IP Library Granted Patent US 8,974,735
Granted Patent B2
US 8,974,735 · App. 13/194,540 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

Air purification system

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Patent No.
US 8,974,735
App. No.
13/194,540
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air purification system includes an internally hollow cylindrical casing made of a non-conducting material; an inner electrode arranged on an inner surface of the supporting member; an outer electrode arranged on an outer surface of the supporting member; a photocatalyst filter arranged on an outer surface of the outer electrode for purifying air inside a plasma generation zone; and a power source for supplying power of opposite polarities to each of the inner electrode and the outer electrode so as to generate plasma. The photocatalyst filter includes a filter element, and the filter element includes a porous titanium foil having a non-periodic spongy structure impregnated with anatase titanium dioxide particles as a photocatalyst.

Claims (9)

1. An air purification system comprising:

an internally hollow cylindrical supporting member made of an electrically non-conducting material;

an inner electrode arranged on an inner surface of the supporting member;

a photocatalyst filter arranged on an outer surface of the supporting member for purifying air inside a plasma generation zone by an action of a photocatalyst, the photocatalyst filter being made of an electrically conducting material; and

a power source for supplying power of opposite polarities to each of the inner electrode and the photocatalyst filter so as to generate plasma by producing an electric discharge between the inner electrode and the photocatalyst filter, wherein

the photocatalyst filter includes a filter element, and the filter element includes a porous titanium foil having a non-periodic spongy structure impregnated with anatase titanium dioxide particles as a photocatalyst.

2. The air purification system according to claim 1 , wherein the photocatalyst filter includes a plurality of filter elements.

3. The air purification system according to claim 1 , wherein the photocatalyst filter includes a plurality of flat and undulating filter elements arranged alternately.

4. The air purification system according to claim 3 , wherein the undulating filter element is formed by press processing the porous titanium foil.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2017
From: CAVIAN CORPORATION
To: U-VIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044125/0888 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 27, 2017
From: U-VIX CORPORATION
To: CAVIAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044094/0748 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2014
From: KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
To: U-VIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034522/0096 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 16, 2014
From: MORITA, YUKO; FUJISHIMA, AKIRA
To: U-VIX CORPORATION; KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 034659/0552 →