Clean access uv
OwnerJohn Ayala, Kevin Escotoinventors
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Abstract
An ultraviolet germicidal irradiation device includes a housing having one or two apertures where an access key card may be inserted and withdrawn. A conveyor operates to receive the card through one aperture, planarly move it along an axial direction of the housing, and eject the card through the same or a second aperture located at the opposite end of the housing. An ultraviolet light source illuminates the card as the card moves along the housing, thereby, disinfecting the card. A control device is configured to control a linear motion of the conveyor along the axial direction of the housing.
Claims25
An ultraviolet germicidal irradiation device, comprising:
- (a) a substantially cubic housing having a first aperture through a first side of the housing and a second aperture through a second side of the housing;
- (b) a conveyor operable to receive a card through the first aperture, to planarly move the card along an axial direction of the housing, and to eject the card through the second aperture;
- (c) an ultraviolet light source operable to disinfect the card, wherein the ultraviolet light source illuminates the card within the housing as the card moves along the axial direction of the housing;
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- (d) a control device, coupled with the conveyor, wherein the control device comprises a processor including a programming code stored on a storage device of said processor, and wherein the control device is configured to control a linear motion of the conveyor along the axial direction of the housing.
An ultraviolet germicidal irradiation device, comprising:
- (a) a substantially cubic housing having an aperture through a side of the housing;
- (b) a conveyor operable to receive a card through the aperture, to planarly move the card along an axial direction of the housing, and to eject the card through the aperture;
- (c) an ultraviolet light source operable to disinfect the card, wherein the ultraviolet light source illuminates the card within the housing, as the card moves along the axial direction of the housing;
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- (d) a control device, coupled with the conveyor, wherein the control device comprises a processor including a programming code stored on a storage device of said processor, and wherein the control device is configured to control a linear motion of the conveyor along the axial direction of the housing.
A method of disinfecting a card via an ultraviolet germicidal irradiation device, said ultraviolet germicidal irradiation device comprising a substantially cubic housing having a first aperture through a first side of the housing and a second aperture through a second side of the housing, a conveyor operable to receive the card through the first aperture, to planarly move the card along an axial direction of the housing, and to eject the card through the second aperture, an ultraviolet light source operable to disinfect the card, wherein the ultraviolet light source illuminates the card within the housing as the card moves along the axial direction of the housing, and a control device, coupled with the conveyor, wherein the control device comprises a processor including a programming code stored on a storage device of said processor, and wherein the control device is configured to control a linear motion of the conveyor along the axial direction of the housing, said method comprising:
- (i) receiving the card through the first aperture, via the conveyor;
- (ii) planarly moving the card along the axial direction of the housing, via the conveyor;
- (iii) illuminating the card within the housing as the card moves along the axial direction of the housing, via the ultraviolet light source;
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- (iv) controlling the linear motion of the conveyor along the axial direction of the housing, via the control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.