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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Jocelin Langford, Brigg, GB;
Ellen Piercy, Hull, GB;
Steve Walsh, Hull, GB;
Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited, Slough, Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
An air cleaner is described comprising a housing having an air inlet and an air exhaust extending therethrough, a refill for containing a reservoir of liquid which is releasable from the housing, a nebulizer within the housing configured, in use, to be in fluid contact with the source of liquid to generate a mist of liquid droplets, said nebulizer being configured, in use, to eject the mist upwardly, a chamber within the housing in which the mist is retained, a fan within the housing configured, in use, to generate a flow of air through the air inlet and into the chamber such that at least some of the contaminants in the air flow are urged by the mist out of the flow of air and toward the refill. A refill for the air cleaner is also described as well as the use of said air cleaner.