Patent ID: 9522200
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A47L,A61L,B08B,B66B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for disinfecting a button comprising: a housing having an inner side and an outer side; at least one button disposed within the housing, the button having a rotational symmetry allowing rotation of the button with respect to the housing; a rotation mechanism for rotating the button with respect to the housing; a disinfecting system positioned on the inner side of the housing for disinfecting a portion of the button that is exposed on the inner side of the housing; and at least one mounting rod positioned along an axis of rotation of the at least one button, the mounting rod being operatively connected to the rotation mechanism, wherein the rotation mechanism rotates the button at a substantially constant speed and wherein each button comprises a substantially rigid tubular outer portion surrounding a resilient tubular inner portion mounted onto the mounting rod.