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Devices, systems, and methods for reducing microbial load during product coating

US11813636B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Apeel Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ronald C. Bakus, II · Lompoc, US
Matthew Kahlscheuer · Goleta, US
Gregory Faust · Charlottesville, US
Louis Perez · Lompoc, US
Anuj Purohit · Goleta, US
Krishnan Chari · Rochester, US
Benjamin Gordon · Cambridge, GB
Nicholas Feringa · Goleta, US
Doug Gotthard · Carpinteria, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 16, 2022
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 6, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB05C9/14
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A treatment system, including a conveyor bed configured to transport a plurality of products; a brushing device located along the conveyor bed and having one or more brushes that include a first antimicrobial compound; a surface treatment device including a lamp configured to emit light of a peak wavelength directed toward a portion of the conveyor bed; and a coating device configured to deliver a coating mixture onto the plurality of products on the conveyor bed.

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