Patent ID: 9682161
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A23L,A61L

Claim:
1. An ultraviolet (UV) device for UV sterilization of an interior surface of a container, the UV device comprising: (i) a germicidal UV light source comprising a lamp; (ii) a central sleeve comprising a central sleeve upper end and a central sleeve lower end; (iii) a housing configured to house the germicidal UV light source and comprising an interior, a housing upper end and a housing lower end and further configured so that the central sleeve can be moved downwardly and upwardly through the interior of the housing permitting movably and inwardly insertion of the germicidal UV light source through an opening of a container into the container and retrieval of the germicidal UV light source from the container into the housing; (iv) a means for controlling the movably and inwardly insertion of the germicidal UV light source into the container and positioning of the germicidal UV light source at a predetermined position within the container; and (v) a base plate configured to position the UV device on or at the opening of the container; wherein the UV light source is attached to the central sleeve lower end; wherein the central sleeve is configured to protrude outside of the housing upper end; wherein the central sleeve comprises a first cavity and a detachable plate; wherein the detachable plate is mounted on top of the first cavity; and wherein the detachable plate is configured to be removable upon moving the central sleeve to a position protruding outside of the housing upper end.