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US3289392A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Collector cell housing for electrostatic precipitator

Assignee: American Air Filter Co Inc
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Filing: 1965-12-21
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Granted: 1966-12-06
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Expires: 1985-12-21
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Evans E Fowler

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 05:16
CPC Classifications
B; B03; B03C; B03C3/00; B03C3/34; B03C3/40; B03C3/45

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 208 words
A COLLECTOR CELL HOUSING FOR AN ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR COMPRISING: A CONTINUOUS SHEET OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL FOLDED TO PROVIDE A BANK SPACED, PARALLEL, SIDE-BY-SIDE WALLS HAVING INTERMEDIATE WALL CONNECTING PORTIONS THEREBETWEEN WITH SAID EXTREME SIDE-BY-SIDE WALLS OF SAID BANK FORMING CELL HOUSING END WALLS; SAID INTERMEDIATE CONNECTING PORTIONS EXTENDING TRANSVERSE A GAS STREAM TO BE TREATED AND HAVING APERTURES THEREIN TO PERMIT PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF A GAS STREAM TO BE TREATED; SAID SIDE-BYSIDE WALLS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE GAS STREAM TO BE TREATED AS IT PASSES THROUGH SAID CELL HOUSING; THE INNER FACES OF SAID CELL HOUSING END WALLS, EACH OF SAID OTHER PARALLEL, SIDE-BY-SIDE WALLS, AND A PART OF SAID INTERMEDIATE CONNECTING PORTIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COATED ON THE FACE PORTIONS THEREOF WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL WITH ADJACENT WALLS BEING ELECTRICALLY INSULATED FROM EACH OTHER; A PAIR OF SPACED, BOX-LIKE MEMBERS POSITIONED ALONG OPPOSITE EDGES OF SAID FOLDED SHEET OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL TO SUPPORT SAID SHEET IN FOLDED FORM, SAID BOX-LIKE MEMBERS INCLUDING A CONDUCTIVE STRIPE THEREON TO CONNECT ALTERNATE COATED INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS WHICH IN TURN ARE CONNECTED TO ALTERNATE SIDE-BY-SIDE WALLS SO AS TO PROVIDE FIRST AND SECOND INTERLEAVED SETS OF COATED, SIDE-BY-SIDE WALLS, ONE OF WHICH IS CONNECTED TO GROUND AND THE OTHER TO AN ELECTRIC CHARGE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 208 words
A COLLECTOR CELL HOUSING FOR AN ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR COMPRISING: A CONTINUOUS SHEET OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL FOLDED TO PROVIDE A BANK SPACED, PARALLEL, SIDE-BY-SIDE WALLS HAVING INTERMEDIATE WALL CONNECTING PORTIONS THEREBETWEEN WITH SAID EXTREME SIDE-BY-SIDE WALLS OF SAID BANK FORMING CELL HOUSING END WALLS; SAID INTERMEDIATE CONNECTING PORTIONS EXTENDING TRANSVERSE A GAS STREAM TO BE TREATED AND HAVING APERTURES THEREIN TO PERMIT PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF A GAS STREAM TO BE TREATED; SAID SIDE-BYSIDE WALLS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE GAS STREAM TO BE TREATED AS IT PASSES THROUGH SAID CELL HOUSING; THE INNER FACES OF SAID CELL HOUSING END WALLS, EACH OF SAID OTHER PARALLEL, SIDE-BY-SIDE WALLS, AND A PART OF SAID INTERMEDIATE CONNECTING PORTIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COATED ON THE FACE PORTIONS THEREOF WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL WITH ADJACENT WALLS BEING ELECTRICALLY INSULATED FROM EACH OTHER; A PAIR OF SPACED, BOX-LIKE MEMBERS POSITIONED ALONG OPPOSITE EDGES OF SAID FOLDED SHEET OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL TO SUPPORT SAID SHEET IN FOLDED FORM, SAID BOX-LIKE MEMBERS INCLUDING A CONDUCTIVE STRIPE THEREON TO CONNECT ALTERNATE COATED INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS WHICH IN TURN ARE CONNECTED TO ALTERNATE SIDE-BY-SIDE WALLS SO AS TO PROVIDE FIRST AND SECOND INTERLEAVED SETS OF COATED, SIDE-BY-SIDE WALLS, ONE OF WHICH IS CONNECTED TO GROUND AND THE OTHER TO AN ELECTRIC CHARGE.

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