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US 2002/0117558 A1Published application
Scuba gear sanitizing system
OwnerPeter Timmes, Daniel Timmesinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for sanitizing scuba diving equipment including aqua lungs, wet-suits, fins, caps and masks comprises a spray gun adapted to mix a germicidal solution into a jet of water or other fluid carrier. The spray gun has a conical nozzle provided with a set of graduated, flexible, feather-edged disks or barbs that can hermetically mate with a number of scuba diving component apertures of different sizes and shapes.
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An apparatus for sanitizing man-worn equipment which comprises:
- a source of pressurized fluid;
- a source of sanitizing fluid;
- a spraying gun having a pressurized fluid inlet, a mixed fluid outlet, a pressurized fluid channel including a venturi between said inlet and said outlet, and a mixing fluid inlet connected to said venturi;
- conduct means between said source of pressurized fluid and said pressurized fluid inlet, and between said source of sanitizing fluid and said mixing fluid inlet;
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- a nozzle at said mixed fluid outlet, said nozzle having a proximal end secured to said outlet and a distal end;
- a plurality of circumferentially feather-edged disks axially layered around said nozzle, said disks having different, graduated outer diameters stepping up from a smallest one of said disks proximal to said distal end to a largest one of said disks proximal said proximal end.
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