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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2021
Sunstar Engineering Inc., Osaka, JP;
Tomoharu Usa, Osaka, JP;
Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Sunstar Engineering Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An air purifier according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an air passage defined between a first inner wall surface and a second inner wall surface that are planar and face each other, having a flat passage cross section in which a distance between the first inner wall surface and the second inner wall surface is small, and meandering in a plane parallel to the first inner wall surface and the second inner wall surface; a catalyst member including a support having a flat mesh shape, and a photocatalyst supported on the support, the catalyst member being disposed parallel to the first inner wall surface and the second inner wall surface in the air passage; and a plurality of light sources dispersed on the second inner wall surface, and configured to irradiate the catalyst member with light that activates the photocatalyst.