s body to provide effective collection of airborne particles adjacent each vertically spaced anatomical zone;

a plurality of venting conduit lines having a plurality of venting connections connected to the vent apertures;

a common collection line collected to each of the plurality of venting conduit lines;

suction means connected to the common collection line providing suction within the venting conduit lines, the suction drawing airborne particles within the booth through the vent apertures, venting connections and the venting conduit lines; and

collection means adjacent to the suction means, the suction means drawing the airborne parties within the venting conduit lines into the collection means.

2. The booth of claim 1 wherein the venting conduit lines are angled downwardly toward the common collection line to provide a draining means for liquid gathering on interior walls of the venting conduit lines, the liquid gathering on the interior walls of the venting conduit lines draining into the common collection lines.

3. The booth of claim 2 wherein the suction means is connected to the common collection line at a point where gravity minimizes the amount of liquid being drawn into the suction means from the common collection line.

4. The booth of claim 3 further comprising a door sized and shaped to cover the open portion of the booth, the door having at least one air movement means increasing the air flow through the booth.

5. The booth of claim 4 further comprising a clean out point below the venting conduit line connections to the common collection line.

6. The booth of claim 5 further comprising at least one air flow control valve within the plurality of plurality of venting conduit lines.

7. The booth of claim 6 wherein the suction means is a motorized fan enclosed within a housing.

8. The booth of claim 7 wherein the collection means further comprises a dissolution means for dissolving dissolvable airborne particles.

9. An airborne matter collection booth assembly, the airborne matter collection booth assembly for collecting airborne matter adjacent a user'"'"'s body, the airborne matter collection booth assembly comprising:

a booth sized and shaped to enclose a user, the booth comprising at least two side walls and an ingress-egress portion, the ingress-egress portion extending intermediate the two side walls, the ingress-egress portion for enabling the user'"'"'s body to enter-exit the booth;

a plurality of vent apertures, the vent apertures being vertically spaced and extending through the side walls, the vent apertures corresponding to a plurality of vertically spaced anatomical zones of the user'"'"'s body, the vent apertures enabling effective collection of airborne matter adjacent each vertically spaced anatomical zone;

a plurality of venting conduit lines, the venting conduit lines being cooperatively associated with the vent apertures;

suction means, the suction means being cooperatively associated with the venting conduit lines for providing suction within the venting conduit lines, the suction directing the airborne matter through the vent apertures and the venting conduit lines; and

collection means, the collection means being cooperatively associated with the suction means, the suction means directing the airborne matter from the venting conduit lines into the collection means.

10. The booth assembly of claim 9 wherein the airborne matter comprises liquid particles and the venting conduit lines are angled downwardly toward the collection means, the downwardly angled venting conduit lines providing drain means, the drain means for directing liquid gathering on interior walls of the venting conduit lines into the collection means.

11. The booth assembly of claim 9 further comprising a door sized and shaped to cover the ingress-egress portion, the door comprising air movement means, the air movement means for increasing airflow through the booth.

12. The booth assembly of claim 9 wherein at least one venting conduit line comprises airflow control means.

13. The booth assembly of claim 9 wherein the collection means comprises dissolution means, the dissolution means for dissolving dissolvable airborne matter.

14. A booth for collecting airborne matter adjacent a user, the booth comprising:

at least two side walls and an ingress-egress portion, the ingress-egress portion extending intermediate the two side walls, the side walls being sized and shaped to surroundingly receive the user, the ingress-egress portion enabling the user to pass intermediate the side walls;

a plurality of vent apertures, the vent apertures being vertically spaced and extending through the side walls, the vent apertures corresponding to a plurality of vertically spaced anatomical zones, the vent apertures enabling collection of airborne matter adjacent each vertically spaced anatomical zone;

suction means, the suction means being cooperatively, associated with the vent apertures for providing suction adjacent thereto, the suction directing the airborne matter through the vent apertures; and

collection means, the collection means being cooperatively associated with the suction means, the suction means directing the airborne matter from the vent apertures into the collection means.

15. The booth of claim 14 wherein the suction means comprise a plurality of venting conduit lines, the venting conduit lines extending intermediate the vent apertures and the collection means.

16. The booth of claim 15 wherein the airborne matter comprises liquid particles and the venting conduit lines are angled downwardly toward the collection means, the downwardly angled venting conduit lines providing drain means, the drain means for directing liquid gathering on interior walls of the venting conduit lines into the collection means.

17. The booth of claim 14 further comprising a door sized and shaped to cover the ingress-egress portion, the door comprising air movement means, the air movement means for increasing airflow through the booth.

18. The booth of claim 16 wherein at least one venting conduit line comprises airflow control means.

19. The booth of claim 14 wherein the collection means comprises dissolution means, the dissolution means for dissolving dissolvable airborne matter.