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Air treatment apparatus utilizing intercangeable cartidges
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H05B-003/00
F24F-001/02
출원번호
US-0652435
(1991-02-08)
우선권정보
FR-0005940 (1990-04-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Pelonis Kosta L. (c/o Pelko Electric Corporation
Carborundum Center
Suite 484
345 Third St. Niagara Falls NY 14303)
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초록▼
A single device adaptable to alter any one of a variety of air characteristics such as temperature, humidity, ion content, odor, etc. Several interchangeable cartridges are provided. Each cartridge has an apertured support structure, an air treatment element that alters a particular characteristic o
A single device adaptable to alter any one of a variety of air characteristics such as temperature, humidity, ion content, odor, etc. Several interchangeable cartridges are provided. Each cartridge has an apertured support structure, an air treatment element that alters a particular characteristic of an air flow through the cartridge, and male connectors. The device has a housing, a fan, and female connectors that cooperate with the male connectors to position any one of the cartridges on the housing to receive an air flow discharged from the fan. When interfitted, the connectors also complete an electric circuit to a power supply that provides current to any electrically-operable cartridge. A removable protective envelope contains the cartridge. The protective envelope has an arm that inserts through a housing slot to trip a switch controlling current flow from the power supply. When the protective envelope is removed, current flow to the cartridge is disabled, allowing safe handling of the cartridge. A push-button switch extending from the bottom of the housing disables current flow to the cartridge when the device is raised or inadvertently knocked over.
대표청구항▼
Air treatment apparatus selectively adaptable to alter different characteristics of air in an environment, the apparatus comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a fan operably mounted to the housing to create a pressurized air flow; (c) an interchangeable cartridge comprising a support structure apertured to
Air treatment apparatus selectively adaptable to alter different characteristics of air in an environment, the apparatus comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a fan operably mounted to the housing to create a pressurized air flow; (c) an interchangeable cartridge comprising a support structure apertured to allow a flow of air through the cartridge, the cartridge further comprising air treatment means attached to the support structure for altering a preselected characteristic of the air flow through the cartridge, the pressurized air flow of the fan being subsequently directed through the cartridge, the air treatment means of the cartridge being electrically-powered, the air-treatment means comprising: (1) a power supply contained within the housing; and (2) circuit-forming means coupling the air treatment means to the power supply whenever the mounting assembly secures the support structure of the cartridge to the housing, the circuit-forming means, comprising: a first pair of electrically conductive surfaces located on the housing and electrically connected to the power supply; a second pair of electrically conductive surfaces located on the cartridge and electrically connected to the air treatment means; the first and second pairs of electrically conductive surfaces being positioned to engage one another whenever the mounting assembly secures the support structure of the cartridge to the housing; (d) a mounting assembly for releaseably securing the support structure of the cartridge to the housing, the mounting assembly comprising a pair of male connectors and a pair of recessed female connectors shaped to closely receive the male connectors, the pair of male connectors being attached to one of the housing and the support structure of the cartridge, the pair of female connectors being attached to the other of the housing and the support structure of the cartridge, each of the male connectors defining a different one of the first pair of electrically conductive surfaces, and each of the female connectors defining a different one of the second pair of electrically conductive surfaces; (e) a protective envelope shaped to surround the cartridge; (f) envelope mounting means for releaseably securing the protective envelope to the housing thereby to surround the cartridge, the mounting means permitting displacement of the envelope between a first position in which the envelope is secured to the housing and a second position in which the envelope is removeable from the housing, the envelope mounting means comprising one of a groove and projection formed on the envelope and the other of a groove and projection formed on the housing, the groove and projection being shaped such that the envelope rotates through a predetermined angle between its first and second positions when the projection is received in the groove; (g) a switch in circuit with the power supply, the switch having a first state in which the switch enables current flow from the power supply to the air treatment means and a second state in which the switch disables current flow from the power supply to the air treatment means; and (h) a control member fixed to the envelope, the control member being so positioned relative to the envelope and relative to the switch that the control member orients the switch in its first state as the envelope is displaced from its second position to its first position and orients the switch in its second state as the envelope displaces from its first position to its second position, the switch being located within the housing and the control member extending into the housing through a slot formed in the housing, the control member rotating with the mounting member such that the control member contacts the switch as the envelope rotates toward its first position and disengages from the switch as the envelope rotates toward its second position; whereby, interchanging the cartridge with other cartridges having different air treatment means adapts the apparatus to alter different characteristics of the air in the environment.
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