US 7,008,592 B2
Decontamination apparatus and method using an activated cleaning fluid mistGeneral
US 7,008,592 B2
Decontamination apparatus and method using an activated cleaning fluid mist
Tech Center:
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering
Examiner:
Krisanne Jastrzab
Art Unit:
1744 Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
Inventors:
Ralph M. Sias; Heath E. Sias; Stanley J. Diniz; Fernando Guerrero; J. Michael Pierce; Louis Montulli
Assignee:
Priority:
05/06/99
Filed:
11/01/01
Granted:
03/07/06
Expiration:
12/03/20
Abstract
Decontamination is achieved by producing an activated cleaning fluid mist using a decontamination apparatus having a source of a cleaning fluid, a mist generator having an input flow of the cleaning fluid and an output flow of a mist of the cleaning fluid at substantially one atmosphere ambient pressure, and an activator positioned to activate the mist of the cleaning fluid to produce the activated cleaning fluid mist wherein atoms of the cleaning fluid are activated. The activated cleaning fluid mist is contacted to a location to be decontaminated.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
A61A61L2209/22A61LB08B5/02B08B