Deodorizing and sanitizing employing a wicking device
AssigneeEcolab Inc.
InventorsLeonard Kadlec, Daniel Tallman, Patrick Kilawee
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Abstract
A device and method for sanitizing and deodorizing including the selective transportation of a sanitizing composition by the capillary action of a wick to an acidic composition which may be held in a reservoir, or which also may be selectively transported through the capillary action of a wick to the reservoir.
Claims14
A sanitizing system for use in an automatic water flow system with at least one drain comprising:
- a) a first container for holding a first liquid composition comprising at least one acidic compound;
- b) a second container for holding a second liquid composition comprising at least one compound capable of reacting with said acidic compound to form a sanitizing compound;
- c) a reservoir having a vent and an outlet port, said outlet port in fluid communication with the drain of the automatic water flow system;
- d) a first conduit having an inlet in said first container and an outlet in said reservoir and a first wick disposed in said first conduit and extending from said first container to said reservoir;
- e) a second conduit having an inlet in said second container and an outlet in said reservoir and a second wick disposed in and extending through said second conduit from said second container to said reservoir;
- wherein said first liquid composition and said second liquid composition form a reactive mixture in said reservoir.
The sanitizing system of claimi 11 wherein said reactive mixture in said reservoir produces chlorine dioxide in a gaseous state and chlorine dioxide in a liquid state and said chlorine dioxide in said liquid state exits said reservoir through said vent into said head space of said automatic ice making unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.