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US 8,940,229 B2Granted
Device for irradiating surfaces
AssigneeOSRAM GmbH
InventorsHelmut Halfmann, Axel Hombach, Markus Roth
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Abstract
In various embodiments, a device for irradiating surfaces is provided. The device may include a radiation emitter having a radiation emitter vessel, wherein the radiation emitter vessel has at least one tunnel-like passage; and a structure configured to allow a process gas to flow through the at least one tunnel-like passage.
Claims10
A device for irradiating surfaces, comprising:
- a radiation emitter comprising a radiation emitter vessel, wherein the radiation emitter vessel has at least one tunnel-like passage;
- and a structure configured to allow a process gas to flow through the at least one tunnel-like passage,
- wherein the radiation emitter vessel comprises an inner tube and an outer tube which are connected to one another to form a gas-tight seal in the manner of a coaxial double tube arrangement;
- and wherein the inner tube cooperatively interacts with the structure for the process gas, as a result of which the inner tube serves as a tunnel-like passage for the gas flow of the process gas and the process gas emerges at the front end of the radiation emitter vessel.
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A method for the sterilization of a surface, the method comprising:
- providing a device for irradiating surfaces, the device comprising:
- a radiation emitter comprising a radiation emitter vessel, wherein the radiation emitter vessel has at least one tunnel-like passage;
- and a structure configured to allow a process gas to flow through the at least one tunnel-like passage;
- sterilizing the surface using the device,
- wherein the radiation emitter vessel comprises an inner tube and an outer tube which are connected to one another to form a gas-tight seal in the manner of a coaxial double tube arrangement;
- and wherein the inner tube cooperatively interacts with the structure for the process gas, as a result of which the inner tube serves as a tunnel-like passage for the gas flow of the process gas and the process gas emerges at the front end of the radiation emitter vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.