System and apparatus for sanitizing a door opening device or other point of contact
AssigneeDean Schumacher
InventorDean Schumacher
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Abstract
An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent, such as germicidal light, configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
Claims20
An apparatus for sanitizing an object, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing at least partially defining an interior cavity configured to accept the object, wherein the object includes a sanitizing surface, the housing including:
- a first end wall located at a first end of the interior cavity and having a first end wall interior surface at least partially defining the interior cavity;
- a sidewall extending from and integral with at least a portion of the first end wall and having a sidewall interior surface at least partially defining the interior cavity;
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- a second end wall on an opposite end of the interior cavity from the first end wall having a second end wall interior surface at least partially defining the interior cavity,
- wherein the second end wall at least partially defines an opening into the interior cavity;
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- at least one germicidal light source disposed within the interior cavity, wherein the germicidal light source provides germicidal light into the interior cavity.
An apparatus for sanitizing an object, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing at least partially defining an interior cavity configured to accept the object, wherein the object includes a sanitizing surface, the housing including:
- a posterior wall located at a first end of the interior cavity, the posterior wall having a posterior wall interior surface at least partially defining the interior cavity;
- a sidewall extending from and integral with at least a portion of the posterior wall, the sidewall having a sidewall interior surface at least partially defining the interior cavity;
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- an anterior wall on an opposite end of the interior cavity from the posterior wall having an anterior wall interior surface at least partially defining the interior cavity,
- wherein the anterior wall at least partially defines an opening into the interior cavity;
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- at least one germicidal light source disposed within the interior cavity, wherein the germicidal light source provides germicidal light into the interior cavity, wherein the posterior wall interior surface, the anterior wall interior surface, and the sidewall interior surface are UV reflective and configured to reflect germicidal light from the at least one germicidal light source toward the object.
An apparatus for sanitizing an object, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing at least partially defining an interior cavity configured to accept the object, wherein the object includes a sanitizing surface, the housing including:
- a first end wall located at a first end of the interior cavity and having a first end wall interior surface at least partially defining the interior cavity;
- a sidewall extending from and integral with at least a portion of the first end wall and having a sidewall interior surface at least partially defining the interior cavity;
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- a second end wall on an opposite end of the interior cavity from the first end wall, the second end wall having a curved structure and a second end wall interior surface at least partially defining the interior cavity, wherein the second end wall at least partially defines an opening into the interior cavity;
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- at least one germicidal light source disposed within the interior cavity, wherein the germicidal light source provides germicidal light into the interior cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.