Appeal No. 1999-1784
Application 08/710,853
We affirm the rejection of claims 10 and 11.
Independent claim 10 is drawn to a hygienic air handler
apparatus comprising, inter alia, an indoor commercial and
residential air handler enclosure having interior surfaces,
with a dense, non-porous, highly reflective coating on the
interior surfaces.
We find that the Pacosz reference (column 2, lines 6
through 25) addresses an air-return system of an air-
conditioning unit that includes a housing 3 mounting a filter
7, a cooling coil 19, a drain pan 21, and a downstream blower
fan 5. As disclosed, interposed within the housing 3, between
the filter and cooling coil and pan, a ultraviolet device 11
is mounted in closest possible proximity to the cooling coil
and pan to retard, or otherwise destroy, the bacterial
accumulations and growth of mold spores or slime on and around
the wet cooling coil and pan, as well as dust mites and
airborne diseases from the return air, to purify the return
air, to eliminate viral causing bacteria, pollens, and
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