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Ultraviolet autonomous trolley for sanitizing aircraft

  • US 8,999,238 B2
  • Filed: 11/05/2014
  • Issued: 04/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of sanitizing seat surfaces in an aircraft passenger cabin, the cabin having multiple rows of seats arranged opposite to each other with an aisle between the opposite rows comprising the steps of:

  • a) providing a sanitization device including a mobile body configured to travel along the aisle of the passenger cabin of the aircraft;

    b) extending a sanitization device laterally from the mobile body across a seat surface, a source of UV radiation being mounted on the sanitization device;

    c) moving the sanitization device across a first seat surface;

    d) exposing the first seat surface to UV radiation produced by the source;

    e) moving the mobile body along the aisle while the device moves over seats surfaces of subsequent seat rows; and

    f) directing a source of UV radiation to the seat surfaces at a predetermined dosage while the device moves over seats surfaces;

    the mobile body being powered by a power source on board the mobile device.

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