Fogging system providing atomized solution and ultraviolet light to treatment area
AssigneeGcmg Companies, LLC
InventorsSteve Grinstead, Frances Grinstead
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Abstract
A system for disinfecting an enclosed area may include at least one ultraviolet (UV) light and a fogging device which may include a portable housing, an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing. The processor may be configured to initiate a treatment cycle during which the atomizing disinfectant generator dispenses atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area, after a first time period activate the at least one UV light while the atomized disinfectant fluid is being dispensed into the enclosed area, and after a second time period later than the first time period deactivate the at least one UV light and prior to completion of the treatment cycle.
Claims17
A system for disinfecting an enclosed area comprising:
- at least one ultraviolet (UV) light;
- and
- a fogging device comprising
- a portable housing,
- an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the portable housing,
- an output circuit carried by the portable housing, and
- a processor carried by the portable housing and configured to
- initiate a disinfection cycle during which the atomizing disinfectant generator dispenses atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area, the disinfection cycle including a saturation phase wherein the atomizing disinfectant generator operates to dispense atomized disinfectant fluid continuously to bring the enclosed area to a target saturation level and a pulse phase wherein the atomizing disinfectant generator operates to intermittently dispense atomized disinfectant fluid to maintain the enclosed area at the target saturation level,
- after a first time period, activate the at least one UV light via the output circuit to irradiate the enclosed area and atomized disinfectant while the atomized disinfectant fluid is being dispensed into the enclosed area, and
- after a second time period later than the first time period, deactivate the at least one UV light via the output circuit and prior to completion of the disinfection cycle.
A fogging device comprising:
- a portable housing;
- an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the portable housing;
- an output circuit carried by the portable housing;
- and
- a processor carried by the portable housing and configured to
- initiate a disinfection cycle during which the atomizing disinfectant generator dispenses atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area, the disinfection cycle including a saturation phase wherein the atomizing disinfectant generator operates to dispense atomized disinfectant fluid continuously to bring the enclosed area to a target saturation level and a pulse phase wherein the atomizing disinfectant generator operates to intermittently dispense atomized disinfectant fluid to maintain the enclosed area at the target saturation level,
- after a first time period, activate at least one ultraviolet (UV) light via the output circuit to irradiate the enclosed area and atomized disinfectant while the atomized disinfectant fluid is being dispensed into the enclosed area, and
- after a second time period later than the first time period, deactivate the at least one UV light via the output circuit and prior to completion of the disinfection cycle.
A method for disinfecting an enclosed area using a fogging device and at least one ultraviolet (UV) light, the fogging device comprising a portable housing, an output circuit carried by the portable housing, and an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the portable housing, the method comprising:
- initiating a disinfection cycle during which the atomizing disinfectant generator dispenses atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area, the disinfection cycle including a saturation phase wherein the atomizing disinfectant generator operates to dispense atomized disinfectant fluid continuously to bring the enclosed area to a target saturation level and a pulse phase wherein the atomizing disinfectant generator operates to intermittently dispense atomized disinfectant fluid to maintain the enclosed area at the target saturation level;
- after a first time period, activating the at least one UV light via the output circuit to irradiate the enclosed area and atomized disinfectant from the fogging device while the atomized disinfectant fluid is being dispensed into the enclosed area;
- and
- after a second time period later than the first time period, deactivating the at least one UV light via the output circuit from the fogging device and prior to completion of the disinfection cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.