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Electrostatic precipitator
Assignee: KENNETH BUSCHMAN
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Filing: 1970-05-11
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Granted: 1972-07-25
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Expires: 1990-05-11
Abstract
Abstract Discloses an electrostatic precipitator of the two chamber type and specifically, a parallel plate electrostatic cell for the precipitation chamber of said precipitator. The parallel plate electrostatic cell is made up of a plurality of identical modular electrode units in the form of louvered plates, having reinforcing ribs and projecting vanes which are mounted so that the vanes of one plate are interleaved with the vanes of an oppositely charged plate and so that the plates are in parallel and insulated relationship one to the other. The projecting vanes form a plurality of open air passages and a plurality of electrostatic fields across said open air passages.
Inventors
- 👤 Elmer W Buschman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 10:18
CPC Classifications
B; B03; B03C; B03C3/00; B03C3/34; B03C3/40; B03C3/45
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
18 words
A precipitator, as defined in claim 1, in which: A. each of said vanes are of equal size.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
6 words
a series of projecting vanes, and
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
attachment means for attaching each of said vanes to a rib; B. the improvement in said collector electrode structure in which:
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A precipitator, as defined in claim 1, in which each of said vanes are equidistantly spaced from adjacent vanes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A precipitator, as defined in claim 2, in which the vanes of said first electrode member are of equal size to the vanes of adjacent electrode members.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A precipitator, as defined in claim 3, in which the vanes of a first modular electrode member are equidistantly spaced from adjacent vanes and the vanes in an adjacent modular electrode member are identically spaced relative to said first member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
71 words
A precipitator, as defined in claim 1, in which: A. each of said collector electrode members are formed into louvered plates from a piece of sheet metal; B. the vanes of said member being formed by a punching operation on said sheet metal to cut a series of vanes and to bend said vanes into a projecting attitude, C. the remaining uncut metal forming the reinforcing ribs for said louvered plates.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
A precipitator, as defined in claim 6, in which: A. said attachment means is a tab of the original sheet metal remaining uncut in the punching operation and which is contiguous with a corner of said vane and said rib.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A precipitator, as defined in claim 1, in which the projecting vanes are disposed in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said ribs.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
106 words
A precipitator, as defined in claim 1, in which: A. said first modular electrode member includes a first pair of louvered plates mounted in conductive back to back relation with the vanes of one plate projecting in opposite direction to the vanes of the other plate of the pair; and B. said second modular electrode member includes a second pair of louvered plates, mounted in conductive back to back relationship but in insulated relation to said first modular electrode member, with the vanes of one plate of said second pair projecting in the opposite direction to the vanes of the other plate of said second paiR.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
74 words
A precipitator as defined in claim 9, in which: A. the vanes of one plate of said first pair of louvered plates lie in the same plane as the vanes of the other plate of said first pair of louvered plates and, B. the vanes of one plate of said second pair of louvered plates lie in the same plane as the vanes of the other plate of said second pair of louvered plates.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
A precipitator, as defined in claim 1, in which the louvered plate forming a modular electrode member is rectangular in shape.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
66 words
A precipitator, as defined in claim 1, in which the width of the reinforcing rib on one edge of said louvered plate is greater than the width of said reinforcing rib on the other edge of said louvered plate, so that the louvered plate may be mounted with its projecting vanes at one of two levels, equidistantly spaced from adjacent projecting vanes of adjacent louvered plates.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
111 words
A method of mounting modular electrode members to form a parallel plate collector cell for disposition in a fluid stream of an electrostatic precipitator, which comprises the steps of: A. mounting a first modular electrode member comprising an electrically conductive louvered plate having reinforcing ribs and projecting vanes in parallel and insulated relation to a second modular electrode member of identical configuration interleaving in spaced, insulated and parallel relationship to the vanes of said second modular electrode member; and B. making electrical interconnections with said first and second modular electrode members interleaving one of said modular electrode members with an electric potential different than that of the other modular electrode member.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
209 words
A method of mounting modular electrode members to form a parallel plate collector cell for disposition in a fluid stream in an electrostatic precipitator, which comprises the steps of: A. forming a first modular electrode member by placing a first electrically conductive louvered plate, having reinforcing ribs and projecting vanes, in back to back conductive relation, with a louvered plate of identical configuration with the vanes of one plate projecting in opposite direction to the vanes of the other plate; B. forming a second modular electrode member by placing a conductive louvered plate, having reinforcing ribs and projecting vanes, in back to back conductive relation with a louvered plate of identical configuration with the vanes of one plate of said second modular electrode member projecting in opposite direction to the vanes of the other plate of said second modular electrode member; C. interleaving the projecting vanes of one plate of said first electrode member in spaced insulated and parallel relation to the vanes of a plate of said second modular electrode member; and, D. making electrical interconnections with said first modular electrode member and said second modular electrode member and charging one of said modular members with an electric potential different from that of the other modular electrode member.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1975-07-25 | 1976-01-24 | 1976-07-25 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1979-07-25 | 1980-01-24 | 1980-07-25 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1983-07-25 | 1984-01-24 | 1984-07-25 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |