Appliance disinfection
AssigneeUV Partners, Inc.
InventorDavid W Baarman
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Abstract
An appliance disinfecting device with monitoring and safety interlock system that utilizes user detection and sensors to detect touch and can provide user feedback and decorative features. The device can include a UV transmissive material that provides disinfection of hard to reach surfaces or areas safely. The appliance disinfection device can include an automatic interlock to protect a user from UV exposure. The optics used for the UV disinfection allow the device to become a human interface. The device can be connected to the appliance control system which can be connected to a network and cloud interface.
Claims11
An appliance disinfecting system comprising:
- an appliance;
- a storage compartment, wherein at least a portion of the compartment includes UV transmissive material;
- a UV treatment device disposed on the compartment;
- a wireless power supply providing a wireless power link from the appliance to the UV treatment device disposed on the compartment;
- an interlock control system configured to halt operation of the UV treatment device in response to the wireless power link between the wireless power supply and the UV treatment device breaking.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.