Illumination – With fluid distributer
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-23
2001-06-12
O'Shea, Sandra (Department: 2875)
Illumination
With fluid distributer
C362S253000, C055S385800, C055S385100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06244720
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to air filters and more particularly pertains to a new air filter and light apparatus for filtering the air of a room while simultaneously illuminating the room.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of air filters is known in the prior art. More specifically, air filters heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,849,862; U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,625; U.S. Pat. No. 5,189,412; U.S. Pat. No. 4,439,816; U.S. Pat. No. 4,962,293; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 383,202.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new air filter and light apparatus. The inventive device includes a base portion having a bottom wall. The bottom wall has a peripheral edge. A side wall extends away from and is integrally coupled to the peripheral edge. The side wall has a plurality of slots therein. A motor is fixedly mounted to the bottom wall. A plurality of wires deliver power to the motor. The wires are operationally coupled to a power source and to the motor. A fan for directing airflow from a central portion of the base through the slots is rotatably coupled to the motor. A cover for the base portion has a central portion having a bore therein. A light source illuminates the cover. The light source is mounted in the cover. A filter for filtering the air is mounted in the bore of the cover. An actuator controls the motor and the light source.
In these respects, the air filter and light apparatus according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of filtering the air of a room while simultaneously illuminating the room.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of air filters now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new air filter and light apparatus construction wherein the same can be utilized for filtering the air of a room while simultaneously illuminating the room.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new air filter and light apparatus apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the air filters mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new air filter and light apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art air filters, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a base portion having a bottom wall. The bottom wall has a peripheral edge. A side wall extends away from and is integrally coupled to the peripheral edge. The side wall has a plurality of slots therein. A motor is fixedly mounted to the bottom wall. A plurality of wires deliver power to the motor. The wires are operationally coupled to a power source and to the motor. A fan for directing airflow from a central portion of the base through the slots is rotatably coupled to the motor. A cover for the base portion has a central portion having a bore therein. A light source illuminates the cover. The light source is mounted in the cover. A filter for filtering the air is mounted in the bore of the cover. An actuator controls the motor and the light source.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new air filter and light apparatus apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the air filters mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new air filter and light apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art air filters, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new air filter and light apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new air filter and light apparatus which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new air filter and light apparatus which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such air filter and light apparatus economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new air filter and light apparatus which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new air filter and light apparatus for filtering the air of a room while simultaneously illuminating the room.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new air filter and light apparatus which includes a base portion having a bottom wall. The bottom wall has a peripheral edge. A side wall extends away from and is integrally coupled to the peripheral edge. The side wall has a plurality of slots therein. A motor is fixedly mounted to the bottom wall. A plurality of wires deliver power to the motor. The wires are operationally coupled to a power source and to the motor. A fan for directing airflow from a central portion of the base through the slots is rotatably coupled to the motor. A cover for the base portion has a central portion having a bore therein. A light source illuminates the cover. The light source is mounted in the cover. A filter for filtering the air is mounted in the bore of the cover. An actuator controls the motor and
O'Shea Sandra
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