Siphon trap disinfection system
OwnerGholam Hossein Zereshkianinventor
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Abstract
A siphon trap disinfection unit consisting of a copper/silver electrode coated on inside body of the siphon parallel to each other along the siphon in the area which water normally stands. A water level sensor to generate resistance between two electrodes and an electric controller circuit to generate ions by applying voltage between two electrodes and controlling the amount of current passing through this control circuit to generate enough concentration of copper and silver ion continuously in the water standing area of the siphon trap to remove and deactivate harmful bacteria's in this area.
Claims20
A disinfection device for a trapped-liquid comprising:
- a. a drain trap for a liquid flow having an inner surface to trap a volume of said trapped-liquid;
- b. a first electrode and a second electrode attached to the inner surface of said drain trap;
- c. said first and said second electrodes are made of or coated with a metal or a metal alloy capable of generating metal ions to eliminate biological cells;
- d. a power supply to provide a current and a voltage to said electrodes for a period of ionization;
- e. a sensor system installed in the drain trap to sense flow of a liquid through said drain trap;
- f. a timer system to determine the length of a stagnant-time that said trapped-liquid is stagnant in the drain trap;
- and to determine the length of an ionization-time for said period of ionization;
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- g. a control system to control said period of ionization, and to turn on the power to the electrodes when a timer system indicates that the trapped-liquid is stagnant for predefined said stagnant-time and turn off the power when the ionization is performed for predefined said ionization-time or when the liquid flows in the drain.
A method of disinfecting a trapped-liquid in a drain trap having an inner surface, said method comprising steps of;
- a. attaching a first electrode and a second electrode to the inner surface of the drain trap;
- b. attaching said first electrode and said second electrode to a power supply;
- c. coating the first electrode and the second electrode with a metal or a metal alloy capable of generating a metal ion for the ionization of the trapped-liquid;
- d. installing a sensor on the drain trap to sense the flowing of a liquid inside the drain;
- e. turning on the power to the electrodes if the liquid is not flowing for a predefined stagnant-time;
- f. ionizing the trapped-liquid for a predefined ionization-time, and then stopping the ionization, and
- g. repeating steps e. and f.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.