METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING BIOFILM IN AN APPLIANCE

• Main Authors: HARDAWAY, ANTHONY H, VAIDHYANATHAN, RAVEENDRAN, WONG, NYIK SIONG, LUCKMAN, JOEL A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 19.04.2008
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FISHING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

A method of sanitizing a washing machine, including the removal of a biofil m from the wash chamber of a clothes washer.