Mobile firefighter gear cleaner
AssigneeHC Risk Reduction, LLC
InventorMichael Matros
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Abstract
A mobile vehicle that is self-contained and equipped to wash firefighter gear at the firefighter's station. The vehicle would be on a dispatched network and be activated after an incident, and for scheduled cleanings on a regular basis; the vehicle having the required equipment to clean all contaminated gear by use of a sonic cleaner, extractors, and dryers. The process includes monitoring the life of the gear and decontaminating the gear in accordance with the gear manufacturer's recommendations. Gear that has been cleaned is reassembled, wrapped, sealed and placed back into a fireman's station, giving the firefighter the assurance that their firefighting gear was cleaned, sanitized, and serviced per the manufacturer's recommendations.
Claims16
A firefighter gear cleaner system comprising:
- a mobile vehicle having a PTO;
- an electrical generator secured to said mobile vehicle and coupled to said PTO;
- a potable water tank secured to said mobile vehicle, said water tank transfer potable water under pressure pass a detection sensor to calculate pH, chlorine, and hardness level;
- a sonic bath tank secured to said mobile vehicle and fluidly coupled to said potable water tank, said sonic bath tank having a water tight lid;
- a first gear extractor secured to said mobile vehicle, electrically coupled to said generator and fluidly coupled to said potable water tank with a first insertion pump coupled to said detection sensor to calculate the amount of cleaner material to be inserted based upon said calculated pH, chlorine, and hardness level of the potable water;
- a tumble dryer sized to receive gear treated in said first gear extractor, said tumble dryer and a propane tank used to fuel a heater is secured to said mobile vehicle;
- a second gear extractor secured to said mobile vehicle, electrically coupled to said generator and fluidly coupled to said potable water tank with a second insertion pump coupled to said detection sensor to calculate the amount of cleaner material to be inserted based upon said calculated pH, chlorine, and hardness level of the potable water;
- a hanger dryer secured to said mobile vehicle, said hanger dryer having a heater electrically coupled to said generator to provide low heat with a high velocity air flow through said dryer;
- a gray water tank secured to said mobile vehicle and fluidly coupled to said sonic bath tank, said first extractor and said second extractor, said gray water tank coupled to an ozone generator and a filter to allow recycling of said fluid inserted through said sonic bath tank, said first extractor and said second extractor;
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- a holding tank secured to said mobile vehicle and fluidly coupled to said gray water tank, said holding tank holding contaminated fluid received from aid gray water tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.