Cleaning apparatus using ultraviolet rays
OwnerKeiji Iimurainventor
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Abstract
Cleaning apparatus using ultraviolet rays comprises a cleaning head having a transparent body, a light source and a light guide member. capable of transmitting said ultraviolet rays from said light source to said transparent body. The transparent body is capable of transmitting ultraviolet rays. The light source is capable of emitting the ultraviolet rays. The light guide member is capable of transmitting the ultraviolet rays from the light source to the transparent body. The cleaning head may have preferably the transparent body and a group of brushes in which the group of brushes are supported by the transparent body. The cleaning apparatus may be applied for a vacuum cleaner.
Claims20
A cleaning apparatus using ultraviolet rays comprising:
- (a) a cleaning head, having a substantially transparent body capable of ultraviolet rays, a first major surface, a second major surface and a side surface;
- (b) a light source, capable of emitting said ultraviolet rays so as to sterilize a substance or substances to be cleaned by irradiation of said ultraviolet rays;
- (c) a light guide member, capable of transmitting said ultraviolet rays from said light source to said transparent body;
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- (d) a light reflecting means composed of at least one light transmissible layer having a lower refractive index than said transparent body or light reflective metal, and being disposed on one major surface of said first major surface and said second major surface, or on said major surface and said side surface.
A cleaning apparatus using ultraviolet rays comprising:
- (a) a cleaning head, having a transparent body capable of transmitting ultraviolet rays, a first major surface, a second major surface and a side surface;
- (b) a light source, capable of emitting said ultraviolet rays so as to sterilize a substance or substances to be cleaned by irradiation of said ultraviolet rays
- (c) a light guide member, capable of transmitting said ultraviolet rays from said light source to said transparent body;
- (d) a plurality of brush bristles disposed on/in said first major surface and/or said second major surface;
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- (e) said brush bristles having light reflecting means for reflecting said ultraviolet rays.
A cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a cleaning head, having a substantially transparent body capable of ultraviolet rays, a first major surface, a second major surface and a side surface;
- (b) a light source, capable of emitting said ultraviolet rays so as to sterilize a substance or substances to be cleaned by irradiation of said ultraviolet rays;
- (c) a light guide member, capable of transmitting said ultraviolet rays from said light source to said transparent body;
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- (d) a plurality of light diffusing elements embedded in an interior of said transparent body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.