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US 8,631,533 B1Granted
Footwear cleaner and disinfectant
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsAna M. Gulian, Paul M. Gulian
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Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning and disinfecting footwear or the foot of a user. More particularly, a user controlled multi-functioning device that performs both cleaning and disinfecting of footwear upon contact. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus includes one or more cleaning rollers physically contacting the footwear or foot and one or more disinfectant sources, which may be radiation sources that emits UV rays e.g., or charge particle source that emits a cold plasma blast.
Claims5
A cleaner and disinfectant for footwear, comprising:
- a support base having an upper surface with an upper surface window, a lower surface, one or more side surfaces, and a hollow interior within the upper surface, the lower surface, and the one or more side surfaces;
- a plurality of spaced-apart rotatable cleaning rollers positioned within the hollow interior of the support base, wherein at least a portion of the each of the plurality of the spaced-apart rotatable cleaning rollers extends through the upper surface;
- a plurality of spaced-apart disinfectant sources projecting one of UV radiation, nano UV radiation, cold plasma, or non-thermal plasma through the upper surface window of the support base;
- one or more bidirectional motors;
- a gearing arrangement attached to the one or more bidirectional motors and the plurality of spaced-apart rotatable cleaning rollers for rotating each elongated brush in a desired direction;
- a control panel having user controls to control the operation of the cleaner and disinfectant;
- an arm attached to and extending upwards from the support base;
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- handles attached to an upper portion of the arm for user engagement when a user is standing on the cleaner and disinfectant, wherein the control panel is positioned on an upper portion of the arm.
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