Advanced combination ozone and UV treatment of object or product in-package
OwnerJose Gutmaninventor
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Abstract
A method for providing at least one of a sanitizing, disinfecting, and sterilizing treatment to a product or object while inside a package by treatment with a combination of UV energy and ozone to the product while in the package. The ozone can be provided inside the package through a gas channel secured, in a gas-tight seal, to an opening of the package containing the product or object. The ozone can also be generated in the package by converting oxygen to ozone in the package while containing the product or object therein.
Claims20
A method for providing a sanitizing treatment for a product or object while inside a package, the method comprising:
- securing, in a gas-tight seal, a gas channel to a mouth of an opening of a package containing a product or object;
- providing an atmosphere inside a contained environment containing at least the product or object packaged inside a package;
- transmitting ultraviolet energy through the atmosphere inside the contained environment and toward the packaged product or object contained therein;
- providing at least one of a sanitizing, disinfecting and sterilizing treatment to the packaged product or object with
- UV treatment of the product or object in the package from the ultraviolet energy;
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- converting oxygen in the atmosphere inside the contained environment to ozone in the atmosphere and transferring gas containing ozone from the atmosphere inside the contained environment into the package containing the product or object.
A method for providing a sanitizing treatment for a product or object while inside a package, the method comprising:
- providing inside a contained environment a product or object that is packaged inside a package;
- providing a gas channel in an opening of the package containing the product or object;
- providing an atmosphere inside the contained environment containing at least the product or object packaged inside the package;
- transmitting ultraviolet energy through the atmosphere inside the contained environment containing at least the product or object packaged inside the package;
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- providing at least one of a sanitizing, disinfecting and sterilizing treatment to the packaged product or object with at least converting oxygen in the atmosphere inside the contained environment to ozone in the atmosphere and transferring gas containing ozone from the atmosphere inside the contained environment into the package containing the product or object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.