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US 8,029,739 B2Granted
Ultraviolet sanitation device
AssigneeTennant Company
InventorsBruce F. Field, Joseph L. Pouliot
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Abstract
A sanitation device includes a mobile body, a surface cleaning component, and a source of UV radiation. The surface cleaning component and the source of UV radiation are mounted to the mobile body, which is configured to travel over a surface. The surface cleaning component is configured to engage the surface and the source of UV radiation is configured to direct UV radiation to the surface.
Claims7
A sanitization device comprising:
- a mobile body configured to travel over a surface;
- a cleaning liquid dispensing system supported on the mobile body and configured to dispense a cleaning liquid to the surface;
- a squeegee coupled to a rear side of the mobile body and configured to engage the surface;
- a rotatable scrubber mounted to the mobile body and configured to scrub the surface;
- a source of UV radiation attached to the mobile body and positioned at a rear side of the squeegee, the source of UV radiation configured to direct UV radiation to the surface;
- a tank mounted to the mobile body;
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- a vacuum supported by the mobile body and configured to remove liquid from the surface that is collected by the squeegee and deposit the liquid into the tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.