Device for disinfecting door Handles
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1. A device for disinfecting a handle of a door comprising:
- a) a housing adapted to be mounted on the door, b) a source of electrical energy operative to supply power to the device, c) a vessel in the housing, adapted to contain a liquid comprising soap or disinfectant material, d) a handle operation sensor in the housing effective to detect whether a the handle is in current operation by a human hand, e) a nozzle adapted to form an aerosol of the liquid and a spray of the aerosol onto said door handle, f) an electrically powered pump in the housing and being operative to pump the liquid from the vessel to the nozzle, and g) a controller effective to activate and deactivate the pump.
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Abstract
A device for disinfecting door handles and knobs comprising a dispenser for soap or disinfectant adapted to spray the soap or disinfectant on the door handles or knobs when triggered by the motion of a hand.
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1. A device for disinfecting a handle of a door comprising:
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a) a housing adapted to be mounted on the door, b) a source of electrical energy operative to supply power to the device, c) a vessel in the housing, adapted to contain a liquid comprising soap or disinfectant material, d) a handle operation sensor in the housing effective to detect whether a the handle is in current operation by a human hand, e) a nozzle adapted to form an aerosol of the liquid and a spray of the aerosol onto said door handle, f) an electrically powered pump in the housing and being operative to pump the liquid from the vessel to the nozzle, and g) a controller effective to activate and deactivate the pump. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of disinfecting a handle of a door comprising the steps of:
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(I) providing a device comprising a) a vessel containing a liquid comprising soap or disinfectant material, b) a handle operation sensor effective to detect whether a human hand is currently operating the handle, c) a nozzle adapted to form an aerosol of the liquid, and d) a controller effective to start and stop flow through the nozzle, (II) continuously scanning the handle by the handle operation sensor, (III) transmitting to the controller a handle-in-use signal while the sensor detects that the handle is currently being manipulated by a human hand and a handle-clear signal while the sensor detects that the handle is currently not being manipulated by a hand, (IV) spraying the aerosol from the nozzle onto the door handle for a preselected duration after each time that the controller first receives a handle-clear signal, and (V) stopping the spraying at all times that the controller receives a handle-in-use signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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