US5217696A
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Combined lamp and indoor air purification apparatus
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1992-02-07
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Granted: 1993-06-08
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Expires: 2012-02-07
Abstract
Abstract A lamp structure includes a base, with the base including an apertured periphery in communication with a support conduit chimney, with the support conduit chimney directed into a plant container, with the plant container further including a plurality of pneumatic feed conduits in pneumatic communication with the conduit chimney, and each feed conduit includes a matrix of apertures directed coextensively therethrough to direct air through a quantity of plant soil containing the pneumatic feed conduits for purification of the air as the air is by convection directed through the soil by an overlying lamp positioned within a reflective housing, with the reflective housing including a chimney coaxially aligned relative to the underlying plant container.
Inventors
- 👤 Billy C. Wolverton
- 👤 John D. Wolverton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 22:39
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L9/00; A61L9/015; A61L9/02; A61L9/03; A61L9/037; A62; A62B; A62B11/00; B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/74; B01D53/84; B01D53/85; F; F24; F24F; F24F8/00; F24F8/10; F24F8/175; F24F2221/00; F24F2221/02; F24F2221/12; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A50/00; Y02A50/20; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/905
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
208 words
A combined lamp and indoor air purification apparatus, comprising a plant container, a base plate, the base plate including a base plate floor and base plate support conduit extending upwardly of the base plate, with the base plate defining a base plate cavity between the base plate support conduit and the base plate floor, and a plurality of air feed ports formed and directed through the base plate in pneumatic communication with the cavity, and the base plate support conduit including an upper distal end, and the upper distal end fixedly mounted to a lower portion of said plant container, and the support conduit directed into a support conduit chimney positioned horizontally medially of the plant container, and the support conduit chimney including an illumination bulb support post extending upwardly of the support conduit chimney, with an illumination bulb mounted to an upper distal end of the support conduit chimney, and a housing extending upwardly from the plant container in surrounding relationship relative to the illumination bulb support post directed and extending above the illumination bulb support post, and a housing chimney positioned horizontally medially of the housing and vertically oriented relative to the underlying plant container, and a predetermined quantity of soil contained within the plant container.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
208 words
A combined lamp and indoor air purification apparatus, comprising a plant container, a base plate, the base plate including a base plate floor and base plate support conduit extending upwardly of the base plate, with the base plate defining a base plate cavity between the base plate support conduit and the base plate floor, and a plurality of air feed ports formed and directed through the base plate in pneumatic communication with the cavity, and the base plate support conduit including an upper distal end, and the upper distal end fixedly mounted to a lower portion of said plant container, and the support conduit directed into a support conduit chimney positioned horizontally medially of the plant container, and the support conduit chimney including an illumination bulb support post extending upwardly of the support conduit chimney, with an illumination bulb mounted to an upper distal end of the support conduit chimney, and a housing extending upwardly from the plant container in surrounding relationship relative to the illumination bulb support post directed and extending above the illumination bulb support post, and a housing chimney positioned horizontally medially of the housing and vertically oriented relative to the underlying plant container, and a predetermined quantity of soil contained within the plant container.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 including a plurality of apertured pneumatic feed conduits in pneumatic communication with the support conduit chimney, with the feed conduits directed throughout the soil within the plant container, and the feed conduits each including a matrix of apertures directed coextensively of each feed conduit to direct air currents from the cavity into the soil.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 including a reflective coating adhered coextensively to an interior surface of the transparent housing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
128 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 3 including a fluid reservoir, the fluid reservoir including at least one chamber, the chamber including a chamber lid hingedly mounted to the fluid reservoir above the at least one chamber, and a valve member in operative communication with the fluid chamber, and the valve member rotatably mounted within a meter block, the meter block including a first conduit in fluid communication with the fluid chamber, and the valve member including an "L" shaped valve conduit for selective communication with the first conduit, and a fluid conduit directed from the valve member to the plant container, and a plant container port receiving the fluid conduit to direct fluid from the fluid chamber selectively through the fluid conduit into the plant container.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
73 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 4 including a toroidal chimney plate arranged for reception upon an upper distal end of the housing chimney, and the torroidal chimney plate including a plurality of fluid wells orthogonally mounted to the chimney plate extending downwardly therefrom for reception within the housing chimney, each fluid well including an aromatic fluid contained therewithin, and a wick member directed into the aromatic fluid extending above each well.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
134 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 5 including a water indicator member tube positioned within the soil within the container, the tube projecting above the container, with the tube formed of a transparent material containing a float member slidably mounted therewithin, a float rod extending upwardly relative to the float member coaxially aligned within the tube and a "T" bar mounted at an upper distal end of the float rod, the tube including a series of indicia extending downwardly from an upper distal end of the tube cooperative with the "T" bar for indicating orientation of the "T" bar within the tube, the tube including a matrix of apertures directed through the tube extending from a lower distal end thereof to receive fluid therewithin permitting flotation of the float member within the tube.
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