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I take an elevator up to my 8th floor office every day. Frequently, a smoker who has just used the same elevator before me, or got on with me, has effectively stunk up the elevator for a few minutes. As people move in and out of the car on various floors, some of the air is exchanged with them, but
odors can linger too long.
I've gotten into many an empty car that reeks of cigarettes, perfume, fast food, flatus, or who knows what. Ugh! The offending occupant is not even present to be judged, and I am left to breathe the polluted air for a minute or so as I travel to my floor.
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to push a button or have an automated system simply refresh the air in the elevator at any floor? Push a button, have the car suck in a little fresher (hopefully) air in and push some of the stale air out. If this is controlled manually, the occupant can decide if the floor smells fresh enough to trade a bit, then do it. I'd gladly stop a floor or two before my floor, just to freshen the car's air a bit. I'd be leaving the car fresher for the next load of folks getting in, too.
Prototype design
http://www.myspace....oe01/photos/3596543
[AusCan531, May 06 2012]
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I see the opposite idea of this is called "Air Putrefier" - LOL. |
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What a breath of fresh air. + |
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I've already built a prototype for this good idea. [+] Here is
a link of
me watching a lady friend try it out. [link] |
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The most annoying thing is being stuck in an elevator
for 40 or so floors with either
A) A monster, take-your-breath-away fart or
B)
The odours of someone's delicious lunch, before
they've eaten it. |
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I would recommend a "Deux Chevaux"-style approach here: a lift
shaft open to the atmosphere which only closes when
precipitation is detected, with openable louvres in the lift itself.
Moving through the shaft ought to create some kind of breeze to
ventilate the air. |
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And another baker comes back from long absence... |
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If the top and bottom of the elevator were made of
metal grilles, rather than being solid, then air would
be forced through the elevator as it ascended or
descended. An additional advantage would be a sort
of Marylyn Monroe effect when the elevator
descends at high speed. |
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Making [AusCan531] a happy man. |
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// air would be forced through the elevator as it ascended
or descended. // |
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This would be the ambient air present in the elevator
shaft? Because elevator shafts don't exactly smell like
wildflower meadows. They smell like lithium grease, worn
electric motor brushes, dirt, grime, mildew, and, in certain
parts of Europe, old cigarette butts. |
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Bun just for the username. Hi Sarenka! |
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Don't forget that great ozone smell. |
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You missed the opportunity for "smellavator"!! |
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//Because elevator shafts don't exactly smell like wildflower meadows. They smell like lithium grease// |
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but the point is, its not the same bad smell you were smelling two floors ago, so its not *stale* bad air. |
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Hi, guys! What a welcoming bunch, after all this time. Thank you for the warmth and fun. I can always count on you guys for some quick one-liners and puns. :) |
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No, aside from the butts and mildew, I love all of those
smells, but I'm not an accurate characterization of a
frequent elevator-rider. In fact, most of _my_ elevator
rides are marked by the smell of raw oxygen from a nasal
canula and a very good view of the ceiling. |
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