Patent ID: 9295741
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A61L

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for sanitizing an article, the apparatus comprising: a housing including a plurality of walls, a ceiling, and a floor, the plurality of walls, the ceiling and the floor interconnected for defining an enclosed internal chamber, one of the plurality of walls having an opening at a door side into the chamber; a door configured to selectively close the door side of the housing for substantially sealing the chamber; a UV light source disposed on at least one of the plurality of walls internally of the housing for irradiating the chamber; an electronic circuit electrically connected to the UV light source and adapted to power the UV light source for a predetermined period of time; and a plurality of reflector units disposed on floor of the housing, each reflector unit including a reflective section comprising the plurality of reflector units comprising wherein with the article placed in the chamber and the door closed and the electronic circuit activated the UV lamp is powered for the predetermined period of time such that UV light from the light source and UV light reflected back into the chamber by the plurality of reflector units illuminates the article for sanitizing the article.