Gas separation: apparatus – With gas and liquid contact apparatus – Liquid bath or reservoir for contact
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-19
2001-10-16
Smith, Duane (Department: 1724)
Gas separation: apparatus
With gas and liquid contact apparatus
Liquid bath or reservoir for contact
C096S351000, C055S385200, C055S462000, C055S473000, C055SDIG001
Reexamination Certificate
active
06302947
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to air purifiers and more particularly pertains to a new apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station for controlling fumes and air-borne particles associated with manicures.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of air purifiers is known in the prior art. More specifically, air purifiers 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. 5,112,373; U.S. Pat. No 5,816,906; U.S. Pat. No. 5,787,903; U.S. Pat No. 4,852,468; U.S. Pat. NO. 5,395,166; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 285,962.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station. The inventive device includes a platform. The platform has a top surface. The platform has a lumen therein. The platform has a plurality of apertures extending into the lumen from the top surface. A housing has a top wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The housing is integrally coupled to the surface of the platform. The apertures are positioned in the housing, and the top wall is substantially transparent. A first opening is in the housing. The first opening is in the front wall. A second opening is also in the housing. The second opening located is in the back wall. A blower means circulates air. The blower means has an intake duct and an exit duct. The blower means is mounted to the top surface of the platform. The intake duct is in fluid communication with an interior of the housing. The exit duct extends into the platform and is in fluid communication with the lumen. A liquid medium is in the lumen.
In these respects, the apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station 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 controlling fumes and air-borne particles associated with manicures.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of air purifiers now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station construction wherein the same can be utilized for controlling fumes and air-borne particles associated with manicures.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the air purifiers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art air purifiers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a platform. The platform has a top surface. The platform has a lumen therein. The platform has a plurality of apertures extending into the lumen from the top surface. A housing has a top wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The housing is integrally coupled to the surface of the platform. The apertures are positioned in the housing, and the top wall is substantially transparent. A first opening is in the housing. The first opening is in the front wall. A second opening is also in the housing. The second opening located is in the back wall. A blower means circulates air. The blower means has an intake duct and an exit duct. The blower means is mounted to the top surface of the platform. The intake duct is in fluid communication with an interior of the housing. The exit duct extends into the platform and is in fluid communication with the lumen. A liquid medium is in the lumen.
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 structure, 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 apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the air purifiers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art air purifiers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station which is susceptible of a low cost 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 apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station 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 apparatus for controlling air-borne particles at a manicure work station for controlling
Greene Jason M.
Smith Duane
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