Self-inflating heat sanitizer

• US 8,742,296 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2011
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Joseph Anthony Bermudez
• Original Assignee: Joseph Anthony Bermudez
• Inventors: Bermudez, Joseph Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Yuen, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H
• Application Number:
  US13/282,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20120285944A1
• Time in Patent Office: 951 Days
• Field of Search: 219/385, 219/387, 392360-385
• US Class Current: 219/385
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/007 Anti-mite, anti-allergen or anti-bacterial means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0291 Tubular elements
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/014 Heaters using resistive wires or cables not provided for in H05B3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/022 Heaters specially adapted for heating gaseous material
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2213/04 Heating plates with overheat protection means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/16 the conductor being mounted on an insulating base

Abstract

The present invention is a self-inflating heat sanitizer, which uses convective heat transfer to eradicate bed bugs within an item. The heater unit propagates and reheats the air within the present invention as the heated air flows through the present invention. The heat chamber enclosure is a compartment that allows the heated air to circulate around the item and raise the temperature of the item to above 140° F. The structure of the heat chamber enclosure is inflatable walls, which are pressurized when the heated air flows into the heat chamber enclosure. The heated air will then vent out of the inflatable walls into the treatment volume, where the item is located. The insulated ducts lead the heated air from the heater unit into the inflatable walls and lead the heated air from the treatment volume back to the heater unit.

Claims

1. A self-inflating heat sanitizer comprises,

a heat chamber enclosure;

a chamber entrance;

a heater unit;

a temperature controller computer;

a power source;

a return insulated duct;

an entry insulated duct;

a carbon monoxide monitor;

a core temperature monitor;

said heat chamber enclosure comprises an insulation wall, an inflatable wall, a plurality of vents, a bottom wall, and a treatment volume;

said heater unit comprises a casing, a relief valve, a make-up valve, a ducted fan, a motor, a resistance heater, an ideal temperature control, and an overheat temperature control;

said inflatable wall comprises a plurality of inflatable top ribs and a plurality of inflatable lateral ribs;

said bottom wall comprises a plurality of hard nubs;

said insulation wall being layered onto said inflatable wall;

said bottom wall being connected below to said insulation wall and to said inflatable wall;

said treatment volume being located within said inflatable wall;

said treatment volume being delineated by said inflatable wall and said bottom wall;

said plurality of inflatable top ribs being positioned atop said plurality of inflatable lateral ribs;

said plurality of inflatable top ribs and said plurality of inflatable lateral ribs being interconnected with each other;

said plurality of vents traversing from said plurality of inflatable lateral ribs into said treatment volume;

said plurality of vents comprising a valve for maintaining a non-atmospheric pressure within said inflatable wall;

said treatment volume being traversed into by said return insulated duct;

said heater unit being attached to said return insulated duct opposite of said treatment volume;

said inflatable wall being traversed into by said entry insulated duct; and

said heater unit being attached to said entry insulated duct opposite of said inflatable wall.

2. The self-inflating heat sanitizer as claimed in claim 1 further comprises,

said return insulated duct being attached to said casing;

said entry insulated duct being attached to said casing opposite of said return insulated duct;

said ducted fan being encircled and attached to said casing;

said ducted fan being positioned in between said return insulated duct and said entry insulated duct within said casing; and

said motor being engaged to said ducted fan.

3. The self-inflating heat sanitizer as claimed in claim 2 comprises,

said resistance heater being positioned in between said ducted fan and said entry insulated duct;

said resistance heater being attached to said casing;

said ideal temperature control and said overheat temperature control being positioned in between said resistance heater and said entry insulated duct;

said ideal temperature control traversing into said casing; and

said overheat temperature control traversing into said casing.

4. The self-inflating heat sanitizer as claimed in claim 2 comprises,

said make-up valve and said relief valve being positioned in between said ducted fan and said return insulated duct;

said make-up valve traversing into said casing; and

said relief valve traversing into said casing.

5. The self-inflating heat sanitizer as claimed in claim 1 further comprises,

said plurality of hard nubs being connected to said bottom wall and protruding into said treatment volume.

6. The self-inflating heat sanitizer as claimed in claim 1 further comprises,

said carbon monoxide monitor traversing into said entry insulated duct;

and

said core temperature monitor being located within said treatment volume.

7. The self-inflating heat sanitizer as claimed in claim 1 further comprises,

said motor, said resistance heater, said ideal temperature control, said overheat temperature control, said carbon monoxide monitor, said core temperature monitor, and said temperature controller computer being electrically connected to said power source;

and

said ideal temperature control and said overheat temperature control being electronically connected to said resistance heater through said temperature controller computer.