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US 12,275,017 · App. 17/424,510 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Electrostatic filter unit for an air-purification device and air-purification device

Inventors: Georg Hepperle (Heilbronn, DE); Daniel Vollmar (Pfinztal, DE)
Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
B03C3/41B03C3/09B03C3/12B03C2201/04
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Patent No.
US 12,275,017
App. No.
17/424,510
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrostatic filter unit for an air-purification device, the filter unit comprising an ionization unit and a separation unit with at least one voltage-carrying collecting electrode and at least one grounded collecting electrode, characterized in that the at least two collecting electrodes are air-permeable.

Claims (37)

1. An electrostatic filter unit for an air-purification device, said filter unit comprising:

an ionization unit having an ionization electrode and a counter electrode; and

a separation unit arranged downstream of the ionization unit in a flow direction of air, said separation unit including a voltage-carrying collecting electrode and a grounded collecting electrode, with the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode being air-permeable,

wherein the counter electrode is planar,

the voltage-carrying collecting electrode is planar in a first plane and the grounded collecting electrode is planar in a second plane,

the first plane is parallel to the second plane,

the voltage-carrying collecting electrode has air-passage openings of a first shape,

the grounded collecting electrode has air-passage openings of the first shape,

the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode are arranged relative to one another so that their respective openings are rotated at an angle relative to each other about an axis perpendicular to the first plane, and

the angle is other than 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees, and 360 degrees.

2. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein the flow direction of the air toward the collecting electrodes lies at an angle α in the region of 0≤α≤90° in relation to a surface of the collecting electrodes.

3. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein the flow direction of the air toward the collecting electrodes lies at an angle α in the region of 45° in relation to a surface of the collecting electrodes.

4. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode are placed adjacent to one another at a distance in a range of 0 to 20 mm.

5. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode are placed adjacent from one another at a distance in a range of 0 to 2 mm.

6. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein the separation unit includes at least two of said voltage-carrying collecting electrode arranged adjacent to one another or at least two of said grounded collecting electrode arranged adjacent to one another.

7. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode has an electrical insulation coating.

8. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein the voltage-carrying collecting electrode has an electrical insulation coating.

9. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode are made of air-permeable material.

10. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode are made of an air-impermeable material with at least one air discharge opening.

11. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode is made of expanded metal, wire mesh, wire gauze, fiber material, nonwoven material, perforated sheet, sintered plastic or foam.

12. An air-purification device, comprising an electrostatic filter unit, said electrostatic filter unit comprising an ionization unit, and a separation unit arranged downstream of the ionization unit in a flow direction of air, said separation unit including a voltage-carrying collecting electrode and a grounded collecting electrode, with the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode being air-permeable,

wherein ionization unit has an ionization electrode and a counter electrode, and

the counter electrode is planar

the voltage-carrying collecting electrode is planar in a first plane and the grounded collecting electrode is planar in a second plane,

the first plane is parallel to the second plane,

the voltage-carrying collecting electrode has air-passage openings of a first shape,

the grounded collecting electrode has air-passage openings of the first shape,

the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode are arranged relative to one another so that their respective openings are rotated relative to each other about an axis perpendicular to the first plane, and

the angle is other than 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees, and 360 degrees.

13. The air-purification device of claim 12 , wherein the air-purification device is embodied as an extractor hood, said filter unit being arranged on an air inlet opening of the extractor hood.

14. The air-purification device of claim 12 , wherein the counter electrode is planar in a third plane, and the third plane is non-parallel to the first plane.

15. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein the counter electrode is planar in a third plane, and the third plane is non-parallel to the first plane.

16. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 15 , wherein the third plane is perpendicular to the first plane.

17. The air-purification device of claim 12 , wherein the angle is 45 degrees.

18. The air-purification device of claim 12 , wherein the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode are arranged such that the air-passage openings of the voltage-carrying collecting electrode are offset in relation to the air-passage openings of the grounded collecting electrode.

19. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein the angle is 45 degrees.

20. The electrostatic filter unit of claim 1 , wherein the voltage-carrying collecting electrode and the grounded collecting electrode are arranged such that the air-passage openings of the voltage-carrying collecting electrode are offset in relation to the air-passage openings of the grounded collecting electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2021
From: HEPPERLE, GEORG; VOLLMAR, DANIEL
To: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
Reel/Frame 056927/0124 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 203 032.7 · Mar 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220134355A1 · May 5, 2022
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