Spray mechanism for sanitizing an aircraft
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorStephanie K. Licht
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Abstract
A sanitizing system includes a dispensing unit having a fluid storage and a compressed air generator. The fluid storage stores one or more disinfecting fluids or other sanitizing agents. The sanitizing system has an interconnect configured as an adapter that defines a conduit or passageway in an airflow path between a low pressure ground air supply and a connection port on an aircraft. The dispensing unit is configured to dispense the one or more disinfecting fluids or other sanitizing agents into the airflow path via the interconnect.
Claims20
A method for sanitizing an aircraft, the method comprising:
- configuring a sanitizing system to receive an activation signal, the sanitizing system comprising:
- a dispensing unit having a fluid storage and a compressed air generator, the fluid storage storing one or more disinfecting fluids or other sanitizing agents;
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- an interconnect configured as an adapter that defines a conduit or passageway in an airflow path between a low pressure ground air supply and a connection port on the aircraft, wherein the dispensing unit is configured to dispense the one or more disinfecting fluids or other sanitizing agents into the airflow path via the interconnect;
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- dispensing the one or more disinfecting fluids or other sanitizing agents into the airflow path via the interconnect in response to receiving the activation signal.
A method for sanitizing an aircraft, the method comprising:
- receiving an activation signal from a sanitizing system, wherein the sanitizing system comprises a dispensing unit having a fluid storage and a compressed air generator, the fluid storage storing one or more disinfecting fluids or other sanitizing agents and an interconnect configured as an adapter that defines a conduit or passageway in an airflow path between a low pressure ground air supply and a connection port on the aircraft;
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- dispensing the one or more disinfecting fluids or other sanitizing agents from the dispensing unit into the airflow path via the interconnect in response to receiving the activation signal.
A method for sanitizing an aircraft, the method comprising:
- determining that no passengers are present in a cabin of the aircraft by one or more occupancy sensor;
- receiving an activation signal from a sanitizing system based on the determining that there are not passengers present, wherein the sanitizing system comprises a dispensing unit having a fluid storage and a compressed air generator, the fluid storage storing one or more disinfecting fluids or other sanitizing agents and an interconnect configured as an adapter that defines a conduit or passageway in an airflow path between a low pressure ground air supply and a connection port on the aircraft;
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- dispensing the one or more disinfecting fluids or other sanitizing agents from the dispensing unit into the airflow path via the interconnect in response to receiving the activation signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.