Storage device including ultraviolet illumination

US10441670B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.

Inventors

• Michael Shur · Latham, US
• Maxim S. Shatalov · Columbia, US
• Timothy James Bettles · Irmo, US
• Yuri Bilenko · Columbia, US
• Saulius Smetona · Concord, US
• Alexander Dobrinsky · Loudonville, US
• Remigijus Gaska · Columbia, US
• Igor Agafonov · Columbia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F25D2317/0417
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Ultraviolet radiation is directed within an area. Items located within the area and/or one or more conditions of the area are monitored over a period of time. Based on the monitoring, ultraviolet radiation sources are controlled by adjusting a direction, an intensity, a pattern, and/or a spectral power of the ultraviolet radiation generated by the ultraviolet radiation source. Adjustments to the ultraviolet radiation source(s) can correspond to one of a plurality of selectable operating configurations including a storage life preservation operating configuration, a disinfection operating configuration, and an ethylene decomposition operating configuration.