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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stanley J. Miller, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Assignee:
Energy & Environmental Research Center Foundation, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C 3/155 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C 3/155 ;
Abstract
A device and method for controlling particulate air pollutants of the present invention combines filtration and electrostatic collection devices. The invention includes a chamber housing a plurality of rows of filter elements. Between the rows of filter elements are rows of high voltage discharge electrodes. Between the rows of discharge electrodes and the rows of filter elements are grounded perforated plates for creating electrostatic precipitation zones.