Sanitization and cleaning system for objects
AssigneeKart Kleen LLC
InventorJason Gardiner
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Abstract
Systems and techniques for cleaning and sanitizing objects are discussed herein. An object may include an unpowered object such as a shopping cart or a powered object such as a power wheel-chair. A sanitization structure may be connected to a reservoir and may apply a sanitizing agent to the object via one or more nozzles. A drying structure may apply filtered gas such as filtered air to the object via one or more air ducts. An ultraviolet (UV) light structure may apply UV light to the object via one or more UV lamps. A UV curtain structure may include one or more curtains that block the UV light. A bumper rail may guide the object received by the various structures from an entrance side to an exit side of the various structures.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a structure that includes one or more components that prevent at least a portion of light from exiting the apparatus;
- a light component that is associated with the structure and that is configured to apply the light to an object within the structure;
- a drying component that is configured to apply a gas current to the object, the gas current including a purified gas, wherein the drying component is moveable or configurable based at least in part on a size or a shape of the object;
- a fan that is coupled to the drying component and that is configured to receive unpurified gas;
- a purification tunnel that is configured to convert the unpurified gas into the purified gas;
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- an opening in which the object at least one of:
- enters the structure;
- or
- exits the structure.
An apparatus comprising:
- an entrance in which an object enters the apparatus;
- a light component that is configured to apply light to the object;
- a drying component that is configured to apply a gas current to the object, the gas current including a purified gas, wherein the drying component is moveable or configurable based at least in part on a size or a shape of the object;
- a fan that is coupled to the drying component and that is configured to receive unpurified gas;
- a purification tunnel that is configured to convert the unpurified gas into the purified gas;
- an exit, different than the entrance, through which the object exits the apparatus;
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- one or more components that are configured to block at least a portion of the light from escaping the apparatus via the entrance or the exit.
An apparatus for sanitizing an object comprising:
- a sanitization component that includes one or more nozzles that are configured to apply a sanitizing agent to the object;
- a drying component that includes one or more air ducts that are configured to apply a gas current to the object, the gas current including a purified gas;
- a fan that is coupled to the drying component and that is configured to receive unpurified gas;
- a purification tunnel that is coupled to the fan and an air duct of the one or more air ducts, and that is configured to convert the unpurified gas into the purified gas;
- a light component that includes one or more lamps that are configured to apply UV light to the object, wherein the one or more nozzles and the one or more air ducts are moveable and configurable based at least in part on a size and a shape of the object;
- a UV curtain component that is configured to block a portion of the UV light;
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- an entrance side at which the object enters the apparatus and an exit side at which the object exits the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.