US 10,309,124 B2Granted

Method and apparatus for sanitizing door knobs or door handles

OwnerDarren Yorkinventor

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Abstract

An apparatus including a first apparatus for producing light, which may include a first device for detecting movement of a door, and a first set of one or more light sources. The first set of one or more light sources may be configured to turn on when the first device for detecting movement of the door detects movement of the door. The first set of one or more light sources are configured to produce short wavelength ultraviolet light. The first device for detecting movement of the door may include an accelerometer. The first apparatus for producing light may include a computer processor; a computer memory; having a stored threshold value. The computer processor may compare a value of a detected signal produced with the threshold value and to cause the first set of one or more light sources to be turned on if the detected signal exceeds the threshold value.

Claims10

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising

a first apparatus that produces light;
a second apparatus that produces light;
wherein the first apparatus that produces light is configured to be fixed to a first side of a door while the second apparatus that produces light is configured to be fixed simultaneously to a second side of the door, which is opposite the first side of the door;
and
wherein the first apparatus that produces light includes a computer processor, which is programmed to make the first apparatus that produces light a master device and the second apparatus that produces light a servant device of the master device, so that the first apparatus that produces light sends a signal to cause the second apparatus that produces light to project light, while the first apparatus that produces light is fixed to the first side of the door, and the second apparatus that produces light is fixed to the second side of the door, without any input from the second apparatus that produces light.

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Facts

Application: 15/487,490Filed 14 Apr 2017 · division
Priority: 2 Nov 2016
Published: US 2018/0119447 A13 May 2018
Granted: 4 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

E05B 1/0069
Knobs or handles for wings; Knobs, handles, or press buttons for locks or latches on wings: sanitary doorknobs or handles, e.g. comprising a…
A61L 2/10
Radiation: ultraviolet [UV] radiation
A61L 2/104
Ultraviolet [UV] radiation: ultraviolet C [UVC]
A61L 2/24
Disinfection or sterilisation of materials or objects, in general; Accessories therefor: apparatus using programmed or automatic operation

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Application15/341,400Parent of this division · filed 2 Nov 2016
US 2018/0119447 A1Pre-grant publication · published 3 May 2018
US 9,649,398 B1Parent of this division
US 10,309,124 B2This patent

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