Germicide apparatus including UV lamps and a control system therefor

• US 20030003028A1
• Filed: 06/20/2002
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Giancarlo Tomaselli
• Original Assignee: Giancarlo Tomaselli
• Inventors: Tomaselli, Giancarlo
• Application Number:
  US10/177,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20030003028A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 422/121
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/20 Ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/22 Ionisation

Abstract

A germicide apparatus comprises UV lamps and a switching-hour counter devices for indicating an incipient exhaustion condition of the lamps, thereby allowing the apparatus use to timely replace the UV lamps.

Claims

1. A germicide apparatus including UV lamps, characterized in that said apparatus further comprises a device for automatically switching on and off said lamps, before an exhaustion thereof.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said switching on-off device comprises a switch hour counter device including signalling means for indicating an incipient exhaustion condition of said lamps.

3. An apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that said signalling means comprise a LED assembly, arranged on a casing of the apparatus.

4. An apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that said LED'"'"'s are of a progressive switching-on type being progressively switched on depending on the lamps on time as detected by said hour counter device.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said apparatus comprises moreover an air circulating fan, said lamps and fan being power supplied through said switch-hour counter device through dedicated terminals and conductor pairs.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said switch-hour counter device comprises a starting key.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said casing of said apparatus comprises a first port for allowing air to be sterilized to be supplied therethrough and a second port for allowing sterilized air to exit therethrough, said ports being connected to said casing by a supporting element thereon are engaged snap means respectively located on the inner edge of said ports and on said supporting element.

8. An apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that said casing comprises an anti-UV glass plate allowing said lamps to be visually seen from the outside of said casing.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said lamps are uncovered, either of a direct or indirect light type.

10. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said lamps are UVC lamps.

11. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said apparatus comprises an ionizing device.

12. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said switch-hour counter device is so designed as to switch off said lamps after an overall operation time of 6000 hours.