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Passenger transport system with a disinfecting device

US12398021B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 2022
Grant dateAug 26, 2025
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB66B31/02
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a disinfecting device for disinfecting a movable surface of a passenger transport system. The disinfecting device has a housing with an interior and at least one radiation source arranged in the interior. The radiation source can emit germicidal electromagnetic radiation. The disinfecting device also has a device, arranged in the interior of the housing, and a radiation measurement sensor. The device is arranged between the radiation source and a radiation-transmissive side wall of the housing. The device allows sufficient detection by the radiation measurement sensor of a portion of the radiation emitted by the radiation source.

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