Germicidal mailbox
US6646270B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L2/10
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A germicidal mailbox receives mail in an internal, rotatable cage, and tumbles such mail while irradiating it with ultraviolet light at a wavelength of 254 nanometers to kill or render inert microbes on the mail that could carry diseases to which humans are susceptible. After the mail has been tumbled and irradiated, it is safe for handling by humans without the danger of infection and disease from microbes that may purposefully, through terrorism, or accidentally have become attached to the mail.
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