Systems and methods for sanitizing amusement park articles
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsDavid Majdali, John Ugrin
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Abstract
A sanitization system for an amusement park includes a compartment disposed in a ride vehicle of an amusement park ride, where the compartment is configured to receive an article of the amusement park ride, an ultraviolet light source disposed in the compartment, where the ultraviolet light source is configured to transmit ultraviolet light toward a surface of the article when the article is positioned in the compartment, and a nozzle disposed in the compartment, wherein the nozzle is configured to direct a sanitizing fluid toward the surface of the article when the article is positioned in the compartment.
Claims20
A sanitization system for an amusement park, comprising:
- a compartment disposed in a ride vehicle of an amusement park ride, wherein the compartment is configured to receive an article of the amusement park ride;
- an ultraviolet light source disposed in the compartment, wherein the ultraviolet light source is configured to transmit ultraviolet light toward a surface of the article when the article is positioned in the compartment;
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- a nozzle disposed in the compartment, wherein the nozzle is configured to direct a sanitizing fluid toward the surface of the article when the article is positioned in the compartment.
A system, comprising:
- an amusement park ride, comprising a ride path and a ride vehicle, wherein the ride vehicle is configured to transport a guest along the ride path in a direction of the amusement park ride;
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- a sanitization system of the amusement park, wherein the sanitization system is disposed within the ride vehicle, and wherein the sanitization system comprises:
- a compartment configured to receive an article of the amusement park ride;
- an ultraviolet light source disposed in the compartment, wherein the ultraviolet light source is configured to transmit ultraviolet light toward a surface of the article when the article is positioned in the compartment;
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- a nozzle disposed in the compartment, wherein the nozzle is configured to direct a sanitizing fluid toward the surface of the article when the article is positioned in the compartment.
A system, comprising:
- a sanitization system of an amusement park, wherein the sanitization system is disposed within a ride vehicle of an amusement park ride, and wherein the sanitization system comprises:
- a compartment configured to receive an article of the amusement park ride;
- an ultraviolet light source disposed in the compartment, wherein the ultraviolet light source is configured to transmit ultraviolet light toward a surface of the article when the article is positioned in the compartment;
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- an article rotation device at least partially disposed in the compartment, wherein the article rotation device comprises a plurality of receptacles, and wherein each receptacle of the plurality of receptacles is configured to receive a corresponding article of the amusement park ride.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.