US 12,285,532 B2
Systems and methods to disinfect an object or surface
Barbara Ann Stefl, Lebanon, OH (US); William Richard Immell, Liberty Township, OH (US); William Mark Feldmann, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Jeem Newland, III, Springboro, OH (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/573,879.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/137,337, filed on Jan. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218853 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/14 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); B08B 9/093 (2006.01); F26B 15/18 (2006.01); F26B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/14 (2013.01); A61L 2/208 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); B08B 9/093 (2013.01); F26B 21/004 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/17 (2013.01); B08B 2209/08 (2013.01); F26B 15/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for disinfecting an object comprising:
a Far ultraviolet (UV) emitter to degrade one or more contaminants on a surface of the object; and
an air delivery system configured to:
ingest ambient air; and
direct the ambient air through one or more conduits to force air to dry and blow debris from the surface of the object.