Patent ID: 6517639
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A47L,B60P

Abstract:
A method of decontaminating interior spaces having irregular surfaces, comprising the steps of:providing a base station having a supply of decontamination agent and fuel; providing at least one independent self-propelled mobile subunit having decontamination equipment and a tank for ready-to-use decontamination agent; supplying the subunit with decontamination agent and fuel at the base station; transporting the subunit to an item with an interior space to be decontaminated; decontaminating the interior space using the decontamination equipment and decontamination agent of the subunit; and returning the subunit to the base station for re-supplying with decontamination agent and fuel; wherein said interior space to be decontaminated comprises one of a radioactively contaminated space, a biologically contaminated space, or a chemically contaminated space.