Patent ID: 9151528
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: F25C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sanitation system for ice storage equipment comprising: an ice storage bin comprising a top, a bottom and at least one sidewall, wherein said top is a surface disposed in substantially parallel relationship to said bottom and wherein said sidewall is disposed between said top and said bottom and is substantially perpendicular to said top and said bottom, an ice receiving inlet, an airflow inlet located in said sidewall near said bottom and an airflow outlet located in said top; an ice dispenser disposed on said bottom of said ice storage bin; and an ozone generator that is located outside said ice storage bin, that is in fluid communication with said ice storage bin and that circulates a sanitizing agent through said ice storage bin via said airflow inlet and said airflow outlet, wherein said airflow inlet directs a flow of said sanitizing agent from said bottom to said top of said ice storage bin to purge and replace non-ozone air within said ice storage bin with said sanitizing agent and wherein said sanitizing agent comprises a mixture of ozone and ambient air that sanitizes one or more interior surfaces of said ice storage bin, of said ice dispenser and of any ice disposed within said ice storage bin.