REMOVABLY ATTACHABLE DISINFECTING LIGHT FOR A CONVEYOR BELT

• Main Authors: Provost, Wayne, Glauser, Jeffrey Mel, Cole, Jonathan M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.11.2022
• Subjects: CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CONVEYING; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

The present disclosure relates to a removably attachable disinfecting device to disinfect items on a conveyor. The disinfecting device has a housing, an inlet, an outlet, and at least one disinfecting light positioned within the housing. The housing is five-sided and has an inlet cover and an outlet cover, a first lip on a first side, and a second lip on a second side, the lips configured to rest on an outer, stationary surface of a conveyor belt system. As an item passes down the conveyor belt, it enters the disinfecting device via the inlet where it is exposed to disinfecting light (e.g., UV light). The disinfected item proceeds to exit the disinfecting device on the conveyor belt via the outlet.