Outwardly projecting air purifier

The present invention relates to air purifiers. More specifically, the present invention is concerned with an outwardly projecting air purifier comprising an assembly of UV lamps and reflector, allowing the air purifier to be used in air ducts and in other types of ventilation systems. An outwardly projecting air purifier including a support, a generally cylindrical array of UV lamp assemblies mounted to the support, wherein each UV lamp assembly includes a reflector having a generally parabolic inner surface and a UV lamp so mounted to the reflector that the inner surface of the reflector reflects a portion of the ultraviolet radiation emitted by the lamp in an outward, radial, direction is described herein. The air purifier also includes a convex shaped deflector element so mounted to the support that the airflow is deflected by the deflector element and brought near the lamps.