Sanitary door knob and the like

• US 3,314,746 A
• Filed: 05/27/1964
• Issued: 04/18/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Rutherford Y. Millar
• Original Assignee: Rutherford Y. Millar
• Inventors: Millar, Rutherford Y.
• Application Number:
  US04/370,558
• Time in Patent Office: 1,056 Days
• US Class Current: 422/186
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/10 Ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 1/0069 Sanitary doorknobs or handles, e.g. comprising a disinfectant
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 16/904 Handle means having sanitary characteristic, e.g. to prevent transmission of germs
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/82 Knobs
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/80 Parts, attachments, accessories and adjuncts

Claims

1. IN THE ART OF SANITATION, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING:

AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATING MEANS, A HOLLOW DOOR KNOB FORMED OF MATERIAL CAPABLE OF PASSING ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT THERETHROUGH AND HOUSING SAID GENERATING MEANS TO ENABLE IRRADIATION OF THE EXTERIOR KNOB SURFACES FROM INTERRIORLY OF SAID KNOB.