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Automatic sterilizing apparatus

US5387403A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
10References
12Claims
0Family size

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Filing dateJun 15, 1993
Grant dateFeb 7, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 15, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61L2/18
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sterilizing apparatus installed on a car includes a nozzle-installing pipe on which a plurality of nozzles are mounted at regular intervals, a driving mechanism for varying the spray angles of the nozzles, a driving mechanism for controlling the spray time periods, a supply mechanism for supplying disinfectant to a disinfectant-flowing path equipped in the nozzle-installing pipe, a plurality of tanks containing disinfectant to be supplied to the supply mechanisms and control mechanisms for controlling the operation of the driving mechanisms. The car is moved to a required place in a hospital, and the nozzles are operated by spray disinfectant particles, the diameter of which are 10 .mu.m or less.

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