US 2021/0259451 A1Published application

Food and beverage processor comprising ultraviolet disinfection apparatus

AssigneeSoulnano Limited

InventorsCho Hang WONG, Kai Lai CHAN

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Abstract

A food and beverage processor including one or more ultraviolet disinfection apparatuses being integral to existing pipe system is provided, each of the apparatuses including a hollow body with at least two open ends and an arbitrary cross-section, a UV module and a control module. The hollow body is configured for receiving the UV module, and to communicate with at least one end of a pipe structure such that a medium passing therethrough will not leak. The hollow body has an inner surface and an outer surface; the inner surface includes one or more interior structures defined by one or more partition walls for sub-dividing hollow space of the hollow body into at least two relatively smaller hollow spaces. The UV module includes one or more UV LED arrays arranged independently or severally on the inner surface and/or the interior structures to increase UV exposure to the medium. The control module is remotely connected to the UV module outside the hollow body.

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Dependent claims

A food and beverage processor comprising a plurality of compartments connected by pipe structure and one or more ultraviolet disinfection apparatuses incorporated into the pipe structure for disinfecting an edible medium passing therethrough while the flow rate of the edible medium and operational temperature remain stable,

wherein the ultraviolet disinfection apparatus comprising:
a hollow body comprising an arbitrary cross-section and at least two open ends, each of the at least two open ends communicating with one end of a pipe structure, and further comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface including one or more interior structures which is flat or curved, the one or more interior structures being defined by one or more partitions situated in part or in full length along the inner surface of the hollow space;
an ultraviolet (UV) module comprising one or more UV LED arrays independently or severally arranged with each other, the one or more UV LED arrays being mounted on the flat or curved surface of the interior structures;
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a control module being connected to the UV module and located remotely from the hollow body of the apparatus.

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