Sanitation apparatus

Details Sanitation apparatus Sanitation apparatus

1989-09-19

1991-08-13

Berman, Jack I.

Radiant energy

Supported for nonsignalling objects of irradiation

With source support

250436, 250432R, 250435, 422 22, 422307, A61L 210

Patent

active

050398652

DESCRIPTION:

BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD

This invention relates to a sanitation apparatus for use with a tank containing liquid to be sanitized or from which the liquid sanitized is supplied, receptacles containing tooth brush and comb, food service utensils, hospital service utensils, barbers and beauty parlors business utensils, utensils for sauna bath and recreation facilities to be sanitized, nozzle and water purifier for supplying sterilized water and drinking water or the like, filter itself, pipes for supplying various kinds of beverages sterilized, pipes for transporting air, gas, liquid or powder, a stirring apparatus therefor, sterilization of telephone set including transmitter and receiver to be sanitized and sterilization of toilet seat, sterilization of wet towel and laundry, sterilization of dried cereals, utilization for cleaners for sterilizing ticks, virus and bacteria, utilization for sterilizing bacteria and the like within a cooling tower, sterilization of sauna bath, bath, shower room and kitchen of high temperature, sterilization of door knob, sterilization of the surfaces of push buttons, sterilization of footwears and sterilization of medicines, foods and beverages contained in receptacles pervious to far-infrared rays.


BACKGROUND ART

There has been known so far such a method which comprises the steps of placing an object to be sanitized into an infrared ray irradiating apparatus in which a ceramic heater is provided as an infrared ray irradiation body and operating the ceramic heater to irradiate the object with infrared rays containing plenty of far-infrared rays while ventilating the air within the infrared ray irradiating apparatus, thereby heat-sterilizing the object (Japanese Laid-Open Patent Gazette No. 50-685).
The above-noted prior-art apparatus utilizes the ceramic heater as the infrared ray irradiating bodies so that a heating temperature is as high as, for example, 100.degree. to 450.degree. C. Such high temperature exerts a harmful influence upon the object to be sanitized, causing the object to be sanitized to be burned. Therefore, the ceramic heater and the object to be sanitized must be cooled by air and water, which provides a large-sized and expensive apparatus.
It is frequently observed that the large-sized apparatus heats extra portion of the object to be sanitized. This is uneconomical and makes the temperature administration difficult. Further, the ceramic heater can not directly oppose the object to be sanitized or can not be placed closest to the object to be sanitized, which limits the application field of the sanitation device. Furthermore, the temperature exerts a harmful influence upon the object to be sanitized so that the object to be sanitized is damaged by burning or the object to be sanitized is heated too much. There is then a risk that the user will be burned.


DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

In view of the above-noted aspect, the present invention is to provide a sanitation apparatus which can eliminate the above-mentioned defects.
The sanitation apparatus of this invention comprises a far-infrared ray emitting member 5 made of ceramics, metal oxide or the like for emitting far-infrared rays to prevent increase of germ or to sterilize in association with an object to be sanitized and a heating member 10 which heats the far-infrared ray emitting member 5 to emit far-infrared rays, which are applied to the object to be sanitized to prevent increase of germ or to sterilize the object to be sanitized and the temperature of the far-infrared ray emitting member 5 is kept in a range of from about 30.degree. C. to 60.degree. C. so that the temperature of the object may not increase excessively. In other words, the far-infrared ray emitting member 5 is provided in association with the object to be sanitized. The far-infrared ray emitting member 5 is heated at about 30.degree. C. to 60.degree. C. by, for example, the power source 10 to apply much far-infrared rays to the object to be sanitized so that increase of germ is prevented or that the object to be sanitized is sterilized. Th

REFERENCES:
patent: 4899057 (1990-02-01), Koji

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