IP Library Granted Patent US 9,961,912
Granted Patent B2
US 9,961,912 · App. 15/223,414 · Granted May 8, 2018

Filtration system

Inventors: Robert Scott Fassel (Naches, WA); Scott Aaron Christie (Yakima, CA)
Assignee: Pace International, LLC
A23B7/152A01N43/54A23B7/00A23B7/153A23L3/00A23L3/3445B01D46/00B01D46/002B01D46/0023B01D46/10B01D46/521B01D50/00A23V2002/00B01D2267/30B01D2279/35
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Patent No.
US 9,961,912
App. No.
15/223,414
Granted
May 8, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A filtration system is arranged to safely vent a storage room into which a fog mixture is introduced. Venting the storage room reduces and/or prevents a substantial increase in the internal pressure of the storage room. To control the pressure differential between the storage room and the ambient air pressure, a venting manifold with an in-line duct fan is used, for example, to exhaust storage room air into the atmosphere. The exhausted storage room air is filtered to reduce the exfiltration of chemicals and/or other contaminants from the environmentally sealed storage room.

Claims (14)

1. A method for filtration, comprising:

arranging fruits in a substantially closed room having a volume of air;

introducing pyrimethanil, and optionally, additional treatment substances, into an airstream with a thermofogger gun to generate air-borne treatment substances at a rate of up to 80 cubic feet per minute;

introducing the airstream and the air-borne treatment substances into the volume of air of the substantially closed room to generate the dispersed air-borne substances;

creating with a fan a pressure between −0.25 and 0 inches water column upon a bank of at least six high particle-rated pleated fiber filters; and

inducing an exhaust air current that flows from the substantially closed room into an exhaust port of the substantially closed room, wherein the exhaust air current includes the air-borne substances from the exhaust port and the filter bank captures at least around 95 percent of the air-borne treatment substances.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein ambient air is used as input to the thermofogger gun.

3. A method for filtration, comprising:

arranging vegetables in a substantially closed room having a volume of air;

introducing pyrimethanil, and optionally, additional treatment substances, into an airstream with a thermofogger gun to generate air-borne treatment substances at a rate of up to 80 cubic feet per minute;

introducing the airstream and the air-borne treatment substances into the volume of air of the substantially closed room to generate the dispersed air-borne substances;

creating with a fan a pressure between −0.25 and 0 inches water column upon a bank of at least six high particle-rated pleated fiber filters; and

inducing an exhaust air current that flows from the substantially closed room into an exhaust port of the substantially closed room, wherein the exhaust air current includes the air-borne substances from the exhaust port and the filter bank captures at least around 95 percent of the air-borne treatment substances.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein ambient air is used as input to the thermofogger gun.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2024
From: PACE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 067730/0292 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2017
From: FASSEL, ROBERT SCOTT; CHRISTIE, SCOTT AARON
To: PACE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 044336/0500 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14863728 · Sep 24, 2015
Continuation 13566936 · Aug 3, 2012
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