1044 results about "HEPA" patented technology

A vacuum cleaner includes a first housing defining a cyclonic airflow chamber and a second housing defining a main suction opening that is in communication with an inlet of the cyclonic chamber. A suction source has a suction airstream inlet in communication with an outlet of the cyclonic chamber, and establishes a suction airstream that enters said main suction opening, passes through said cyclonic chamber, and passes to an outlet of said suction source. A substantial portion of particulates entrained in the suction airstream are separated therefrom when said suction airstream moves in a cyclonic fashion through the cyclonic chamber. A main filter assembly, preferably including filter medium comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), is located in the cyclonic chamber so that a suction airstream moving from the main suction opening to the inlet of said suction source by way of the cyclonic airflow chamber passes through the filter medium thereof after said airstream moves in a cyclonic fashion within the cyclonic airflow chamber to remove residual particulates from the suction airstream before it leaves the cyclonic chamber. A HEPA filter can be provided to filter the suction airstream exhausted through the outlet of the suction source prior to the airstream being discharged from the vacuum.

A high efficiency filtration medium comprised of a nonwoven filter web of electret charged fibers of a nonconductive thermoplastic resin having a resistivity greater than 1014 ohm-cm, preferably polypropylene. The nonwoven filter web has a basis weight (BW) of less than 60 grams / m2, an effective fiber diameter (EFD) of less than 5 microns and a penetration (PEN) of less than 0.03%, wherein the ratio); BW / (EFD.PEN) is greater than 200. The invention filter medium can be easily used in applications requiring HEPA performance at relatively low pressure drops.

There is provided a vacuum cleaner filer bag including at least two sidewalls which sidewalls are joined by seams. At least one first sidewall comprises a film laminate of a heat sealable film layer and a film support layer. At least one second sidewall comprises a filter laminate comprising at least a synthetic fiber filter layer and synthetic fiber support layer where the at least one first sidewall is joined to adjacent sidewalls by thermal seams. The filter layer is preferably a high efficiency microfiber filter media which provides HEPA level performance for the vacuum cleaner bag.

A portable, variable speed cabin air purifier (10) operates independently of a vehicle HVAC system and is constructed as an armrest or console (114) that can be placed on any passenger seat and held in place by the seat belt. The air purifier (10) may also be strapped to the floor of a van or SUV, or be positioned in the trunk (100) of a sedan with ducting (104, 108) installed into the vehicle cabin. A 12 volt DC blower (48) can be connected to the cigarette lighter outlet (62) or permanently wired in. Three to five replaceable packed bed filter media packets (70-76), a HEPA filter (78) and a carbon impregnated filter (80) may be installed. The filter media packets (70-76) comprise filter media envelopes (86) of a non-woven, gross particulate filter material packed with other filter media (88), including desiccants, sorbents, chemisorbents, pelletized and granular carbon particles, and catalysts, and are placed between grates (82, 84) and installed in a selected sequence.

A portable air purifier for reducing pollutants in the passenger cabin of a vehicle to concentrations at least as low as the US-EPA National Ambient Air Quality Standards for: carbon monoxide, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and particulate matter; plus benzene to a European ambient air standard. The purifier includes an air inlet and air outlet in communication with the vehicle cabin, with air circulation provided by a DC electric motor / blower attachable to a vehicle power plug. The filter assembly includes a specified series of filter media packets and a HEPA filter. The machine's preferred location is in the center of a rear seat where it can serve as an armrest / console and be secured by a seat belt.

A self-powered, personally wearable air purifier includes a sequence of packed bed filter media packets having filter media therein of specifically targeted types that will absorb those ambient air pollutants that have been identified as being particularly dangerous to human health. A HEPA filter is included for the removal of particulate matter that will have adhered thereto many of such pollutants. Media types can be selected to meet different environmental circumstances, including normal highway or city center air, or terrorist attacks of chemical, biological or “dirty bomb” types as on a battlefield or similar environments. Shoulder straps and a chest strap are provided for wearing the apparatus on a user's back, or other means such as a shoulder pouch can also be employed. Emergency substitution of filter media using thermal insulation from the clothing of the user is available upon depletion of the normal media material.

A filter system including a method for self cleaning the filter system of an electronic equipment enclosure where air flow is monitored either by monitoring fan performance or air flow velocity through the enclosure. The system includes two filters elements, an upstream ASHRAE or HEPA filter element to block particulate matter and a downstream PTFE filter element to block water vapor. The ASHRAE or HEPA filter element is relatively inexpensive and easy to clean. The PTFE filter element is more expensive and difficult to clean. Thus, the cheaper filter is used to protect the more expensive filter from contaminants and to increase its useful life. The method of self cleaning includes stopping the fan when a signal is received indicating a predetermined resistance to air flow which is a function of blockage of the filter elements, thereafter operating the fan at an increased rotational velocity to determine whether the fan itself is malfunctioning, thereafter slowing and stopping the fan to allow the fan to be reversed, rotating the fan in reverse for a predetermined period of time, such as five minutes, thereafter slowing and stopping the fan and returning the fan to its usual rotational velocity and direction. If the resistance to air flow is still above a predetermined level, the fan is again slowed, stopped and reversed and then returned to normal operation. The reversal operation can be conducted a multiple number of times, however, after a predetermined number, a signal is sent requesting maintenance.

A vacuum collector is provided comprising a suction hose, a first drum with a cover having a cylindrical head capable of generating powerful, small-diameter cyclones, a second drum capable of generating large-diameter cyclones, and a stack of three modules containing vacuum-producing motors atop a HEPA filter atop primary filters. The suction hose is connected to the inlet of the small-diameter cyclone-generating head on the cover of the first drum. The stack of modules containing motors, HEPA filter, and primary filters is mounted on the second drum. The two cyclonic drums communicate through a flexible vacuum hose. When the vacuum-producing motors pull air from the interior of the vacuum collector, the suction hose sucks atmospheric air mixed with contaminants from a surface into the head, which spins the contaminant-laden air-stream into a powerful, small-diameter cyclone. As a result of cyclonic action, the contaminant laden air-stream spirals to the bottom of the first drum, deposits most of its contaminants, reverses course, exits the drum, and enters the second drum, where it spins into a large-diameter cyclone, deposits more contaminants, passes through the primary and HEPA filters, and exhausts via the vacuum-producing motors. Collectors comprising more than two communicating cyclonic drums for tailored environmental remediation are also described.

An air conditioner and filtering unit produces a positive or negative pressure to create an isolation space. A common air intake plenum has first and second inlets for admitting return air from the space or outside air which may be from a building main A / C system supply. Sanitized, cleaned and conditioned air is returned to the conditioned space; and condenser air is exhausted outside the conditioned space. The air intake plenum may be common to both the condenser air flow and to the evaporator air flow. A HEPA filter cleans the air suppled to both the condenser and the evaporator. A slide damper or other arrangement selectively opens and closes air flow through the first and second air inlets into the common intake plenum. This permits creation of overpressure, underpressure, or an intermediate pressure in the conditioned space. All air supplied to the room and all air exhausted from the room is cleaned and sanitized. The unit is self-contained and portable.

An improved inlet silencer / filter for an oxygen concentrator includes a HEPA filter and an adjoining chamber for receiving air flow from the HEPA filter. The chamber is surrounded on one face by the HEPA filter, and by sound absorbing padding on at least 4 other faces. Air is forced from the HEPA filter, through the open chamber and then through the sound absorbing padding by a flow restrictor plate. Air flows from here through air channels and into an open chamber leading to an outlet from the air silencer / filter.

The invention discloses an indoor air purifier which comprises a tank, a base and a filter mechanism. Keys are mounted on the tank and the tank is mounted on the base. An air inlet is formed in the bottom of the tank, and an air outlet is formed in the top of the tank. A backwards-inclined centrifugal fan is arranged on the top of the tank, located over the filtering mechanism, and electrically connected with a power supply circuit of the whole purifier. The filter mechanism is arranged in an inner cavity of the tank and is of a cylindrical structure. The filter mechanism comprises a first aluminium alloy filter screen, a first sterilization cloth layer, an activated carbon layer, a second sterilization cloth layer, an high efficiency particulate air filter (HEPA) layer, a photocatalyst filter layer and a second aluminium alloy filter screen. The bottom of the filter mechanism is sealed, an annular air flue is formed between the outer wall of the filter mechanism and the inner wall of the tank and communicated with the air inlet, and an inner cavity of the filter mechanism is communicated with the air outlet. Through layered filtering and purifying effects of the filter mechanism, indoor air is effectively purified and exhausted out of the air outlet finally.

A vacuum cleaner includes a first housing defining a cyclonic airflow chamber and a second housing defining a main suction opening that is in communication with an inlet of the cyclonic chamber. A suction source has a suction airstream inlet in communication with an outlet of the cyclonic chamber, and establishes a suction airstream that enters said main suction opening, passes through said cyclonic chamber, and passes to an outlet of said suction source. A substantial portion of particulates entrained in the suction airstream are separated therefrom when said suction airstream moves in a cyclonic fashion through the cyclonic chamber. A main filter assembly, preferably including filter medium comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), is located in the cyclonic chamber so that a suction airstream moving from the main suction opening to the inlet of said suction source by way of the cyclonic airflow chamber passes through the filter medium thereof after said airstream moves in a cyclonic fashion within the cyclonic airflow chamber to remove residual particulates from the suction airstream before it leaves the cyclonic chamber. A HEPA filter can be provided to filter the suction airstream exhausted through the outlet of the suction source prior to the airstream being discharged from the vacuum.

Filtration media are disclosed for use in high efficiency air filters for filtering particulate matter in air. The media make use of at least one layer of fibers having a diameter less than 1000 nanometers sandwiched between two scrim layers to achieve high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration performance at relatively low pressure drops.

A vacuum cleaner includes a first housing defining a cyclonic airflow chamber and a second housing defining a main suction opening that is in communication with an inlet of the cyclonic chamber. A suction source has a suction airstream inlet in communication with an outlet of the cyclonic chamber, and establishes a suction airstream that enters said main suction opening, passes through said cyclonic chamber, and passes to an outlet of said suction source. A substantial portion of particulates entrained in the suction airstream are separated therefrom when said suction airstream moves in a cyclonic fashion through the cyclonic chamber. A main filter assembly, preferably including filter medium comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), is located in the cyclonic chamber so that a suction airstream moving from the main suction opening to the inlet of said suction source by way of the cyclonic airflow chamber passes through the filter medium thereof after said airstream moves in a cyclonic fashion within the cyclonic airflow chamber to remove residual particulates from the suction airstream before it leaves the cyclonic chamber. A HEPA filter can be provided to filter the suction airstream exhausted through the outlet of the suction source prior to the airstream being discharged from the vacuum.

A self-contained air conditioner unit incorporates an energy recovery ventilator portion that brings about several changes of room air per hour with outdoor fresh air. There is an outdoor air intake plenum which furnishes the fresh air and the condenser air for the condenser coil, and a return air plenum. Air from the room return air plenum is HEPA filtered and conducted to the evaporator coil and evaporator fan, and is supplied back into the conditioned space. The energy recovery ventilator has a counterflow heat exchanger core situated between the return air plenum and the fresh air intake plenum, as well as two ventilation fans, one (or both) of which may be of variable or multiple speed. By controlling the fan speeds, it is possible to produce a neutral pressure, a positive or overpressure, or a negative or underpressure in the conditioned space. The unit can be wheeled into place and installed easily by personnel without special training. The unit can be scaled up in size and capacity for a larger room or whole house applications, or scaled down for smaller rooms or window mounting.

The invention is a filter for gaseous media in which nano alumina fibers and second fibers are arranged in a matrix to create asymmetrical pores. The filter is a high efficiency, high capacity particulate filter that intercepts pathogens and other particulate matter from gaseous media, including vapor-suspended particles. The new filter has an improved retention of water-aerosolized particles as compared to conventional HEPA filters and may be used as a pre-filter that extends the life of HEPA filters by about five to ten times. The invention is also a method of manufacturing and using the filter.

The invention discloses an electronic nose for detecting indoor air quality. The electronic nose mainly comprises a nose frame, a shell, a suction fan, HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) filter paper, a nasal cavity, a gas sensor array and a processing circuit integration module thereof, a DSP (digital signal processor), a human-computer interaction interface, a harmful gas absorption and purification device and the like. The electronic nose is characterized in that indoor air to be detected is sucked into the nasal cavity by the suction fan through the HEPA filter paper to perform a full reaction with the gas sensor array; the measurement and identification of harmful gases in the air are completed inside the nasal cavity; then the harmful gas absorption and purification device is used for absorbing and purifying harmful gases with high concentration. The electronic nose has the characteristics of small size, anti-interference, quickness, accuracy, secondary pollution prevention and the like, and is suitable for detecting the harmful gases in the indoor air.

A modular recycling cleaning system comprising in combination: a pressure washing and control module, a vacuum motor assembly module, a reservoir module, an air / liquid separator module, a flexible hose system, a control system and a cleaning head, capable of being easily configured so as to function as any one of: a straight through pressure washer with cleaning liquid supplied from an external source; a straight through pressure washer with cleaning liquid supplied internally from an integral water reservoir; a recycling pressure washer with cleaning liquid being supplied and reused from an integral cleaning liquid reservoir replenished with cleaning liquid by means of a vacuum recovery system; a straight through pressure washer with recovery of contaminated cleaning liquid but without reuse; a conventional wet vacuum cleaning system or a conventional dry vacuum cleaning system. The appliance being capable of further configuration as a shampooing machine. Further preferred embodiments of the invention include the possible integration of a vane separator and / or a HEPA filter on the vacuum system exhaust; a coacting switch and control for the pressure pump and the vacuum recovery system such that maximum electric current draw remains below a threshold; IPX5 water resistance of the system; various filtering arrangements for both the air and the liquid drawn into the system and a compact coaxial hose set connecting the cleaner body to the hand piece.

The invention discloses a lifting-controllable smoke abatement moxibustion box and a use method thereof, which are convenient for people to implement moxibustion alone. The box mainly comprises a box bottom, a box body, a micro stepper motor, a singlechip control center, a wireless receiving and dispatching module, a power supply, a gear, a rack, a sliding rail, a sliding block, a moxa stick clamp, a HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) layer, a remote controller and the like. The box and the method have the following characteristics: 1 the remote controller can be used for controlling the singlechip control center, the up-down movement of the moxa stick clamp is realized through the roation of the micro stepper motor, and the movement can be corrected to 1 mm, so that the effect of controlling the moxibustion temperature can be indirectly achieved, and more convenience is brought to users to implement the moxibustion at acupoints on backs alone; 2 moxa smoke can be removed furthest through two smoke abatement devices of the HEPA layer and the active carbon layer, so that the dissipation of indoor smoke and smell is reduced, and the two smoke abatement materials can be dismounted and cleaned for recycling; 3 the moxibustion time can be reasonably adjusted through setting a timer; 4 vertical moxibustion is guaranteed during moxibustion, and has the basically identical effect with hanging moxibustion of holding moxa sticks in hands; and 5 the structure is simple and light.

A glove box for handling harmful material is formed to be lightweight and modular in design, allowing for use in the field and various remote locations where a full laboratory is not available. The tank portion of the glove box is formed of a rigid, lightweight plastic and includes a number of standard-sized passageways for connecting other components (intake filter, exhaust filter, input / output containers, gasketed gloves, etc), allowing for modularity in its configuration. The top portion of the glove box may include a transparent window for viewing the material within the glove box. Filter components utilize HEPA filter elements and a separate, portable power supply is used to control a vacuum fan included in an exhaust filter. The power supply can also be used to perform diagnostic tests on the glove and may include a battery back-up.

A patient isolation unit including a foldable frame body, a flexible envelope made of a flammable resin sheet which can be attached to the assembled frame body, and an exhauster to discharge or exhaust the air from the envelope. The exhauster includes a UV lamp, an HEPA filter, and a blower.

A dual filtration lateral flow containment enclosure is described wherein an air evacuation system is used to provide negative airflow between an upstream filtration system and a downstream filtration system. The enclosure may be arranged such that there is no unfiltered venting between the environment and the interior of the enclosure if so desired. Furthermore, the filtration systems are arranged for the insertion of multiple types of filters, for example, HEPA filters, chemical filters, biological filters and the like for specific removal of air-borne materials from the air flow.

A large capacity HEPA filter is produced having a layered filter medium unitarily formed by an upstream non-woven fabric, which can remove 70 to 90% of 0.3 μm particles, and a downstream non-woven fabric, which can remove 99.9% of 0.3 μm particles or more. The layered filter medium is shaped as a mini pleat shape in a thickness direction and an entire shape in the thickness direction is a plurality of continuous Vs. Also, a dust collecting device having such a large capacity HEPA filter is produced and an air intake device for a gas turbine is provided with such a dust collecting device.

An air conditioner and filtering unit produces a positive or negative pressure to create an isolation space. A common air intake plenum has first and second inlets for admitting return air from the space or outside air which may be from a building main A / C system supply. Sanitized, cleaned and conditioned air is returned to the conditioned space; and condenser air is exhausted outside the conditioned space. The air intake plenum may be common to both the condenser air flow and to the evaporator air flow. A HEPA filter cleans the air suppled to both the condenser and the evaporator. A slide damper or other arrangement selectively opens and closes air flow through the first and second air inlets into the common intake plenum. This permits creation of overpressure, underpressure, or an intermediate pressure in the conditioned space. All air supplied to the room and all air exhausted from the room is cleaned and sanitized. The unit is self-contained and portable.

An air purifier provides various air purification functions relating to various environmental conditions by increasing a purification function relative to specific contaminants through replacement of a filter based on the environment to be purified. The air purifier includes a main body of a structure allowing air to pass therethrough. A replaceable filter is received into the main body and is replaceable on a basis of the environmental properties of a space to be purified, removing contaminants in the air passing through the main body. Further, the air purifier includes a dust collecting unit to charge dust particles electrically and to collect the dust particles by electrostatic attraction. In addition, a metal filter functions to collect the dust particles charged in the dust collecting unit, and a HEPA filter is used to collect micro-contaminants. The metal filter is positioned in front of the HEPA filter.

A cartridge device containing UVC for air disinfection that comprises individual ultraviolet bulb, HEPA / Carbon filter, LED for detection of replacement, ballast and electrical components; cartridge is plugged into a backplane which allows for easy installation and servicing of all components. The backplane powers the device and can be encased in various configurations which can be used in multiple applications, including portable and permanent air treatment devices.

A controlled atmosphere incubator having an interior chamber adapted to be heated and humidified. An easily accessed blower is located within the gaseous environment of the incubator chamber and includes a HEPA filter and VOC filter readily replaceable by the user from within the chamber.

Extracts prepared from red and high-pigment beetroots (Beta vulgaris L.) with a solvent, such as a water-containing solvent, possess antioxidant activity as demonstrated by a panel of assays. These extracts also have an ability to induce quinone reductase in Murine hepatoma cell (Hepa 1c1c7) cultured in vitro. Fractions purified from the active extracts also possess antioxidant activity and retain quinone reductase-inducing activity in the Hepa 1c1c7 cell line. The active extracts, purified by column, thin layer, and high-performance liquid chromatographic techniques, include betalains. A method of extracting a betalain includes steps of freeze-drying a source containing the betalain; grinding the freeze-dried source; and extracting the betalain from the ground source with the solvent. Additionally, the betalain extract can be isolated betalain components, such as by chromatography.

The invention provides honeycomb activated carbon with a good purification function. The honeycomb activated carbon is characterized by consisting of the following components in percentage by weight: 50 to 75 percent of activated carbon, 20 to 40 percent of silicate, 3 to 15 percent of negative ion powder, and 1 to 5 percent of nano TiO2 powder. The activated carbon is prepared by the steps of mixing, ball-milling, filter-pressing and drying, pugging, performing extrusion molding, drying and calcining. An air purifier which is prepared from the activated carbon comprises a shell; two ends of the shell are provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; the air purifier is characterized in that: three plane filter plates, namely primary filter cotton, a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) high-efficiency filter element, and a cellular activated carbon sieve are sequentially arranged in the shell from the air inlet to the air outlet; and the three plane filter plates are parallel to the planes of the air inlet and the air outlet; and a fan is fixed on a support arranged in the shell, and a rotation shaft of the fan is vertical to the plane filter plates.