Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Apparatus – With alarm – signal – indicating – testing – inspecting,...
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-21
2007-08-21
Barr, Michael (Department: 1746)
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Apparatus
With alarm, signal, indicating, testing, inspecting,...
C134S123000, C134S129000, C134S131000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10817517
ABSTRACT:
The present invention comprises a system and method for removing contaminates from the surface of a shopping cart such as a grocery cart. The system includes subjecting the cart to multiple stages of disinfection, including washing, sanitizing, and drying stages. A shopping cart is subjected to these stages by conveying the cart on a conveyor system past a plurality of nozzles, which are configured to provide a disinfecting fluid such as water, sanitizer or air.The invention uses sensors to detect the location of a shopping cart during the sanitizing process. The sensors provide indications of the cart's location which may be used to control the operation of the disinfecting stages on the conveyor belt.
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www.louisville.com/voicedisplay.html?article=8190,Clean Machine: Crum's Sani-Dryer invention cleans, disinfects shopping carts; device at east End Winn-Dixie is first in Kentucky, Leigh Harrington,Voice Tribune, Jan. 23, 2001.
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Barr Michael
Chaudhry Saeed
RSANECR, Inc.
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
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