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US 8,999,261 B2Granted
Device for hand disinfection
AssigneeIndustrie De Nora S.P.A.
InventorMariachiara Benedetto
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for hand washing and disinfection by nebulization of an in-situ electrolyzed active solution. The dispensed solution contains active chlorine optionally added with ozone or peroxides.
Claims8
An apparatus for hand disinfection comprising a rigid body provided with:
- a recess for hand insertion;
- an electrochemical cell provided with a timer, configured to produce an oxidant solution by electrolysis of an aqueous electrolytic medium during a predefined time;
- a device for nebulizing the oxidant solution inside the recess for hand insertion;
- at least one probe suitable for detecting hand insertion inside the recess;
- an electronic control board configured to initiate upon activation the steps of:
- uploading a predefined volume of the aqueous electrolytic medium inside the electrochemical cell,
- subsequent timed execution of the electrolysis inside the electrochemical cell until a concentration of the oxidant solution containing from about 20 to about 300 ppm of active chlorine is maintained, and
- subsequent nebulization of the oxidant solution;
- wherein the activation of the electronic control board is based on the detection by the probe or consecutive triggering of an actuator a predetermined number of times, independently from the detection by the probe.
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