US 7,537,647 B2
	Air purifier
Joel E. Adair, Racine, Wis. (US); Rene Maurice Beland, Waterford, Wis. (US); James R. Crapser, Racine, Wis. (US); C. Scott Eagleton, Chicago, Ill. (US); Thomas P. Gasper, Germantown, Wis. (US); Dennis W. Gruber, Arlington Heights, Ill. (US); Jeffrey L. Harwig, New Berlin, Wis. (US); and Padma Prabodh Varanasi, Racine, Wis. (US)
Assigned to S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, Wis. (US)
Filed on May 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/442,940.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/707350, filed on Aug. 11, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/707076, filed on Aug. 10, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0034082 A1, Feb. 15, 2007
Int. Cl. B03C 3/011 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 96—62  [55/434; 55/462; 55/467; 96/63; 96/97; 96/222; 261/DIG. 88]

13 Claims

1. An air purifier comprising a housing defining an inlet, an outlet spaced from the inlet, and an air flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet, the air flow path including a straight section extending from one of the inlet or the outlet, and an angled section extending from the straight section towards the other of the inlet or the outlet, wherein the angled section defines an angle with respect to the straight section that optimizes the purification of air moving through the device along the air flow path and a baffle disposed within the air flow path at the intersection of the straight section and the angled section wherein the baffle includes a narrow end connected to the housing and a wide end located opposite the narrow end and disposed within the air flow path.