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US 12,097,299 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for sanitization of hand coverings
OwnerIan Leibowitzinventor
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Abstract
A hand sanitization system, a sanitization machine, and hand coverings containing markings for use with the sanitization machine are disclosed. The hand sanitization machine is capable of sanitizing hand coverings that were traditionally disposed of after one use. The hand coverings may contain indicators that signal when they have been sterilized.
Claims19
A sanitization system comprising:
- a sterilizing machine having an ultra-violet (UV) light source, an enclosure, and a drive assembly with bearings mounted to the enclosure and brushes mounted to the bearings;
- a hand covering for a user wherein the user may at least partially sterilize the hand covering by using the sterilizing machine's UV light source;
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- an indicator device attachable to the shirt of a user, the indicator device comprising at least a first and a second sensory indicator, wherein the first sensory indicator indicates that the hand covering has been sufficiently sterilized by the sterilizing machine, and the second sensory indicator indicates that the hand covering will need to be changed.
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A sanitization system comprising:
- a sterilizing machine having an ultra-violet (UV) light source, an enclosure, and a drive assembly with bearings mounted to the enclosure and brushes mounted to the bearings;
- a hand covering for a user wherein the user may at least partially sterilize the hand covering by utilizing the sterilizing machine's UV light source;
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- an indicator device attachable to the user, the indicator device comprising at least a first and a second sensory indicator, wherein the first sensory indicator indicates that the hand covering has been sufficiently sterilized by the sterilizing machine, and wherein the indicator device is configured to keep the first sensory indicator active until the second sensory indicator indicates that the hand covering will, after a further predetermined period of time, need to be sterilized or changed.
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A sanitization system comprising:
- a sterilizing machine having an ultra-violet (UV) light source, a sensor for sensing a mark on a hand covering, an enclosure, and a drive assembly with bearings mounted to the enclosure and brushes mounted to the bearings;
- a hand covering for a user, the hand covering having a mark thereon;
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- an indicator device attachable to the user, wherein the user may at least partially sterilize the hand covering by utilizing the UV light source of the sterilizing machine, and the indicator device comprises one or more sensory indicators that indicate a sterilization state of the hand covering, and wherein the sterilizing machine is configured to base the operating power output of the UV light source at least in part on information obtained from the sensor's sensing of the mark on the hand covering.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.