US20080019823A1

US20080019823A1 - Filtrair box-fan grille system™

Info

Publication number: US20080019823A1
Application number: US11/491,395
Authority: US
Inventors: Orestes Jesus Mirabal
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-07-24
Filing date: 2006-07-24
Publication date: 2008-01-24

Abstract

An innovative and improved box fan security grille cage designed to facilitate the integration of an air filter element and a generic box fan unit, to sift foreign air particles suspended in the air, and captured them in the incorporated air filter element mounted within a security grille-cage, thus improving the output air quality of the generic household box fan unit; household box fans improved with an incorporated air filter element Filtrair Box-Fan Grille System™ enabling it to cool or vent the habitat or storage area. As the air is vented, it transverse through the filter element, where most of the undesired particles in the air get lodge in the filter element fibers, to be dispose off by cleaning of filter element or through its replacement. The generic box fan and the air filter element are mounted within the innovative and improved box fan security grille cage, which is designed to facilitate the air filter element ease integration and removal, through easy access in conjunction with the generic box fan unit, to replace or clean the air filter element. From the box fan security grill cage mounting structure.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to the improvement of a household box fans. More specifically, the present invention improves the air quality circulated or introduce to a habitat, or storage area by a household box fan. This is accomplished by incorporating an air filter element, intergraded in an innovative and improved box fan security grille-cage, or by an integrated build in filter element through allowing rear or front space in the generic box fan housing to incorporate a filter element. This serves to filter the intake air generated and captured by the whirlwind created, by the box fan blades. Hence the air transverse through said air filter element integrated in the generic box fan unit or through the invention of the innovative and improved box fan security grille-cage namely Filtrair Box-Fan Grille System™ removing most foreign particles from the air thus improving the air quality in the habitat in which it is used.
2. Background
There is a wide variety of shapes and sizes of industrial and household fans; used for cooling and ventilation. Our concern and claim is limited to household generic box fans of box configuration, in their framing and mounting. Household box fans of said specifications have an electric motor used to drive a propeller-type blade assembly designed to generate air circulation or cooling inside a habitat or storage area which can also introduce outside air and venting said air.
The crux of the invention claim here is credited to the innovative and improvement made to the old generic box fans by the incorporation of a filter element within said generic box fans modified extended fan housing and or through our new security grill cage design which allows the incorporation of a filter element as well as the means to provide attachment to the rear or front exterior of the present day generic box fans to our security grille, said generic household box fans, as well as the invention claimed conceived to accommodate a filter element within said security grille; and or an integration of a filter element in conjunction with the generic box fan unit thus improving the output air quality of said box fans, namely using the invention Filtrair Box-Fan Grille System™. Or through an expansion of the present generic box fan housing to provide space to accommodate the filter element unit are also claimed.
This innovative grille incorporates an air filter element within its configuration providing a means to filter the air. In the past these grilles have been used solely as a security means to protect user from the fan blades inside the fan-housing unit. This invention goes further in providing a means to retain a filter element and thereby improve the quality of the air, as it is propelled out of the box fan unit. This box fan security grille retains a filter element within its new and improved designed configuration, with easy access for replacement or cleansing of said filter element all this is accomplish through the invention In claimed here namely Filtrair Box-Fan Grille System™. Said box fan security grille-cage is limited to household box air fans with no artificial air-cooling capabilities by means of cooling compressor and its associated attachments or air filtering attained in conjunction of ionic means.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is the object of the present invention to provide the incorporation of a filter element in conjunction to generic box fan units either by generic box fan housing configuration design or by attachment of our design security grill cage, either method is hereby claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1

Is a rear view of the generic box fan without its generic security grill, readily to the attachment of the improved grill cage with a filter element within its improved design.

FIG. 2

Is a rear view of the grill cage and its matching support bars and aligned apertures in its bordering frame to the generic box fan housing; and thus to provide a greater attachment support to the box fan filter element grill cage of the present invention.

FIG. 3

Is a front view of the box fan filter element protruding grill cage of the present invention, which is one whole unit which has been falsely separated to facilitate a more clear appreciation of its rear view. The entire unit can be seen in FIG. 4

FIG. 4

Is a front view of the box fan filter element grill cage receptacle of the present invention.

FIG. 5

Is the attachment apertures fount throughout the

columns

13 and 14; as well as throughout the border of the generic box fan unit housing frame as well as the border of the grill cage with the incorporated filter element design.

FIG. 6

Is the side view of the generic box fan housing with both front and rear generic security grills.

FIG. 7

Is the side view of the grill cage with its mounting round corner borders and protruding square grill cage which accommodates the filter element within.

FIG. 8

Is the filter element which goes inside the protruding square grill cage.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

While this invention is susceptible of embodiment in many different forms, there is shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the invention with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the principles of the invention, and is not intended to limit the broad aspect of the invention to the embodiments illustrated.
Box fans have an electric motor and a fan blade assembly mounted in an encased housing that has a square configuration. Box fans for the most part have a metal frame housing having front and rear security grill, fan control knobs and an exterior handle on the outer surface of the top housing frame.
FIG. 1
Is a rear view of the generic box fan without its generic security grill, readily to the attachment of the improved grill cage with a filter element integrated within its improved design. 1 is the rear of the typical generic box fan. 11 is the rear view of the bordering frame of the box fan housing unit with its six attachment apertures. 13 and 14 are the fan electric motor support columns, which also have attachment apertures near the upper and lower extremities of the support bars. 17 are the fan blades of the generic box fan unit. 18 is the mounted electric motor to the support columns 13 and 14.
FIG. 2
Is a rear view of the grill cage and its matching support bars and aligned apertures in its bordering frame to the generic box fan housing; and thus to provide a greater attachment support to the box fan filter element grill cage of the present invention. 3 is the grill cage unit in a rear view without the optical view of its extended front protruding square grill cage, this was done to enhance the rear structure only of the grill cage in more clear perspective of its rear design, of course the grill cage and the rear view of the grill cage are one single unit. 12 is the border frame of the grill cage. 15 and 16 are support columns which match the alignment of the generic fan unit support columns 13 and 14 to facilitate a more powerful means of attachment to each other by means of their apertures facilitating attachment.
FIG. 3
Is a front view of the box fan filter element protruding grill cage of the present invention, which is one whole unit, which has been falsely separated to facilitate a more clear appreciation of its rear view. The entire unit can be seen in FIG. 4. In 8 we can see the horizontal slot aperture by which the filter element is introduced and removed from the grill cage. 9 is the square protruding walls of the grill cage. In 10 we see the prior art mesh design in the public domain also it indicate a square aperture by which the electric cord can be allow to exit the grill cage. 22 is the aperture cap for filter element insertion slot 8; through a variety of adaptations of feasible means all of which are means of prior art, in public domain.
FIG. 4
Is a front view of the box fan filter element grill cage receptacle of the present invention. Here we can appreciate the solid consolidation of FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 in its normal design and configuration.
FIG. 5
20 Is the attachment apertures found throughout the columns 13 and 14; 15 and 16 as well as throughout the border of the generic box fan unit housing frame also as well the border of the grill cage with the incorporated filter element design.
FIG. 6
Is the side view of the generic box fan housing with both front and rear generic security grills. Namely 19 and 21; of cause 2 is the generic box fan housing frame side view.
FIG. 7
Is the side view of the grill cage with its mounting round corner borders and protruding square grill cage, which accommodates the filter element within. 6 is the described view.
FIG. 8
Is the filter element which goes inside the protruding square grill cage. 7 is the side view of the filter element unit, which is inserted into the grill cage FIG. 4; through the slot aperture 8 in FIG. 3.

Claims

1. A new and innovative household box fan with an integrated filter element through a new and extended rear or front box fan housing to accommodate a filter element in the rear or front of the box fan unit is here by claimed.

2. A security grille cage designed to incorporate a filter element within its structural design to adapt to generic household box fans in the rear or in the front of generic box fans is hereby also claimed. Its process of air filtering is hereby given the name of Filtrair Box-Fan Grille System™.

3. The incorporation of a filter element to a household box fans using our security grille cage units or through adaptation-modification or introduction of a new box fan with a new air filter attachment or incorporated to the box fan unit within the generic box fan unit fan housing through any feasible means in which a filter element is used in conjunction with said household generic box fan units is hereby claimed.

4. As in claim 2, said box fan security grille-cage can replace the common household box fan security grille in use today, and can be converted and adapted to use Filtrair Box-Fan Grille System™. Said box fan units in use today can be upgraded to accommodate the innovative security grille-cage with the filter element as a grille-cage kit from (Filtrair Box-Fan Grille System™) and said grille kit is hereby claimed.

5. As in claim 1. The new manufactured of box fan units incorporating a filter element in conjunction with said box fan unit in any manner is here by claimed.