US 10,441,671 B2Granted

Disinfecting apparatus

AssigneeS and M Technology, LLC

InventorsShawki Sobhy, Horace Rodriguez, Gerald Vaagen

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Abstract

A disinfecting apparatus for cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing a wide variety of devices used by medical personnel, law enforcement and correctional facilities, body art establishments, and the like, comprises a top portion, an upper portion that includes a main tank, and a lower portion that includes a water pump and reservoir tank. The water pump conveys the disinfectant solution from the main tank through a filter to the piping system that delivers the disinfectant solution to the plurality of jets that dispense the disinfectant solution to the devices held on a removable holding device within the interior chamber. The devices are then further sanitized and sterilized by a blower and UV-C light exposure.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A disinfecting apparatus for cleaning at least one device, the disinfecting apparatus comprising:

an upper portion comprising a compartment that defines an interior chamber, the upper portion having a top portion in moveable communication with the upper portion, the top portion configured to alternately open and close access to the interior chamber;
an upper door in moveable communication with the compartment, the upper door configured to alternately open and close access to the interior chamber;
a plurality of jets disposed in the upper portion, the plurality of jets configured to convey a disinfectant solution from a disinfectant chamber to the interior chamber;
a lower portion subjacent the upper portion, the lower portion comprising a lower door, a lower chamber, a rotatable tray, and a water pump configured to convey the disinfectant solution from the disinfectant chamber to each jet of the plurality of jets with an equal pressure to each jet, the lower door in moveable communication with the lower portion, the lower door configured to alternately open and close access to the lower chamber.

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Facts

Application: 15/362,034Filed 28 Nov 2016 · continuation in part
Priority: 11 Aug 2015
Published: US 2017/0043044 A113 Apr 2017
Granted: 15 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A61L 2/22
Using chemical substances: phase substances, e.g. smokes or aerosols
A61L 2/10
Radiation: ultraviolet [UV] radiation
B01D 46/0036
With additional separating or treating functions: by adsorption or absorption
B01D 46/0038
With additional separating or treating functions: with means for influencing the odor, e.g. deodorizing substances

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Application14/823,171Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 11 Aug 2015
US 2017/0100498 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Apr 2017
US 9,561,296 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2017/0043044 A1Published application
US 10,441,671 B2This patent

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