US 12,128,163 B2
Air treatment apparatus for a domestic appliance
Manfredi Signorino, Wackersdorf (DE); Martin Brabec, Nabburg (DE); Georg Spiessl, Altendorf (DE); and Günter Zühlke, Stulln (DE)
Assigned to emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA, Nabburg (DE)
Filed by emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA, Nabburg (DE)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/469,271.
Claims priority of application No. 102020123643.3 (DE), filed on Sep. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072190 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 9/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 9/205 (2013.01) [A61L 2209/11 (2013.01); A61L 2209/12 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air treatment apparatus for a domestic appliance, comprising:
at least one air flow device, by which an air flow into and/or out of the air treatment apparatus can be generated, the air flow passing through at least one treatment device;
a housing having at least one air inlet opening and at least one air outlet opening, the air flow flowing into the air treatment apparatus through the at least one air inlet opening and out of the air treatment apparatus through the at least one air outlet opening; and
a closure device by which the air treatment apparatus can be sealingly closed, comprising:
at least one closure element which, in a closed position, sealingly closes the at least one air inlet opening and the at least one air outlet opening, the at least one closure element being movable between the closed position to an open position by at least one drive device.