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Granted Patent B2
US 10,874,012 · App. 16/325,242 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

Biosafety cabinet and clean air device

Inventors: Takeshi Kaneko (Tokyo, JP); Hirotoshi Sato (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
H05F3/06A61G10/00B01L1/04B01L1/50C12M37/00F24F3/16F24F7/06B01D46/4209B01D2279/51B01L2200/082B01L2200/085
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Patent No.
US 10,874,012
App. No.
16/325,242
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a clean air device that can reduce the risk of contamination due to static electricity. Provided is a biosafety cabinet or a clean air device that connects a biosafety cabinet and a clean booth, wherein a static eliminator (ionizer) that generates a corona discharge by way of concentrating an electric field on a needle-shaped discharge electrode and eliminates static with ionized air is disposed directly above an air flow branching point where air supplied to a work space branches to the front face and to rear face inside the biosafety cabinet.

Claims (18)

1. A biosafety cabinet comprising:

a work space formed on an inner surface side of a front shutter;

a circulation passage formed from a lower surface side, a lateral surface side and a rear surface side of the work space, and an outer part of the biosafety cabinet for discharging air having flown into the work space, and

an air supplier disposed on an upper surface of the work space for supplying air to the work space, characterized in that

an ionizer is provided right above an airflow branch point where the air supplied to the work space branches toward a front surface and a rear surface of the biosafety cabinet.

2. The biosafety cabinet according to claim 1 , characterized in that

a working table is disposed on a lower surface of the work space, and

the airflow branch point is a point where the air supplied to the work space branches toward the front surface and the rear surface of the biosafety cabinet near the working table.

3. The biosafety cabinet according to claim 1 , characterized in that an input port of a waste can is arranged in a straight line joining the ionizer and a rear surface slit of the biosafety cabinet.

4. The biosafety cabinet according to claim 1 , characterized in that the biosafety cabinet includes a first rear surface slit, and a second rear surface slit located at a predetermined height from the first rear surface slit.

5. A clean air device comprising:

the biosafety cabinet according to claim 1 ;

a clean booth; and

a pass box connecting the clean booth and the biosafety cabinet, characterized in that

a slit is provided in the pass box.

6. The clean air device according to claim 5 , characterized in that

a partition member is provided at a central part on an upper surface of the pass box, and

the slit is provided at an upper portion on a closer side to the clean booth than the partition member in the pass box.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2019
From: KANEKO, TAKESHI; SATO, HIROTOSHI
To: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048319/0061 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-204795 · Oct 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190208613A1 · Jul 4, 2019
Cited By (1)
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