US 12,370,280 B2 · Ultraviolet cleaning of carriers in a drive-up banking system

Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a light kit assembly to disinfect a carrier between banking transactions of a drive-through banking system. Customers or bankers can activate the sanitization mode of operation to kill germs and viruses without removal of the carrier from the drive-through banking system. The sanitization mode of operation can be automatic. The carrier is positioned in the carrier pocket of a customer station in which a light kit assembly has been installed. An indicator light positioned exteriorly of the customer station indicates that the carrier is being sanitized by one or more UV lights attached to a mounting plate having two bi-folded wings that is positioned within the carrier pocket adjacent to the carrier. Two mounting plates in a mirror-image arrangement may be positioned in the carrier pocket to enable 360 degree application of UV light onto the carrier.

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Dependent claims

A light kit assembly for sanitizing a carrier in a drive-through banking system, comprising:

a mounting plate having a back wall that extends between a first bi-fold wing and a second bi-fold wing, wherein the first bi-fold wing includes a first portion and a second portion with a first wing angle there between, and wherein the second bi-fold wing includes a first portion and a second portion with a second wing angle there between;
a first UV light source assembled with one of the first portion or the second portion of the first bi-fold wing;
and
a second UV light source assembled with one of the first portion or the second portion of the second bi-fold wing.

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A light kit subassembly for sanitizing a carrier in a drive-through banking system that includes a customer station operatively coupled to a teller station wherein the carrier moves between the customer and teller stations, the light kit subassembly comprising:

a light kit assembly including a mounting plate assembled with a first UV light source and a second UV light source, the mounting plate having a back wall that extends between a first bi-fold wing and a second bi-fold wing, wherein the first bi-fold wing includes a first portion and a second portion with a first wing angle there between, and wherein the second bi-fold wing includes a first portion and a second portion with a second wing angle there between, wherein the first UV light source is assembled with one of the first portion or the second portion of the first bi-fold wing, wherein the second UV light source is assembled with one of the first portion or the second portion of the second bi-fold wing;
and
a carrier pocket sized to receive the light kit assembly therein, the carrier pocket further sized and configured for installation in one of the customer or the teller stations.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Ultraviolet cleaning of carriers in a drive-up banking system

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Ultraviolet cleaning of carriers in a drive-up banking system

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Abstract

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