Safety cabinet with illumination system
AssigneeJustrite Manufacturing Company
InventorsKeshar Nath, Mark Goddard
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Abstract
A safety cabinet can include an enclosure defining an interior compartment accessible through an opening. The safety cabinet includes an interior lighting system. The interior lighting system can include at least one of an illuminating light to enable viewing to cabinet contents and an ultraviolet light configured to disinfect the interior compartment of the safety cabinet. To provide electrical power to the interior lighting system, the safety cabinet includes an electrical connection disposed through the enclosure. The electrical connection can include at least one of a bulkhead connector and an intumescent socket.
Claims25
A safety cabinet comprising:
- an enclosure defining an interior compartment and a compartment opening, the interior compartment being accessible via the compartment opening;
- a door being rotatably mounted to the enclosure and moveable over a range of travel between an open position and a closed position, the door adapted to cover at least a portion of the compartment opening of the enclosure when the door is in the closed position;
- an interior lighting system including at least one light source disposed in the interior compartment;
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- an electrical connection conductively connected to the interior lighting system, the electrical connection arranged with the enclosure and configured to be electrically connected to an external electrical component such that the interior compartment is isolated from an exterior environment via the electrical connection.
A method of disinfecting an interior compartment of a safety cabinet, the safety cabinet including an enclosure and at least one door, the enclosure including an inner shell and an outer shell in a double walled configuration, the inner shell defining an interior compartment and a compartment opening, the interior compartment being accessible via the compartment opening, and the at least one door being rotatably mounted to the enclosure and moveable over a range of travel between an open position and a closed position, the at least one door adapted to occlude the compartment opening of the enclosure when the at least one door is in the closed position, the method comprising:
- electrically connecting an interior lighting system disposed in the interior compartment to an external electrical component via an electrical connection disposed through the inner shell and the outer shell of the enclosure and configured to isolate the interior compartment from an exterior environment;
- occluding the compartment opening by moving each of the at least one door to the closed position;
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- activating, for a predetermined period of time sufficient to reduce at least one of a microorganism and a pathogen disposed within the interior compartment, at least one ultraviolet light source of the interior lighting system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.