CLEANING AND SANITIZING SYSTEM

• US 20070144565A1
• Filed: 03/12/2007
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ozone International LLC
• Original Assignee: Ozone International LLC
• Inventors: Lynn, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US11/685,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20070144565A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 134/198
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/24 Inorganic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/183 Ozone dissolved in a liquid
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/22 Phase substances, e.g. smokes, aerosols or sprayed or atomised substances
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/02 Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge for spraying particulate material B05B7/14; with means for heating the material to be sprayed B05B7/16; with means for supplying fluent material to a discharge device B05B7/24
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/066 with an inner liquid outlet surrounded by at least one annular gas outlet
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 2203/005 the liquid being ozonated
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 3/026 Cleaning by making use of hand-held spray guns; Fluid preparations therefor

Abstract

A high pressure water stream (14) is discharged onto a surface to be cleaned. An ozone/water stream (16) is discharged on the same surface for sanitizing the surface. The high pressure water and ozone/water streams (14, 16) are discharged simultaneously along closely adjacent paths that are either parallel (FIG. 3) or concentric (FIG. 2). The water pressure is at least about 100 p.s.i and is preferably between 100 p.s.i and 1000 p.s.i. The nozzles that discharge the streams (14, 16) may be movable relative to the object(s) that receives the high pressure water and ozone/water (FIG. 1). Or, they may be fixed and the object may be movable relative to them (FIG. 4).

Claims

1. A cleaning and sanitizing system, comprising:

a first discharge orifice;

a first conduit for delivering water to the first discharge orifice to be discharged by the first discharge orifice as a first stream;

a second discharge orifice;

a second conduit for delivering ozone/water to the second discharge orifice, to be discharged from the second discharge orifice as a stream of ozone/water;

a source of water connected to the first conduit for delivering water into and through the first conduit and out from the first discharge orifice as a stream of high pressure water;

a source of ozone/water connected to the second conduit for delivering ozone/water into and through the second conduit and out from the second discharge orifice as a stream of ozone/water;

said first and second orifices being positioned and secured adjacent to each other.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the pressure of the high pressure water stream is at least about 100 psi.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein first orifice and the second orifice are permanently secured closely adjacent one another.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein first orifice and the second orifice are secured in a fixed distal relationship with respect to one another.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the second discharge orifice is positioned to discharge the stream of ozone/water along a path that is laterally adjacent the path of the high pressure water stream that is discharged from the first discharge orifice.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second discharge orifices are a part of a single wand having a first end that includes inlets for sections of the first and second conduits that are in the wand and a second end that includes the first and second discharge orifices.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the first and second discharge orifices are fixed in position with respect to each other.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said first conduit includes a first hose section and said second conduit includes a second hose section.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the second discharge orifice is positioned to discharge the stream of ozone/water along a path that concentrically surrounds the path of the high pressure water stream that is discharged from the first discharge orifice.

10. A cleaning device, comprising:

a first fluid outlet;

a second fluid outlet;

a source of high pressure water connected in fluid communication to the first fluid outlet; and

a source of ozone/water connected in fluid communication to the second fluid outlet;

wherein the first fluid outlet and the second fluid outlet are secured to the device closely adjacent one another.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein first outlet and the second outlet are secured to the device in a fixed spatial relationship with respect to one another.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the second conduit is positioned to deliver ozone/water along a path that concentrically surrounds the path of the water delivered by the first conduit.