US 12,453,975 B2
Direct air carbon capture system
Demitri Hopkins, Tigard, OR (US)
Assigned to Shannon Smith-Crowley, Sacramento, CA (US); Cole Smith-Crowley, Sacramento, CA (US); and Calix Smith-Crowley, Sacramento, CA (US)
Filed by Shannon Smith-Crowley, Sacramento, CA (US); Cole Smith-Crowley, Sacramento, CA (US); and Calix Smith-Crowley, Sacramento, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/643,709.
Application 18/643,709 is a division of application No. 17/479,130, filed on Sep. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,975,339.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/080,235, filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0269692 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B03C 3/41 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); B01D 53/32 (2006.01); B03C 3/011 (2006.01); B03C 3/09 (2006.01); B03C 3/36 (2006.01); B03C 3/38 (2006.01); B03C 3/60 (2006.01)
CPC B03C 3/41 (2013.01) [B01D 53/26 (2013.01); B01D 53/323 (2013.01); B03C 3/011 (2013.01); B03C 3/09 (2013.01); B03C 3/368 (2013.01); B03C 3/38 (2013.01); B03C 3/60 (2013.01); B03C 2201/24 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for separating carbon from oxygen in carbon dioxide molecules, comprising in combination:
a plurality of first plates;
said first plates having holes passing therethrough;
said first plates charged to a first positive voltage;
a plurality of second plates;
said second plates having holes passing therethrough;
said second plates charged to a second positive voltage;
said first positive voltage of said first plates having a higher positive voltage than said second positive voltage of said second plates; and
said first plates and said second plates arranged parallel to each other and in an alternating pattern with space therebetween.