US 11,939,240 B2
Sterilizing device
Jae Young Choi, Ansan-si (KR); Shi Hyun Ahn, Ansan-si (KR); Ki Yon Park, Ansan-si (KR); Woong Ki Jeong, Ansan-si (KR); and Kyu Won Han, Ansan-si (KR)
Assigned to SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD., Ansan-si (KR)
Filed by SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD., Ansan-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/069,666.
Application 18/069,666 is a continuation of application No. 17/170,730, filed on Feb. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,542,180.
Application 17/170,730 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2019/009934, filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0092397 (KR), filed on Aug. 8, 2018; and application No. 10-2019-0001944 (KR), filed on Jan. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0128525 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. C02F 1/32 (2023.01)
CPC C02F 1/325 (2013.01) [C02F 2201/3228 (2013.01); C02F 2301/026 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterilizing device comprising:
a housing including a bottom and a sidewall extending upwards from the bottom and having an accommodation space defined by the bottom and the sidewall;
a pipe disposed in the housing and configured to deliver a fluid;
a light emitter disposed on the sidewall and configured to emit light toward the fluid flowing in the pipe; and
a reflector disposed between a light emitting region emitted from the light emitter and the pipe and having a curved reflective region; and
wherein a height of the curved reflective region of the reflector is lower than a height of the sidewall, and
wherein the height of the curved reflective region of the reflector is greater than a height at which the light emitter is disposed.