Bag with air distributor and ozone generator
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1. An apparatus for drying objects and negating bacteria, molds and fungus comprising:
- a bag having an interior chamber for accommodating objects, ozone generator means for creating ozone, timer means connected to the ozone generator means for controlling the duration of operation of the ozone generator means to limit the amount of ozone created by the ozone generator means, said air distributor means located within the interior chamber of the bag, means connected with the ozone generator means and the air distributor means for moving air and ozone to the air distributor means, said air distributor means having chamber means for accommodating air and ozone, first means in communication with the chamber means to allow air from the means for moving air and ozone into the chamber means, second means to allow air and ozone to flow from the chamber means into the interior chamber of the bag to dry objects in the interior chamber and negate bacteria, molds and fungus in the interior chamber, and third means mounted on the bag to allow air to flow from the interior chamber of the bag to the environment adjacent the bag.
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A portable sport equipment bag having an air distributor is connected with a hose to blower and ozone generator operable to move air and ozone under pressure into the air distributor. The air distributor has one or more manifolds located within the bag. The manifolds have a plurality of holes to allow air and ozone in the manifolds to flow into the bag to dry sport equipment and objects within the bag and destroy bacteria, molds and fungus in the bag. One or more air filters mounted on the bag remove odors and foreign matter from the air flow from the bag into the environment adjacent the bag.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus for drying objects and negating bacteria, molds and fungus comprising:
- a bag having an interior chamber for accommodating objects, ozone generator means for creating ozone, timer means connected to the ozone generator means for controlling the duration of operation of the ozone generator means to limit the amount of ozone created by the ozone generator means, said air distributor means located within the interior chamber of the bag, means connected with the ozone generator means and the air distributor means for moving air and ozone to the air distributor means, said air distributor means having chamber means for accommodating air and ozone, first means in communication with the chamber means to allow air from the means for moving air and ozone into the chamber means, second means to allow air and ozone to flow from the chamber means into the interior chamber of the bag to dry objects in the interior chamber and negate bacteria, molds and fungus in the interior chamber, and third means mounted on the bag to allow air to flow from the interior chamber of the bag to the environment adjacent the bag.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for drying objects comprising:
- a container having an interior chamber for accommodating objects, a device for generating ozone, control means connected to the device for regulating the duration of operation of the device for regulating the duration of operation of the device to limit the amount of ozone generated by the device, air distributor means located within the interior chamber of the container, said air distributor means having chamber means for accommodating air and ozone, first means to allow air from a supply of air and ozone from the device to flow into the chamber means, second means to allow air and ozone to flow from the chamber means into the interior chamber of the container to dry objects in the interior chamber and destroy bacteria, molds and fungus in the interior chamber, and means to allow air to flow from the interior chamber of the container to the environment adjacent the container.
- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for drying objects comprising:
- a bag having a bottom wall, an interior chamber for accommodating objects, operable to provide access to the interior chamber of the bag, ozone generator means creating ozone, timer means connected to the ozone generator means for controlling the duration of operation of the ozone generator means to limit the amount of ozone created by the ozone generator means, air distributor means in the interior chamber located on said bottom wall for directing air and ozone into the interior chamber, blower means connected to the ozone generator means and air distributor for moving air and ozone into the air distributor means, said air distributor means having a top wall facing said interior chamber and chamber means for accommodating air and ozone tubular means extended upwardly from the top wall for supporting an object in the interior chamber, said tubular means having a passage open to the interior chamber of the bag and the chamber means for allowing air and ozone to flow from the chamber means to the object supported on the tubular means and the interior chamber of the bag, means mounting the tubular means on the top wall of the air distributor means whereby the top wall and tubular means support the object in the interior chamber of the bag, first means connected to the means for moving air to allow ozone and air under pressure to flow into the chamber means, the ozone and air in the chamber means flows through the passage of the tubular means to the object on the tubular means to dry said object and the interior chamber of the bag and destroy bacteria, molds and fungus in the bag and objects in the bag, and second means to allow air to flow from the interior chamber of the bag to the environment adjacent the bag.
- View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of removing moisture and odors from objects and storing the objects in a bag having an enclosed interior chamber and an air distributor having chamber means for accommodating air and providing passages to allow air to flow from the chamber means into the interior chamber of the bag comprising:
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confining the objects within the enclosed interior chamber of the bag, generating ozone, controlling the duration of generating ozone, introducing air and ozone into the chamber means of the air distributor, dispensing air and ozone from the air distributor into the interior chamber through the passages of the air distributor to remove moisture and odors from the objects located in the chamber, and destroy bacteria, molds and fungus in the chamber of the bag and objects in the chamber, exhausting air from the chamber into the environment, filtering the air exhausting from the interior chamber to remove foreign matter from the air exhausted into the environment, storing the dried objects in the interior chamber of the bag, and transporting the bag with the stored dried objects to selected location. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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