US 12,433,968 B2
Sterilizing apparatus and sterilizing method
Katsunori Suetsugu, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Katsunori Suetsugu, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/572,914.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-007788 (JP), filed on Jan. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0226530 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 9/14 (2006.01); A61L 9/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 9/14 (2013.01) [A61L 9/20 (2013.01); A61L 2209/12 (2013.01); A61L 2209/134 (2013.01); A61L 2209/21 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterilization apparatus configured to sterilize a sterilization target, the sterilization apparatus comprising:
a fanner comprising an inlet through which air is inhaled, an outlet from which the air is blown out, and a grille provided at the outlet, the fanner being configured to blow out a spiral air current from the outlet in an outlet direction;
an atomizer configured to spray a chemical solution for sterilization into the air to be blown out from the outlet into the spiral air current blown out from the outlet in the outlet direction, or on the sterilization target;
a first light emitter configured to emit a first light in the outlet direction of the spiral air current blown out from the outlet; and
a second light emitter configured to emit a second light in the outlet direction of the spiral air current blown out from the outlet,
wherein the grille comprises a plurality of openings extending from the first light emitter to the second light emitter, the plurality of openings having a curled shape curling clockwise or counterclockwise when viewed in the axial direction of the fanner.