US 12,186,462 B1
Air/gas compressor with viral/bacterial ultraviolet radiation filtration
Lawrence Kaplan, Miami Lakes, FL (US)
Assigned to Gardner Denver, Inc., Davidson, NC (US)
Filed by Gardner Denver, Inc., Davidson, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/121,239.
Application 18/121,239 is a continuation of application No. 17/389,993, filed on Jul. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,602,576.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/060,377, filed on Aug. 3, 2020.
Int. Cl. A61L 9/20 (2006.01); F04B 39/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 9/20 (2013.01) [F04B 39/16 (2013.01); A61L 2209/111 (2013.01); A61L 2209/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of disinfecting an air flow provided to an air compressor, the method comprising:
creating a forced air pressure in a UVC filtration system with the air compressor, the air compressor fluidly connected to an ultraviolet C (UVC) radiation chamber and pulling ambient air into the UVC filtration system;
directing the airflow through the UVC radiation chamber, the UVC radiation chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet;
radiating the airflow with a UVC radiation emitter located along a central axis of the UVC radiation chamber, the UVC radiation emitter damaging the nuclear composition of at least one of a virus or a bacteria, rendering the at least one of a virus or a bacteria ineffective;
directing the airflow to the air compressor located downstream from the UVC radiation chamber;
compressing the airflow exposed to UVC radiation with the air compressor;
storing the airflow compressed by the air compressor into compressed air storage tanks; and
providing a controller configured to monitor the UVC filtration system.