Air purifying apparatus

Claim 1

AN AIR PURIFIER OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING: (A) A HOUSING HAVING (1) A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BOTTOM WALL, (2) AN ELONGATED PAN EXTENDING ALONG THE FRONT EDGE OF THE BOTTOM WALL TO PROVIDE A SUMP, (3) A SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT REAR WALL, (4) OPPOSITE SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR AND UPRIGHT SIDE WALLS, ONE OF WHICH HAS ITS FRONT EDGE SPACED FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSING EDGE (5) A REMOVABLE PANEL SPANNING THE SPACE BETWEEN THE FRONT EDGE OF SAID ONE SIDE WALL AND THE FRONT OF THE HOUSING; (B) A PAIR OF FLAT SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR FILTER ELEMENTS IN THE HOUSING INCLINED AT OPPOSITE OBLIQUE ANGLES TO THE BOTTOM WALL AND HAVING (1) THEIR BOTTOM EDGES ENGAGING THE BOTTOM WALL, LATERALLY SPACED APART, AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE SIDE WALLS OF THE HOUSING, (2) THEIR REAR UPRIGHT EDGES ENGAGED WITH THE REAR WALL, (3) THEIR FRONT UPRIGHT EDGES SPACED FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSING, AND (4) THEIR UPPER EDGES ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER; (C) LIQUID DISTRIBUTOR MEANS IN THE HOUSING, OVER THE ADJACENT UPPER EDGES OF THE FILTER ELEMENTS, FOR DEBOUCHING AIR PURIFYING LIQUID ONTO THE FILTER ELEMENTS; (D) MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING AIR PURIFYING LIQUID FROM THE SUMP TO SAID LIQUID DISTRIBUTOR MEANS COMPRISING (1) A PUMP ON SAID PANEL HAVING ITS INLET IN THE SUMP, AND (2) DUCT MEANS COMMUNICATING THE OUTLET OF THE PUMP WITH SAID LIQUID DISTRIBUTOR MEANS; (E) A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL SHELF-LIKE DIVIDER EXTENDING ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSING INTERMEDIATE THE TOP AND BOTTOM THEREOF AND OVER THE SUMP, SAID DIVIDER HAVING ITS REAR EDGE ENGAGING THE FRONT EDGES OF THE FILTER ELEMENTS; AND (F) UPRIGHT TRANSVERSE BAFFLE MEANS IN THE HOUSING HAVING SEALING CONNECTIONS WITH THE DIVIDER AND WITH THE FRONT EDGES OF THE FILTER ELEMENTS TO CONSTRAIN AIR WHICH HAS BEEN CIRCULATED INTO THE HOUSING FROM ABOVE THE FILTER ELEMENTS TO PASS DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THEM AND TO LEAVE THE HOUSING THROUGH THE SPACE BETWEEN THE DIVIDER AND THE PAN, SO THAT AIR PURIFYING LIQUID ENTRAINED IN SUCH AIR CAN DROP INTO THE SUMP PROVIDED BY THE PAN.