Tobin Reade King

US Patent:

20070012340, Jan 18, 2007

Filed:

Jul 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/183539

Inventors:

W. Jones - Carrollton GA, US
Tobin King - Carrollton GA, US
Carter Jones - Rome GA, US

International Classification:

B08B 3/00

US Classification:

134045000, 13405700R, 134131000, 134123000

Abstract:

A system and method for sanitizing or cleaning an item, such as a grocery store shopping cart or a child stroller, for re-use utilizes a passageway having an entrance and an exit and a sanitizing or cleaning station between the entrance and exit. The item is conveyed through the passageway into the station, and pulsating beams of ultraviolet (UV) light are directed toward the item to sanitize the surfaces of the item which are struck by the pulsating beams of light. The system can be supplemented with an arrangement for directing water toward the item for rinsing purposes and for subsequently directing air toward the item for drying purposes. Moreover, the rinse water can be collected and sanitized after it has been directed toward the item during a rinsing operation for subsequent re-use.

US Patent:

20070017548, Jan 25, 2007

Filed:

Aug 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/510895

Inventors:

Tobin King - Carrollton GA, US
Albert Allen - Sharpsburg GA, US

International Classification:

B08B 3/12
B08B 7/00
B08B 3/00
B08B 6/00

US Classification:

134001000, 134123000, 134137000, 134199000, 134103100, 134033000, 134034000

Abstract:

A system and method for sanitizing an item, such as a grocery store shopping cart or a child stroller, for re-use utilizes a passageway having an entrance and an exit and a source of ozinated water. A pump and an associated piping network are used to direct the water, when in an ozinated condition, from the source toward the item so that the surfaces of the item which are struck by the ozinated water are sanitized thereby. The water can be collected after it has been directed toward the item for subsequent use in the system.