Electric air purifier

Claim 1

IN AN AIR PURIFYING APPARATUS, AN ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR HOUSING, A PARTITION DIVIDING SAID HOUSING INTO A LOWER CHAMBER AND AN UPPER COMPARTMENT, A VERTICAL PARTITION DIVIDING THE UPPER COMPARTMENT INTO AN ELONGATED RADIATION CHAMBER AND AN ELONGATED ACCUMULATION CHAMBER, AN AIR INGRESS OPENING COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID LOWER CHAMBER AND AN AIR EGRESS OPENING IN THE ACCUMLATION CHAMBER, A FILTER COVERING SAID INGRESS OPENING FOR A PRELIMINARY REMOVAL OF AIR-BORNE IMPURITIES FROM AIR PASSING INTO SAID LOWER CHAMBER, A BLOWER UNIT IN SAID LOWER CHAMBER HAVING ITS AIR OUTLET DUCT OPENING INTO THE CENTRAL REGION OF THE RADIATION CHAMBER, THE ENDS OF SAID RADIATION CHAMBER BEING IN FLOW COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF THE ACCUMULATION CHAMBER, A GERMICIDAL ULTRA-VIOLET RADIATING UNIT IN SAID RADIATION CHAMBER AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID RADIATION CHAMBER, BAFFLES IN SAID RADIATION CHAMBER TO DIVERT AIR ENTERING SAME THROUGH SAID DUCT TOWARD THE ENDS OF SAID RADIATION CHAMBER, SAID BAFFLES BEING EFFECTIVE TO TURBULATE THE AIR IN SAID RADIATION CHAMBER AND TO CAUSE IT TO FLOW AROUND THE GERMICIDAL UNIT A MULTITUDE OF TIMES TO MAXIMIZE THE RADIATION EFFECT OF THE UNIT AND EFFECTIVELY DESTROY UNDESIRABLE ORGANISMS IN THE AIR, SAID ACCUMULATION CHAMBER FUNCTIONING TO MIX THE IONIZED AIR FLOWING THEREINTO AND CAUSE CHARGED PARTICLES THEREIN TO AGGLOMERATE, AND A FILTER COVERING SAID EGRESS OPENING.