Apparatus for purifying air

Claim 1

IN AN AIR PURIFYING APPARATUS THE COMBINATION OF A CABINET HAVING A LONGITUDINAL REAR COMPARTMENT WITH AN OPEN AIR INTAKE END AND A FRONT WALL PROVIDED WITH A RAY EXPOSURE OPENING; A BLOWER HOUSING MOUNTED IN AND CLOSING THE OTHER END SAID COMPARTMENT TO LEAVE AN AIR-INTAKE CHAMBER EXTENDING TO SAID AIR-INTAKE END; SAID HOUSING HAVING AN AIR-INTAKE APERTURE PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN IT AND SAID INTAKE CHAMBER AND A DISCHARGE OPENING TOWARD THE FRONT THEREOF; A FRONT COMPARTMENT ADJACENT TO AND OF THE SAME LENGTH BUT OF LESS HEIGHT THAN SAID REAR COMPARTMENT; SAID FRONT COMPARTMENT HAVING AN AIR DISCHARGE END AT THE FRONT THEREOF AND HAVING A REAR WALL SEPARATING SAID REAR AND FRONT COMPARTMENTS; SAID REAR WALL HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN DEFINING SAID DISCHARGE OPENING IN SAID HOUSING; A POWER-DRIVEN IMPELLER IN SAID HOUSING TO FORCE AIR FROM SAID INTAKE CHAMBER INTO SAID FRONT COMPARTMENT; A LEDGE PROJECTING FORWARDLY FROM SAID FRONT WALL AT SAID HEIGHT THEREOF AND HAVING THEREIN A RAY EXPOSURE OPENING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SUBSTANTIALLY SAID ENTIRE FRONT COMPARTMENT; A CLOSED CONDUIT ON AND FORMED IN PART BY SAID LEDGE AND PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID RAY EXPOSURE OPENINGS AND SAID FRONT COMPARTMENT AND AIR DISCHARGE END THEREOF EXTENDING THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID REAR COMPARTMENT; AND LAMP MEANS IN SAID CONDUIT.