US 12,151,038 B2
Integrated air sanitizer and surface disinfector
Mark D. Krosney, Jensen Beach, FL (US); and Amin J. Khoury, Wellington, FL (US)
Assigned to Molekule Group, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Molekule Group, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,598.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,082, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080065 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 9/20 (2006.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 9/20 (2013.01); B01D 46/0028 (2013.01); B01D 46/0039 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/17 (2013.01); A61L 2209/12 (2013.01); A61L 2209/14 (2013.01); B01D 2273/30 (2013.01); B01D 2279/55 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic surface cleaning device configured to traverse over a floor surface in a room area, comprising:
a maneuvering base;
at least one drive motor and at least one wheel coupled to the maneuvering base;
a support tower coupled to the maneuvering base; and
at least one deployable structure attached to the support tower, wherein the at least one deployable structure is capable of extending and retracting to pass over surfaces in the room area, and wherein the at least one deployable structure comprises one or more ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to clean the surfaces in the room area;
wherein the support tower comprises:
at least one air inflow vent configured to draw in room air;
at least one air sanitizing unit configured with at least one array of UV light emitting diodes (LEDs); and
at least one discharge vent configured to emit sanitized air;
wherein the robotic surface cleaning device is configured to navigate in the room area using at least one sensor.